How Green Becomes Wood

"I took his phone," Daizi grinned, "He usually doesn't set alarms for Sunday, but since he always puts his phone in the same spot, before leaving the bedroom I brought his phone with me just to be safe."
 
Alec was in the middle of making Egg-In-A Nest (egg cooked inside a piece of bread with a circle removed) and bacon when Xander returned home. Xander moved very, very cautiously with the cake box, letting Daizi know he was home and not moving until someone came to fetch the box. There was no way he could remove his shoe, let alone touch salt, while carrying precious cargo.
 
Having set Ivy down to play, both of Daizi's hands were free to retrieve the cake, "Thank you so much for getting it," She said, bringing it to the kitchen, "Have you looked at it?"
 
"As much as I like surprises, I think it's best to check to make sure it's okay," Alec said.

Xander nodded. "I'm afraid so. You could pick one of us if you want the other to be surprised."
 
Ivy looked up at them from where she sat on the floor, a look of confusion on her face. She kept looking between both of her brothers, and then, after slowly standing, she walked hesitantly over to Xander, "Ann?"
 
"Really?" Alec asked in shock. "But I'm the one who plays with you and snuggles you and holds you!"

Xander grinned and leaned down to give Ivy a fist bump. "Nice choice, Mini. Good job!"
 
"Yes, but he takes her to look for bugs," Daizi replied, sitting down to eat a bit of breakfast.

Ivy returned the fist bump, and then immediately turned and ran over to Alec to offer the fist bump to him, guessing maybe that was the game.
 
Alec laughed and gave her a fist bump in return. "Good job, Mini! Nice fist bump!"

"Alright, you two scram so I can check the cake," Xander said, making shooing motions at Ivy and Alec.

"Come on, Ivy, let's go over here," Alec said, pointing toward the living room.
 
Ivy had been in the process of running back to Xander to give him another fist bump when she and Alec were shooed away and he led her out. This was also confusing for her, but she went along with it.

After they were gone, Daizi got up and opened the cake box up, revealing a dusky orange-brown cake with black piped frosting. On top of the cake was a goose leading two grey adolescent geese and one yellow gosling. The sides of the cake had little portraiture windows, each with little geese, and between them (where other cakes might include flowers) were spider-web designs. The text simply read, Happy Baba's Day.
 
Alec pretended to run with Ivy, trying to keep her interested and happy, but not too loud.

Xander studied the cake seriously, looking all around it. "This looks like a pretty cool cake, Mama," he said. "I like the goose, but... I didn't think you'd be going with pink and green." He gave her a minute to react before quickly saying, "I'm kidding. It's great. It's got a cool goth goose vibe going on, and it's going to be perfect."
 
"It's not meant to be pink or green!" Daizi exclaimed, doing her best to be quiet about it, but then when Xander explained she clicked her tongue, "Ya hmar, you shouldn't joke like that! I have to get you back, now! But I'm glad you like it, the bakery called it a Sophisticated Goose cake."
 
Xander smirked and nodded. "Yeah, I'd say this is a sophisticated goose." And hilarious that she had gotten this. "I'm going to cover it up now before something happens to it."
 
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