Riley and Lucas #Wattys2016

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Riley's POV
2 Years Later
I'm working at the restaurant. Lucas and the twins were at the house. A waiter came and shouted an order for a swiss burger. I made the burger and rang the bell.
The busboy came came to the kitchen, "Riley, your family is here." I smiled and ran out the kitchen. "Hey," I said. "Um, hey. What do you recommend?" Lucas asked.
I grabbed the menu from his hands, "The cheese fries." He smiled and we pecked. "I got to go back to work, babe. See you," I whispered. He smiled and kissed me before leaving.
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I got home from work and saw the cutest thing. Lucas was sleeping on the couch and the twins were sleeping on top of him.
I snapped a photo of them before making dinner. I cooked zucchini lasagna for the adults and mashed sweet potatoes for the twins. I also made some milk for the twins.
The twins woke up and I put them in their highchairs. Lucas woke up, kissed me, and went to eat. After we ate, I got up to feed the twins. They each ate their food and Lucas burped them.
After burping them, we changed them and put them to bed. "What do you want to do?" I asked. He smiled and rubbed my thigh. "Fine," I mumbled.
We went to the bedroom and I shut the door.
Ashley Mae's POV
Mommy and Daddy are watching a movie with me. It's Dora Saves The Snow Princess. This is the part when Dora pretends to be the snow princess to save the real one.
"I don't understand what's happening," Mommy says. "Dora is pretending to be the princess because they look alike," I say. "Still, why can't they use the forest animals to take down the queen?" Daddy says. "Dora is nice and doesn't believe in using the crystal power for no good," I argued. Mommy and Daddy chuckled and continued watching the movie.
The doorbell rings and Daddy walks to answer it. Some guy walks in and stares Mommy and me. Mommy picks me up and shields me from him, "What do you want dad?"
The man chuckled, "Ashley Mae." Daddy picked me up and ran upstairs. Mommy and the bad man are downstairs arguing about me.
I hear the door slam shut and Mommy runs upstairs and hugs us. "Don't ever go to that bad man, okay?" Mommy sternly said. I crossed my chubby fingers, "Ok." After that, we all watched the rest of the movie.
Lucas's POV
Riley came out of the bathroom with the pregnancy test in her hands. "Pregnant?" I asked. She nodded, "Yep. Are you mad that I'm pregnant again?" I motioned her to sit with me and planted a kiss on her lips, "Nope."
Riley offers to get the mail and I happily agree. One thing I've learned from Riley's past pregnancy is to let her do what she wants. She comes back with a bunch of envelopes and we sit down to read them.
Riley squeals and opens an envelope. "What's up?" I asked. She smiled, "I sent an application to Cutthroat Kitchen. Here goes nothing." Riley breathed and pulled out a piece of paper.
"Dear Mrs. Friar, we have read your application for our show. After tasting and critiquing your food, we decided that you would be a worthy competitor in our competition. Meet us at the Cutthroat Kitchen in Providence, Rhode Island in two weeks. The winner will receive any money that you have left. Good luck," Riley read.
I pick her up and spin her around. "Babe! This is amazing!" I shouted. She smiled and I set her down. "What do you want to eat?" Riley asked. I smiled, "Pizza!"
Two Weeks Later
Riley's POV
I am walking to my station in the Cutthroat Kitchen studio. Cameras are everywhere, and I am used to it. Luckily being pregnant didn't jeopardize my position to cook. My competitors are two males and another female.
Alton came down and explained the rules. Then we got to take two bundles of cash. I grabbed my bundles, sniffed them, and played with them in my hands. Alton smiled, "For the first round, I would like you to make me....... pancakes."
I heard a chuckle from another chef, until I realized it was me. "You'll have thirty minutes to cook your pancakes and sixty seconds to shop. Your time starts, now!" Alton shouts. Everyone grabs their baskets and runs into the pantry.
I immediately thought of almond butter pancakes. I grabbed almonds, milk, flour, butter, and eggs. Then I think of making a raspberry and lemon syrup. I grab those stuff and some bourbon. "5, 4, 3, 2, 1," Alton says. I'm out at the 3.
I look at the other chef's things, and I think I got this. "Our first item," Alton bangs on the mini elevator, "A box of frozen banana pancakes. If you win this you can say to one of your opponents, 'Hey replace all of your fruit with these bananas'."
