Baking Bonanza!-Apple-Pie and Chocolate cookies (M)

Crunching cheese and onion flavoured Pom-bear crisps, I was sprawled out on the cool, leather, black sofa. My(notice I said MY not our/my family) cavalier, Apple-Pie, was curled up beside me, fast asleep while I stuffed myself since dinner had been a not-very-appetizing cauliflower cheese. My 5 year-old sister, Liz, cuddled our dachshund, Doodles. My favourite 'Cook-Book-Bake-Make' was sitting on my right lap, Apple-Pie was sleeping soundly on the other. "Chocolate chip cookies, I'll get on reading that after school." I said, closing my book and taking out my Doodle-Book where I had sometimes scruffily scribbled down a few ingredients and instructions.

Arghhhhhhh!" I screamed, staring into a pie-brown eye. Mum hurried in, dad rushed in and Liz crawled in. Apple-Pie licked my face and everyone bustled out, seeing as I was alright. Quickly, I set Apple-Pie back onto the floor and dragged myself out of bed, throwing off my slippers. Pulling on my loose, wool, long-sleeved top and some jeans, I thought about my junior-high(secondary in England), West Spindal. Dragging a red brush through my tousled hair, I watched Apple-Pie wag his tail at me. I hurried downstairs to stuff a syrup-covered pancake into my aquafresh-brushed mouth. I washed it down with a glass of milk and waved my goodbyes. I hugged Apple-Pie, grabbed my red, strappy bag and ran out of the house.

"You going to the park, Cherry?" asked my best friend, Kimber. I shook my head, "Planning on getting on with chocolate cookies t'night. 'Sides, wouldn't leave Apple-Pie with my pie-obsessed family, including me!" I joked. Kimber groaned and wandered off with her latest new 'best-friend', Jas. I sighed, tossing a glance at the two, who were giggling and pointing at me.

"I'm home!" I called, flinging my bag onto the sofa. Burying my face in my cavalier's fur, I flopped down on the sofa as well. I NEEDED to make chocolate chip cookies! Flicking to my latest page in my Doodle-Book, I tried to remember all the ingredients. I prepared the ingredients from what I had noted down in my book and double-checked them in my Cook-Book-Bake-Make recipe.

Soon, the whole house was smelling of chocolate chip cookies as the cookies cooled down on a rack. I groomed Apple-Pie and tickled her, making her bark happily. Doodles immediately jumped over, giving a loud bark as if demanding we let her join in right this minute. We were having so much fun. I grinned, the sad news at school forgotten, until...

RING RING! RING RING! RING RI-"Hello?" I said, picking up the phone.
"Hi, is this Cherry?" a nervous voice replied, shaking on my name.
"Kimber? It's fine if your with Jas, you know? She's a nice girl, popular and clever..." I trailed off, sighing as I realised, I never really had a shot at being the most popular and pretty girl, Kimber's, best friend.
"Yeah, about that, sorry. Can I come over? Please?" a quivering voice pleaded from the other side of the phone. Apple-Pie gazed up at me with her pastry-brown eyes and Doodles stared at me with playful, crayon-blue eyes. "I guess. Bye." I answered, putting down the phone.

DING DONG! The doorbell rang. It must be Kimber but I didn't do the whole:
*Re-check/do make-up
*Smooth skirt/blouse/dress
*Smooth hair.
I opened the door and welcomed her with a "Hiya, how are you?". Moving over, so she could come in, I smiled my usual smile, not the one I made up to impress Kimber. She sat down on the sofa and smiled sadly up at me. "Sorry." she said, crossing her slim legs.
"Look, let's just forget it, OK? I was never meant to be your best friend. It just didn't work, alright? Cookie?" I asked her, offering the ones I just made. Apple-Pie and Doodles must have sensed betrayal on Kimber so they stayed with me.
"Yeah, ok." Kimber agreed and we made up with a cookie.

Apple-Pie and Chocolate Cookies.