Cinnamon and Spices Are so Much Fun!

Chapter 2: A Surprise Party For Chase

After Chase left I settled in my new home pretty fast. And every time I got into the kitchen I looked at the bouquet of flowers Chase gave me and blushed 6 shades of red. Mai told me his favourites stuff and same with Maya. Just then Mai interrupted my thoughts. "Sissy, can we make a big orange cake?" She asked. Orange Cake? Hang on that's one of Chase's favourite dishes.

"Sure sis." I said.

Mai grabbed the cookbook and scanned through the cake section, there she found the ingredient to make it. Breadfruit, Eggs, Milk, Butter and an orange. Mia grabbed all the ingredients out from fridge and placed them all on the counter as she grabbed a big bowl and a metal bowl to put it into the oven with. Mai mixed all the ingredients together and poured it into the metal bowl. Then she gave it to me to put into the oven. "It's an upside down orange cake." Said Mai. I giggled.

"Why are we baking it anyways?" I asked.

"To give to Chase silly." Said Mai.

"Why him though?" I asked turning into 6 shades of red.

"Because he's the only one that loves it beside Maya of course." Said Mai. 'She does have a point' I thought.

"Okay and we'll make him a better cake orange cake for his birthday coming up soon." Said Mai.

"Uh…you might want Yolanda to help you out." I said.

"Yeah I know. I want to see how I do on this cake. If I get a perfect then I'm sure the one I'm going to bake for Chase is going to be a shinning one." Said Mai.

I laughed. So true. I think Chase is going to love it. Even though I never made it. Once the cake was done I took it out of the oven. Then we flipped it upside down into the cake thing as the cake fell off perfectly on the cake container. It was sparkling like it was perfect. "Oh sis I'm sure if I do good on this again for Chase's birthday it'll be the best one ever!" Said Mai with a big smile.

"Yeah." I said.

"Well, I should go to Chase and tell him the good news." Said Mai as she headed toward the entrance.

"But don't tell him about his birthday surprised." I said.

"I know I know." Said Mai as she left.

A few days has past as it was the day before Chase's birthday. Every single day I give him a piece of perfect Orange cake as he just smiled and thank me. Sometimes he gives me a wink. As I just stand there and blushes the whole entire time.

I woke up at 6am in the morning because of my stupid annoying chickens. I always mumble to myself very quietly about it but I try to make sure Mai won't hear me. Then I head toward the bathroom take a quick shower and got into my farming clothes. Then I went downstairs to make breakfast for Mai.

I baked her favourite breakfast dish. Pancakes. Mai just loves pancakes for no reason. Once I finish baking the pancakes and Mai came skipping down the stairs. "Morning sis." She said as she sat down and saw a big plate stacked with pancakes on them. "Mm yummy is that all for me?"

"No silly remember, Chase comes here everyday now because of his big surprise party is in the Inn. He's always in here hungry so I thought I'll cook him some breakfast for him as well." I said squeezing some oranges to make a big judge of orange juice like I always do I take the pulp out for Mai who doesn't like it at all. Toast popped out as quickly scoop it out and place them on another separate plate. I got another plate for the eggs, another one for the bacon, and another one for the sausages. Once everything was place on the counter the doorbell rang. I opened the door and saw Chase outside. "Good morning, Chase." I said.

"Morning Akari." He said as he smelled the inside of my house. "Mm…did you just made breakfast?"

"Yes I did. Come on in. I made some spare food for you to eat." I said.

"Thanks Akari. I was hoping to try some of your cooking. I figure out that the Orange Cake you've been delivering to my house was actually Mai's cooking. A fine job she did." Said Chase as he enter the house.

When we went inside he sat down and saw a stack of breakfast food. Mai was sitting down. "Morning Mr. Chase." She said.

"Morning Mai. How are you this morning?" Said Chase.

"Good. I'm ready to cook whenever your ready." Said Mai.

"Yup, I'm just testing your sister's cooking first." Said Chase as he grabbed the plate that I gave him. "Thank you." He added.

"No problem. And here a cup." I said handing him the cup.

