A Night To Remember

Chapter 11: Laurent

After I made arrangements for the pinatas, I called Larry to see how he was doing with his duties.

"Hey, what you going on?" Larry replied in a sleepy tone.
"What you do today?" I asked.
"I went to the grocery store and liquor store. I hired two bartenders and a chef. Oh, I also sent out invitations." Larry explained.
"Good job dude. I got the pinatas handled. Both will be delivered by Friday. I called dj Mansour. He's coming through. I had to pay extra for the party lights." I explained.
"Oh yeah, by the way, I have some movers coming by today to check out the house. And figure out where to move the furniture." Larry added.
"Is the chef making the cake?" I asked.
"No! I forgot to ask." Larry upsetting replied.

How could he forget about the cake?

"It's okay, okay, look; I'm still ripping and running. I'll stop by a bakery before I go home." I said tryna keep larry calm.
"Good looking out. Oh, somebody's at the door. I think it's the movers. I'll see you later." Larry replied and hung up the phone.

Great! Now I gotta find a bakery.

"Where's the nearest bakery?" I said to my phone.

The phone answered,

"The small and tall bakery located 10.5 miles. "

I got into my car and headed to the small and tall bakery.  The second I walked in the bakery, a black woman who was a little person greeted me. I felt strange having to practically look at the floor to speak to her.
"Hi, I'm here to buy a cake for my birthday party." I said with a big smile on my face.
"Hi, my name is Betty. You're in the right place. Wait a minute. Aren't you that dancer?"
"Yup."
"You're better looking in person. Mm, I love my men tall." Betty said as her eyes roamed all over my body. 

I followed her to the sampling table.

"Try these." Betty said and placed a plate of samples of cake.

Everytime I ate a different piece, Betty told me what flavor it was.

"Dark chocolate fudge, vanilla cream, cherry garcia, dark chocolate spearmint, vanilla lemon, and carrot cream cheese."

I liked all the samples. But I wanted something different.

"Is it possible if you could combine two of the samples?" I asked.
"Okay, what do you want?" Betty asked as she took out a notepad.
"I would like a three level cake. One level with vanilla. On the second level, I want it to be chocolate.  And the top layer should be cherry garcia." I explained.
"Okay, I can do that. Do you want matching frosting?" Betty asked.
"Oh yes." I replied.
"Okay, do you want accessories?" Betty asked.
"Yes, we have a logo we do with our hands." I mentioned.

Then I sketched out the Les Twins hand logo on a piece of paper.

"Oh my, this is going to be extra." Betty said as she looked at the picture.
"Can you also add twenty-six candles?" I asked.
"Of course. When do you need the cake?" Betty asked.
"December sixth." I answered.
"Are you serious? Wow, I'm going to need a miracle and a prayer to get this done by saturday." Betty began to worry.
"If I'm going to get this done on time, I need to put a rush order on this cake. Usually, it takes a week to do this without a rush order. And a rush order does cost more." Betty explained.
"Okay, how much we talking?" I asked. 

Betty took out a calculator and added up the expenses.

"About three thousand and five hundred. " Betty answered.
"We got a problem. I'm about five hundred dollars short. Can I pay you three thousand dollars?" I pleaded.
"I'm very strict on my rules. Everybody pays for what they want." Betty said.
"Man, I get it. It's business. But I really want this cake. Is there something I can do to make it worth three thousand dollars?" I asked. 

Betty stared into my eyes and raised her eyebrows.

"Well, there is something you can do for me. " Betty said and licked her lips.

Oh man what have I gotten myself into? There's no telling what Betty gonna ask me to do. I just hope she don't ask me to strip for her.

"What you want me to do?" I asked with hesitation.

(Dave Hollister-Spend the night. Optional to play. I just like the song)

"Don't worry. I just want to see you dance."
Betty chuckled.
"Alright I got you." I was relieved.

I opened the music player on my phone and played Dave Hollister 's Spend the Night.  As I danced, Betty recorded me on her phone. She even screamed a few times as I spinned and pop locked. When I was done dancing, she clapped and opened her arms for a hug. I kneeled to my knees and wrapped my arms around her.

"Thank you so much ." I said and swiped my American express card. 

Signed a few papers and was out the door.

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