Hey everyone! Thanks for the tons of reviews! And for everyone who asked "How do you come up with all these oneshots/ideas" the answer is: I have no idea. I'm just a random person. :) So here's the next chapter! Let's met these Caterers! Enjoy!
The Bakers and the Caterers
Chapter two
"And that, guys, is why we don't have girls in our lives. We compare them to food." A shaggy haired man said as he chopped up an array of vegetables on a thick wooden cutting board.
"Dude, Troy, that's totally not why." The man that was cutting up meat next to him said.
"Chad, why else don't we have girlfriends?" Troy asked with an eye roll as he chopped faster.
"Because we're too busy." The other dark skinned man said from his spot by the stove.
"Zeke's right." Chad said with a nod. "No girl can fit into our schedule."
"I can't believe we actually have to pencil girls in now. In high school we didn't have to think twice about a date." Troy said with a shake of his head.
"Yeah, but now we have jobs and a business to run. There's just no way we could find the time to date." Zeke said honestly. "I hate to break it to you, guys, but the only date we're going to have is this Saturday… with each other… at the Samuel's wedding. So get chopping!"
Chad and Troy groaned in annoyance, but didn't argue with Zeke. The large kitchen they were in smelt like garlic and brownies, an unpleasant mix that the three were now used to after months of cooking their famous recipes. As they were cleaning up and packaging their food and placing it in the refrigerator, the phone rang and Troy went to answer it.
"This is The Three Guys That Cook catering service, Troy speaking, how may I help you?" He asked as he grabbed a pen and paper from the desk next to him.
Chad and Zeke listened to Troy as he talked with the caller about the event they would be catering for. Troy was writing quickly on a piece of paper and he nodded and mumbled orders as he listened.
"How did you come across our catering service?" Troy asked once he was done talking about the food.
"I bet they saw my flyers." Chad said proudly to Zeke.
"Dude, your flyers are wimpy pieces of paper. No one would look at those." Zeke laughed.
"Oh, that's weird, well thank you sir." Troy said with a nod as he hung up the phone, writing a few more things down on the piece of paper he had written on before.
"What are we dealing with?" Zeke asked his friend once he came back to the kitchen.
"A wedding with eight hundred people." Troy told them.
"These weddings keep getting bigger and bigger. This is crazy." Chad said. "I'd never invite that many people."
"Well, the good news is you won't have to invite anyone." Zeke chuckled.
Chad shoved him quickly and shook his head angrily at his downer friend.
"So, did they see my flyers?" Chad asked Troy once he was done cursing at Zeke for doubting his ability to one day get married.
"No… do you remember the girls we saw the other day at the McCarthy wedding?" Troy asked.
"Yeah! The hot bakers!" Chad remembered with a smile.
"They recommended us." Troy explained.
"Why would they do that?" Zeke asked.
"Probably because Troy was flirting with the owner!" Chad laughed as he nudged Troy.
"I was not flirting." Troy answered. "I was complementing her on the cake."
"Complementing, flirting, same thing." Chad laughed.
"We should probably thank them somehow. I mean, we just got our biggest job thanks to them." Zeke replied with a shrug.
After a few minutes of thinking of something they could do, the guys were sitting around their laptop that was at the desk in the kitchen, looking up these baking girls.
"What's their bakery called?" Troy asked as he scrolled down the screen of possible bakeries in California.
"Something with 'Girls' in it." Chad said with a nod.
Troy rolled his eyes at his friend and continued to click on random names.
"Wait, right there! Three Girls That Bake." Zeke said as he pointed to the computer screen.
"They like stole our name." Chad said angrily.
"No they didn't, Chad." Zeke said with a sigh.
Troy clicked on their website and the guys stopped arguing about the name when they saw the picture of the three girls that they saw the other day. There was a picture of Sharpay, Taylor, and Gabriella in their kitchen covered in flour as they laughed. The guys couldn't help but smile and Zeke sighed dreamingly.
"The girls of our dreams… right there." Zeke stated honestly.
"What are you talking about, Zeke?" Troy asked.
"Oh come on, Troy, you're honestly going to sit here and say they aren't everything we could ask for? They bake! We cook… it just fits." Zeke said.
