p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333; text-align: center;"strongCookies/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"The oven began beeping and Vanellope cursed, rushed over, pulled out a potholder and opened the door, pulling out a tray of burnt cookies, and she groaned and set it on the counter./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"She was ready to pull her hair out./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"Since early this morning, she'd been trying to bake at least one perfect batch of cookies./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"After fourteen times of trying, she was ready to give up./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;""What am I doing wrong?" she groaned, leaning against the counter and covering her face with her hands./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"It seemed so simple when Jubileena did it. When Crumbelina did it, or when Taffyta helps Candlehead. It all seemed so easy!/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"So why couldn't she do it?/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;""Vanel what are you doing?" Gloyd's voice drifted through the door as he opened it./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"He stood there, surveying the room, speechless. Trays of abandoned cookies lie on the table and counter. He said nothing as he went to join his bestfriend who was leaning against the counter with her hands covering her face. Her light mint green hoodie/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"was covered in flour, sprinkles, and some frosting, but otherwise, she looked pretty normal./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;""Um... Vanel? What are you trying to do?" he asked sweat-dropping a bit./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;""I've seen Crumbelina, Jubileena, even Taffyta and Candlehead do it a thousand times. So why can't I do it?" she said, her voice muffled by her hands./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;""Do what?" Gloyd repeated a bit confused./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;""BAKE! Bake a single batch of cookies!" she cried, obviously annoyed by her bestfriends obliviousness./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"Gloyd couldn't help himself and doubled over laughing./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"Vanellope glared at him. "It isn't funny!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;""You should see your face, Vanel", Gloyd told her, as he calmed down./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"She huffed in annoyance and crossed her arms, turning from him./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;""Look, maybe I can help you."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"Oh, of course, Gloyd knew how to bake as well. Was there no end to the horror of this hallucination?/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;""HEY!" exclaimed Gloyd in mock offence./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;""Oh I said that out loud?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"Gloyd rolled his eyes then he moved past her and looked at the recipe book, reading the page then saying, "Come on, Vanel, one more go? After this, if you decide you want to, you can stop, and I'll bake the cookies."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;""I was trying to do something nice for Taffyta!" she defended./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"Gloyd chuckled and read the first instruction. "'In a large bowl, sift or whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda, and spices.' "/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"Vanellope added the ingredients, still looking upset. She stirred them while looking to the pumpkin-themed racer for the next instruction./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"When they came out of the oven, Gloyd held them up for Vanellope to see. These, of course, were perfect./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;""Vanel, let's decorate them!" he pleaded. He had flour smeared all over his clothes (including his hat), and along his nose. Vanellope grinned./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"They both sat at the table and began decorating them. Vanellope looked over at Gloyd, who was decorating one and had a look of deep concentration on his face./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"Vanellope had a great idea. She took the bag of icing and squirt it all across the pumpkin-headed boy's face./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"Then Gloyd wiped the icing of his face, took the hot fudge and dumped it on Vanellope's head./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"Vanellope countered by spraying whipped cream all over him./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"The two racers kept squirting whipped cream and hot fudge all over each other until they eventually decided to clean up./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"Vanellope grinned, laying her head on Gloyd's shoulder. Maybe having someone help you... wasn't so bad./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"EVEN if it was Gloyd Orangeboar who was helping./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"strongA/N: Inspired by Baking by Abertha go check out her story./strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"The oven began beeping and Vanellope cursed, rushed over, pulled out a potholder and opened the door, pulling out a tray of burnt cookies, and she groaned and set it on the counter./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"She was ready to pull her hair out./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"Since early this morning, she'd been trying to bake at least one perfect batch of cookies./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"After fourteen times of trying, she was ready to give up./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;""What am I doing wrong?" she groaned, leaning against the counter and covering her face with her hands./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"It seemed so simple when Jubileena did it. When Crumbelina did it, or when Taffyta helps Candlehead. It all seemed so easy!/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"So why couldn't she do it?/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;""Vanel what are you doing?" Gloyd's voice drifted through the door as he opened it./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"He stood there, surveying the room, speechless. Trays of abandoned cookies lie on the table and counter. He said nothing as he went to join his bestfriend who was leaning against the counter with her hands covering her face. Her light mint green hoodie/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"was covered in flour, sprinkles, and some frosting, but otherwise, she looked pretty normal./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;""Um... Vanel? What are you trying to do?" he asked sweat-dropping a bit./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;""I've seen Crumbelina, Jubileena, even Taffyta and Candlehead do it a thousand times. So why can't I do it?" she said, her voice muffled by her hands./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;""Do what?" Gloyd repeated a bit confused./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;""BAKE! Bake a single batch of cookies!" she cried, obviously annoyed by her bestfriends obliviousness./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"Gloyd couldn't help himself and doubled over laughing./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"Vanellope glared at him. "It isn't funny!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;""You should see your face, Vanel", Gloyd told her, as he calmed down./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"She huffed in annoyance and crossed her arms, turning from him./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;""Look, maybe I can help you."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"Oh, of course, Gloyd knew how to bake as well. Was there no end to the horror of this hallucination?/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;""HEY!" exclaimed Gloyd in mock offence./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;""Oh I said that out loud?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"Gloyd rolled his eyes then he moved past her and looked at the recipe book, reading the page then saying, "Come on, Vanel, one more go? After this, if you decide you want to, you can stop, and I'll bake the cookies."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;""I was trying to do something nice for Taffyta!" she defended./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"Gloyd chuckled and read the first instruction. "'In a large bowl, sift or whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda, and spices.' "/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"Vanellope added the ingredients, still looking upset. She stirred them while looking to the pumpkin-themed racer for the next instruction./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"When they came out of the oven, Gloyd held them up for Vanellope to see. These, of course, were perfect./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;""Vanel, let's decorate them!" he pleaded. He had flour smeared all over his clothes (including his hat), and along his nose. Vanellope grinned./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"They both sat at the table and began decorating them. Vanellope looked over at Gloyd, who was decorating one and had a look of deep concentration on his face./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"Vanellope had a great idea. She took the bag of icing and squirt it all across the pumpkin-headed boy's face./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"Then Gloyd wiped the icing of his face, took the hot fudge and dumped it on Vanellope's head./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"Vanellope countered by spraying whipped cream all over him./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"The two racers kept squirting whipped cream and hot fudge all over each other until they eventually decided to clean up./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"Vanellope grinned, laying her head on Gloyd's shoulder. Maybe having someone help you... wasn't so bad./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"EVEN if it was Gloyd Orangeboar who was helping./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #333333;"strongA/N: Inspired by Baking by Abertha go check out her story./strong/p