Click, click, click. Click, thump, click.
"Kendal! Stop tapping your fingers," Aide snapped.
"Oh sorry," Kendal replied softly, moving her hands away from the table. It had been over two hours since Eliza went into the kitchen to attempt to make an edible meal. Kendal, Aide, Prince Edward, and Leo were all commanded, by "CinderEliza" to sit at the dining room table and wait for the meal. After three minutes of awkward, stumbling conversation, the group at the dining room table decided to pass the long wait in silence.
'I wish Eliza would hurry up,' Kendal thought as she felt her stomach groan in hunger. Kendal knew Eliza was not the astounding cook she had claimed to be to Prince Edward and Leo, and Eliza's actions definitely were proving this. For the past two hours, the dining room group had watched smoke seep through the kitchen door, smelled burning food, and heard the panicked cries of Eliza, all while waiting for her to complete the meal. Kendal sighed in impatience as she continued to listen to the chinking of the pots coming from the kitchen.
CRASH.
Kendal, along with everyone else in the dining room, turned to look at the kitchen door and ponder what Eliza had just done to make that earth shattering crash. The crash was Kendal's cue to go check on Eliza, and she silently made her way through the dining room toward the kitchen door.
"Kendal, where are you going?" Aide asked from her seat.
"I know where she's going," Prince Edward interjected. "She is going to the kitchen to boss around her enchanting younger sister. After all that is what evil sisters do." The Prince then nodded knowingly. Aide looked at the Prince dumbfounded by his remarks, while Leo sat the table frowning in the Prince's direction.
"Excuse my audacity your majesty, but my sister and I are not evil," Aide said still trying to shake off her astonishment.
"Sure, and next you'll tell me Eliza has never done a chore in her life!" the Prince angrily exclaimed.
"A...Well...Actually-"
"Preposterous!" Prince Edward said interrupting Aide. Kendal was stunned that Prince Edward knew such a big word.
'I suppose he is full of surprises,' Kendal thought cynically. "Your royal majesty is quite right," Kendal replied with a small curtsey. "I must go boss around my feeble little sister and do justice for all the evil sisters of the world! Oh and I have some laundry she can do for me! I'm off," Kendal said, with as much sarcasm as she could muster. Unfortunately, Prince Edward was too dim to catch on.
"You see Leo; I told you Eliza had evil sisters. I told you."
"Yes, you are quite right, Prince. It is a shame," Leo remarked and Kendal could detect a hint of sarcasm in Leo's reply. She turned to look and Leo and he gave Kendal a quick wink before turning his attention back to the Prince.
'Silly boy,' Kendal silently remarked as she walked into the kitchen.
Once Kendal entered the kitchen, she wished she hadn't. The kitchen floor was splattered with an array of different colored sauces and the walls were also covered with Eliza's "special" recipes. Kendal looked around for her dear sister, to find Eliza whimpering and looking at a pot of something boiling over.
"Eliza! Get that pot off of the burner before it all spills over!"
"I don't know how!" Eliza whined.
"Blow out the fire!"
"How?"
Kendal, exasperated, walked over toward Eliza with a glass of water in hand and threw onto the fire under the pot.
"Oh that's how you do it," Eliza remarked cheerily.
"Eliza, have you made any food to eat?" Kendal asked crossly.
"Well, salad," Eliza replied timidly.
"Where is it?" Eliza pointed towards a little pan on the stove and Kendal went over to it hoping Eliza was joking about the salad being on a burner. Sure enough Eliza was not joking, and there sitting in the pan were burnt lettuce shreds. "Eliza! You do not cook salad!"
"But it was cold!"
"It's meant to be eaten cold!" Kendal grumbled exasperatedly. "Eliza, have you made anything edible in the past two hours?"
"Well..." Eliza started to say as tears slid down her face.
"Don't cry sweetie, I'm here to help," Kendal told her little sister soothingly. Eliza, at the spur of the moment, gave Kendal a great big hug but then suddenly backed away.
"That was awkward," Eliza remarked.
"Yeah, I'm definitely going to agree with you," Kendal said disturbed by the odd moment of sisterly love.
"Good. I'm glad we agree, but what about dinner?" Kendal stood in the kitchen pondering Eliza's question, waiting for an epiphany to come.
"Ok here is what we are going to do. Since you used and burned up all the lettuce in our house we'll just have to make a different kind of salad."
"And that would be?" Eliza asked nudging her sister along.
"A fruit salad."
"Gross!"
"Hush Eliza! Now since it also looks like you ruined the beef," Kendal remarked glancing at the burnt piece of roast in the trashcan, "I suppose we will just have to heat up the left over chicken."
"But it's left over," Eliza squealed.
"So no one except you and me will know."
"Oh, ok."
"And it looks like we have some green beans. They can be easily put on the burner."
