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Chapter 1- Baked to Perfection

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April 1, 2012, McCambridge Park, Andre's POV

"I was feeling sick for the past three days, having to miss school once is one thing for me. But when I have to miss it for three days straight because of some damn stomach bug, that's when I begin fighting. I went to my doctor and he told me there are very few ways to really get rid of a stomach bug. He did however tell me ways to releive my pain and vomiting, he said"

"Mr. Harris when you throw up you lose water, throwing up is your body's defense mechanism against getting rid of toxins in your system. You can drink more water or even some fruit juice Gatorade. You can choose to stretch every now and then, this will help relieve some of the pain, or you can try this one. You can try being sick, I know It sounds counter intuitive but most bugs leave in a few days, tell me have you been feeling better since you got this bug a few days ago?"

"I told him I was, but there was absolutely no way I was gonna just allow myself to feel horrible. So I chose to stretch and drink Gatorade, now here I am at McCambridge Park. I got a text from Tori saying that the school wanted to do something nice for the community, so before summer vacation came the school was throwing a great dessert taste off at the park. Any and every student or faculty staff were to make desserts for the public to eat, Tori wanted me to come, so i did, of course I wasn't ready for what was to come my way."

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Jade and Beck's Stand

Andre looked around and saw lots of people walking, he saw kids running and playing with friends and family. Music was playing, people were laughing, it really was a great day to come out of his home. He took a look at the long lines that some of the stands had, other had a few people waiting and some just had one or two people visiting and taking bites of desserts.

Andre heard the familiar call of his buddy Beck calling him over, he found Beck standing next to Jade behind their own stand, by the look it things they had very few people visiting them; he wondered why. He walked on over to them and saw that there was one empty pie plate but three others weren't touched.

"Sup Andre, yo you feeling any better?" Beck asked his friend, "I'm doing much better today Beck, so what do you guys have for me to try?"

"Here try this one Andre, then tell me how much love it." Jade told him in her usual stern attitude.

"Uuh sure, which one?" Beck gave him the one that was still warm, it was a strawberry filled pie, Andre took a plastic fork and knife and cut it up. He brought the piece up to his face and into his mouth, Jade smirked when she saw him enjoying it.

"Wow…pretty good stuff here you two, I can really taste the strawberries." Jade took this moment to present him with a drink, the glass she pulled from behind the stand was that of a severed monkey's paw which was gripping a glass cup. Andre almost lost when he saw that piece of animal limb.

"Here Andre, try chugging all that down with this" she offered him the weird glass to him, Andre took it from her and was relieved the monkey's paw was fake and not from an actual monkey. He drank what looked like fruit punch to him and burped when she was done.

"Thanks Jade, hey that wasn't half bad, what is this?"

"Here it comes" Beck said under his breath, sounding embarrassed and tired.

"Crushed Hamsters, pretty good huh?…hahahahahah" Andre dropped the glass and tried jumping over the stand to choke Jade, Beck kept him back and assured him she was lying.

"Andre relax man! you know how she is. All she did was mixed a lot of drinks that were red, There's no way I would let innocent hamsters die from being squeezed in a juicer."

"Yeah Andre, I'm not that evil, look take that pie all for yourself, I'll even throw in some tine foil you can wrap that in and a plastic bag."

"See that is why we don't have lines like everyone else, stop playing that joke one people you don't know." Beck asked of Jade, Jade bit his shoulder and responded with, "I can't help it, it's just funny."

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Trina Vega's Stand

Andre took his strawberry pie and placed it in the plastic Bag Jade gave him, he picked up her glass and handed it back to her. As he took a look at other people's stands, he came across Trina. They weren't really friends but she was Tori's sister, plus by the look of things she was pretty successful in getting people to leave with pies of their own. He went over to her stand and asked her if he could get a slice of pie to eat.

"Oh…it's you…Andrew right? You hang out with my sister a lot, what do you want?" she answered rather rudely.

"It's Andre, I just came over to see if I could get a taste of your pie…the thing you baked up, you know what…never mind."

Trina actually laughed at what he said to her, she stopped him however so he could get a slice of her pie anyway. He took the slice of pie and munched on it, he could tell it was baked well to perfection, he could taste the blueberries she used. Not to hard and not to gooey, but it was just right. As he laughed softly while still chewing, someone from a different stand came over and pointed their finger at Trina and accused her of stealing.

"I never stole any of your damn Pies!" she screamed at the random stranger.

"Oh yeah!? Then what the hell is this!" the stranger checked behind her stand and found a box with all kinds of pies not belonging to her. Trina got nervous and looked at the crowd gathering at her stand, she looked into everyone eyes and smiled. She then took off as fast as possible when a small group of people began chasing after her, Andre swallowed the pie in his mouth and walked over to Tori's stand. One look at her Pie plate and he could tell it was burned, he tried to walk away but Tori shouted out his name.

"Damnit!…Hey Tori…what's up."

