Chapter Five: Baking bread

I don't own Lazy Town

"It's a piece of cake to bake a pretty cake"

"We aren't baking cake today Ziggy, we're making bread."

"But cake is so much better!"

Stephanie just shook her head as Ziggy went back to singing the song, stopping only take a lick of his lollypop every few steps. The kids were all carrying a bag filled with various ingredients as they headed to the Mayor's home. They were laughing and giggling as they entered and headed to the kitchen.

"Oh no guys, we might not be able to make the bread today." Stephanie had picked up a piece of paper, her friends all stopping to look at her. "Uncle left a note, he doesn't want us trying to cook without him again. And he's going to be busy the rest of the afternoon. We won't be able to make anything…" Her voice dropped in tone, sadness filling it before Trixie snapped her fingers and ran to the window.

"HEY ROBBIE, MAKE THE THING APPEAR! WE WANNA TALK!"

There was a clanking sound and soon there was a pair of mechanical blue eyes peering into the window.

"What. What are you yelling about?!"

"We need your help. We want to make stuff in the kitchen but Pinkie's Uncle is busy and we need an adult to be present."

"And you chose me."

Trixie rolled her eyes, "Well after last time Sportacus isn't our first choice to help in the kitchen. Some of it's also going to be a surprise for him it if turns out right. Please Robbie?"

It was quiet for a few moments before he sighed. "Fine. I'll be there soon. DON'T mess with the oven or any other fire until I get there." The periscope disappeared and a few minutes later the villain walked in, a slight scowl on his face as he looked at the kids.

"Well I'm here. What are we making?"

"Bread! Except we're not allowed to use the oven on our own." Ziggy smiled at him, making the villain cringe.

"And we've never cooked with yeast before." Pixel added, looking at the packets filled with the tiny ingredients.

Robbie sighed and pressed his fingers to his forehead before looking at the kids. "It's a good thing I came then. Can't have you doing something stupid because you didn't know something. Get your aprons and get into the kitchen." he waved his hands and they took off, leaving him alone long enough to spin and quick-change into his own apron and chef's hat. He strolled into the kitchen and looked over the things they had bought.

Good. If everything on the counter was what they needed it was just a simple bread recipe with lots of time in between to rest and be lazy.

"Ok Robbie, we're ready! We have a recipe and the ingredients and we're ready to go!" Stephanie was almost too cheerful for the man but he looked over them and their eager faces before giving them a slight smirk.

"Fine, let's started."

He learned quickly why the kids needed an adult and it wasn't just because of using things that were hot.

Stingy was trying to sneak some of the ingredients that he didn't need at the moment and Ziggy tried to eat the honey from the bottle that they needed to make the yeast mixture. Pixel had made a mixer that he insisted would work but in fact Robbie would have to help him repair sometime in the future. At least Stephanie and Trixie hadn't been a terror in the kitchen, although he believed that the pig-tailed girl was behind the large splotches of white on everyone's clothes.

He had played Uno with them while they waited for the bread to raise. He learned that Stephanie had quite the poker face and one more rounds than everyone else. Stingy wasn't too bad at it either.

It warmed his villainous heart to see Sportacus's favorite follower to do something deceiving.

Now the house smelled like fresh bread, the loaves cooling on a rack as the kids finished their card game.

"Thank you for helping us out Robbie, here, this is for you." Stephanie handed him a loaf, wrapped in a pink dishtowel and still warm to the touch, "I'll want the dish cloth back later but thank you." She gave him a hug that he scoffed at before straightening his vest.

"Yeah well don't get used to it." She giggled at his response and he walked to the door. He tried to keep from smiling at the kids all yelled goodbye to him.

It was nice to spend time with his kids indoors.

Hell would freeze over before he told anyone that though.

Author's Note: You can tell I'm back to teaching because I have no free time expect on the weekend anymore. *sigh* I've been wanting to write Robbie cooking with them for a while. Sportacus is great at outdoor things but Robbie better at indoor things.

Sportacus cooking involves too many flips.