"I hate green beans"
"Well, too bad. I guess you are going to have to suck it up Eliza."
"You know sometimes you can be an evil, evil, evil sister!"
"I know," Kendal replied quite happily.
"What about dessert?" Eliza asked impatiently.
"What about it?"
"Well we need a dessert!" Eliza whined like a toddler.
"Fine, we'll make applesauce."
"Applesauce!"
"It is all we have Eliza!"
"Don't yell at me!"
"I'm not yelling at you!"
"Yes you are!"
"This is pointless, Eliza. We need to cook. I'll start heating up the green beans and chicken while you make the fruit salad. Here are the directions for the fruit salad. It is really simple; just follow the directions."
"Ok," Eliza said and then skipped over to the fruit basket to get fruit for her salad.
'How did I get a sister like her' Kendal found herself asking for the millionth time as she heated up the chicken. Once the task of heating up the chicken was complete, Kendal headed over to check on Eliza's progress.
"How is it going Eliza?" Kendal asked.
"I think I'm done," Eliza replied while throwing a banana peel onto the floor.
"Eliza! Don't through stuff on the floor!"
"I'll pick it up later," Eliza remarked off handedly while staring into the fruit salad. Kendal peered over Eliza's shoulder to look at the complete fruit salad and the salad actually looked edible!
"Eliza, I'm impressed!"
"I know, I know, I'm a domestic goddess!" Eliza exclaimed happily.
"Suuuuuure. Anyway go put the fruit salad next to the chicken. Oh- here are the directions for making applesauce. Do you think you can make it?"
"Yes, of course! After all I am just like Cinderella!" Kendal shook her and head and walked towards a burner to cook the green beans. She had just started to the cook the green beans when, she heard Eliza squeal.
"What's wrong?" Kendal asked.
"I can't find the cinnamon!"
"Check the pantry shelf on the left."
"Oh ok!"
Kendal then went back to stirring the green beans, but soon she heard Eliza cry again. "What is the matter?" Kendal asked Eliza once again.
"I'm not strong enough to mush the apples into the sauce," Eliza complained.
"Ok, bring the pot here so I can do it." With Kendal's last comment Eliza began to saunter across the kitchen towards Kendal with the giant pan filled with sauce and apples. Unfortunately for Eliza, the banana peel that Eliza earlier threw on the floor chose at that moment to hinder Eliza by tripping her. Soon Eliza was squealing and trying to keep her balance.
"Eliza, keep your balance," Kendal yelled as she quickly made her way towards Eliza.
"I...I...ah!" The ever-graceful Eliza fell backwards and let the pot of applesauce fly through the air. Like a slow motion movie, Kendal stood helplessly as she watched the pot of applesauce fly over her head, and then she was drenched with applesauce.
"ELIZA!" Kendal screamed and Eliza looked up at Kendal and started to giggle.
"You look like the swamp monster," Eliza remarked in between chortles. The cold applesauce began to ooze down Kendal's face adding to the swamp monster appearance.
"Kendal, Eliza, are you guys ok? "Aide asked poking her head into the kitchen.
"We heard a crash," Leo added while also poking his head through the door into the kitchen.
"Let me see," Prince Edward whined while trying to find room between Leo and Aide, so that he too could peer into the kitchen.
"Kendal, oh my-" Aide broke off her sentence in uncontrollable laughter. Prince Edward and Leo turned to look at the gooey Kendal and they too joined in.
"I'm glad you all find this so amusing."
Author's Note:
I know quite a bit of time has pasted since my last update, but I'm getting ready for school sighs. School is such a hassle sometimes. Anyway, Please expect my sincerest apologies for making my readers wait! : ) Thanks again to all my reader and reviewers! You guys just make my day!
Notes to Reviewers:
Miss Piratess: There are definitely going to be challenges in the friendship of Kendal and Leo. Nothing can be too easy! : ) Oh and I'm glad you like Eliza's idea to be a Fairy Tale Princess.
Purple Mouse: Eliza and Edward are definitely "special." They do sort of seem toadish...
Absurdity:Your review was so nice! I'm glad you like the sarcastic comments of my characters! I do too! Too bad that I can never think of sarcastic comments like that on the spot! Thank you for loving my entire story; your review was great! : )
ElvenDreams: I definitely like your description of Eliza as a ditz. I think she may be more of a ditz than "evil" just because of the fact that she doesn't know any better. I think shallowness and being a ditz are big components that make up Eliza's character. And you will see what part Leo plays in the story... eventually laughs evilly Thanks for your review!
DramaQueen007: Thanks again for your review to my story! I hope you are having fun being busy!
EvenSong: My ever amazing Beta...I'm so happy my grammar is improving! cheers thanks again for all your help and have a great vacation (again)! Relax!!! : )
"Kendal! Stop tapping your fingers," Aide snapped.
