Title: Cake
Theme: Integrity
Pairing: None
Rating: K
15. Integrity
She needs an A. Badly. Not to pass a class or boost her average, but because she always gets A's. She's Jazz, and when it comes to Casper High there's nothing she can't do. It doesn't matter if it's a play or a sport or a pep rally because she's Jazz, and she works too hard to fail. So why should this be different?
She paid attention in class, after all. She took notes and studied at home over bowls of gooey mess and countertops full of flour, and worked until she thought she'd done it perfect. But her parents had tried it and told her it was good through gritted teeth, the kind of lie they used to tell Danny when he brought home crayon drawings to put on the fridge.
Her finger taps on the number for Randall's Baker, and she stares at the phone in her hand, because she needs an A, but she wonders what it'd worth. It's just a cake, after all, and it's only once. But her hands are shaking and part of her keeps saying that it's not right, it isn't.
Her fingers tap out a number, and she holds it to her ear, barely breathing while it rings, until she heard, "Yes?"
"I can't bake a cake," she says.
"Well, you've come to the right place."
What did she chose? Who did she call? O.O It's a mystery!