Amounts of money sailed through the air. Eventually, Chef Mila won it for $5,000. She waltzed over to my basket and left. "I believe in girl power," she sang and handed it to Chef Ratine.
"Our second item," Alton bangs on the mini elevator again, "Cream cheese. You can hand this to your opponent and they will have to use this in their pancakes." How in the world do you cook pancakes with cream cheese? I just hope Miss Girl Power can get it and not give to me.
I was so busy with my thoughts, that I saw that one of the guy chefs had got it. He handed it to me and I said, "Thank you."
"Remember, the dish is pancakes . You've got thirty minutes and your time starts, now!" Alton shouts. I open my flour and dump eggs, cinnamon, butter and the cream cheese in it. I stir it together and get started on my almond butter.
I crack almond and chop them into small pieces. I melt the butter and mix it with the almond pieces. I reduce the almond and butter into a liquid. Then I mix that with that with the pancake base and taste it. I hold up two thumbs and put the pancakes on the stove.
Then I start to make my syrup. I take the lemon and squeeze all of the juice out. "Oh chefs!" Alton shouts, "I've got some maple syrup. If you win this item you can force an opponent to make your incorporate this in your pancakes' syrup."
I honestly let them have at it. My syrup is missing some texture, so the syrup could be an answered prayer. Chef Bullet wins it and points to me. I feel doing cartwheels but I can't show that I'm happy about this sabotage. I take the syrup and dump it in the syrup that is on the pan and I let that sit.
I run over and flip my pancakes. They're golden brown and I plate them on the dishes I got. My syrup is finished and I drizzle it all over my pancake. I get some left over lemon and zest it over my pancakes. "5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0. That's it, put your stuff down," Alton says.
A bald man in a polo and jeans walked down to Alton. "Chefs this is Chef Simon Majomdar. He doesn't care about the pains that you've endured. All he wants to do is eat. The course is pancakes," Alton explains. "Great. Let's eat," Simon says in a British accent. The walk to me last, "Chef Friar, please explain your dish."
I smiled, "These are almond butter and cream cheese pancakes with a raspberry-lemon syrup." Chef Simon takes a bite, "I love the thickness of the syrup. The cream cheese adds a nice flavor to the pancakes. Um, raspberry and lemon don't usually work, but it works here. The one thing is that the syrup is a little sweet, but other than that it is perfect."
He walks to the front and removes Chef Bullet for an undercooked pancake. Alton smiles, "For the second round, I would like you to make me a burger with a side. You'll still have thirty minutes to cook and sixty seconds to shop. Your time starts, now!"
I ran into the pantry and I grab ground beef. Then I grab three bags of buns, butter, lettuce, onions, tomatoes, American cheese, swiss cheese, cheddar cheese, hot sauce, barbecue sauce, and some ketchup. For the side, I take some sweet potatoes for sweet potato fries and some spices. "5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0," Alton says.
Alton bangs on the mini elevator, "Wow. I have a box of mashed potatoes. If you win this you can force an opponent to use this as your side." I don't want these so I bid, "$1500." Alton smiles, "I've got $1500 from Chef Friar. Who wants to go for $2000?"
I lost the bid to Chef Ratine. He gives them to Chef Mila. I sigh and wait for Alton to say something. "The next item is a soggy cheeseburger from McDonalds. If you win, your opponent must harvest all of his or her bread from this." Eww. It's gross, it's soggy, it's rat food.
I bid some money, and I lose to Chef Mila. She gives it to Chef Ratine and I smile because I get to keep my bread. Alton bangs on the mini elevator, "Here we have are different kinds of hamburger meats. If you win this you can trade all of your opponents meats in exchange for these."
There's ground beef, frozen patties, and soggy used meat. I hope someone wins and gives me the frozen patties. Chef Mila won it and gives me the frozen patties, herself the ground beef, and Chef Ratine the soggy meat. "Remember, the dish is a burger and a side. You'll have thirty minutes to cook, starting now!" Alton shouts...

Sorry for the inconvenience, but I felt that this chapter was way to long. I'll continue this chapter in the next part. Bye.❤

-Leslie