I woke up early, so early that there was no light in the Glade. I dressed quickly and went to the storage room, Okay, grab the chickens... and all the peppers, some onions... and I need some basil too. I got all I could carry and brought it to the kitchen, Siggy wasn't there and he wouldn't be for maybe another hour or so. I set it all down and went back grabbing some wheat, yeast, and cabbages. Okay, so this is all of it, I looked at the counter of items I had accumulated. So I should make the bread first, but I don't want it to be hard when lunch comes around... I should work on the cabbage first, it won't really effect anything.

I stared pulling apart the cabbages, placing there leaves in a giant bowl on my left. Oh, I need water. I took the pail to the pump and filled it up, on the way back I almost tripped twice, Maybe I should have waited until dawn. I placed the bucket on the floor and washed the leaves off and set them off to the side, So now I should at least make the dough for the bread, we don't have to back it just yet, but at least it'll be done. I started mixing everything in the bowl, the wheat, flour, and yeast, some water before I started kneading it all together.

I lost track of time because I turned around as sat Siggy standing in the door way with a smile on his face. I almost screamed when I saw him, but I didn't let it out.

"You're here early...," he peered around me. "...and working."

"Uhm.. yeah I just wanted to... start off on a good note."

Siggy out his apron on," That's good, but now we have to make breakfast."

"Right, yes." I put all my ingredients in the corner for later use.

For breakfast we made this peas and carrot mash, one of Siggy's worst dishes. Whenever we make it no on eats it and they complain, but he always says that peas and carrots are good and we should eat more of them. We had some extra carrots so I pushed them in with my ingredients, I can use them in the chicken or something. I pass out bowls of the mush and almost everyone groans before taking it to their tables.

"Hello," Jackson grins.

"Hey," I smile and give him a bowl of the mush.

"Yum, I love this brown green mush. My favorite," he brings the bowl up and smells it. "Ugh, is this that carrot and greenbean thing?," he grimaces.

"It's carrots and peas," I correct him.

"So gross... what's for lunch?"

I feel a spark in my stomach,"You'll have to wait and see," I give him a devilish wink.

"Ohh, exciting," he smiles and goes to his table.

Once everyone is done, I take the dishes to the sloppers and run to the kitchen to see Siggy was waiting for me.

"Alright chef, what do we do?"

I spread out my ingredients and tell him my plan." So I washed the cabbage already, the dough is ready to be cook so we can start that now. I think it would be fun to make the bread into little plates or bowls and out the chicken inside it, what do you think?"

"That takes a lot of bread," Siggy noted.

"Yeah, you're right. We can just do it as a side. The chicken needs to be cut into smaller pieces, but I know Winston and the Slicers are a little tied up with the whole chicken thing, so I was hoping you could do that." At the Bloodhouse, the chickens had stopped laying eggs and the Slicers were working on a bunch on theories on how to make them start again. "While you cut the chicken, I'll prep the pepper and onions, maybe some of the leftover carrots. We'll cook the chicken after the bread is done, and when it's almost finished, throw in the vegetables."

Siggy nods, "It sounds pretty straight forward. I'll start on the chickens, and you'll want to start with the bread on the fire."

"Got it," I pull the bowl of dough over to me and began kneading it some more. Siggy starts to cut of the chicken and I feel a small pressure building in my chest. I pull the dough apart and place it in our special basket for bread cooking. I start the fire, making the flame a little bigger so reach the basket of dough. Making bread is always tricky, we have to skin the basket so the dough doesn't slip through the whole while it's baking. The bread gets hard so I run inside to grab a bowl to put it in and to grab more dough. Siggy is almost done with the first chicken, so it feels like were on the right pace.

I finish all the bread, leave the basket outside to cool down and take the bowl of bread inside. Siggy is nearly completed the second chicken, I look up and the sun is almost at it's peak, Oh no!

"Siggy, we're almost out of time!"

"What?," he glances up, his work consumed him. He stepped outside and I saw the surprise wash over him. "Don't worry, we have time," he went back inside. "Take the chicken," he hands me the chunks he has made, there is a lot. "Start cooking."

I grab our skewer and run outside, I push the meat onto the stick and set it over the fire quickly on it's balancing rods. I go back inside to grab the others sticks and my vegetables. I fill the other skewers with chicken and turn them over the fire, constantly looking up that he sun looming over me. Crap! Crap! Crap!

I spin the chicken and vegetables, but they need more time. I go back in the kitchen to see Siggy is setting up the food on the dishes. I rush up beside him and help him plate the cabbage and bread for a few minutes before going back to check on the chicken. My first skewer is done, a little over done, but it's okay.

"Here!," I hand Siggy the first skewer which he accepts and starts carefully pulling the hot pieces off and putting them on plates. I run back out and grab two more, placing them carefully on the counter before going back for the rest. Once they are all inside, we plate the chicken and vegetables like it's the only thing between us and the answer to the maze. Joe came in and I bet he was a little surprised to see Siggy and I working so hard to finish the lunch prep. Siggy tell him to grab more water, and he scurried off to do so.

Jackson steps up to the kitchen," How you guys doing?"

"Fine," I reply without looking at him. Chicken, chicken, chicken, pepper, carrot, chicken, chicken, pepper, pepper. Done, next.

"Is that lunch? It smells amazing."

"Yes."

"It'll be done in a minute," Siggy said while placing the last pieces of pepper he had on a plate. "Okay, go."

I wheel out our cart of food to the tables, there were some people already out there waiting. Crap! Oh god! They come up and I give them their food, which they accept happily and return to the tables.

"Looks good," Jackson smiles and takes a bite as he walks away.

Once the people waiting had their food I took a deep breath, Oh god... We didn't even taste it. It could be terrible. I try to see people's reactions as they bite into the food, but more Gladers arrived for lunch.

Joe stepped up," I can take over, Greenie," he replaces me.

I step back and feel a sense of relief. The food is done, we finished at least. It could be horrible, but at least there is food. I walk back to the kitchen where Siggy has his own plate.

He stops chewing when I see him," Damn, greenie."

"What?!," fear flushes my system. OH GOD IT'S BAD

"This is some good lunch," he takes another bite.

"Really?," my shoulders relax and I step inside the kitchen.

"Yeah, it is. Here," he reaches beside him and gives me a plate. I take it and look at the food, my bread is slightly charred, my meat and peppers look relatively cooked and the cabbage looks flat but edible. "Try it."

I pick up a piece of chicken with a pepper and take a bite. The chicken was dry but the pepper helped hide it with it's flavor. "Wow, it's not bad." I take a bite of the hard bread, not the best... but okay.

"Not bad? It's pretty damn good considering everyhing."

I chuckle, "Yeah... I'm just glad we finished."

"Amen to that," he took his last bite. "Next time, we'll do better."

"Next time?"

"Sure, why not. This was good, I liked it," he brushed past me to go outside. "Looks like they like it too."

I follow him outside and see the Glader eating the food I had cooked, laughing and smiling. I felt some pride swell inside me, I can't believe I did it. Wow...

"Thanks, Siggy."

"No problem, Greenie... Are you going to eat that," he looks to my plate.

"Yes," I take another bite and laugh.