It was late afternoon while Bambi was on her lunch break. She sat down at the place she normally say, near the counter so she could focus on her own thoughts. She brushed off her body. As a waitress at Molly's she was allowed to look pretty instead of uniform since Molly herself was a very old fashioned person. So she wore a nice white strapless sundress and a little crochet top. Her new heels were adored by Molly, but next time she would definently just go for something simple. But she really did love to dress up for work than dress down. It sure suprised Jack, who got her the job in the first place. But Molly insisted in looking like a lady. The woman herself didn't really like her actions, but seemed to like Bambi's choice in clothes. Sitting down on the swirling chair she took off her black apron and set it to the side.

Grabbing a paper from the back of the counter and a pen she started to write many things down. She even doodled little things that she quickly crossed out. She started to write Steven, but that was crossed out. She started to write Rastis, but it was also crossed out. She was thinking about writing CJ, but didn't even want to because of her attempts to talk Christina was a bust. Leaning back she started to write down stuff to do. 1. She had to go talk to Jack about her emotions. 2. She had to go plan with Ronnie about their homecoming dinner. 3. She had to go to the market and buy stuff. 4. She had to go stock up on food for Jack's survival.

Leaning back she looked at the list. There was the possibility of actually shopping for clothes for that night, but she had her idea planned. She waited for Ronnie to go on her lunch break with her so they could chat. She looked up and called to the kitchen, "Ronnie! Stop rearranging everything in the freezer, get out here!" She knew that she was probably doing some thing ridiculously like Ronnie. Her and Ronnie had gotten so close that she was proud to call her family. Whether it be parent, cousin, or aunt. And probably more like sister.

Ronnie had been working at Molly's for about two whole weeks now. She absolutely loved it. She got to do what she loved all day, everyday. Bake! Bake! And more baking! On top of that good stuff, Bambi worked there as a waitress as well. Which was like basically having family there.Bambi always looked so pretty and lady-like and not a hair was out of place. Ronnie herself was usually covered in flour by the end of each day. She didn't mind though. That day, Ronnie had had alot on her mind. Well, she had Cody on her mind. Which to say the least wouldn't be a big deal if no one had noticed. But of course, someone had. Molly had noticed. She asked Ronnie what his name was. Ronnie just stood there shocked by what she said and pretended she didn't know what she was talking about. She could still hear Molly's words ringing in her ears.' Whoever he is, hes obviously occupying your mind. Your trying to chop carrots with a spoon, sweety. Well i'll let you get back to work. Oh and one word of advice before I go. You obviously like him a lot! Go ahead and tell em'!'

Yeah..she loved Molly to bits but the woman was way off! She didn't like Cody. Not the way Molly thought atleast. Because he was an old bad , bad , womanizing man whore. But she had to admit he looked really cute when he did the little sidewards grin." Okay, stop it Ronnie! You dont like Cody! Thats final." She thought to herself. Of course that was earlier in the day. She had moved passed it now. Or rather she was working hard to avoiding it. Ronnie worked all day and it was finally break time. But she was still in the kitchen. Why, she was organizing the frezzer. It was Ronnie and that frezzer needed some serious fixing. She heard Bambi's voice and flinched. Darn! She had caught her. "But..it'll only. Okay..fine!" She yelled back finally giving in. Bambi wouldn't let her off and she didn't feel like protesting.

She walked to the front of the cafe where Bambi was sitting. She had gotten acustomed to wearing comfortable shoes since she was standing on her feet all day. Today she wore green and white stripped ballet flats, dark-washed, destoryed jean bermuda shorts and a lace eyelot cami with a green tanktop underneath. Ronnie had no idea why Molly wanted her to look all pretty if she was going to be in the back. Of course, she occasionally came out to the front to bring out a order or play cashier. Other than that no one really saw her."Hey!" She said happily as she removed her apron and say it on top of the counter. She hopped up on one of the stools next to Bambi. "So you ready to plan?" She asked. Ronnie knew they were going to talk about the welcome back dinner preperations. What she didn't know is that they might talk about something she was more than uncomfortable discussing.

Bambi waited patiently for Ronnie and laughed when she was actually right about how Ronnie was cleaning the refrigerator. She smiled at the thought. She knew that Ronnie was a like herself, including both being slightly autistic in nature. She doodled little pictures on her pad while humming to herself. She was beginning to admit to herself that she was becoming attached to her like a sister. She refused to think about her like a mother since it would be too clingy of her.

