"I mean..." She stops cutting for a second and looks at him. She almost can't believe he's not making fun of her, but he seems sincere. "Don't treat me like that. Like I'm gonna snap if our hands happen to touch."

She quickly finishes chopping up the squash, and moves to dump it in the same pan as the garlic. "So put the water on first, then vegetables in one pan and meat in another, then the spinach. She reaches for a tomato to chop it up and toss it in with the squash and the garlic, trying to take charge even though she has no clue what she's doing.