Chase tried almost everything and same with Mai. I smiled every time Mai look up and says 'Yummy' or 'Mm'. Chase on the other hand ate everything and look at me. "You're a wonderful cook Akari!" He said.

"Thanks my brother taught me." I said.

"Ah yes…Kevin. He was a very famous chef at your hometown. I heard about him." Said Chase.

"Oh really?" I asked.

"Yeah I had to compete against him in a cook contest." Said Chase.

"And? Who won?" I asked.

"I did of course." Said Chase.

"So how did Kevin do then?" I asked.

"2nd place." Said Chase.

"Oh." I said.

After Chase finish eating I place the dirty dishes into the sink and washed them. Then I kissed Mai on the cheek and exit the house. I headed toward Sundae Inn. I open the door. The whole room was almost decorated. I sighed at my own work. Yolanda came up to me. "So is Mai working on the birthday cake right now?" She asked.

"No she's keeping Chase busy. But she said she'll get it done tonight. Cause she's going to be keeping Chase and busy and away from the Inn. Or better yet Waffle Island for the whole entire day tomorrow. " I said.

"Smart idea." Said Yolanda.

"But what if Chase comes to Waffle Town?" Asked Colleen.

"Easy, Elli said she'll be at the Town Hall till 5pm. So they can go inside and look at old cook books." I said.

"What if Chase needs something from inside of here?" Asked Jake.

"Tell me the stuff he keeps in here that are really important to him. I'll go grabbed them out of here and take them to my house." I said.

Jake told me a whole bunch of things that Chase keeps in here that are important. Since it was too hard to carry all by hand I got a cardboard box and place them on the stairs where they won't get in the way. At 5pm we closed up the store as I quickly went back home.

Mai POV:

It was 5:30pm once Chase left and Akari came back. Now I can finally start making Chase's birthday cake. I started getting the right ingredients for the cake as I started mixing it all together, poured it into the metal bowl for Akari to put into the oven. Once it was done Akari took it out of the oven. I was right. It was a shinning orange cake like I thought it would be. We quickly decorated it with orange icing and then purple writing that says: Happy Birthday Chase! On it. I sighed at my own artwork I did. Akari called Yolanda to come and check it out. She smiled once she saw the cake. "Wonderful Job Mai." She said.

"Thank you Yolanda. I wouldn't have done it if Akari wasn't here to put it into the oven." I said.

"Yes indeed. Thank you Akari. We wouldn't have gotten the job done without you." Said Yolanda.

"Your welcome. Beside I had some fun watching her." Said Akari.

Once Yolanda left me and Akari put the cake into the cake container. Akari quickly locked the door as we both headed upstairs to sleep.

The next day we both woke up at the same time. Akari went downstairs to go bake breakfast while I go and do the farm work. I was glad Kevin and Max taught me how to do the farm work if Akari was busy. It made life way easier. Once I got all the farm work done. Chase came up. I opened my mouth in surprise. 'Chase is here already?? Shoot we're falling behind on Scheduler again.' I thought. "Morning Chase." I said.

"Morning Mai. Helping Akari out with the farm I see…" Said Chase.

"Yeah. Akari inside baking breakfast. We kind of slept in 20 minutes late." I said.

"Ah I see. Well, Are you done doing the farm work yet?" Asked Chase.

"Yes of course I'm done." I said. "But I pretty much all dirty from the crop picking."

"It's okay I think we should take a break and go somewhere." Said Chase. "I know let's go to the City for a while."

"Okay let me take a quick shower and get change." I said and went inside. "Come on in."

Once we came inside Akari popped her head out from the kitchen corner and opened her mouth. She is falling behind in everything. "Oh…um…Morning Chase…you here." She said.

"yeah I am." Said Chase

"Oh…well…um…breakfast…is….almost done." Saud Akari. Mai came toward me. "why don't you go take a quick shower and get change."

"Okay." I said and ran upstairs. "I'll be right back okay Chase."

"Kay." Said Chase as he watch Mai went upstairs.

