'Mrs Cardenas?' Foggy calls. 'It's Foggy Nelson. I've come to fix your heating? My hands are full so I can't knock-'
Elena pulls the door open, her eyes wide in delight. Foggy smiles over his tool box and box of Matt baked cookies. Matt baked cookies are close to the best and not just because of the ingredients he uses. She takes the top box without prompt.
'Gracias, Señor Foggy,' she says and her smile fades when she opens the box. She says something in Spanish that Foggy doesn't catch but he gets the gist. She doesn't want charity.
Luckily, Foggy knows what to say. 'They're from Matt. He cooked way too many to impress some girl and he's been dumping the spares and rejects on me and Karen. You'll be doing me a favour by taking them.'
Elena takes a moment to process this but then nods and raises an eyebrow at Foggy's tool box. 'You here to fix...?'
'Your heating. And any other little thing I find in need of repair. Winter is coming Mrs Cardenas and it's going to be brutal.' She laughs though Foggy thinks it might be more at his tone than his words and leads him to her heating.
It takes him nearly two hours to fix it, hampered by Elena's continued insistence for him to have a drink - coffee, tea, hot chocolate, something very very alcoholic - or something to eat.
'Oh man, I wish I could speak Spanish right now to really express my gratitude and my real need to not eat a whole lot,' he says after the fifth offer of food. Elena smirks - actually smirks! - and two minutes later returns with a Spanish-English dictionary. It looks brand new but there's a man's name in the front of it.
Or a boy's name, judging by the fact he shares Elena's last name. 'Thank you.' Elena just raises an eyebrow at him until Foggy's eyes widen. 'Oh, gracias.' She laughs and nods, causing Foggy to smile in return.
'I got it! Just like, a million more words to go and I'll speak Spanish.' That causes her to laugh even more.
'I teach you,' she says. 'Surprise Señor Matt and Señorita Karen.'
'Our little secret,' Foggy says and offers her his hand.
Mini Fill: Foggy & Elena Cardenas Friendship
Elena pulls the door open, her eyes wide in delight. Foggy smiles over his tool box and box of Matt baked cookies. Matt baked cookies are close to the best and not just because of the ingredients he uses. She takes the top box without prompt.
'Gracias, Señor Foggy,' she says and her smile fades when she opens the box. She says something in Spanish that Foggy doesn't catch but he gets the gist. She doesn't want charity.
Luckily, Foggy knows what to say. 'They're from Matt. He cooked way too many to impress some girl and he's been dumping the spares and rejects on me and Karen. You'll be doing me a favour by taking them.'
Elena takes a moment to process this but then nods and raises an eyebrow at Foggy's tool box. 'You here to fix...?'
'Your heating. And any other little thing I find in need of repair. Winter is coming Mrs Cardenas and it's going to be brutal.' She laughs though Foggy thinks it might be more at his tone than his words and leads him to her heating.
It takes him nearly two hours to fix it, hampered by Elena's continued insistence for him to have a drink - coffee, tea, hot chocolate, something very very alcoholic - or something to eat.
'Oh man, I wish I could speak Spanish right now to really express my gratitude and my real need to not eat a whole lot,' he says after the fifth offer of food. Elena smirks - actually smirks! - and two minutes later returns with a Spanish-English dictionary. It looks brand new but there's a man's name in the front of it.
Or a boy's name, judging by the fact he shares Elena's last name. 'Thank you.' Elena just raises an eyebrow at him until Foggy's eyes widen. 'Oh, gracias.' She laughs and nods, causing Foggy to smile in return.
'I got it! Just like, a million more words to go and I'll speak Spanish.' That causes her to laugh even more.
'I teach you,' she says. 'Surprise Señor Matt and Señorita Karen.'
'Our little secret,' Foggy says and offers her his hand.
They shake on it. This will be brilliant.