Smiled, "So do you still think I'm capable of burning water?" Her cooking certainly wasn't anywhere near something worth culinary arts but as long as he ate it? She was satisfied. There was a little pout at the dealbreaker comment, she wasn't fond of so much teasing in so little time! But the pout was broken with a laugh. His cars did look like they would blow up at any moment.
"I'll be in here or out back finishing the food. Make me a promise you wont eat it all at once? If I'm not cooking I'll be in the library looking some things up." She didn't expect to be here much longer, a hint of sadness was there but that she would get over. Hopefully it wouldn't take long to feel this comfortable in Chicago with Bart and Virgil.