[ Author's Note: Spoiler Alert - I did not like how they reintroduced Chef Jeff at all in last night's episode. The fact he was engaged angers me. I still pray for Japhne though, and the last scene with Jeff and Daphne gave me hope for them. I liked Jace at first, but I thought he and Bay would be a cute couple. We will see what happens. - Spoiler Alert
Back to the story... The Shock of Being Seen is one of my favorite episodes so. It is where they get away from introducing Chef Jeff Reycraft, and it really starts to develop the Japhne relationship. That is what makes this one so fun to write for me because it has plenty of opportunity to add drama and action. Enjoy! ]
Daphne had finally finished cleaning the plates from the luncheon. It was a couple of hours past when the dining room closed, and Chef had made his famous dinner meal from the left overs of the day. Everyone had gone home, leaving her, JefF, and Scuba to finish up. Chef Jeff was locked in his office doing some orders for tomorrow's fresh produce. Scuba had gone to the lockers to gather his items while she stacked the plates where they belonged. As she carried the last pile, Scuba enter with a skateboard and helmet. Maybe he was eco friendly, or maybe he could not afford a car with today's gas prices. He looked towards the boxes that sat on the counter. Daphne gently placed the plates down as he sneaked a peek into the boxes. Inside where hundred of cupcakes. The frosting looked like white roses which matched the theme of the bridal party they were hosting the next day. Each was dainty and delicate, white and pure, just so beautiful. Scuba plucked one from the box. He had mentioned that cupcakes were a fad for five year olds not bridal parties; Daphne disagreed. Mini cupcakes were made for girls with smaller appetites or for people watching their weights. Sometimes a slice of cake was too heavy. Cupcakes were light and airy.
"Can you put the cupcakes in the walk-in? I got to get going." Scuba asked. A cautious Daphne doubted herself to take on such a task. It was simple to do, but she had already caused enough chaos to Maize. Scuba reassured her before heading out the door. Daphne lifted up the boxes and headed into the walk in refrigerator. She saw there was an empty space next to some chopped vegetables. She gingerly set it on the shelf only for the whole shelving unit to collapse on her. She faltered backwards as bins of food came falling upon her. Tomato juice spilled towards her white shoes and stained the front on them pink. She knelt to try to clean up, but the mess was too overwhelming. She repeatedly said no as she looked at the floor. Chef most likely heard the crash as he rushed right in. "What happened, Daphne?" he asked concerned as he glanced over the mess at their feet. "I went to put the cupcakes away and the shelf toppled down in a domino effect. I am so sorry Chef." she uttered as she tried to face the shock of the money she just wasted by the food falling on the floor. Once again, Chef did not seem mad or angered by her mistake. If Scuba was at fault, he would have screamed.
Chef Jeff was peacefully putting in orders when there was a crash. Scuba was not the most graceful prep chef, but the task of putting away cupcakes did not require obnoxiously loud noises the last time he checked. "Scuba, you're a bull in a China shop" he murmured as he walked to the walk in refrigerator. He opened his mouth to scream some foul words when he noticed it was Daphne on the floor processing the mess not Scuba. Jeff made a mental note to talk to Scuba another time about his responsibilities, but now the most beautiful girl in the world needed to be comforted. He asked what happen even though it was clearly visible. Daphne had no clue about the busted shelf, and she tried to put the cupcakes on it. He had been meaning to fix since it fell on Vivian a few days ago, but he decided to wait knowing he could warn his staff to not overload it with weight. Daphne was never given that memo since it happened before she was hired. "It is fine. I knew I should have fixed it, but I have all these events and that made me push it off till next week. Terrible decision on my part." he disclosed in attempts to sooth Daphne's fears. Chef Jeff lifted the lid of the cupcakes to seem all of them ruined. "These need to be trashed, do you mind?" he requested before handing the two boxes of destroyed cupcakes to Daphne. She examined them over and then provide a better solution. She could fix them. It was worth a shot considering the party was in a couple of hours. "If you do not have any plans for tonight we can try to fix them, but it will take a couple of hours to repair every one of them." Jeff said as he mopped up the mess.
Daphne stood next to Chef as he tried to ice a cupcake with the fresh batch of frosting she made up. He did not know how to work a pastry bag. "Pull up as you finish squeezing to get the prettier look." she reported as she topped cupcakes five times as faster. "Have you thought about doing pastry?" he inquired as he put down the frosting. He was too frustrated to keep trying when Daphne did it so perfectly. He picked up the pitcher of coffee and poured more into her mug as well as his own. Daphne pondered this thought. "Am I just as bad at dishes as I am with a knife, are you trying to get rid of me again?" she asked sarcastically. "No, I pay other people to do my desserts because I cannot succeed in making them. You do them with ease." Chef explained as he looked at the cupcakes she had already fixed.
"I enjoy desserts because I am good at them. I would love to be a well rounded chef and be good at everything, but desserts come easier because I am vegetarian." she countered as she piped more frosting onto the petite cupcakes. Chef stopped her answer there though. "That is worse than you being deaf." he admitted. "Seriously, did you just say that?" Daphne chuckled as he seemed to think a style of life was worse than a medical issue. "Yes, I seriously just did. Humans are meat eaters. We need meat, it satisfies us." Jeff argued. He waited for a counter, but Daphne turned her shoulder. He playfully pushed her to face him insisting it was her turn to make a counter argument. Daphne thought for a minute before providing a counter argument.
"Also, you are narrow minded. Is that what they teach at culinary school because now I do not want to go." Daphne countered after ten minutes of trying to defend vegetarians. Jeff was enjoying this. He had scooped some lard into her coffee as he mentioned how fun she was on caffeine. Then came the real shock, he did not go to culinary school, he went to MIT. He had an engineering degree because his dad wanted to him. It caused him misery, so he followed his true passion. It was interesting to Daphne. The more she learned about him, the more she fell for his charm.
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