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Ashlyn let out a soft sigh as she grabbed her now full mug from the coffee maker, moving to go sit down at the counter. They were on a break from school and decided they’d have sleepovers, Logan offered for them to use his house since his grandparents were away for the week.
. . It had already turned into a disaster. They should’ve known what catastrophes would come when you had six kids baking, but here they were anyway. They decided to make some pancakes - one batch normal and the other chocolate chip.. They were planning on blueberry too, but Aiden had the sudden urge to throw the mix at Tyler.
“..What the hell!?-” Tyler shouted before being cut off as it was spread onto his face by the blonde. Logan looked over at the scene before sighing and going back to mixing the batter, Taylor making conversation with him as she sat on top of the counter next to the bowl. They were just chatting about whatever came to mind, the topic could be about school then the phantom dimension within a second - though, they did try to avoid talk about it as they were trying to have fun now, not stress about later tonight, so more accurately, the topics changed from school to favorite childhood toy.
Panicked scrambling sounds from behind Ashlyn, she sighed, thinking it was the two idiot’s never ending fighting, she turned around to yell at them but then her eyes met another scene..
“BEN!-” Ashlyn shouts, her jaw practically dropped as everyone looks over to Ben who had set the pancakes, in the process of being cooked, on fire. Everyone let out their own panicked screams as Logan ran to grab the fire extinguisher, quickly coming back and spraying the now overly burnt pancakes before it spread to his grandparents house and burnt it down. They all let out relieved sighs, Ben looking away guiltily. Taylor put a hand on his shoulder and smiled nervously but reassuringly.
“Don’t worry Ben! Just uh.. Maybe we should let Logan make the next batch only..?” Everyone nodded in agreement as Ben sat down on a stool next to Ashlyn, resting his head on his arms to calm his previous panic. Logan cleaned the area as Taylor helped, passing him the batch they were working on together, or more so really Logan had worked on while Taylor yapped away to her heart's content. Aiden and Tyler had finally stopped fighting after Ashlyn yelled at them, yet they still continued mumbling snarky remarks to each other as they cleaned the floor.
A while later, the pancakes were done. Logan put them on a plate and made his way to the table the others had moved to to eat the breakfast. He put the plate in the middle of the table, and before he could even sit, Aiden was stuffing his face. Everyone gave him odd looks before sighing, too used to his non-existent manners.. And you’d think the rich kid would have the most.
They all chatted as they had their breakfast, all worries about the phantom dimension pushed aside as they relaxed, it was a nice break for everyone as jokes and laughter filled the table, some arguments existed, but they were light hearted and all in good fun.
“We should do something like this again!” Taylor happily suggested as she bit into another pancake. The rest nodded in agreement as Tyler went to grab the last pancake before Aiden quickly snatched it and swallowed it whole . . At least they wouldn’t have to hear his loud chewing..?
Tyler stared in shock for a few good seconds before a screaming match erupted between the two. Taylor and Ben panicked to stop the two as Ashlyn covered her ears, her earbuds not doing enough to block out the shouts. Logan sighed, but had a small smile plastered on his face. It’d take a while for the fight to boil down, but he honestly didn’t really mind it. Well, he felt bad for Ashlyn, of course, but the playful fights the whole group would have honestly brightened the mood sometimes just by how ridiculous they were. He got up and grabbed Ashlyn’s headphones that often worked better for crowded spaces, giving them to her as she silently thanked him. The two quietly watched the playful fight as Ben and Taylor kept trying to calm them down.
After a while, it did die down and they all sat back down, everyone smiling to themselves as they enjoyed the silence, comforted just by the presence of everyone’s presence. Though, they all knew they weren’t cooking together anytime soon again.