A/N: Well, here's the second chapter of the story. I'm thinking it's going to be a threeshot or so. I hope you enjoy!
Singing in Kitchens Making Cakes
Maggie dug through her purse looking for her phone. It's here somewhere, I know it…Come on! She thought. Right as it was about to go to voicemail, she pulled it out and answered.
"Hello?"
"Hey Maggie! It's Jasper. So…this is kind of weird, but can you come over and help Henry and I make a cake?"
"Right now?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"My dad's birthday is tomorrow and he's out of town right now so we're going to make a cake to give him tomorrow when he gets back. But we have no idea how to do like…anything."
"Okay, I'm on my way. Be there in five," Maggie said, and hung up. She grabbed her iPod and headed out to the car, yelling at her dad that she was going to Jasper's.
Five minutes later, she pulled up to the Bartlett house and climbed out of the car. Jasper answered the door and led her to the kitchen.
"So…how do we start?"
"Well, we start with music. You've got an iPod dock, right?"
"Yeah, of course. Let me get it." Jasper ran up to his room, and Maggie scrolled through her iPod, trying to decide what music she should play.
Once Jasper got back, Maggie plugged in her iPod and started the music.
I'm thinking, baby, you and I are undeniable
But I'm finding now loves unreliable
I'm giving all I got to make you stay
Or am I just a roadblock in your way?
"What song is this?" Jasper asked.
"'Love like Woe', by The Ready Set," Maggie replied.
"It's pretty good," Jasper said. "Can you sing at all?"
"No way!" Maggie said.
"Please?"
"No," Maggie protested. But Jasper gave her a pleading look, and she rolled her eyes and started singing. Jasper began dancing, so Maggie laughed and danced too. She whirled around and grabbed the box of cake mix. As she sang, she preheated the oven, and suddenly Jasper grabbed her hand and pulled her over to him. Henry laughed as they crazily danced together.
Cause you're a pretty little windstorm on the boulevard
Something like a sunset, oh you're a shooting star
And I might drive myself insane
If those lips aren't speakin my name
"Hey, that's a little risqué, Maggie," Jasper joked, and Maggie rolled her eyes good-naturedly.
Cause I got some intuition,
Or maybe I'm superstitious
But I think you're a pretty sweet pill
That I'm swallowing down
To counter this addiction
You've got me on a mission
Tell me darling, can I get a break somehow?
Could I say no?
Maggie stopped dancing and opened the box. She cut open the bag of cake mix and poured it into a bowl. Jasper walked over and started reading the box.
"So do you even vaguely understand the concept of baking?" Maggie asked skeptically.
"No."
"Okay. So you start with the bowl and pour the mix in. Now, we need three eggs."
"What are eggs?"
"Seriously, Jasper?"
"Okay, okay, sorry." He grabbed the eggs from the fridge and set them down next to the bowl. "What next?"
"Well, what else does the box call for?"
"A third of a cup of oil."
"Okay then. Get me vegetable oil and a measuring cup," Maggie said as she cracked the eggs into the bowl.
The song ended and "The Webs We Weave" by Escape the Fate came on.
"You listen to Escape the Fate?" Jasper asked Maggie, surprised that she would listen to hardcore screamo music like that.
"If you're under the impression that I only listen to normal, popular music, you're dead wrong," she remarked, and Jasper shrugged. He handed her the oil and a measuring cup, but Maggie rolled her eyes and handed the measuring cup back.
"That's the wrong kind of measuring cup," she instructed, and Henry, who was sitting at the table observing, frowned.
"Wait, there's more than one kind of measuring cup?" He asked Jasper, but Jasper looked just as confused as Henry. Maggie rolled her eyes.