Her mind pushed the thought to the back of her head as Ronnie walked out. Turning her chair to Ronnie's face she smiled. "Hey Ronizzle." She smiled. In the IMs she got from her friends they saw that her dad was writing to a 'Ronizzle' so she thought'd she's use the name on her. "Ok I'm so ready to plan. We HAVE to have chocolate cake. Especially your chocolate cake." Which speaking of, she got up to behind the counter and stood before the cake plates. "Which do you want? I'll give you a slice." She herself took some devil's food cake with some light chocolate frosting. Taking some licked her fingers and put a dollop of whipped cream. "So what is your brother's favorite food? All I know is he likes chips, but yeah. That's not the right food." Then she looked up with a serious look. "Oh my gosh, we're turning into suburbanites. Like...the Boners" She was referring to the Bones, but Ronnie knew who she was talking about.

"Ronizzle? Only Co--",she stopped mid name. How'd she know she had been writing Cody and that her nickname was Ronizzle? "Who told you one of my nicknames?",she asked suspiciously. She sat there looking at the girl with shifty eyes. She'd have to investigate more. There could have been the possibility that Cody had said something but that couldn't be right. From what he said, he hadn't made any communication with her really. She bit her lower lip thinking about it. Her thought were interrupted by Bambi speaking again." Of course I'll make my chocolate cake." She said proudly. "I'm making double chocolate chip cookies too." She added. She watched Bambi get up.

"Ill take whatever you having." She answered her absent mindedly. She just happened to be thinking about when the boys get home. Will they like the food...will they be okay with her. Would Cody like the food? Who the gave a rat's pinkie toe if Cody liked it. She sure didn't. Nun uh. "I know he likes chicken. But this isn't about him. He'll eat just about whatever we cook.",she answered." She was just about to continue on but then she started laughing. You had to give it to her, Bambi was her own person. Only she could come up with something like that. "Calm down. We'll never reach their level.",she told her through her own laughter. Once she calmed down and caught her breath she continued with what she began to say."We need to make the boys favourite foods..or at least stuff they like. What's Cody's favourite food?" She asked and then immediately wished she had taken back the last thing she said. Oh brothers.[/size]

[[I promise this wont be a Cody filled thread..unless you want it to be.]]

Bambi smirked when the look of confusion mixed with suspicion filled Ronnie's face. "Well...It was all CJ. He was peeking over Cody's shoulder and was like, 'RONIZZLE?' And then daddy dearest was being all protective of the letter. So I figured the name would have been about you." She smiled and rose her eyebrows funkily. "I'm good." She thought when CJ proposed the name that it was her dad's like mid-life crisis and that was going to be his new name when he joined a motorcycle gang or something. Of course CJ thought it was awesome, but then she corrected him about the name.

Bambi smiled brightly when Ronnie agreed to make her chocolate desserts. "I got to say, you're brilliant with chocolate. Your cake is magnificent. And...I think I would actually kick my dad out of the way to get to your cookies." She cut another plate of the warm cake and put it on another plate with another dollop of cream. Pushing it over to her, she walked around the other side. "Jack likes chicken?" Then she thought back to the times they got KFC for dinner and how he was chopping down the peices like there's no tomorrow and made a face of pure marvel. And said in a perplexed voice, He likes chicken! This was truly a shocking thing, but she quickly snapped back into reality.

Bambi wrote down each boys name. First Cody, then Rastis, Jared, CJ, Kevin, and then Todd. "Ok, I know I didn't miss anyone." She say up straight and thought with a pen cap in her mouth. "Well I remember dad likes sweet stuff a lot. Oh and he loves fish. That's right, he likes Salmon a lot. But not catfish because there's too many bones. Yeah. Hmm...CJ? Oh he loves macaroni and cheese, but with american cheese and the powdered cheese combined. Rastis loves spagetti like the one with the thick marinara sauce that when you slurp it gets all over you. Jared loves...damn I just had it, he loves... Oh never mind." She waved him off then smiled and looked up at Ronnie.

"CJ is soo gonna get it." She said rolling her eyes playfully."How'd you figure it was me? It could have been any other girl or guy with a name 'Ron-ish' " She asked taking a bite of her cake and licking her lips. She looked over at the girl and scrunched up her face."Dont get cocky." She warned ina playful tone. She sat eating the cake while Bambi came to the realization that Jack liked chicken."Okay..now that we've got all that figued out..wait..what kind of sweets does Cody like? And how does he like his salmon?" She asked.

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Bambi smiled at Ronnie when she mentioned CJ's punishment. "Well he's weak so you can beat his ass." She smiled at Ronnie then rose her eyebrows sassily. Then she moved closer to Ronnie. "Looks like you're getting suspicious. Well dad doesn't know a girl name Ron or a guy so I guessed it was you. And looks like I got it right." She chuckled to herself and crossed her legs before grabbing a fork for herself and Ronnie then biting into the cake happily. Bambi looked up and frowned as Ronnie asked her question. "What's with all this stuff about my dad?" She thought about it. Well for the few times she ate with her dad at dinner and had salmon. "Well he likes it smoked with some lemon. But there's something fancy he likes it in, like...mustard sauce or something." She thought but then just waved it off. "Oh, Dad loves chocolate and gummy stuff." She puffed out of her lip and chewed on it.

