Day Five: Food!
" And I...ee I...will always luv...you-ou!" Mikey was singing into his whisk as he and Taylor were baking in the kitchen, and listening to music of course.
It was two days till the party, and thankfully everyone could come. All the phone calls where done, the decoration setting was planned and the music play-list was completed. So all there was left to do was cook all the food, and that was going to take a while. But the orange clad turtle and the brown haired girl had a master plan.
" Okay so let's review." Taylor stopped the music so she didn't have to yell.
" Aw c'mon, I was getting into that." Mikey whined.
Taylor laughed before continuing, " We don't have a lot of time before your brothers come back. So we need to get this done, and fast."
Taylor and Mikey had sent out the turtles brothers for the morning. They went on a special mission because Taylor had lied that she thought she saw a krang droid roaming the streets. So they had about the morning before the turtles will return.
" Okay. So you know the plan?" Taylor asked. Mikey tends to get distracted a lot, and go off task. So Taylor had to make sure everything was crystal clear in Mikey's brain.
" Yes." He responded, shifting his eyes nervously.
" Then repeat it back to me." Taylor challenged and folded her arms.
" Uh..." Mikey hesitated while rocking back and forth on his feat.
Taylor sighed in frustration as she was about to re explain the plan for the third time that morning.
" We're going to start with the cake. We're going to bake it today then decorate it tomorrow. Next we'll make all the finger foods. Sandwiches, chips'n'dip, stuff like that. But we're going to make the main courses tomorrow so they'll stay fresh longer along with the cake decoration."
" Alright! Let's do this!" Mikey cheered excitedly and placed his chef hat on his head.
They began with getting the ingredients. Taylor read out the stuff they needed while Mikey got everything. Taylor wasn't the greatest cook or baker ever, actually she couldn't cook at all. So she was going to be more like Mikey's assistant. So for once, Mikey will be the leader. The leader of the kitchen!
" Measuring cups." Mikey stuck out his hand and Taylor passed him the measuring cups. Mikey was treating this like a very delicate operation. He was the doctor and Taylor was the nurse at his side, " Flour." Mikey continued.
" Uh...where's the flour?" Taylor asked nervously. She had forgotten to read the flour when Mikey was getting the ingredients
" Third cupboard on your right." Mikey turned around and pointed to where the flour was. Taylor quickly jumped over the table and got to the cupboards. She got the flour and tossed to Mikey. Normally, being the ninja that he is, Mikey would have caught that. But, getting distracted by the heavy metal music in the background, the flour landed on the floor with a big cloud of white.
" Uh...heads up!" Taylor called after she through the flour and waved her hand in the air, trying to clear the cloud of white.
" A..little...late." Mikey coughed between each word as he too tried to wave the white away.
" Sorry 'bout that Mikey." Taylor apologized and made her way over to Mikey. She picked up the bag of flour and set it on the table, " There's still some left."
" Well that's a relief." Mikey responded flatly as he emerged from the white cloud. The bright green ninja turtle was no longer green, but white. Mikey had flour from the end of his mask to the tip of his toes.
" He he...oops." Taylor chuckled and began wiping flour off of the white ninja turtle.
" Thanks Taylor." Mikey laughed as he spoke. Nothing could dampen the young turtle's mood. Mikey always had a great sense of humour.
" You know, they won't be able to call you a ninja turtle any more." Said Taylor as she continued to brush off Mikey.
" Why not?"
" Because they'll have to start calling you a Teenage Mutant Ninja Ghost Turtle. Or, TMNGT." Taylor teased.
" Hmm," Mikey paused and thought about what Taylor just said, " Your right. And you'll be the person I'd haunt."
" What, why?" Taylor asked and backed away from Mikey so she could face him. The look he gave her sent chills down her back, Mikey had a devilish look on his face.
" You did this to meeeee..." Mikey chanted in a creepy voice and stuck out his arms in a zombie like way. He slowly began walking towards Taylor.
" Mikey!" She laughed and backed away, bumping into the table, " Mikey stop!"
" Ouuu!" Mikey chanted again, continuing his zombie like act.
" Mikey!" Taylor couldn't stop herself from laughing as she attempted to speak. She then placed her hand on the table in a pool of flour. Taylor grabbed a hand full of flour and tossed it in Mikey's face.
He backed away coughing and rubbing his eyes.
" Really?" Mikey laughed, " Again?"
" C'mon." Taylor shoved Mikey affectionately, " Let's get back to cooking."
And so they did. Mikey and Taylor made and baked the vanilla cake then stored it in the fridge until tomorrow. They spent the rest of the morning cooking little snacks for their party. They made a lot of finger sandwiches, such as ham and cheese, peanut butter and jelly, egg salad, turkey, just plain peanut butter and BLTs.
Next they created some chips'n'dip. Mikey made a homemade cucumber and garlic dip which according to Taylor tasting amazing. Taylor attempted to make a dip, but ended up in a disaster.
" Cooking's hard." Taylor complained and sat herself down on a stool.
" Not everyone is as gifted as me." Michelangelo teased and continued to whip the content that he had in the metal bowl, " How about you start chopping up some fruit to go along with this homemade whip cream?"
" Sure, I can do that!" Taylor said excitedly, relieved that she'll be somewhat useful. Taylor got some fruit from the fridge. She got strawberries, banana's, kiwi, mango, pineapple, apples and pears.
" So, what do you think this party will turn out like?" Mikey started the conversation as he continued to whip up the whip cream. This was his third batch that morning, he had to make a lot for all of his guest.
