Chapter 6

I'm really happy with how this chapter came out! Chase is my favorite bachelor so I might have gone a little overboard writing about him. Sorry this has taken so long, but you now how I am. I hope you enjoy this chapter, and please review, I want to make this story the best it can be!

After walking for a little bit, Finn and I enter a building.

"This is the Brass Bar!" Finn says. He flits over to a girl with a blonde ponytail and cowboy boots who's wiping down a table. "This is Kathy. She has a crush on one of the bachelors, so don't talk to her."

I nod, and look around the room. There a few tables scattered around, and in front of me is a bar with stools lined up near it. To the left of that and back is a stage, where a girl with red hair that's up in a bun is dancing.

"That girl looks like she's wearing a genie costume..." I mutter to myself.

"Oh, that's Selena." Finn says, flying back over to me. "She's Luke's girlfriend." He scowls. "So that means she is an enemy."

I roll my eyes. "Finn, just because I have to make her boyfriend fall in love with me doesn't mean we can't be friends." Finn gives me a disbelieving stare.

"Let me know how that works out for you." Finn goes over to the bar and sits down on one of the stools, which are way to big for him. "Sit down over here!"

I walk over to the bar and sit down next to Finn. "So where's that guy that I need to meet?"

"He had to run home to grab a whisk or something. I dunno." Finn floats up to be level with the bar and starts pounding the counter top with his fist. "How long does it take to get some service around here!"

"Finn. No one can see you. Chill." I say, looking down at him.

"Oh. Oh yeah." he says quietly, sitting back down.

Suddenly, a man with peach-colored hair and the most gorgeous violet eyes I've ever seen bursts through the entryway.

"I found it, Hayden!" he yells, holding up a whisk. He turns to me. "What are you looking at?"

"Uh, nothing." I say quickly. "I was just thinking how pretty your eyes are."

He turns bright red. "Stupid girl." he mutters under his breath and he rushes into a door at the back of the room.

"Well he's a ray of sunshine." I say. Finn sighs.

"He's just a little...rude sometimes. But he thought what you said was nice."

I slam my head onto the counter top. "This is hopeless."

The peach-haired man comes back into the room, wiping his hands on his purple apron. "Time to get to work.." he mumbles to himself. He walks behind the bar and takes out a bowl.

"My name is Hikari!" I blurt out.

The man doesn't even turn around, as he continues to prepare a food of some kind.

I glance at Finn, who just shrugs. I sigh and slump down in my seat. Yup, he hates me. Finn pats my arm, obviously knowing what I'm thinking. I look down, trying to hide my disappointment.

"Chase."

I look up at the man, who continues to cook. "Hmm?"

"My name." he says, turning his head to look at me over his shoulder. He gives me an arrogant grin. "It's Chase." He turns back around.

I look excitedly at Finn, who nods encouragingly. "S-so you like to cook?"

"Uh, yeah, it's kind of my job." Chase says with a slight laugh.

"I could kind of tell." I smile. Piece of cake! Finn darts next to my ear.

"Listen, this guy is hard to read. Your best bet is to talk about cooking."

I give him a slight nod. "I can kind of cook."

Chase stops. "Is that so?" He says, turning around slowly. He puts aside his bowl and whisk. "Well get over here then."

"What?" I say. Chase rummages through a large drawer until he finds what he's looking for; an apron. He holds it out to me.

"Put this on. You're going to show me how well you can cook."

"Um..." Finn starts nodding crazily. "Ok." I take the apron from Chase and put it on. Chase motions for me to come over, so I do.

"Make me an orange cake." Chase says, pointing to his cooking supplies. "You can use these."

I nod, and shakily pick up a bowl. I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing. I can't cook!

"Go get the flour and pour in 2 ΒΌ cups." Finn whispers in my ear. I look at him out of the corner of my eye, and it looks like he's holding a recipe card. Quickly, I grab the ingredients that Finn reads off of the recipe, trying to do exactly what he says.

In minutes, I make a batter inside the bowl. Finn reads off another ingredient, orange juice, and I quickly grab it and pour it into the bowl.

"Give me your whisk!" I shout holing out my hand.

