The Party

As we pull away from the store I realize we are heading further up the mountain. I have never been up this way before so I look everywhere. I notice that there are houses all the way up the mountain and they are spread out but not so far apart that they can't reach the next house if they need help. Ten minutes after we pull away from the store we stop in front of a huge house. It is beautiful, it is three stories tall. The outside is painted a light brown with tan highlights. It looks like it has been here forever, there are vines everywhere. But they don't make it look run down or anything like that. It's more like a natural camouflage. Like it has grown right out of the mountain.

As Mathew and Tim take us inside I know I am starring but I can't help it. The inside of the house is just as big, we are currently standing in what could be a rumpus room. It is huge, there is a tan couch with love seat next to it and two recliners on either side. There is a huge t.v. with several game systems on a table. I can see a surround sound entertainment system as well. obviously this is a frat house.

"First of all I want to say welcome to our house. We are happy to have you here. And now I need your help. One of the guys made a bit of a mess out of the cake, can you please fix it?"

I look at Edith and we start laughing. Then I turn to Mathew and say," Show me the kitchen please?"

Mathew takes me down the hall and to the left. He opens the door on what is my dream kitchen. There is a beautiful French cooking suite on the left wall. A huge double door refrigerator. An island in the center of the room. A huge double sink in the right wall. And cupboards everywhere. There is even a wet bar just inside the door. It is on the island that the cake is sitting on. I walk over to cake and take a look at it. After a minute I call for Edith, she comes in and takes a look. We laugh for a minute then she hands me my bag.

"Girl you were so right. I'm glad you grabbed this stuff. So are we catering this event Mathew or just fixing your cake?"

"Wait, wait you knew someone would mess up the cake? No your not catering I asked you here to enjoy the party but since you guys made the cake I was hoping you could help."

We look at each other and smile. So we are here to enjoy the party but he needs a fix job. I am excited to be here to have a good time. I am happy to fix this. I start pulling decorating tips out of the bag and bottles of frosting. They all watch as I smooth and fix the cake. Once I am done Edith grabs the things I used and washed them. Then she put the frosting in the fridge. Once that was done Mathew moved the cake outside to a table in the front yard. Then Tim brought out the other pastries and started setting them out. We watched as Tim laid things out and I started to get twitchy. I wanted to change the set up so they looked pretty. Edith could see it was killing me and she started laughing at me. Mathew had been watching as well and he decided to stop Tim. Then he looks up at me and says," Sweetheart would you please make this look good for our guests."

I smile up at him and say thank you, then I rearrange it all. I put the three different flavor tarts in rows on the left of the cake. Then I put the four different flavor single serving cakes on the right side. And finally I put the ten different flavors of cookies in front of the cake. Once everything is laid out I put out the utensils. Then I step back.

"And now you know why she decorates the shop. She has a gift for this kind of thing. Now watch the reactions of the people who come look at it."

"Thank you Ellen I really appreciate this. You did a beautiful job. I love this so much. Would you be my date for the party tonight?"

"Are you asking me as just a way to say thank you?"

"No I wanted to ask you out as soon as I saw you. But I almost hurt you so I figured you would say no. Then I needed help with the cake and then you did this. I just had to ask. Will you be my date tonight. I promise to not almost hurt you."

" Okay I will be your date tonight. But I will admit I don't know how to dance or anything like that. The only thing I am good at it baking."

"I am okay with that, I just want to get to know you as a person. Perhaps we can just talk for now and go from there."

"I would love to get to know you as well. So when does the party actually start now that I have saved your butt."

Everyone starts laughing then Mathew tells us ever one will show up at seven and it will be a barbeque dinner.

Once people start showing up Tim turns on the music. Then I watch as Mathew and Tim start grilling. Edith and I walk around and talk to the other people. I meet Mathew's family and enjoy talking to them. Edith introduced me to the doctors from the town. Tim introduce me to his family. After the food has been cooked and everyone has eaten then the dancing starts. Mathew comes over to the table I am sitting at and asks me to dance.

We get out into the middle of the group of people the music slows down and he puts his hands on my waist. I put my hands on his shoulders. Then he teaches me how to slow dance. We are together for three dances then his mother comes over and steals him away. Then I go and sit with Edith again. We talk about what has happened tonight and how we had fun. All in all it has been a great night. At around ten p.m. Mathew took us back to the bakery because we had a few early orders. As Edith walked upstairs Mathew took my hand to hold me there for a minute.

"I had a wonderful night tonight. I hope we can see each other again. Would you be willing to see me again?"

"Yes I had a wonderful night as well. I have not been to a party in over two years. So thank you for that. I would like to see you again as well."

"That is wonderful, would you like to go out with me this weekend? And can I give you a kiss goodnight?"

"Yes I would like to see you this weekend. Um to be honest I was hoping you would ask me this. I have wanted to kiss you all night."

Mathew smiles at me then he leans down and kisses me.It was just a small kiss but I swear my toes curled. When he pulled back a smiled at him then he kissed my cheek and said goodnight. Then he held the door open for me and I went upstairs to change. And he went home.