" I think it's gonna be awesome Mikey. I mean, look at all this food we're making. The party would still be good even if we just had the food!" Taylor complimented. She was really starting to get excited for this party. She loved the theme, the food, the music, everything! Now all she had to do was wait two days.
" Nah, a party is no good without music." Mikey shrugged off Taylor's compliment, trying his best to be modest. Even though he was getting really pumped about the up coming party. Mikey just hoped everything will turn out, " So can everyone make it?"
" Yup. Everyone is coming." Taylor answered with a smile.
" Sweet! This party is going to be awesome!" Mikey cried and pointed his whisk in the air proudly. A little bit of whip cream from the whisk flew off and landed perfectly on the tip of Taylor's nose. Taylor took her finger and wiped off the whip cream and then licked it.
" Oh my gosh Mikey this is delicious!" Taylor declared. The sweet tasted of the fresh cream made the whip cream just right. It melted in your mouth, giving you a cool sensation.
Mikey decided to try some for himself. But when he tasted it, Mikey didn't look as convinced as Taylor did.
" It needs something..." Mikey said more to himself then to Taylor, " But what?"
" How 'bout some vanilla?" Taylor suggested. But not expecting for Mikey to actually go along with her idea.
" Vanilla! Why didn't I think of that?" Shouted and turned around to face the cupboard. He shuffled through a few things before he found the vanilla extract. He added it in to the whip cream and made Taylor taste again. It got her approval for the second time.
After another hour or so, Mikey and Taylor were nearly done all the appetizers and some of the desserts. But they had to stop when Mikey's brothers walked in the lair.
" We're back!" It was Raph's voice who called out to the two people in the kitchen. Taylor and Mikey exchanged a worried glance and then scrambled to put everything away. They hid all the food in the fridge, which will be off limits for the next two days.
They just put away everything in time before Raph, Leo and Donnie walked into the kitchen. Taylor and Mikey rushed to their seats and tried to act casual. Mikey laid on the table, in a very un-casual pose. He was doing the whole holding his head, elbow on table and his other arm on his side. Taylor on the other hand was sitting in her stool with elbows on the table and her chin rested on her hands.
" Uh..." Donnie had no words to the sight he was just seeing.
" Wassup guys?" Mikey asked and shifted his eyes back and forth. He wasn't very good at acting casual.
" Nothing." Leo replied flatly, " As in there was no krang bots what so ever!" He turned his angry glare towards Taylor.
" Whoops, guess it was just a very well dressed man." Taylor shrugged and forced a smile upon her face. Trying to hide her lie.
In response, Mikey and Taylor got deranged looks from the three older brothers. Raph looked unamused, Donnie was coking an eyebrow in confusion and Leo looked like he just didn't want to know.
" Uh...I'm gonna...not be in here." Donnie said cautiously and slowly backed away. Leo and Raph followed shortly after.
When they were gone, Mikey and Taylor began in immediate conversation.
" So how are we gonna keep them out of the fridge?" Mikey wondered. Him and Taylor were huddled close together. Both leaning across the table so they'd be able to hear one other whisper.
" Hmm, I dunno. We could asked them nicely." Taylor suggested an idea that was guaranteed to fail.
" No way! That'll just get them more curious." Mikey pointed out. They went back to thinking, " We could take shifts guarding."
" Nah, won't that get in the way of our party planing?" Taylor noted. This was going to be harder then they thought.
" True. And we can't do our party planing in the kitchen, we're to exposed."
" Well nothings decorated yet. It won't harm them to see the food. As long as they don't eat it, it should be fine." Taylor proposed.
" Yeah, that could work." Mikey agreed and they broke up their little huddle.
" Alright. So let's go tell the guys to not eat the food, on the..." Taylor began then waited for Mikey to finish her sentence.
" Middle shelf." Mikey finished.
" Right, not to eat the food off of the middle shelf of the fridge." Taylor concluded and they headed off towards the living room.
Leo and Raph were sitting in the living room. Raph was reading one of his 'modern ninja magazines' and his pet turtle was sitting on his shoulder. Leo was practising his pushes on the living room dummy, that they dressed up to look like Shredder. And it was safe to assume that Donnie was working in his lab.
" Attention brothers." Mikey began and waved his arms in the air while Taylor went to Donnie's lab to bring him the message, " I asked of you to not eat the food on the middle shelf of the fridge. That food is for the party and the party only! You may enjoy it in two days."
" Okay Mikey." Leo agreed to Mikey's statement and threw another kick to the dummy.
" Whatever." Raph mumbled, to involved in his magazine to care.
Sweet! That was easier then I thought. My brothers should listen to me more often. Mikey thought to himself, glad that it didn't take any convincing.
Mikey could just imagine what would happen if any of his brothers ate some of the food. His party would be ruin! Okay, maybe not ruin, but he would have to make more. And that takes a long time. But the more Mikey thought about it, the more he realized that the one who would most likely to eat any of the food it would be him.
A small wave of relief washed over him as he realized that his food would be safe. He felt a accomplished. But now the only problem is stopping himself from tasting his food. Mikey knows that he's a good cook, unlike his brother Leo who tends to burn things easily. But how was he suppose to resist his mouth watering food? It was so good!
And not to help the situation, Mikey's stomach grumbled. How he longed for a taste of his cake, or homemade cucumber dip. But he had to resist. Mikey must not let himself eat the food. The party is in two days, surely he could wait that long? No matter how much Mikey wanted it, for once in his life, Mikey could not, no matter what, eat the food that he prepared. And he hoped that for two whole days, his food will be safe from the hungry bellies of his family.
Mikey then knew his next mission. No matter what, Mikey had to keep his food safe!