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A/N: Written for challenge #157 "Cake" characters: Rex, Connor genre: humour


"Rex? Aw mate!" Connor stared in horror as the lizard struggled to stand up. He had somehow managed to crash land on top of the cake Abby had spent hours lovingly icing. Connor placed both his hands around Rex's middle and lifted him carefully out of his sticky situation. Butter cream icing clung to him, and Rex stared up at Connor looking sorry for himself.

"Hang on." Connor grabbed some kitchen roll and dabbed as much off as he could before releasing the lizard back onto the worktop. Then he saw the destroyed cake. "Abby is going to kill us!"