"Um….why….don't…you….go watch some TV for a while….we have the cooking channel if you want to watch it…..breakfast should be ready soon…." Said Akari.

"Sure." Said Chase as he went to the living room and sat down. He turned on the TV and relax.

10 minutes later I came running back down. She was in her casual clothes. She walked toward me. I scold at her. "Why aren't you wearing the dress I'm gave you to wear for tonight?" She asked.

"I'll wear it tonight. Don't worry I'll come back and change into it later. But right now we decided to go to the city. And study about cooking there." I said.

"Oh okay then. Come back at 5pm." Said Akari.

"I know mom. I know. You sound pretty nervous before. Are you ok?" I asked.

"Y-y-yes. I-I-I'm f-fine" Said Akari. "I have to get the cake out of here before Chase could see it." I said.

"No problem. I saw a cake box here." I said and opened the cupboard door.

"Thanks." Said Akari and put it gently inside.

Once she was done she kissed me on the forehead. "Don't forget." She said as she's heading toward the door. "His birthday present. But for now keep it in your bedroom."

"I won't forget sis." I said. Akari looked at Chase who was looking at her.

"What's in the box?" He asked.

"Oh….um….this…is just a package I have to give to Yolanda." Said Akari. Chase raised her eyebrow.

"Oh really. You want me to deliver it to her then." He said.

"No I can do it. It's very important to her." Said Akari.

"Well okay then." Said Chase.

"Breakfast is on the counter." She said as she closed the door behind her.

I went to go eat breakfast in the kitchen with Chase. Then we quickly clean the dishes and left the house. Chase wants us the catch the first ferry there. So we took the short cut and got on the ferry to the city. I brought my rucksack and packed gold, a coat, a little makeup bag with lip gloss, hair stuff, hair brush and some other makeup. Once we found a good seat outside I grabbed my book and started to read it. I looked at Chase who was also reading something.

It was a long boat ride to the city but once we got there I got off the boat with Chase and we both took the bus ride to the cooking academy. We had a tour around the whole academy.

The time flew by fast and it was time for us to get going we got on the bus at 4:00pm and got on the boat at 4:30pm. Then we got home at 5:00pm. The perfect time. I quickly went home with him behind me. I told him to stay where he was so I can quickly get change. I took another shower and got change into my formal dress and I grabbed my present. Chase saw what I was carrying. "Who's that for?" He asked.

"My mom forgot it in her room. I have to go give it to her." I said.

"Where is she?" Asked Chase.

"At Sundae Inn." I answer.

"Oh okay then let's go then." He suggest.

"Okay." I said.

We headed our way to Sundae Inn. But it was closing time so we waited outside for 10 minutes. Then my watch rang. It was time. But before I could open the door. Chase stopped me. "I want to talk to you about tomorrow." He said.

"What?" I asked.

"I know tomorrow is Akari birthday. And everyone is planning on making it. Well Yolanda and the others were busy so the mayor and everyone else pitch in to help when Colleen was free I told her and she told the others about it. Now can you please do me a big favour for tomorrow night at 6pm?" He asked me.

"Uh sure. But really….doing a surprise party for my sister. That's so nice of you to organize that." I said.

"Thanks anyways. I want you to drag Akari back here for her surprise party. I talk to Kevin and he said he'll help." Said Chase.

"Sure no problem." I said. Chase had a big smile on his face.

"Thanks." He said.

"No problem." I said. I open the door. Just then the light.

"SURPRISE!!!" Everyone shouted. I jumped in surprise while Chase was also surprised.

"OMG!!! Really? This is all for me? Wow thank you guys." Said Chase.

"It was all thanks to Akari." Said Colleen.

"Yeah Bro, without her idea and her help we wouldn't have did this for you in the first place." Said Maya. Chase looked at Akari for a long time.

"Don't look at me. It wouldn't have been a surprise if Mai didn't keep you busy." Said Akari.

Chase picked me up and soon carried me toward the crowd of people. As everyone cheered in excitment. The party can now begin!


Author's Notes: Well...I think this is a good job don't forget to review.