"Oh sorry," Kendal replied softly, moving her hands away from the table. It had been over two hours since Eliza went into the kitchen to attempt to make an edible meal. Kendal, Aide, Prince Edward, and Leo were all commanded, by "CinderEliza" to sit at the dining room table and wait for the meal. After three minutes of awkward, stumbling conversation, the group at the dining room table decided to pass the long wait in silence.
'I wish Eliza would hurry up,' Kendal thought as she felt her stomach groan in hunger. Kendal knew Eliza was not the astounding cook she had claimed to be to Prince Edward and Leo, and Eliza's actions definitely were proving this. For the past two hours, the dining room group had watched smoke seep through the kitchen door, smelled burning food, and heard the panicked cries of Eliza, all while waiting for her to complete the meal. Kendal sighed in impatience as she continued to listen to the chinking of the pots coming from the kitchen.
CRASH.
Kendal, along with everyone else in the dining room, turned to look at the kitchen door and ponder what Eliza had just done to make that earth shattering crash. The crash was Kendal's cue to go check on Eliza, and she silently made her way through the dining room toward the kitchen door.
"Kendal, where are you going?" Aide asked from her seat.
"I know where she's going," Prince Edward interjected. "She is going to the kitchen to boss around her enchanting younger sister. After all that is what evil sisters do." The Prince then nodded knowingly. Aide looked at the Prince dumbfounded by his remarks, while Leo sat the table frowning in the Prince's direction.
"Excuse my audacity your majesty, but my sister and I are not evil," Aide said still trying to shake off her astonishment.
"Sure, and next you'll tell me Eliza has never done a chore in her life!" the Prince angrily exclaimed.
"A...Well...Actually-"
"Preposterous!" Prince Edward said interrupting Aide. Kendal was stunned that Prince Edward knew such a big word.
'I suppose he is full of surprises,' Kendal thought cynically. "Your royal majesty is quite right," Kendal replied with a small curtsey. "I must go boss around my feeble little sister and do justice for all the evil sisters of the world! Oh and I have some laundry she can do for me! I'm off," Kendal said, with as much sarcasm as she could muster. Unfortunately, Prince Edward was too dim to catch on.
"You see Leo; I told you Eliza had evil sisters. I told you."
"Yes, you are quite right, Prince. It is a shame," Leo remarked and Kendal could detect a hint of sarcasm in Leo's reply. She turned to look and Leo and he gave Kendal a quick wink before turning his attention back to the Prince.
'Silly boy,' Kendal silently remarked as she walked into the kitchen.
Once Kendal entered the kitchen, she wished she hadn't. The kitchen floor was splattered with an array of different colored sauces and the walls were also covered with Eliza's "special" recipes. Kendal looked around for her dear sister, to find Eliza whimpering and looking at a pot of something boiling over.
"Eliza! Get that pot off of the burner before it all spills over!"
"I don't know how!" Eliza whined.
"Blow out the fire!"
"How?"
Kendal, exasperated, walked over toward Eliza with a glass of water in hand and threw onto the fire under the pot.
"Oh that's how you do it," Eliza remarked cheerily.
"Eliza, have you made any food to eat?" Kendal asked crossly.
"Well, salad," Eliza replied timidly.
"Where is it?" Eliza pointed towards a little pan on the stove and Kendal went over to it hoping Eliza was joking about the salad being on a burner. Sure enough Eliza was not joking, and there sitting in the pan were burnt lettuce shreds. "Eliza! You do not cook salad!"
"But it was cold!"
"It's meant to be eaten cold!" Kendal grumbled exasperatedly. "Eliza, have you made anything edible in the past two hours?"
"Well..." Eliza started to say as tears slid down her face.
"Don't cry sweetie, I'm here to help," Kendal told her little sister soothingly. Eliza, at the spur of the moment, gave Kendal a great big hug but then suddenly backed away.
"That was awkward," Eliza remarked.
"Yeah, I'm definitely going to agree with you," Kendal said disturbed by the odd moment of sisterly love.
"Good. I'm glad we agree, but what about dinner?" Kendal stood in the kitchen pondering Eliza's question, waiting for an epiphany to come.
"Ok here is what we are going to do. Since you used and burned up all the lettuce in our house we'll just have to make a different kind of salad."
"And that would be?" Eliza asked nudging her sister along.
"A fruit salad."
"Gross!"
"Hush Eliza! Now since it also looks like you ruined the beef," Kendal remarked glancing at the burnt piece of roast in the trashcan, "I suppose we will just have to heat up the left over chicken."
"But it's left over," Eliza squealed.
"So no one except you and me will know."
"Oh, ok."
"And it looks like we have some green beans. They can be easily put on the burner."