"All we know about them is that they bake. They could be like a lemon. Pretty yellow on the outside, but sour on the inside." Troy explained.
"Okay, we definitely need to stop comparing people to food." Chad said with a shake of his head.
"Baking is only one of our specialties." Zeke started reading from their short biography. "After attending one of the top culinary schools and becoming who we are today, we still like to have fun like anyone else would. Shopping, basketball, and dancing in the rain are just a few things we love to do besides baking, and our creative and fun energy can definitely be seen through our cakes." Zeke read. "Now, please tell me you don't still think they're perfect."
"They like basketball, dude." Chad said impressed.
"And dancing in the rain." Zeke said with a goofy smile.
"You know… maybe we should go officially met them." Troy said with a smile as he sat up, taking off his apron and tossing it on the desk.
Zeke patted his friend on the back and they made their way towards the bakery, following the address on the website. They stopped when they got to the front of the bakery and looked at the fancy sign above the doors.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Chad asked nervously now, his confidence and determination slowly disappearing.
"What, are you scared?" Zeke asked with a laugh.
"Our dream girls are in there! Of course I'm scared!" Chad said quickly.
"Just chill. Everything will be fine." Troy said as he opened the door and walked into the bakery.
The three guys inhaled deeply when the warm air hit them. The strong smell of chocolate and just-out-of-the-oven cakes circled around them. They looked around the small shop, noticing no one was there.
"We'll be there in a minute." They heard from the kitchen.
"Dude, look at that cake." Chad said as he pointed to an ocean blue cake with a sign that read Newest Creation above it.
The guys quickly looked away from the large cake when they heard someone clear their throat from the kitchen doorway. The girls were standing there covered in flour and as they saw them they self consciously patted away the flour on their aprons.
"What are you doing here?" Gabriella asked with a smile.
"We just wanted to thank you for recommending us to one of your customers. We really appreciate it." Zeke said to the girls with a nod.
"It's the least we could do. You saved our cake the other day." Taylor said with a smile, looking over at Chad who was smiling goofily.
"So, we didn't come here just to say thanks." Zeke admitted with a laugh, skipping the small talk.
"Really?" Sharpay asked suspiciously, raising her eyebrows with a smile.
"We were kind of wondering if you could go on a date with us…" Troy started as he rubbed his neck awkwardly, glancing at Gabriella, who's eyes were sparkling with excitement.
"Sure!" The girls said together a little too quickly then they should have responded.
"Four weeks from now." Troy finished skeptically as he glanced at his friends next to him.
The girls giggled amongst their selves and nodded as they secretly communicated to each other.
"We understand." Taylor laughed.
"Yeah, there's never a free weekend anymore." Gabriella smiled as she walked towards the calendar behind her. She pointed her fingers at the dates, scanning the pages until she came to the day four weeks from today. "Unfortunately," Gabriella started as she turned to face the awaiting boys. "We're not available for the next two months." She said in disappointment.
"Oh." The guys said somewhat sadly together.
"But I'm sure we'll see each other soon." Gabriella said quickly.
"Okay, yeah, so we'll talk next time then." Troy said with a nod as the guys backed up towards the door. "Nice cake by the way." He said to Gabriella with a quick wink as they left the store.
"Girls, I feel like frosting on a warm cake. I'm totally melting." Gabriella sighed dreamingly.
Zeke kicked a rock on the sidewalk as he sighed and Chad looked up at the bright sky as Troy glanced back into the large window in front of the girl's store.
"They're kinda like broccoli." Chad started as Troy and Zeke groaned. "At first you're scared to try it, but it's really good once you finally do."
"We need to get a life." Zeke protested.
"We do have a life… two months from now." Chad smiled.
The guys stopped when they heard someone calling after them and they smiled as they turned to see Gabriella, Taylor, and Sharpay standing in front of their store.
"Do you want to stay for cake?" Sharpay called after them.
The guys smiled and said at the same time with loving smiles,
"I love cake."
Well, there you have it! I don't really know what to say about the next chapter, so just review and I'll get it to you!
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unknownbyhim22
