I love dessert. So much so, I’ll often eat it before my main course. Thus, when That’s Not Chinese invited us to stop by for dessert on Christmas day I was more than happy to oblige.
“What can we bring?” I asked. “Nothing,” she replied then added, “Wait, bring whipping cream.”
Around three o’clock on Christmas day That’s Not Chinese sent MiniMe a text, “Are you planning on bringing the whipping cream before or after you go to dinner?” I advised MiniMe to text her back and tell her to try using direct communication,”Tell her she should just ask us to bring it before if that’s what she wants. You know that is what she wants.” MiniMe didn’t take my advice and instead offered to take the whipping cream to That’s Not Chinese’s house before we headed to dinner.
After dinner, MiniMe, D-Dog and I went straight to That’s Not Chinese’s house. We arrived to find her mother leaving. “We were just about to call it a night,” That’s Not Chinese told us. “A little early for that. We’re here for dessert,” I replied. “We’re out of pie,” she advised. “You’re out of pie? How the hell does that happen?” I asked. “Look, you should have got here sooner,” That’s Not Chinese replied. “Unbelievable. I’m glad we got the whipping cream here early so you could all enjoy it. Where’s your wine?” was my response.
We had been there for about twenty minutes when Unfazed went into the kitchen to grab a beer. “Honey, there’s still pie in the fridge. In fact, there are three pieces,” she shouted from the kitchen to That’s Not Chinese. “Really? How is it that you didn’t know there were was pie – three pieces to be exact – in the fridge?” I asked. “You know what,” That’s Not Chinese said and attempted to leave it at that. “I do know what. You were trying to keep that pie for yourself,” I told her. “Look, I just didn’t want to get up to serve you,” she informed me. “That makes it even better. That’s like the icing on the cake. Better yet, the whipping cream on the pie, that we didn’t get!” I said. “Exactly,” she said and enjoyed her wine without a care in the world.