So sorry I haven't updated this story in so long. I was working on A Flute Player's Story and apparently I can't write two stories at the same time very well. But some of the reviews on that story inspired this chapter and since at the moment I'm having writer's block with it, I decided to write this.

MinnieG-Thank you. I'm glad you liked it so much.

Tif S-Yes, it is adorable. That's what I was thinking when I wrote it. I liked it too. I had this image in my head of them being close and spending pretty much all day every day at each other's house. Yeah, Crutchy (or Benjy...) is just like himself, which is pretty fudging adorable.

Panda Bear-That sucks that you moved away. I had a friend kinda like that. Well, I guess we're kinda still friends, but I moved so I don't see her that much anymore, but I still see her mom sometimes and talk to her. But yeah...it's fun having a person like that in your life where you pretty much live at their house.

So I own Carey and Laura, but sadly not Blink or Crutchy. (If I did, there would be several movies starring them...) Some credit for this idea goes to Panda Bear for saying what a great one-shot it would be.

"No no, dat's too much flour," Blink told Crutchy. "Youse don't need ta add dat much flour."
"No, Ise think youse need ta add more," Crutchy responded, dumping half a bag of flour on the counter and covering both himself and his friend in a cloud of flour.
"What is that burning smell?" Carey asked as she walked into the kitchen. She had been putting some laundry away, leaving the two boys in the kitchen to make a cake for Laura's birthday.
"Wat smell?" Blink looked up and sniffed the air. "Ise don't smell nothin."
"Our cookies!" Crutchy hopped on one foot to the oven, where their first batch of cookies was currently burning. He opened the door and grabbed the tray of cookies out. Blink came over and together they sadly stared at the burnt remains of their cookies.
"Ise think dey're done," Blink said out loud. Carey's mouth twitched and she tried to hold in her laughter.
"Ise think dey're more den done," Crutchy told his friend. "Ise think dey're…dey're…"
"Overdone?" Carey suggested, her voice shaking from holding in her laughter. "Well-done? Very well-cooked?"
"Dey're burnt," Blink stated bluntly. "Dat's wat dey are. Dey're burnt."
That was too much for Carey. She burst out laughing at the looks on the two boys' faces. She bent over and laughed until tears came to her eyes. "Oh…oh you two," she managed to choke out. "You should…see your faces."
Blink looked at Crutchy and shrugged. "Now wat?" he asked her.
Carey finally managed to control her laughter and wiped away the tears from her face. She walked over to the counter and looked at the mess they had made. "What is this?" she asked.
"Da batter," Crutchy told her, walking over and setting down the pan of burned cookies. "Youse asked us ta make batter for a cake. Dat's da batter."
Carey stared at the strange-colored mixture in the bowl. "Are you sure that's what it is? It looks…it looks…well, never mind how it looks. How did you make it? Did you follow the recipe I gave you?"
Blink and Crutchy looked at each other guiltily. "Ummm…wat recipe was dat?" Crutchy asked, darting his eyes around the room. Carey narrowed her eyes at her boyfriend.
"Oh, youse mean dis recipe?" Blink asked, holding up a piece of paper and secretly hoping it was the right one. Carey took the paper and glanced at it.
"This is a to-do list," Carey told him, waving it around in the air. "Don't tell me you boys lost the recipe. Did you?"
"Umm…well, uhh…" Blink turned a dark red as he scratched his head and shifted his eyes around the room, avoiding Carey's gaze. "Well…dat…it was…"
"Real men don't need no written instructions," Crutchy stated strongly. "We's can bake a cake witout no help."
"This isn't…that cake…" Carey burst into laugher again, pointing to their attempt at cake. "I would say you need some help."
Just then Laura entered the kitchen. She stopped short at the sight of Carey laughing and the two boys covered in flour and holding a pan of burnt cookies.
"What…what on earth?" she asked, dropping her violin case. "What happened in here?"
"We was tryin ta surprise youse wit a birthday cake," Blink told her, going over and kissing her cheek. "But we's burned da cookies and Ise think we's messed up da cake."
Laura's mouth twitched as she surveyed the room. Soon she too burst out laughing. She leaned into Blink's side and gave him a hug. "Well thank you for trying. I'm sure whatever you make will turn out okay in the end. Now let's see if we can save that cake batter." She walked over to the counter and together, the four friends made a perfect batch of cookies and a delicious chocolate cake.

So read, review, and tell me how adorable you thought it was...