A/N: I'm sorry that the previous chapter was just a filler. I'm going to do my best to make up for it!

The Batter Fight

"Morning, Jake!" I chirped happily after running into the house from the cottage. I pecked a quick kiss on his cheek and went into the kitchen for breakfast, and he soon followed.

It felt nice, the tingling sensation in my lips.

Jake was smiling cheekily while he seemed to inhale the food at the rate it was disappearing. I didn't have to be my dad to know why; I'm pretty sure everyone here could tell why he was so happy.

"Well, hello Jacob," my father grinned as he entered, grinning from hearing his thoughts most likely, "I see that you're in quite a good mood this morning."

"I'm pretty sure I know why," my mom said as she entered the kitchen and hugged Jake. "It's because today's the last day of school and then winter break begins. Isn't that right, Jacob?" We all burst into a fit of laughter, and I wiped the tears forming at the corners of my eyes. He didn't look the least bit ashamed.

We made it to school with plenty of time to spare, which Jake pouted at. Ah, he was so cute when he pouted like that; so hard to refuse. But I did, so here we were at school.

"Hey Gabe!" I said excitedly as he emerged from his green eco-friendly car, and I ran over and gave him a quick peck on the lips. I could hear the cracking of Jacob's knuckle's as his fists clenched beside me.

I looked at him questioningly, but he just shook his head.

"C'mon, I need to get you two to class," Jacob said gruffly and started walking towards the first classroom, expecting us to follow. I knew he had a problem with Gabe, but did he have to make it so obvious?

The day was a breeze. By the last period, I couldn't wait to leave, but we were just going to be decorating the float, and that much I didn't mind.

It was fun, but we were working overtime to have the float ready by December 31st, and it was already mid-December.

"So, you guys, have you thought about what we could do as a fundraiser to go to Pasadena for New Year's?" I asked, the question mainly directed towards Jenine and Sami.

"Well, why don't you ask everyone yourself, you're in charge of this project now."

"Um, okay, thanks I guess?" I said uncertainly. "Hey, everyone, listen up. Has anybody come up with an idea yet for a fundraiser?"

People started shouting out random ideas.

"Car wash!"

"Sell knick knacks!"

"Knit/crochet scarves!"

"Yard work!"

"Bake sale!" I think that was the most reasonable thing I've heard.

"Jenine, Sami, what do you think about a bake sale?"

"Sure. We're all in." And so that was what was planned.

We had Gabe run over and do the dirty work of running around the school trying to get us to use the gym and kitchen. Somehow he was able to accomplish the task in under 20 minutes. I swear that boy could work miracles.

We agreed to meet up back at school on Sunday to make cookies and cakes and brownies and whatnot, and we got the projector working so we could watch a movie in the gym. We planned that we would sell tickets for the movie and treats, and maybe make a few little carnival games out of this and that.

It would be perfect.

We met up bright and early Sunday morning.

"Good morning everybody!" I practically yelled, being the only enthusiastic one. Apparently no one else was too happy about being up earlier than 9am during vacation. I didn't mind.

I dragged the giant bags of baking supplies and cake mix in with me, while Sami and Gabe yawned drowsily in the corner.

"Hey, Sami! Do you think you can set up the bowls for mixing?"

"Huh? What was that? I can't comprehend your words when I'm so lethargic!" she practically yelled. Someone definitely wasn't a morning person.

"I'll do it Nessie," Gabe volunteered, flashing me one of those glorious smiles.

"No, Nessie asked me to do it, and I can't refuse. Help me get my ass off this chair," she grumbled and slowly made her way to the counter, cleaning and prepping.

"So, where is everyone else?" I asked Gabe expectantly.

"Oh, um, they'll get here," he said hesitantly, before adding, "eventually." He gave me a sheepish smile.

"Ah!" I groaned and smacked my forehead in feigned exasperation.

We started mixing the batter, pouring in the Betty Crocker cake mix as soon as everyone had arrived. Gregory was laughing at the name. Gosh, some of these people were really crazy.

"Gabe, can you add the water, Sami, add the eggs, please don't put the shell in, Jenine, can you add the oil?" I asked the people in my group. We thought it would be faster if we were all in groups. A couple of us baking cakes, a few cupcakes, some brownies, and others baked cookies.

"Nessie, I'm not a retard. Of course I can crack eggs without getting the shells in the mix," Sami said while laughing.

"Sure, whatever you say," Gabe said, shaking his head and trying not to laugh.

"Whatever," Sami muttered before trying to crack the eggs.

Instead, the egg slipped from her hand and into the batter, splattering the mix all over the place. It seemed that the batter had avoided my apron completely and went straight for my face. But no one else was dirty.

"Ahh!" I squealed. For some reason they found it funny, and all busted a gut laughing.

"You think this is funny?" I screeched. They just kept guffawing. "Oh, I'll show you," I muttered.

I dipped my hand into the batter with it cupped in my hand, and I aimed for Sami. I got into position and flung as hard as I could, but missed. As distracted as she was, she was still pretty quick on her feet. She ducked and the batter ended up hitting the back of Gregory's head.

"Shit! Who did that?!" He started saying more cuss words before grapping his own brownie batter and aiming for our group, and ended up hitting Jenine.

"Hey!" she yelled, and flung batter back at him, but hit Hadrien accidentally.

More batter was flung around. Someone even took cookie dough that was already rolled up and ready for baking and threw it around.

It was a blast and all, but I didn't think we had much left to work with, or that we would really enjoy cleaning up.

"Oh dear," I whispered as I surveyed the mess in the kitchen, and all the people covered in batter. There was more batter on us than in the bowls.

Gabe stood grinning next to me and got his finger and ran it over the side of my face before sticking that same finger in his mouth.

"Yummy," he said, "you taste good covered in chocolate.

"You know what, Gabe? You've got chocolate on your lips. Let me clean them up for you," I whispered as I kissed him.

Suddenly, Aunt Alice was by our side.

"I saw this," she whispered so that only I could here.

"I brought you a change of clothes and some more baking supplies."

I simply nodded, and we started working in overtime. Aunt Alice even helped.

Once everything was finished, I changed into the clothes that Aunt Alice had brought me and got ready to sell. A lot of people actually showed up for the movie, if you considered the population and all.

I got all the members out of the kitchen, and Aunt Alice and I got to work with the cleaning. We had the tornado of a mess cleaned up in a matter of minutes, and we went out to enjoy the movie with everybody else. I even got to enjoy the fruits of my labor. That was one good cake, may I add, not to sound too conceited or anything.

"Finally," I said, completely wiped as soon as everyone but the members had left.

"Let's count how much we made," I told Jenine.

We all silently counted our piles repeatedly, before coming to the conclusion.

"Okay you guys. Our total for today was $204. For us, that's really something. Make sure you get the approval of your parents to have access to money over break, because there is something very important that we would all like to do. See how much money you can get to go to California for four days. Hopefully a few of our members are eligible. We will have a, um, benefactor contribute to the rest of the trip," Jenine announced.

Wow, we were really going.

A/N: Okay, what did you think? This wasn't just a filler, because it is significant. Please don't hate Gabe! He's important, too! And I'm sorry for all these unknown characters, but I like adding my friends to the story. They make everything so much funnier. Thanks for reading! Please review!