It was a typical day in Sweet Pop as Poppy and her friends baked the pastries that they prepped last night. Smidge is happily making the smoothies without wearing out while the others are preparing dishes and desserts for the customers. Cloud Guy came in with the deliveries but they're stored in coolers in the caterbus. Bella Brightly and Smidge took out the coolers and the boxes, packed with the deliveries inside and brought them to the kitchen.
"Thanks for the deliveries, Cloud Guy" Poppy asked when she saw him driving the caterbus instead of the usual delivery truck.
"No problem, I've been handling your deliveries when I heard your delivery truck is being repaired." Cloud said.
"Great!" Branch sighed sarcastically.
"You've been helping us for weeks." Poppy squealed. "Can you pick up our delivery truck tomorrow?"
"No problem, butterfly." He smirked as he drove off.
As soon as Cloud Guy drove off with the caterbus to pick up more deliveries, Poppy and her friends went back to work. Branch noticed that Poppy is baking something in the kitchen. She was slicing some lemons and beside the chopping board were pies that smell wonderful.
"Hi Poppy, what smelled so good right here?" Branch asked her.
"I'm making mom's lemon meringue pie." She replied. "She would make this for a friend when they feel bad so she cheers them up with it."
"Lemons are sour but how did you make something delicious out of a sour thing like this pie?" He asked curiously.
"Yeah, lemons are sour but if we mix it with something sweet, it becomes a sweet and sour delicacy." She answered with a smile.
"Yeah, when life gives you lemons, you make a lemon meringue pie." He added.
When the cafe is finally open, a lot of customers enter the cafe, eager to taste the menu that Bella Brightly set up and the dish of the day. One of the customers, a male blue troll enters the cafe with a smile.
"Hello, is Poppy in here?" He asked Violet.
"Hi, Mr. Stumps." Poppy said when she finished the lemon meringue pie. "What do you want to order?"
"I'm hosting a family reunion picnic today for my mother's birthday and I'll be making the dishes for everybody participating there but for the desserts, I'll leave them to you." He said.
"We can make our famous fruit smoothies." Poppy suggested.
"But how will we make the smoothies on our way?" Violet asked.
"We can make them. fresh at the picnic." Smidge answered.
"Yeah, we have to be prepared for tomorrrow." Poppy said. "The truck is still under repairs so we'll ask Cloud Guy to drive us there."
"Wonderful!" Mr. Stumps agreed. "I'll see ya tomorrow."
As usual, the whole cafe is filled with customers, even more than the Red Tavern. Brandy was so infuriated by the popularity of Poppy's cafe that she wants to get even at the race.
"What? More customers even with lower prices?" Brandy growled. "That tink and her friends always have a lot of orders but we don't!"
"That's because we only serve a narrow stream of audience." Vodka responded.
"Yeah, we don't get the shit to serve anywhere." Tequila sighed.
"I got an idea, we'll serve our drinks at the family reunion but we'll order all the fruits they need." Champagne added.
"How did you know?" Cider asked.
"Heard their delivery truck had a mess for the last weeks and it was being repaired till tomorrow." Vodka answered.
"We'll be in the picnic tomorrow, earlier than those fairies." Brandy smirked with confidence.
The next day came and it's finally time for the family reunion picnic. Poppy and her friends are preparing the fruits they got from the pantry and the equipment but when they are prepared, Cloud Guy arrived with the repairman, a dwarf in a tow truck with something covered attached to it. Poppy flew up to him while Brandy and her posse stole the crate, full of fruits, and replaced it with lemons.
"How's my favorite cafe crew doing today?" Malachite, the dwarf asked.
"Cloud Guy is such a help for us when it comes to deliveries." Poppy answered.
"Yes, he is." He agreed. "And he offered to help you all for today."
"Wow, Cloud Guy, thanks for all your help." She piped up. "What's under this tarp?"
"You wanna know? Why don't you take a look." He said.
"I got this." She smirked.
Poppy took out her wand and lifted the tarp, revealing the old delivery truck, now modified and painted in different colors.
"Wow, it's our old delivery truck but it's been renovated and repaired!" Branch was surprised.
"It's so pretty." Poppy squealed.
"You've been trying your best serving us lunches on time so we thought of doing something special for you." Malachite said.
