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Second Winter at Fire Lodge
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Jisoo slid the loaves of bread into the oven and looked around the kitchen. Chaeyoung was sick today, so Jisoo was flying solo in the kitchen much earlier than she'd expected. Wiping the flour off her hands she looked around and took a mental inventory of what was left to do. The meat and cheese tray was done, the bread was in the oven, now all she had to do was prep the fruit tray and that was lunch taken care of. They weren't even sure that the weekend's guests would arrive by lunch, but it would be better to have a lunch and no guests than guests and no lunch. She took a couple of melons out of the fridge and started peeling them. As she removed the seeds and started cutting the melons into chunks, she heard a "whoosh" and noticed that one side of her face felt warmer than the other. Looking toward the oven, she saw flames leaping out of the top of the stove, the ceiling. The fire alarm started shrieving, adding to the chaos. Jisoo yelled for Chaeyoung - then remembered that Chaeyoung was upstairs, sick in bed. Realizing she would have to handle this herself, she remembered her training in kitchen safety. She grabbed the fire extinguisher, pulled the pin, and sprayed the fire, sweeping from side to side until the whole thing was out. Then, she watched in horror as the flames reappeared again. She started to spray them again, but the extinguisher sputtered - empty! She started to panic, then her training kicked in again.   "What's causing the fire? What can be done to stop it?" she asked herself. After a moment's thought, she realized that the only way she could have a fire like this, that came back after she put it out, was if there was a hole in the gas line and the pilot light was relighting the gas. Shutting off the gas would take care of the fire - but reaching the shutoff valve on the stove wasn't an option, and she couldn't remember where the main shutoff valve was.   "Think, Jisoo. Everyone's counting on you. You know Chaeyoung showed you where the main shutoff valve was." She thought back to her orientation to the kitchen the previous year. She could remember Chaeyoung saying "You'll never need it, but there's the main gas shutoff valve for the lodge." But where were they?   Suddenly she snapped her fingers. "We were in the pantry!" Her eyes were starting to sting from the accumulation of smoke, and she started coughing. Quickly, she rushed to the pantry. She checked all the walls - nothing. She started moving things away from the walls. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Finally, behind a bag of potatoes she found a bright red valve. Grabbing hold of it, she quickly turned it to off.   "Let's hope that did it," she said. She stuck her head out of the pantry and looked toward the stove. No fire
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Much to my surprise, I'm back to writing Second Winter at Fire Lodge! A lot happens this chapter, but mainly centered around the minor characters.

And I promise all you Chaesoo shippers I'll have something good for you next time - there just wasn't room for it this time around!

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Astraea21 #1
Chapter 1: Starting this story now. :)
Craazy_hippo
#2
Chapter 1: ohh this is going to be good
Soshi1590
#3
Chapter 43: A mini Asia tour lol
Soshi1590
#4
Chapter 42: That a beautiful wedding. My chaesoo babies finally
iph1318
#5
Chapter 41: I enjoy how domestic they are lol.
Soshi1590
#6
Chapter 41: Don’t mess with Chaeyoung’s kitchen lol
Nice update
Soshi1590
#7
Chapter 40: Sunmi and hansol are cute
Jennie and Lisa are cuter
Chaeng and Jisoo are the cutest
Soshi1590
#8
Chapter 39: Saida reliving the memories lol
Soshi1590
#9
Chapter 38: Lisa is some kind of genius, isnt she? Planning ahead, saving money. She is the good luck charm of the place it seems

Chaesoo are the cutest