A/N- Wassup? It be TOBN here with the new collection of one shots I promised!
Now the fate of this story bounced on and off in my head, myself being a totally indecisive person, but I decided it was okay to post this, needing a new one shot collection anyway. And I figured I already have at least ten chapters already done, so yeah. What is there to lose, right?
This is yet another story you can request for, so to submit a suggestion, I just need a plot/scenario [pairings are optional. It could be family/friends as well]. But there is a catch; the plot itself should be laughable. Don't worry if you aren't a funny person; I can handle the amounts of funniness in the story. So yeah! A lot of funny!
Anyway, as for this, I don't know how long it'll last. Possibly could just be the collection of one shots I will use for the rest of my career. Who knows? I can be crazy sometimes, and tend to get off track.
June has already begun, and I am falling behind on some updates, so the rest of the week will be working on Dark Days: A World In Ruins, The Haunt [that short story is taking me FOREVER], Checkmate, Scarred For Life, and maybe What If. So that is basically that until I can finally focus on the actual schedule I planned [that I probably would have to revisit and edit, since obviously it isn't working out].
For now, enjoy this story while it lasts, drop a review, and...
ENJOY!
P.S- The recipe for the red velvet cake was found on . If you wanna know.
It's [Kind Of] A Funny Story: Chapter 1: Piece Of Cake
How could he forget?!
His best friend's birthday was today, and none of his friends even took that into consideration. Ethan had done so much for them, and was always had such a kindred spirit, and the one thing they could do to thank him back was forget his birthday and wait until eleven in the morning to remember.
So when Benny called up all his vampire friends to help him out with a party for the Seer, obviously 'no' was not an answer.
"I cannot believe we forgot about Ethan's birthday. This is complete disaster! After everything he ever done to us, we are the WORST friends of all time!" Sarah moaned, flopping on the couch. Benny scrunched up his face in thought, clearly annoyed at the pessimistic behavior of all his friends. Rory saw this, and caught on to what Sarah was trying to do. Sarah winked, and Rory decided to join her little act.
"I know! What kind of friends leave exactly 24 hours to find a present for the BEST GUY IN THE WORLD? What kind of friends are we?!" Erica smirked at the emerald eyed boy, who was rubbing his temples annoyingly. She shot him a sad look.
"Who knows what he would say! His disappointed face, his sad, sad broken nerd heart...would he hate us forever? And forever is a long time for us, considering we are going to be alive for quite a long while, and grudges that long could obviously kill someone-" Benny shot all his vampire friends mad looks.
"Really guys? We forget Ethan's birthday, and you want to joke around about it! We ARE bad friends!" He said in discouragement. Rory stifled his laugh as Sarah's happy demeanor dampened for the sake of her friend.
"I suppose you are right. We probably do have to think of something, and something fast. I asked Mrs. Morgan to stall Ethan the whole day with her traveling book club, and they are coming back at around 8. Until then, we have at least a few hours to think of something before he comes home." Benny moaned. "Thanks for the info, fangs." He said annoyingly, drinking the coffee in front of him. Erica frowned.
"Coffee? Since when did you need that much energy?" Benny shrugged. "I dunno. I need something right now. I need something to liven me up." The gears in Rory's brain tinkered and before anyone could say anything else, Rory sprung up with an idea.
"Well, what livens people up are parties, and when was the last time Ethan went to a party? This could be exactly what he needs. A party!" Sarah nodded. "That is actually not a bad idea. Nice one Rory!" Rory beamed as Erica gagged. "Since when did Rory have good ideas?" She asked. Benny frowned. "You really need a coffee today, huh Erica?" Erica shrugged. "Well, I need the blood of some jogging guy. Anyway, I will go zoom off and buy a cake." She was about to speed off, when Benny stopped her.
"Wait! Maybe we can do this on our own. I am putting this challenge out right now; if you can make a party buying nothing and using the things at my house, with no magic or any vampire powers, I will treat everyone for some sundaes at the end of the night." He promised. Sarah was about to recline the contest when Erica smiled seductively. "A bet, huh Weir? Yeah! We can do that. Sundaes are certain tonight." She reassured everyone, Rory nodding excitingly. All eyes were on Sarah, who shrugged in defeat.
"What the heck. It's Ethan, and we kinda need to save some money anyway. It'll kind of be like...preparing a party as a human!" She said with a small smile, Benny cheering as he grinned.