Ronnie just laughed at her. Her fork was half way to her mouth before she stopped and looked at Ronnie. Her face a mix of confusion, fear and a bit of anticipation."N-no..suspicious? Why would I be suspicious? I don't like Cody. I don't..really. He can date whoever he wants..." She trailed off. She stuck a big chunk of cake it her mouth to stop herself from talking. Enough damage was already done. She chewed on the piece of cake for a while. Swallowing it down in small pieces. Ronnie just looked at Bambi when she asked her next question. She just pointed to her mouth as if to say 'Sorry..cant talk..food.' Which was partly true..but she would do anything to seriously not be able to talk right now. She took a mental note that Cody like his salmon smoked with lemon. She would have to look up that mustard sauce. And the only reason she was willing to do that is because she wanted to make EVERYBODY happy. Not just Cody or anything. No really, that's the truth. Sort of.

Ronnie had been lost in her own thoughts for over three minutes now. The last thing that popped into her head scared her a little. "Why can't I ever call Cody, Bambi's dad? I mean..I can think it but I cant say it out loud. Whats wrong with me? Maybe I don't want to because...NO! That's just wrong on so many levels! I cant do that. I can't even think that! Stop thinking! Stop!" Ronnie shook herself from her thoughts and came back to reality. " Smoked, lemon, chocolate, gummy stuff. Got it." She said. She had no idea why she was battling herself like this. She shouldn't be. She shouldn't have even been thinking like this if she didn't really like Cody. Because she didn't really like Cody! Yeah..don't you even say she did.

Bambi rolled her eyes because she knew what she was thinking. "Uh huh. Not suspicious. I'm sure. And I didn't say anything about you liking Cody." She laughed out loud and stared at Ronnie questionably. If anything, she should be worried about Jack. Her dad and Ronnie seemed to be perfect, but Jack would have a heart attack if he saw them even hugging or...talking. "Ok. So, anyways. I want to talk about my dad. Tell me you like him Ronnie. That would make my day." She inched closer taking a big bite into her cake too. Smiling like an idiot, she looked up to her with big starry eyes.

She looked at Bambi and knew she had given way to much information. Bambi may have been the town whore but the girl was no dummy. She saw into Ronnie like she was looking into a glass window. She seemed to always know what she was thinking, just like Jack did. But obviously she was better at it, cause Jack still didn't know about her liking Cody.She looked at Bambi at the mention of Cody. Then she looked at the plate of cake trying to determine whether or not she should take another big bite. In the end, she decided against it and sat the fork down on the plate. She turned to face Bambi with her hands on her knees. "Okay.." She said taking a deep breath. "I like Cody , okay. I like him. I like Cody Pratt. She said looking at Bambi. At that moment , Molly walked by them and went into the kitchen. "I knew she liked somebody.",Molly chimmed happily. Ronnie couldn't help but laugh.

Bambi crossed her legs and uncrossed them unpatiently while eating her cake. She took a glass of cold milk from the refrigerator and took a big bite from her cake. She hadn't eaten so much cake in while. It was pretty bad for her diet. When Ronnie spoke the words, she was so happy, she never felt so thrilled. Bambi smiled happily as she squealed like a little girl when she heard this. "I KNEW YOU LIKED HIM!" She pointed at her happily as she let out a little bit of spittle from the cake. When Molly spoke she laughed with Ronnie. "Yeah. I knew there was something on her mind when she put pepper in the bake instead of salt." She grinned at Molly and Ronnie happily.

"Okay..okay. Calm down." She said smiling. "Now that thats OVER." She added. "We should get Delilah and Piper to help us cook. We can ask them after we get off." She looked at Bambi with a smile. Things were sure to be fun and easier. Now that she had someone to talk to about Cody. And who better than his own daughter? She could probably tell Ronnie why Cody was the way he was sometimes.

Bambi snorted when Ronnie mentioned Delilah and Piper. "Yeah right. Lilah can't cook to save her life, and Piper's lived on take out since she was ten." Then she stopped and thought for a moment. "Although I have seen them whip up a mean tuna fish salad." She laughed and then glanced at the clock. Damn, her break was almost over. She groaned and looked down at her half finished cake slice. Taking the rest into her mouth quickly she put it into the side cart for the sink. "Ok my break time is over. I'm off to go waitress." She grabbed her apron and groaned as a couple left and already there was another table for her to clean.


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