Chapter Three- Waltz and BBQ Part 1
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SATURDAY!
Everyone had gathered in Jyou's backyard. Firing up the grill, Mimi, Izzy, Matt, and TK sliced the meat and vegetables into manageable pieces. Davis and Cody were trusted with the bread and the bread only, for they were afraid to give them sharp objects like knives and skewers. Outside, Ken, Yolei, and Tai were in charge of the grill. Near the BBQ sat the condiment table and the picnic tables. They were being set up by Sora and Kari.
At the hot grill, Yolei and Tai carefully laid out the skewers and patties on the grate. Sora and Kari looked as if they were gossiping. Tai and Yolei, being as curious as they were, began to try to pick up on their conversation. Straining their ears, they began tuning out all other things. Tai, realizing it was futile, returned back to his cooking. Stubborn Yolei kept listening, becoming careless of the hot coals in front of her. She slipped her hand onto the grill, burning it. "AYE CARAMBA!" As a reflex, she pulled her arm way quickly. This resulted in her elbow slamming down onto the hand of the spatula she had laid down seconds before. This wouldn't have mattered much, except there was a big hamburger doused in ketchup precariously teetering on the head of the spatula. The beef went flying right into the poor unsuspecting Ken's face. The ketchup ran into his eyes making him see red. He staggered backwards from the shock right as Davis, Cody, and the others emerged out of the kitchen with the last of the food. Ken ran into the condiment table, tipping it and sending all sorts of sauces, pickles, and forks into the air. Davis automatically thought this was a food fight. Picking up a piece of bun, he flung it at TK. Before it could land 4 feet from TK (yes his aim was that bad) the table towered over Cody and grazed Davis's arm. Davis, screaming like a little girl over a measly scratch, never noticed that the table had fallen smack onto Cody, crushing him.
Well, nobody else really noticed either; they were too busy having a food fight of their own.
Mimi finally stopped the food-flinging. Luckily there was still enough to be cooked and eaten. Sora, Kari, Jyou, and Izzy took over the grilling, leaving the others to pick up the food and tables. Soon everything was set, and they took their places at the table. At the smaller table, the younger DDs settled down with Ken across from Yolei, Kari next to her, and TK next to Ken. Davis had just received a phone call from Jun to come home immediately. Cody was still unnoticed on the pavement. The eldest took position at the elongated wooden table. Tai and Sora were at either side of each other by the head, which was graced with Matt's presence. Mimi sat next to Sora, and Jyou next to her. Izzy took his place by Tai. After the food was devoured, Mimi, Sora, Yolei, and Kari ran to the kitchen to prepare dessert. The girls huddled in a circle while slicing the strawberries. The silence wasn't so much awkward, but more like a moment where everyone was waiting for someone else to speak. Finally, Mimi couldn't take it any longer. "So," she said, "have you kissed TK yet?" Sora and Yolei burst out laughing. Kari, however, had spit out the orange soda she was gulping down all over the girls. This made Mimi, Sora, and Yolei laugh even harder. Kari blushed and managed to get out a very convincing "no……I…"
"Kari, we know you haven't," Yolei said as an attempt to comfort her.
The older boys turned to the direction of the kitchen at the sound of laughter. "Oh, god, what could they be laughing at now? Hopefully not me," fretted Jyou. "Na," said Tai. "That was a -somebody-just-embarrassed-somebody-else-in-the-room- laugh."
"I didn't hear Kari laughing," commented Matt. "Hey you're right," confirmed Izzy. Simultaneously the boys turned their heads to the kitchen window. Tai caught Kari's blush. "Ah hah," he said. "Um hmm," Matt said. "Yup," said Izzy. "For sure," Jyou finished. At that moment the male DD's turned their heads in the opposite direction, towards TK and Ken. They snickered as Matt quietly said, "Yeah, way to go bro." Tai, not to be left out of the sibling love fest, added, "TK, nice choice my friend, nice choice." By this time TK and Ken had defiantly picked up on the two different groups' strange behavior.
"TK, why is your brother and the others staring at us?" Ken wondered in whisper. "I don't know, but I don't like it," TK replied. The two caught the gazes of each group, returning them to their business.
The girls came out with the cake Mimi had baked earlier. She had become quite the cook the past few years. Ten candles, one for each of them (since Davis had left and Cody was in no condition to party) to blow out, and strawberries adorned the yellow cake with chocolate frosting. Being Tai was the leader, he took the lighter and lighted each candle while saying the crest of the person that it belonged to. He went in order with whomever got the first crest (Tai) and finished with the last edition into the group (Ken). "Courage, Love….." he continued until he found himself saying, "Kindness." Tai stooped down to blow his out, then taking out his candle and throwing it over his right shoulder. Next was Sora, and eventually the others followed suit so that the cake was ready to eat. Jyou cut it into 10 gigantic pieces. Izzy placed each piece on the plate and handed them out. "Ok, you all know the rules! This year it's Izzy's turn to add the twist the Cake Smearing," Yolei said. Izzy had been thinking hard all day of what to do. At last, a very excellent idea came to him.