"Okay Team V? You ready?" He put his hand in, and with a little push, everyone's hand was in a circle. They cheered, and Benny started to give out who was doing what, and the groups started to plan.
Benny and Sarah were in the kitchen, Benny reading the recipe off his phone for the red velvet cake. Sarah frowned.
"Are you sure Ethan likes red velvet?" Benny nodded. "Certain. And lucky for you, my grandma just finished making red velvet cupcakes for some thing downtown, so we still have some ingredients left. Enough to make a red velvet cake that is certain to wow the people!" He said, waving his hands over dramatically. Sarah rolled her eyes as she read the phone.
"Okay, so do we have what we need?" Benny shrugged. "Tell me everything, and I'll find them." He replied. Sarah nodded; seemed harmless enough. So she began to read the list down, Benny getting ready to sprint around the kitchen.
"One and a half cup of shortening?" She asked. Benny looked confused for a minute, but remembered what it was from Home Ec. class, so he found some in the cupboard. He gave the thumbs up, and Sarah continued.
"One and a half cups of sugar?" She read. Benny knew where that was as he dashed to the second cupboard. He accidentally spilled the open bag of sugar on himself, coughing as he quickly recovered. Benny measured the sugar and gave it to Sarah, his hair covered with flakes of sugar. Sarah stifled her laughs as she continued.
"2 eggs?" Benny almost slipped on sugar as he slid to the fridge, dropping an egg or two and catching two more. Sarah face palmed. "You are a klutz!" She scolded. "You are making a mess, and we can't use your magic to fix it later." Benny laughed. "Well, we better get on, huh?" Sarah giggled at his goofiness and read on.
"Two tablespoons of cocoa, four tablespoons of red food coloring, one teaspoon of salt, and one teaspoon of vanilla extract." She recited. Benny frantically searched the kitchen for the stuff, measured it, and poured it in separate bowls. Sarah nodded in satisfaction as she continued on.
"One cup of buttermilk, two one and a half cups of sifted, all-purpose flour, one and a half teaspoons of baking soda, and one tablespoon of distilled white vinegar." She read. Benny panted as he found the stuff. He sighed.
"Am I done?" Sarah smiled. "That was just the cake. Now for the icing..." Benny groaned as Sarah laughed through the instructions.
"So five tablespoons of all-purpose flour, one cup of milk-"
"The milk spilled, goddammit!" Benny wailed. Sarah rolled her eyes. "Benny, don't cry over spilled milk." Benny stuck out his tongue as he clapped his hands, puffs of sugar and flour splashing on Sarah. She yelped, reading on.
"One cup of white sugar, one cup of butter at room temperature, and one teaspoon of vanilla extract." She said. Benny frowned. "How does this have anything to do with red velvet other than the fact we are using red food coloring?" Sarah shrugged. "I never cooked." She said.
Benny sighed as he told Sarah to help him out. She prayed this wouldn't go wrong as she read the instructions aloud.
"So first, preheat oven to175 degrees Celsius. Grease two 9-inch round pans as well." She said, already on it as Benny heated the oven. He yelped when he burned his hand slightly, sucking his thumb a bit. Sarah rolled her eyes as she continued.
"Beat shortening and 1 1/2 cups sugar until very light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well" Benny frowned. "What do they mean by beat?" Sarah rolled her eyes as she sighed in frustration. "With a whisk, you dumb ass." She said with a laugh, Benny pouting as he did just that. "Don't get the egg shells!" She added. Benny nodded. "I know how to cook." He said with a roll of his eyes.
He did as he was told, spilling a few stuff when he beat it, so Sarah had to help. Benny didn't want to get his phone ruined, so he put it to the side and read off the table.
"So to make a paste of cocoa and red food coloring, it says to add to creamed mixture. Mix salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and buttermilk together. Add the flour to the batter, alternating with the buttermilk mixture, mixing just until incorporated. Mix soda and vinegar and gently fold into cake batter. Don't beat or stir the batter after this point." Sarah frowned, but she did as she was told anyway, finishing up as she grinned.
"Done. What's next?" She said a few minutes later. Benny frowned. "Damn! You are fast!" Sarah shrugged modestly. "I may have lied about not cooking often." She said meekly. Benny laughed as he sighed.
"Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake in preheated oven until a tester inserted into the cake comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Cool cakes completely on wire rack. Let's pray this won't burn..." Sarah poured the batter into the Yoda shaped pan. She smiled at the goofy choice and placed the timer to 30 minutes. Benny then read about the icing
"So to make the icing, it said to cook 5 tablespoons flour and milk over low heat till thick, stirring constantly. Let cool completely! While mixture is cooling, beat 1 cup sugar, butter, and 1 teaspoon vanilla until light and fluffy. Add cooled flour mixture and beat until frosting is a good spreading consistency. Frost cake layers when completely cool." Sarah asked for some help, and Benny turned off his phone to help the brunette vampire.
When they were finished, Benny licked the icing off the spoon, licking it and smiling. "Thumbs up!" He said with a smile, putting the icing in one of those icing dispensers. They cleaned up, and by the time they were done, the cake was finished, and they just put the finishing touches. Sarah was able to make a few fancy details, and with that, they were done.
"Good job fangs. We did good." Sarah nodded. "I agree; I just hope Rory and Erica aren't killing each other."
Rory and Erica were in the living room, making some signs, blowing some balloons they found in the basement, and making some confetti. Rory stuck his tongue out at the vamp as he threw the confetti on Erica. She hissed.
"Really, dork?" She protested. Rory stifled his laughs as Erica rolled her eyes, threatening to poke him with scissors. Rory frowned. "Erica! The theme is Star Wars, because Ethan always dreamed of his sweet sixteenth as a Star Wars themed one. You wanna dress up as Darth Vader?" Erica shrugged.
"Depends if I can wear a sexy little black dress and wear a mask, then lean on the wall sexily." She said, focusing on cutting out a string of mini Yodas. Rory nearly drooled as he looked at Erica in a dreamy faze.
"Sounds awesome!" He said dazedly. Erica looked up and rolled her eyes, wanting to kick the vampire. Rory jumped on the couch to put up the sign he made, the one saying "May The Force Be With You" Erica smirked; as a before nerd [and still kinda nerd], she really enjoyed this.
Benny and Sarah walked in with the amazing cake, and Rory - with the help of Erica -, asked for the straightness of the poster. Benny frowned.
"A little to the left..." He mumbled, the vampires corresponding. Sarah saw what Benny was trying to do, as she joined in.
"No, a lot to the right." She said. The vampires rolled their eyes as they moved it to the right.
"A lot up." Benny said with a grin, Sarah stuffing her laughs in her mouth as Erica huffed in annoyance, yanking it up. Sarah grinned. "No, go down a bit." Rory rolled his eyes. "You are messing with us, right?" He asked. Benny and Sarah laughed, and they ended up just putting the sign up.
No one bothered looking at the time as they let time fly by, going out for lunch and those sundaes Benny promised. They watched a movie and returned, setting the final touches on the party until they heard a beep from the car. It seemed like a long time, and it was pitch black. Benny hurried everyone to hide as he shut the lights.
The door opened, and Ethan walked in with his mom. Samantha stifled her laughs as the lights yanked open. Ethan practically screamed as his friends grinned.
"SURPRISE!" The gang yelled, Benny dressed up as Hans Solo, Sarah dressed up as Leia, Erica dressed up as a sexy Darth Vader, and Rory dressed up as Luke Skywalker. Ethan looked at his watch and laughed.
"Guys, it is twelve midnight on June 3rd. My birthday was technically yesterday." He informed. Benny frowned as he looked at the time, then scolded the blonde Darth Vader.
"Erica! You said we will be okay with watching that second movie!" Erica rolled her eyes. "We were! We would've finished Dusk 6 if you didn't pick a fight with the popcorn guy about finding cheese in your buttered popcorn, then protesting it was a large!" She shot back. Sarah smiled meekly.
"Sorry Ethan." Rory raised a cup of melted ice cream. "We brought back leftover sundaes?" He asked, making Ethan laugh. "This is awesome, nevertheless guys. Thanks so much." He said with a smile.
And with that, they enjoyed the party, having a great time at the Star Wars themed party.
[Minus the time Benny conjured a real light saber, and burned Erica's butt.]
A/N- Well, I hope I got some laughs outta you guys, or at least brightened your spirits.
So expect an update every time The Supernatural Chronicles Of Team V updates.
And with that, thanks for reading, drop a review and yeah
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