We decided to do the baking from my house . It just Eve, Josh, Quin, kelvin and I and some other people from town came over to join us to help for the bake sell for the following day.
My kitchen has a refrigerator to the right comer of the room. There is a stove and an oven where am working. Quin and Mara plus Janet are helping Josh with setting the dough, adding sugar, flour and handing it to me to place in the oven. There is a sink on the other side of the oven which of dirty plates.
"Kelvin, might as well help with the dishes." I point out but he ignores and carries on conversing a young girl with brown hair and a great figure.
"Neese needs to learn how to cook ". I hear Eve say.
"Oh come on, you love my cooking".
"I am talking about meats and sauces."
"Eve, you love my cooking."
I had set a timer on the oven and when it is off ,I hurry to open the oven and the room is flooded with the smell of burnt sugar and melted chocolate. I place the tray on the table and everyone gathers around to see.
I know, looks good
smells good
"Looks good". Josh is the first to comment and he gives me a smile then goes back to helping Eve with the flour. I stare at him for a while, the strand of hair on his forehead, the apron he brought with him from Mr. Matins has flour all over it, some on his cheeks. He looks beautiful with his perfect teeth and ocean blue eyes, tanned skin and a perfect build.
Josh He had been acting differently from the night we had the kiss, maybe he was embarrassed.
"Neese." Eve taps me on my right shoulder.
"Looks good , I know ."
"I wanna taste." Eve tries to grab a pick but she quickly withdraws her hand
"Dan tray! its hot".
Josh lets out a laugh as everyone tries some of the cookies.
And what did I now feel for him?
What have I always felt for him?
Am supposed to despise him right?
Isn't that how it is with exes?
I smell smoke!
Oh no I didn't set the timer for the other cookies.
No! No! No!
I rush and quickly pull the tray of the burnt cookies from the oven. I look at my watch its 10:38 in the morning and see that I still have time before the bake sale. I look at my cookies, the healthy cookies I am to add in my application, they look like burnt poke meat.
If only imagining my burnt cookies could un-burn them.
"You still have time and besides , you have extra hands to help." Quin says from where she stood next to Josh who puffs flour on her face and there it was, a flour fight between them.
******************************************************************
We did manage to make more cookies and set up my table in the park with my cookies. My main go was to make people guess which cookies were sugar free then encourage people that eating baked stuff without sugar is healthy.
I had people come over and try the cookies then went in lecture mode about healthy living. Then I saw Danny walk towards me
"Hey Neese". He said
"Hi Danny, wanna try some cookies".
He shook his head in a no.
"What's going on?"
"What's going on where?"
"Oh don't act like you don't know, between you and Josh".
I gave a little scoff
"I don't think that any of your business".
"I just want you to be okay not what happened in high school."
"Its non of your business, and besides this is no place to bring that up."
"You still love him." He almost laughs
"Danny please."
"You still love that little sniff even after what happened, whatever is wrong with people and loving the wrong people."
"You have no right!" I say and pull him away from where people were almost listening in
"You have no right to tell me that okay."
"Fine, then I guess I will have to watch you hurt and bleed again like last time, don't say you didn't see it coming."
"Just go Danny please." I almost yell "We are just trying to make peace with each other."
"By kissing?!" He yells back at me
Oh that.
"Its not what it looked like okay, it was just a moment kind of thing."
"Yeah, with someone you still feel something for Neese."
"I don't still love him so stop saying that."
"Well I can still see it in your eyes when you mention his name or look at him."
"So what if I still am Danny, what if I still love him?"
The people who were are at my table turn to look at us.
I give a little smile and just wave at them.
Danny's face looks like he is about to punch me, fury.
"Am sorry but lets not talk about it."
He ignores my apology and walks back to my table and grabs on a few of my cookies and comes back to face me.
"Great cookies, see you around." He fakes a smile and walks away
What was that for?
What!
What!
What!
What!