the pie

[instar]

Gym class is mind-numbing. Bella spends it thinking about introversion - Andi finds it peculiar and kept asking her questions about it. Bella's not an extreme case of the type, but definitely qualifies. Andi always has more friends - needs more friends - than Bella does.

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[aeskhyne]

Trouble comes up to her just as class is ending.

"I wanna bake you more things," he announces. "Can I?"

[instar]

"...Sure, why not. Am I a particularly rewarding recipient or something?"

[aeskhyne]

"I like baking you things. It's fun."

[instar]

"Yes, but why me in particular and not Ethan or Robin or someone I don't already know you to hang out with?"

[aeskhyne]

Trouble shrugs. "Why not you? I made you pie and it was fun and now I wanna do it again. I make stuff for Ethan too sometimes, and I'll probably make stuff for Robin, but they're not you and I wanna bake things for you too."

[instar]

"All right. What can you do besides pie?"

[aeskhyne]

"Pretty much anything. If I don't know how to make it, I can always learn."

[instar]

"How are you at layer cakes?"

[aeskhyne]

"I am awesome at layer cakes!"

[instar]

"Buttercream frosting?"

[aeskhyne]

"You got it."

[instar]

"Awesome. When should I expect delivery?"

[aeskhyne]

"Whenever," he says. "Tomorrow?"

[instar]

"Sure thing. Should we expect you to stick around for dinner then too?"

[aeskhyne]

"Maybe. I might even eat a carrot," he jokes.

[instar]

"I'm sure that would make dinnertime go a little smoother."

[aeskhyne]

"I hope I didn't get you guys in any shit," he adds.

[instar]

"Nah, you saw everything that happened," shrugs Bella. "Renée isn't strict to speak of."

[aeskhyne]

"Good."

[instar]

"If you'd really upset her we wouldn't be allowed to have you over anymore, but she didn't say anything like that."

[aeskhyne]

"Good," he repeats. "That'd be sad."

[instar]

"Yeah, we'd have to come up with some other way for you to bring baked goods."

[aeskhyne]

Trouble giggles.

[instar]

"Are you going to open a bakery or something when you grow up?"

[aeskhyne]

"Who knows?"