*Thank you to my two reviewers on the first chapter. I'm glad you liked it lol

To Isa: eheheh yes, I suppose it does seem like Naomi is a single mother… of a bunch of men older than her… o_O lol

And now we get to the actual cake-making…

The ABCs: Avengers Baking Cakes

Two hours later, Naomi, Loki, Thor, and Tony were gathered in Stark Tower's kitchen.

Naomi held the box of cake mix (chocolate, of course) and read out the instructions.

"Does it say whether you just put in the whites, or the whole eggs?" Tony asked, pretending to have a clue about baking (which he, in actuality, had not the slightest inkling what to do).

Naomi consulted. "It says the whole egg. So let's preheat the oven, grease the pan, and get to work on the mix."

Tony went to the oven and set it.

"What are you doing, Stark?" Naomi asked exasperatedly.

"Turning on the oven…" he said slowly.

"No, you're turning on the stovetop," Naomi sighed.

"Huh? What's the difference?" he asked in confusion.

Naomi went over and turned the stove off. "Okay, the oven is the part that is the inside. You put something in the oven. You put stuff on the stove. So you've got to make sure you turn the right one on. And I thought you were a genius," she shook her head in exasperation.

Tony scoffed. "Yeah, I'm a genius. See, Naomi, the smart thing to do is just get someone else to do this stuff for you… therefore I am smart to have always been able to get other people to cook for me."

Naomi rolled her eyes and showed Tony how to set the oven to bake and sighed, turning to look at Loki and Thor, who were working on the other things.

"Loki, what the smeg are you doing?" she exclaimed, running over to him, where he was spraying the cake pan with cooking oil.

"Spraying the bottom of the pan with cooking oil," Loki said slowly. "That's what it says to do."

Naomi groaned. "Okay, when it says the bottom… it means the inside. Not the literal bottom!" she groaned. "Go wash it off. You're gonna set the kitchen on fire if you spray the outside bottom of the pan…"

Loki gave her a haughty look. "Well, the box should be more specific. Why doesn't it just say the inside instead of the bottom? It'd be more accurate that way… stupid mortals… making inaccurate instructions…"

"Why would you spray the outside of the pan, Loki?" Naomi asked tiredly.

"…To keep it from sticking to the oven rack?" he smirked.

"Go wash it, you moron," Naomi ordered, giving him a shove. "And you spray the inside of the pan so that the cake doesn't stick to it when it's done!" she added.

She then turned to see how Thor was doing with the cake mix. You couldn't mess that up, could you?

"Gah! Thor!" she shrieked, rushing over to him. "What are you-?!"

Thor blinked. "What? I have put the mix, the water, the oil, and the eggs into a mixing bowl, have I not?"

Naomi groaned. "Thor... you have to crack the eggs and put the insides into the mixing bowl!"

Thor frowned. "But you said you must put the whole egg into the mixture."

Naomi slapped her hand to her forehead. "Oh, my god…"

"Yes?" Loki asked cheekily from behind her.

"You can shut up," Naomi snapped, whirling around to look at her boyfriend.

Loki laughed. "Am I not a god, and am I not yours?"

Naomi rolled her eyes.

Thor made a disapproving hum. "Loki, you know we are not truly gods… we are simply from another realm, and the mortals of old worshipped us, but we are not gods."

Naomi feigned shock and took a step closer to Loki. "You're not a god?!" She seized the front of his shirt and brought him face to face with her. "You lied to me?!"

Loki stared at her, surprised by her evident anger.

Naomi shoved him away. "How dare you!"

"Hey, it was his stupid plan!" Tony jumped in.

"My plan? My plan was to lie low… Your plan was to run off! And be all 'oh, look at me, look at me, I'm a god!'" Naomi pretended a pompous walk.

"That's not true!" Tony cried.

"NO? Who are you kidding?" Naomi snorted. "You're buying your own con!"

"At least I'm not dating mine!" Tony snickered, then gestured to Loki.

"I-!" Naomi paused in her angry countenance. "Ooh… low blow…"

Tony and Naomi immediately burst into raucous laughter. Meanwhile, Thor and Loki looked lost. They did not know that the mortals had just reenacted a scene from the movie The Road to Eldorado.

Naomi straightened. She cleared her throat. "Ahem. Um… Eggs. Take them out of the mix, Thor, and you have to break them in half and let the liquid part go into the mixture."

Thor looked confused. He gingerly poked his fingers into the mess of mix, water, and oil. He extracted two whole eggs, covered in oil and cake mix.

"That's so disgusting," Naomi muttered. "You know how to crack an egg?"

"Certainly," Thor smiled. He raised his hand, holding both the eggs.

"Oh, crap, Thor, don't-!" Tony started to stop him, but too late.

Thor threw the eggs at the floor, and both shattered and splattered egg whites and yolk all over. Thor looked rather proud. "I have now cracked the eggs."

Naomi groaned. "This… is… a … disaster…" She muttered, pressing her hands to her forehead.

Loki cleared his throat quietly, and Naomi looked up. He was holding two new eggs, fresh from the carton.

"Shall we… crack the eggs properly?" he asked tentatively.

Tony smiled. "Aw…"

Naomi sighed. "Okay, I'll show you guys…" She took one of the eggs from Loki's hands and took it to the mixing bowl. She expertly tapped it firmly on the corner of the counter twice, pressed her thumb against the crack that formed, and split the two halves over the mixing bowl, the whites and yolk dropping inside neatly.

Thor, Tony, and Loki all looked impressed.

"Okay," Naomi sighed. "Now.. I'm going to get another bowl, and you guys can practice." She had mostly calmed herself. Until she went to get another bowl from the cabinets, and slipped in the remains of the eggs that Thor had smashed. Her arms pinwheeled, and she fell backwards, landing on her rear unceremoniously amongst the shells and yellow liquid. She was stunned, simply shocked that she had suddenly gone from standing to sitting on the floor.

Loki, Tony, and Thor all burst into laughter.

Naomi blushed, and she fought to get to her feet. She slipped once more as she tried to regain her balance, and landed on her hands and knees. It took her one more try to stand dup fully, and then she glared tearfully at the boys, who were now doubled over with laughter, collapsing against each other.

"You guys are being jerks!" Naomi spat, wiping her eyes quickly in an attempt to not show her frustration. "If you guys are so smart, then make the cake yourselves."

She stormed out of the kitchen, and the boys immediately stopped laughing. They exchanged worried glances.

"Do you think… perhaps… we should not have laughed at her?" Thor asked softly.

"What was your first clue, oaf?" Loki spat.

"Loki, quit being rude. You were laughing, too…" Tony accused. "In fact, you were laughing harder than either of us, and she's your girlfriend! So you have no excuse to yell at us for laughing at her…" Tony snickered. "Falling in the… eggs…" he snickered again. "Did you see her face when she slipped?!"

Loki and Tony burst into giggles again.

Note from LoquaciousQuibbler: Aww… poor Naomi… just trying to help the clueless boys, and just getting laughed at for her trouble… I mean, it wasn't even her fault.

Yeah… I figured Tony wouldn't really have a clue how to cook, because he's rich and can always get someone to do it for him, and can afford to eat out all the time. As for Loki and Thor, they're princes. They probably never had to cook… (And this is purely movie stuff. I know inn the mythology the gods always went out in the wilderness and made their own way… anyways).

*sigh* anyways… so… now Naomi has ditched the boys. Will they be able to manage to make a cake on their own? Bets, anyone? Bets? Find out next chapter how well that goes down… ;)

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