Chase glares at me and hands me the whisk. Quickly, I begin to stir the batter.

"Hikari, if you keep stirring that fast you'll get batter on yourself." Chase says, leaning back on the counter top.

Ignoring him, I keep whisking, my hand moving so fast it's like a blur. But, like Chase said, some of the batter flies up on my face.

"Well look, now you've gone and wasted it." Chase grumbles. "Idiot."

What a jerk! I think angrily. I reach up my hand to wipe the batter off of my face.

Chase grabs my hand. "Allow me." And without warning, Chase leans over to my face and licks the batter off of my cheek. Finn falls over in surprise, and I jolt back.

" Hey, I wasn't going to let perfectly good batter go to waste!" Chase yells. "Stupid girl."

"You said that already! And you don't need to be so rude all the time!" I shout, slamming the whisk down on the table. "And you know what? YOU. ARE. A. JERK!"

We're both silent for a moment, but I can see anger in his purple eyes. Finn face palms his forehead. "You blew it Hikari. You blew it."

Chase looks down and rubs his forehead. "Get out here. Now." He looks up at me, and I can tell that he's fighting the will to charge at me with a serrated knife.

"It's time Finn takes matters into his own hands." Finn mutters as he floats next to me.

"Fine, I didn't even want to cook this stupid cake anyway!" I yell as I start to storm away.

Finn grabs the back of my shirt. "The Harvest Goddess said only to do this in case of emergency, but this is definitely an emergency." Finn starts waves his hands, and a red light glows from his eyes.

"Finn, what-" I try to say.

"Quiet I need to concentrate!" Finn yells, still waving his hands. Suddenly, he forces them toward Chase. Chase stumbles back, almost falling over, with a dazed look on his face.

"Finn, what did you do?" I ask.

"It's a temporary love spell. What you do know will affect his opinion of you later, but he won't remember what had happened really."

My eyes widen. "This is amazing! Will it work?"

Finn urges me forward. "Go find out!"

I slowly walk toward Chase, who's still recovering from Finn's spell. "Chase, I-"

Chase quickly grabs my hands. "I'm sorry for how rude I acted earlier, and how I wanted you to make me a cake. I just wanted to get your attention because you're so cute."

I blush. "You really think that?" Finn shakes his head.

"Probably not. It's just the love spell that's making him act all funny."

Chase blushes and nods. "Yes, I do." He walks behind the bar, still holding my hands. "Want to finish making this cake? Together?"

I look at Kathy and Selena over my shoulder, who look like they just saw Julius dress like an actual guy.

I giggle, trying to sound all girly and bubbly. "Yeah, I would!"

Chase smile and laughs. "Great! Let's finish this up then."

We begin to finish the cake, and honestly, it's a lot of fun. Chase acts sweet and caring, not at all like he was before. I can't believe this is working!

Finn flies up to my ear. "Listen, if you can get him to kiss you, then his feelings later will be much stronger, and he'll forget how much he hates you." He spins around. "So he's gotta, KIIIISS THE GIIIIRL!"

"Are you quoting Disney?" I whisper to him.

He signals yes, and nods toward Chase.

Then I get an idea. When Chase looks away, I quickly dab my finger into the batter and wipe it on my cheek.

"Oh, looks like I got some on my face again." I say to him, batting my eyes.

Chase, like I expected, licks the batter off of my cheek. He leans over to my ear. "Be more careful." Chase whispers.

I smile and nod. Chase smiles back, and turns around to grab some icing. And like I did before, I dab my finger in the batter. And wipe it on my lips.

"Haha, silly me." I say quietly. Chase looks over, and blushes after seeing where the batter is on my face. Finn starts waving his hands frantically, but he's whispering again, and I can't here what he's saying.

"Well...I don't want to waste perfectly good batter.." Chase leans close to my face, and slowly draws his lips toward mine. I lean toward him as well, butterflies forming in his stomach.

Finn, realizing that he doesn't have to whisper, begins to scream. "THE SPEEL iS WEARING OFF!"

Suddenly, Chase's dazed look disappears. "What the-"

And then I kiss him.