"I hate green beans"
"Well, too bad. I guess you are going to have to suck it up Eliza."
"You know sometimes you can be an evil, evil, evil sister!"
"I know," Kendal replied quite happily.
"What about dessert?" Eliza asked impatiently.
"What about it?"
"Well we need a dessert!" Eliza whined like a toddler.
"Fine, we'll make applesauce."
"Applesauce!"
"It is all we have Eliza!"
"Don't yell at me!"
"I'm not yelling at you!"
"Yes you are!"
"This is pointless, Eliza. We need to cook. I'll start heating up the green beans and chicken while you make the fruit salad. Here are the directions for the fruit salad. It is really simple; just follow the directions."
"Ok," Eliza said and then skipped over to the fruit basket to get fruit for her salad.
'How did I get a sister like her' Kendal found herself asking for the millionth time as she heated up the chicken. Once the task of heating up the chicken was complete, Kendal headed over to check on Eliza's progress.
"How is it going Eliza?" Kendal asked.
"I think I'm done," Eliza replied while throwing a banana peel onto the floor.
"Eliza! Don't through stuff on the floor!"
"I'll pick it up later," Eliza remarked off handedly while staring into the fruit salad. Kendal peered over Eliza's shoulder to look at the complete fruit salad and the salad actually looked edible!
"Eliza, I'm impressed!"
"I know, I know, I'm a domestic goddess!" Eliza exclaimed happily.
"Suuuuuure. Anyway go put the fruit salad next to the chicken. Oh- here are the directions for making applesauce. Do you think you can make it?"
"Yes, of course! After all I am just like Cinderella!" Kendal shook her and head and walked towards a burner to cook the green beans. She had just started to the cook the green beans when, she heard Eliza squeal.
"What's wrong?" Kendal asked.
"I can't find the cinnamon!"
"Check the pantry shelf on the left."
"Oh ok!"
Kendal then went back to stirring the green beans, but soon she heard Eliza cry again. "What is the matter?" Kendal asked Eliza once again.
"I'm not strong enough to mush the apples into the sauce," Eliza complained.
"Ok, bring the pot here so I can do it." With Kendal's last comment Eliza began to saunter across the kitchen towards Kendal with the giant pan filled with sauce and apples. Unfortunately for Eliza, the banana peel that Eliza earlier threw on the floor chose at that moment to hinder Eliza by tripping her. Soon Eliza was squealing and trying to keep her balance.
"Eliza, keep your balance," Kendal yelled as she quickly made her way towards Eliza.
"I...I...ah!" The ever-graceful Eliza fell backwards and let the pot of applesauce fly through the air. Like a slow motion movie, Kendal stood helplessly as she watched the pot of applesauce fly over her head, and then she was drenched with applesauce.
"ELIZA!" Kendal screamed and Eliza looked up at Kendal and started to giggle.
"You look like the swamp monster," Eliza remarked in between chortles. The cold applesauce began to ooze down Kendal's face adding to the swamp monster appearance.
"Kendal, Eliza, are you guys ok? "Aide asked poking her head into the kitchen.
"We heard a crash," Leo added while also poking his head through the door into the kitchen.
"Let me see," Prince Edward whined while trying to find room between Leo and Aide, so that he too could peer into the kitchen.
"Kendal, oh my-" Aide broke off her sentence in uncontrollable laughter. Prince Edward and Leo turned to look at the gooey Kendal and they too joined in.
"I'm glad you all find this so amusing."
Author's Note:
I know quite a bit of time has pasted since my last update, but I'm getting ready for school sighs. School is such a hassle sometimes. Anyway, Please expect my sincerest apologies for making my readers wait! : ) Thanks again to all my reader and reviewers! You guys just make my day!
Notes to Reviewers:
Miss Piratess: There are definitely going to be challenges in the friendship of Kendal and Leo. Nothing can be too easy! : ) Oh and I'm glad you like Eliza's idea to be a Fairy Tale Princess.
Purple Mouse: Eliza and Edward are definitely "special." They do sort of seem toadish...
Absurdity:Your review was so nice! I'm glad you like the sarcastic comments of my characters! I do too! Too bad that I can never think of sarcastic comments like that on the spot! Thank you for loving my entire story; your review was great! : )
ElvenDreams: I definitely like your description of Eliza as a ditz. I think she may be more of a ditz than "evil" just because of the fact that she doesn't know any better. I think shallowness and being a ditz are big components that make up Eliza's character. And you will see what part Leo plays in the story... eventually laughs evilly Thanks for your review!
DramaQueen007: Thanks again for your review to my story! I hope you are having fun being busy!
EvenSong: My ever amazing Beta...I'm so happy my grammar is improving! cheers thanks again for all your help and have a great vacation (again)! Relax!!! : )