The Trouble Cake

One sunny afternoon, after class had ended, Gety and Octavi were walking home.

“Gety, what do you want to do?” Octavi asked Gety.

“I don’t know,” Gety replied. “What about you?”

“I don’t know either.” Octavi replied.

         There was a beat of silence.

“OMG, I forgot that Mr. Kashnig’s birthday is tomorrow!” Octavi exclaimed with excitement.

Gety gasped with delight. “We should call Julia and Grace to bake a cake!” She ran down the stairs to make the phone calls.

Gety dialed Julia’s number and waited for her to pick up. “Hey, Julia, can you come over to my house so we can bake a cake for Mr. Kashnig’s birthday ?”

“OMG I totally forgot that it’s his birthday tomorrow, I’m totally coming!” Julia squealed into the phone, so loudly that it made Gety wince.

Then she called Grace. “Grace can you come over to my house so we can bake a cake for Mr. Kashnig’s birthday?” Gety repeated.

“OMG I totally forgot it’s his birthday tomorrow, I’m totally coming!” Grace squealed loudly, making Gety wince for the second time.

“You squealed just like Julia did,” Gety announced .

“Sorry,” Grace replied and they both laughed.

Five minutes later the doorbell rang.

DING-DONG!!!

Grace and Julia stood in the doorway, grinning.

“Hey guys!” Gety exclaimed. “Now that you’re here, let’s go to the kitchen and start BAKING!” They all piled into the kitchen, giggling.

“Do you have all the ingredients?” Julia asked.

”Yep!” Gety shouted. The four girls started to mix the ingredients to create the batter, chatting with each other. Then they put the finished batter into a cake pan and put the cake pan into the oven. While the girls were waiting for the cake, they watched TV.

After around 30 minutes, Grace and Octavi went to see if the cake was ready. Gety and Julia were peacefully watching television together when a loud gasp came from the direction of the kitchen. The two girls ran into the kitchen and saw Grace and Octavi standing over the oven.

“OMG guys come here the cake is ruined!” Octavi shouted.

“Oh no what are we going to do?” Julia asked, panicking.

“I have no idea,” Gety sighed. “ My mom is not here, and we can’t bake another cake, we don’t have enough ingredients.”

The four girls thought of what to do. Suddenly the doorbell rang.

DING-DONG!!!

The four girls ran to the door. “Please be mom, please be mom,” Gety prayed.

Slowly, Octavi opened the door. Gety’s mom is standing in the doorway.

“Mom!” Gety shouted, hugging her. “We need some ingredients to bake the cake.”

“What about the other ingredients I bought?” Gety’s mom questioned the four girls.

“The cake was spoiled.” Gety replied.

“How?” Gety’s mom questioned her AGAIN.

“I don’t know,” Gety  replied.

“I knew that would happen, so that’s why I bought you guys new ingredients,” Gety’s

mom said with a smile.

“Thank  you!” The four girls exclaimed and went back to baking and so did Gety’s mom. After the cake was done all of them took a break and ate popcorn while watching TV.

Then, at 7:00 PM sharp, they went back to their houses with smiles on their faces.