Beeper
After a while the beeping noises from the kitchen got through to Stella, who looked up from her book with an expression of annoyance. "Vincent! Patty! What are you doing?!"
A fit of giggling was her answer, then the voice of her daughter. "Nothing, mom!"
"Doesn't sound like nothing," Stella snapped. She marked her place with the old receipt she was using as a bookmark, then rose and stormed into the kitchen. "It sounds like someone is playing with my new microwa -- "
As she rounded the corner into the kitchen, the scene that came into view stopped both her feet and her mouth. For a moment she only stared, gaping, at the pinkish goop spattered randomly over walls, counters, floors, children, and microwave. It appeared that the inside of this last was even messier than its outside. Patty and Vincent stared at her round-eyed from the center of the storm.
Stella blinked a few more times, then, as evenly as she could manage, enquired as to what, exactly, was going on around here.
"It was supposed to be a surprise," Vincent replied earnestly, wiping at one of the pink smears on his face. "Because dad bought you the microwave for a present he said, and if there's presents there should be cake, and so we were trying to make the cake ourselves..." He pointed at his sister. "It was her idea," he added.
"Is that true?" Stella managed. Patty nodded. "Why on earth would you try to bake a cake in the microwave?"
Patty looked confused. "Because we're not allowed to use the stove," she replied.
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