Bella?

[Charlie Owens]

I knock lightly on the door that should, if my information was correct, be the Knox family home.
She'd said I could come by and meet Kim, but the notion seemed almost ridiculous now as we were near enough strangers.
But I had nothing better to do right now, and I did want to meet one of my best friend's daughters, especially now I couldn't see him anymore.
Plus, maybe she needed a hand, I did say I'd give her one after all.

[Isabella Knox]

I hear the door knock and put the flour down, pick Kim up and place her in the highchair, making sure she couldn't go near anywhere near the oven.
I walk towards the door, trying to dust the flour off my face. I'd been making cakes with Kim, though i'd never done it the muggle way so i'd obviously made a bit of a mess.
I open the door, not knowing i still had flour on my nose.
"Charlie, hi, nice of you to drop by." I smile.

[Charlie Owens]

"Hey." I smile, "You have...er...what is that?" I laugh, gesturing to her nose.

[Isabella Knox]

I try to look down at my nose, going slightly cross-eyed. "I think it's flour. Want to come in?" I ask opening the door wider.

[Charlie Owens]

I smile, and walk inside, "Yeah, thanks. Er...why the flour?"

[Isabella Knox]

"Me and Kim are making cakes, muggle style." I laugh, walking towards the kitchen. "Fancy helping out?"

[Charlie Owens]

"Yeah, sure. I'll give it a shot." I grin.

[Isabella Knox]

I smile, walking into the kitchen and taking Kim out of her highchair. "Kim, this is Charlie, he was a friend of daddy's." I explain, walking with her over to Charlie.

[Charlie Owens]

"Aw, hey Kim." I smile, "I've heard an awful lot about you. Aren't you beautiful?"

[Isabella Knox]

I laugh as Kim hides shyly behind my legs, holding tightly to my hand. "Charblie." I hear her mumble behind me. "I think she likes you." I grin.

[Charlie Owens]

"At least someone does." I chuckle, crouching down to her level, "Charblie...that's me." I smile and hold out a hand to shake, "Shake hands? Like the grown-up's do. Promise I won't bite. Promise."

[Isabella Knox]

I smile widely as she puts her little hand in his and gives it a feeble shake. "Hello Charblie." She says quietly then points to the mixing bowl. "Cake!" She says loudly.

[Charlie Owens]

"Cake? Have you been making cake? Looking after Bella? I'm not sure she could make a cake without your help there, Kim. Keeping an eye out for her, are you?"

[Isabella Knox]

"Mummy Isa." She says, hugging my leg. I smile and pick her up, stepping forward and setting her on the counter. "Right Kim, we've got all the ingredients in the bowl, all we need to do now is mix it together. Why don't you help Charblie mix it all." I suggest, grinning at Charlie and giving her a wooden spoon.

[Charlie Owens]

I grin back, trying very hard to push the thought of how much Kim looked like Gideon out of my head, holding hte bowl steady in front of Kim, "Okay, ready, steady, mix Kim mix!" I laugh.

[Isabella Knox]

She giggles and puts the spoon in the bowl before flicking it out again, sending little bits of cake mixture everywhere. Laughing i put my hand in top of hers and start mixing the mixture, letting go after she got the hang of it. I laugh and wipe some of the mixture off my face.

[Charlie Owens]

"You have a little..." I laugh, wiping some mixture of her cheek, "Got it. And you have some too, Kim..." I laugh, "But it'd be foolish to try and get it off while you're in possession of that evil spoon."

[Isabella Knox]

"Cheers." I laugh. "And you have a little bit on your nose." I grin, wiping it off. "Oh dear, we've given her a weapon now." I laugh more as she flicks more mixture out of the bowl, giggling as she did so.

[Charlie Owens]

"It's the end of the world as we know it." I laugh, leaning my head back slightly as mixture splatters back over her shoulder at me.

[Isabella Knox]

"Do you know what Kim, i think that's mixed enough." I laugh walking towards her, hands in the air in surrender.

[Charlie Owens]

I laugh, "She's begging for mercy, look, Kim. Gonna be nice to mummy Isa?"

[Isabella Knox]

She giggles and puts the spoon in the bowl, flicking it up one more time before leaving it in there. "Good girl." I laugh, walking up to her to check the mixture.

[Charlie Owens]

"Had to get that last one in there, huh? You've got style Kim." I joke, wiping mixture of my forehead from the last flick.

[Isabella Knox]

"I've taught her well haven't i." I laugh, spooning the mixture into the cake cases. "Do you know what Kim, i think i'll do this bit, otherwise we'll have nothing left to put in the oven." I joke.

[Charlie Owens]

"Oh yes, taught her very well." I grin, "And I think that's most sensible."

~got to go for a bit. be back in a while~

[Isabella Knox]

"Well i'm known to be sensible on the rare occasion." I grin, putting the cases on a tray and into the oven.

[Alright then.]

[Charlie Owens]

"Oh, well, that's always good to know." I smile, "So what brought on the desire to make cakes?"

[Isabella Knox]

"Me and Kim were bored, and i've never made them this way before. My mum had been to muggle London for work a few weeks ago and brought back a load of stuff, including a muggle cook book."

[Charlie Owens]

"Ah, that makes sense. Sorry, I forgot to ask, you weren't planning on doing anything at all before I so rudely turned up here and bothered you?"

[Isabella Knox]

"Oh no, not at all. Except for eating cakes." I smile.