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McCambridge Park, Tori's Pie Stand

After making his way over to Tori's stand, he was reluctant to try her burnt pie, He waited patiently behind a short line for his turn to arrive, while he waited he took a look at all of his other remaining friends and how well and bad they were doing. Robbie appeared to be doing well, but as he spoke to people, they just left. They didn't even bother trying his donuts which from a far looked delicious.

"Andre…Andre…Andre Your Next!" shouted Tori, "Oh shit, my bad Tori. So what do you have for me to try?"

"I hope you kept away from Jade's nasty pie and my sister's who by the way never made her own pie, she said she did but I don't believe her. Anyways, all these other people keep saying my pie looks good but that I burned it…it doesn't look burned right Andre? right best friend?"

Andre chuckled at the choice of words she chose to describe him, he took a plastic knife and sliced what was left of her only remaining pie. With a plastic fork he stabbed the piece and brought it to his mouth, he didn't want to tell her but the piece was burned, the cherries she used inside was ok but the dough and crust were as hard as rocks. As he tried to crunch it all down using all his jaw strength, Tori took what little pie she had left and handed placed them between two crackers. Andre signaled to her that he needed something to wash it all down with, Tori pulled out a sprite from a cooler she brought from her house.

She tossed it to Andre and watched him open the can of soda and chug down her slice of pie, When Andre drank all of his soda, he looked relieved but as soon as Tori asked him to try one more piece but with crackers; that's where he had to be a dick to her.

"Look it might be a little burned, but try it with crackers Andre and tell me if it's any better this time."

"You know Tori I think I'm done with pies for today, not to be a dick but if I was you I think I might have just stolen my pies like your sister…Bye"

"Andre!…Get Back Here!"

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Robbie's Donut Stand

Andre was ready to go back home but Robbie's Donuts looked really yummy and he still had so many left, what on earth could he have been telling people to make them want to leave without trying some donuts. He went over to Robbie to try some donuts, As he got closer to his stand he could already tell what was bugging people about him.

"Hey Andre, what's up, sorry about your stomach bug, it must hurt. But you know who doesn't know pain? Chuck Norris, Why? Because Pain knows Chuck Norris."

"Wow…uuh, can I try some donuts now Robbie?"

"Uh yeah sure, but before you take a bi-"

Andre chose to grab a chocolate donut before Robbie could finish what he was gonna say, when he bit into it, Andre was quick to spit it back out. Andre went running to a drinking fountain to get some water in his mouth and wash his tongue, Robbie went over to Andre and told him that he was the fifth person to either go running for water or threaten to sue him in court.

"Robbie!…do you know what that was?"

"I filled all my donuts with whip cream when all of us were in the cafeteria, I checked to make sure the can It was whip cream and not something else. Why what do you think it?"

"That's shaving cream man…oh fuck I still got some hanging from uvula, I think someone might have pulled a prank on you man. Look I'm gonna go see what Cat has, talk to you later."

"Shaving cream?…who would do such an evil thing?" he asked as he took a bite out of one of his own donuts.

Over by Jade's stand, Jade sat on a chair and leaned back on her stand stuffing her mouth with whip cream from a can she stole from Robbie earlier, Beck came and asked her where she got that can from, her only response was a wink.

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Cat's Dessert Stand

Apart from everyone else's stand In the park, none had more desserts than his little red headed friend. And by the looks of it, she had the longest line, half of the people in the line were boys from their school and from somewhere else. Instead of leaving when she handed them cupcakes or pies, they stuck around just to flirt with her. Andre looked over and saw that she was wearing a tight yellow shirt with the tightest short he's ever seen her wear. She wore tight low rise denim shorts to squeezed her butt just right, she saw that Andre was amongst one of the people in line waiting.

"Andre! you came today…wait right there!" she hollered at him, she sounded happy to see him.

Andre scratched the back of his head and picked his teeth, hoping to still get rid of anymore nasty shaving cream that still might be hiding. Cat came back with a bag of cupcakes, some donuts and a slice of pie for him. He thanked her for the desserts and was prepared to go home, however Cat wanted him to stay with her.

"I'd love to Cat but you look tied up at the moment, all these guys I mean. I don't want to cock block them, see you later Cat."

"Andre wait…try some of them, I promise you'll like them, they come with something special."

"Oh really Cat? Their not filled with shaving cream are they? They don't look burned and doubt you used blood for the color…all right I'll try some."

He pulled a cupcake from his bag and took a bite out of it, they tasted heavenly, it was like all of his taste buds were celebrating at the same time. His eyes closed and a smile took over his face, when he opened up his eyes to tell Cat how delicious they were; she tip toed and gave him a kiss. When all the other guys saw this, they left like roaches who saw the lights turn on.

Andre stopped chewing on his cupcake and just stared at Cat, quietly surprised. She brought her arms to the back of her butt and crossed her legs, giggling with the cutest look on her face. He chuckled and placed his half eaten cupcake back into his bag, he wrapped his arm around her shoulders and walked back over to her stand to help her finish giving away desserts.

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(!) "Just a warm One Shot between one of my favorite victorious pairing."