"Yes. You use this kind for flour, or sugar. Solids. There are special liquid measuring cups." She hunted around the cupboards, and, upon finding one, held it up for the boys to see. "See? This one is for liquids. Now Jasper, measure out a third of a cup of oil. Then measure out a cup and a quarter of water. Separately." He did as he was told and poured the oil and then the water into the bowl. Maggie watched with an amused smirk as he carefully accomplished the task that would have taken her thirty seconds in several minutes. He smiled as Maggie quietly sung along. She fake screamed at the screamo parts, causing Jasper to laugh.
"Okay. That was harder than I thought," Jasper said when he was finished, and Maggie laughed.
"Can I change the song?" Henry asked. "I don't like yello or whatever you called it."
"Screamo?" Jasper asked condescendingly.
"Right. Screamo. Can I change it?"
"Sure," Maggie and Jasper replied, and Henry scrolled through the iPod. "Hmm. How about 'Vindicated' by Dashboard Confessional?"
"Yes, I love that song!" Maggie replied, smiling at Henry, who smiled back. Jasper awkwardly cleared his throat, and Maggie and Henry rolled their eyes. Henry played the song, and Maggie went back to helping Jasper make the cake. This time, Jasper was the one to start humming along, and Maggie began to sing with his humming. He started singing the melody, so Maggie sung a harmony to him. When the song ended, Henry applauded.
Maggie grabbed the iPod and turned on A Day to Remember. As it was screamo, Henry begged to turn it off. Jasper insisted that they should listen to the Beatles, since Henry needed to know who the Beatles were, but Henry insisted he should get to pick something again. Finally, Maggie put her iPod on shuffle, and they agreed not to change the song unless it was something they all hated.
Eventually, right as Jasper and Maggie were finished mixing the batter, a song Jasper and Henry had never heard before came on.
It's not everything it seems - the world and its dreams
Slipping like water through my hands tonight
All the things I thought would fill me up inside
Left me empty here - and now I know why.
"This song is really good. Who is it?" Jasper asked.
"Remedy Drive," Maggie replied. "They're a Christian band, and I normally don't like gospel and worship music, but they're surprisingly good."
All along I was looking for something else
You're something else.
All along I was looking for something more
You're so much more.
I finally found what I could never see before.
You've always been the one that I was looking for.
Henry smiled. "You know, the words to this song fit something in my life perfectly."
"Really? What?" Maggie asked. But Henry just shrugged.
"If you think hard enough about it, I'm sure you'll figure it out."
All of my castles in the sand - washed away again
And I'm left back where I began tonight.
The only thing that can ever fill me up
Has been right in front of me all the time.
Maggie pondered anything and everything Henry could be talking about. She looked over at Jasper to ask if he understood, but as soon as she saw him, she realized what Henry was talking about and blushed scarlet. But…Jasper's not what I'm looking for! I'm not looking for anything. Am I? Oh my God! What if Jasper is exactly what I want? But I rejected him. No way he likes me anymore. And…what am I thinking? Of course I don't like Jasper! Maggie turned away and turned the song, despite the boy's protests. 'Therapy' by All Time Low came on, and Maggie left it, despite its slow tempo.
"Hey! Change it, I hate All Time Low!" Jasper shouted, but Maggie grinned and shook her head.
"No! I love them!"
"CHANGE IT!" Jasper yelled, trying to reach the iPod, but Maggie blocked him. He was fully pressed up against her, trying to reach the iPod, when Maggie grabbed the bag of flour and flicked some onto his head.
Jasper stared at her before reaching over to an egg that was sitting on the counter and smashing it on her head.
"Hey! Now I have to take a shower tonight!" She picked up the vegetable oil and poured it on Jasper's head, so he grabbed cake mix and scooped some down Maggie's shirt. Looking horrified, she grabbed the frosting from the counter, pulled it open, and dipped her fingers into. She painted the gooey chocolate frosting all over Jasper's face, so he grabbed the salt from the counter and poured it all over Maggie's hair. Maggie lunged at Jasper but slipped in the oil that was puddle around their feet and ended up hanging from Jasper's waist. Her weight threw off his balance, and he slipped and fell to the floor.
