Cassia reached for the faucet to rinse off the frying pan
 
 she’d been scrubbing, the one she’d cooked the meat and
 
 sauce in, and as she turned on the tap, she realized she wasn’t
 
 aiming it properly and the spray rocketed off the frying pan,
 
 hit it with far too much force, and sprayed all over Adalynn.
 
 Adalynn shrieked, backing up and putting up her hands, but
 
 then she threw back her head and giggled and it was so
 
 magical, and she was so beautiful, with beads of water
 
 clinging to her chin and her cheeks and the sweet curl of her
 
 nose, that Cassia laughed too and directed the nozzle fully at
 
 Adalynn, so that the stream of water soaked her. She moved it
 
 down, soaking her neck and her chest through the plaid shirt
 
 she was wearing.
 
 “Oh my God!” Adalynn laughed and shrieked again. “That’s
 
 freezing!”
 
 Cassia realized she’d turned on the cold alone and quickly
 
 shut it off. She went to put the tap back in place, but Adalynn
 
 grabbed for it.
 
 “Oh, no, you don’t!” Adalynn cranked the tap and turned
 
 the nozzle on Cassia. She was shocked at how cold the water
 
 was when it hit her, even though it took a few seconds to soak
 
 through the sweater she had on. Adalynn kept going, wild with
 
 the nozzle so that even though Cassia dodged out of the way,
 
 she got a face full of cold water.
 
 “Hey!” she screamed lightheartedly. She tried to wrestle the
 
 nozzle away from Adalynn, but she held it tightly and Cassia
 
 only succeeded in getting wetter. “Oh my God! Uncle! Or
 
 mercy! Or whatever it is. I tap out. I’m done. That’s frigid!”
 
 Adalynn relented and shut off the tap before the whole
 
 kitchen was soaked. She was focused with that and didn’t see