"For us?" Branch asked.
He peeped into the back of the truck, revealing a kitchen inside.
"It's not just a delivery truck, it's also a fucking food truck inside it." His jaw dropped.
"Everything is complete!" Poppy grinned. "It has a cash register, an oven, a sink, and so many utensils for us to use."
"They have complete equipment here." Smidge added.
"That's not all." Cloud Guy smirked as he pushed the button.
They went outside the truck and their delivery truck became a real food truck too. The flower bud at the top of the truck bloomed to reveal a lounge with a table and an umbrella for protection.
"It's Sweet Pop on wheels." Poppy said with a smile.
"I get the joke." Branch sarcastically commented.
"No, it's not." She added.
"Let's get to the family reunion picnic in this new ride." Violet said as she, Poppy, Smidge, and Branch packed their ingredients and drove off with Cloud Guy to the picnic. They arrived in time for the family reunion picnic but they saw a gang of trolls ganging up on Brandy and her team.
"I didn't know they're here already." Poppy said as Cloud Guy parked the truck into a parking spot. Poppy and her friends are ready to prepare the smoothie but they were shocked when the crate they had only had lemons.
"Lemons, I knew it!" Smidge growled. "Those sirens have stolen our fruits and replaced it with lemons."
This got Branch an idea so he searched into the food truck and when he opened a nearby shelf, it is stacked with vanilla cream.
"Guys, I got an idea." Branch smirked. "I remembered how Poppy's lemon meringue pie was made, maybe we can make the lemons into a different kind of smoothie."
"Branch, you know what to do?" Violet asked him.
"I learned it from Poppy, when we combine sour and sweet, it makes a delicious dessert." He smirked as he prepared the lemons, the vanilla cream, and the ice.
"C'mon, guys, let's give it a try." Poppy called Smidge and Violet as they start making the smoothie.
Meanwhile, the sirens served up their "smoothies" to Mr. Stumps but he saw that it is icky green in color because they didn't remove the peach pits or the banana peels and they added alcohol into it. This offended his parents and his relatives who have families of their own. They had their kids play in their picnic tables to keep them away from Brandy.
"This smoothie isn't very smooth." Mr. Stumps frowned.
"Enjoy!" Brandy grinned. "Now, who's next?"
"You said you can make smoothies but you served the wrong drinks!" A female troll with her baby hiding in her hair yelled.
"I saw you added some alcoholic drinks into it!" A male troll added.
"You're a disgrace!" A couple of trolls snapped.
The sirens try to talk out of it but it's too late, they're being mobbed by angry trolls. Poppy's delivery truck transformed into a food truck and one of the young trolls, who were playing nearby saw it. Their parents, who mobbed the sirens, saw their children run to to the new food truck.
"Do you have the smoothies dad ordered?" A young troll asked her.
"We have lemon and vanilla smoothies." Poppy announced as Branch, Smidge, and Violet serve the smoothies.
The trolls tasted the new smoothies and they love it. Mr. Stumps agreed that the smoothie that Branch made is zesty with a mix of sweet, even better than Brandy's messy, alcoholic drinks. Brandy cried and threw tantrums upon hearing the compliment of Mr. Stumps and the other trolls.
"Thanks for saving our picnic, Poppy." A troll complimented.
"Don't thank me, Branch did it." Poppy said, eyeing Branch.
"Branch, your lemon and vanilla smoothies are unique." Mr. Stumps said. "It's like a burst of sunshine in a cup."
"Thanks, Mr. Stumps." Branch thanked him. "When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade."
This had Poppy thought of something so she went right up to Branch, Smidge, and Violet.
"I got an idea." Poppy said.
"What is it, we're gonna scrapbook my recipe?" Branch asked.
"No, Branch, we can make our own book of recipes." She suggested. "When we learn new recipes or made-up ones of our own, we can write it down but ours will be different."
"How different is this gonna be?" Violet asked.
"We can make it together with our other friends." Poppy answered.
The five laughed as they continue serving lemon and vanilla smoothies together in the picnic. It was a success and the new smoothies are then added to the menu in Sweet Pop. The cafe had more customers to come and things ended happily for Poppy and her friends but not for Brandy and her posse. They got a restraining order for serving alcoholic drinks to a group of adults with children.