"Ow! Jasper!" Maggie yelled.
"What? It was your fault!" Jasper rebutted, and Maggie rolled her eyes. She eyed the bag of flour on the counter and lunged up to get it. But she slipped in the oil and landed on Jasper's leg causing him to howl. She slowly stood and grabbed the flour and poured it over Japer's hair. Jasper grabbed Maggie's legs and pulled them out from under her, causing her to fall and land on her back on the floor.
"Ow! That hurt!" Maggie yelled, and Jasper threw another egg at her. He missed, however, and hit the fridge. It splattered and dripped down the black front of the fridge, and suddenly Jasper and Maggie were laughing. Maggie grabbed the counter and attempted to stand up, but she slipped yet again and slid forward so she was lying on the floor next to Jasper. He pulled himself up, but slipped and somehow managed to knock the bowl of cake mix over and right onto Maggie's face.
"Well…there goes the cake," Jasper sighed, and Maggie pushed the bowl off her face and scooped the cake mix out of her eyes. She licked it from her lips and tried to wipe it from her cheeks.
"I guess we should have known it wasn't gonna work. Not with us making it," Henry remarked, and they all laughed.
"Well boys, it's getting late. I should go," Maggie said, looking at the clock.
"But the cake! Can you sleep over so we can make a new one?" Jasper begged. Maggie rolled her eyes, but called her dad.
"Hello?"
"Hey Dad. Can I spend the night at Jasper's tonight?" Maggie asked.
"What? Spend the night at a boy's house? How am I supposed to know you guys aren't going to do something inappropriate?"
"Dad, trust me, it's just Henry and Jasper and me. And we're not going to do anything."
"Well, I guess you can. You're at an age where you should make your own decisions anyways."
"Bye, Dad."
"Use protection!" Her dad yelled, and Maggie blushed and hung up the phone. Jasper and Henry, who clearly heard every word of the conversation, burst out laughing, but Maggie just sprinted up the stairs.
"I call first shower!" She yelled. "Go get cake mix while I'm showering!"
"I can't! I look ridiculous! I'm covered in cake mix and flour!"
"Just go get cake mix!"
"Ugh. Fine," Jasper sighed. This was going to be an interesting trip to the store.
Finally, hundreds of weird looks and three rude comments later, Jasper and Henry were back with a new cake mix.
Maggie was waiting in the kitchen scrolling through her iPod. "What took you so long?"
"Jasper was afraid to go in," Henry stated, and Maggie scoffed.
"Wow Jasper."
"Shut up! Can I just go take a shower now?"
"Yeah, I'll make the cake while you do. Henry, will you help me clean up the floor?"
"Sure," Henry replied as Jasper bounded up the stairs.
Finally, the kitchen was clean, the cake was in the oven, and Henry, Jasper, and Maggie were lying on the couch, totally wiped out.
"I need some water," Henry sighed.
"I need something to entertain me," Jasper moaned.
"I need clothes to sleep in," Maggie murmured.
"I'll get us all water," Henry offered.
"I'll get Maggie some clothes to sleep in," Jasper said.
"I'll pick out a movie," Maggie supplied. They all walked off to their respective tasks.
Ten minutes later, they were all back on the couch in their pajamas sipping water and watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Henry wouldn't stop asking about the humor in the film, and Maggie was slowly falling asleep on Jasper, who was more focused on staring at Maggie than on the movie.
They all crashed on the couch that night. Henry was sprawled across the back of the couch, and Maggie was slumped over across Jasper's lap. But Jasper was awake, and looking down at the angel in his lap.
It's just like that damn song we heard in the car yesterday. 'I feel the way I feel because I need you all the time and I know the things you know but that's just not enough to make you mine.'
A/N: Well, there it is. Please leave me a review, even if it's just a couple words :) I love getting reviews, it makes my day.
