Aru Shah fanfic and stuff

Cooking Experiment

3rd Person

It was a cloudy autumn day in Atlanta, and Aru Shah was bored. 

The sky was a misty shade of gray and even the usually colorful trees looked boring and dull. She had tried watching funny cat videos, tried baking a cookie -not cookies, but just one cookie-, and making a purple friendship bracelet for Mini. I bet you can guess. Everything failed miserably.

Aru was looking out the window in utter boredom when a loud crash echoed through the museum. She dashed out of her apartment and ran down the stairs into the lobby, where she was met with a surprising sight.

Greg's jaw was cracked open, a sign that it had been used recently. Sure enough, Brynne was marching across the lobby, headed for the stairs, with Mini and Aiden trailing behind her.

"Umm... what's happening?" Aru asked as she watched Brynne wordlessly make her way up the stairs and into the apartment.

Mini shrugged and said, "I don't really know."

Aru turned to Aiden.

He sighed. "Brynne's kitchen is being renovated, my mom is out of town, and Mini refuses to let us use her kitchen because she doesn't want us to start another"-he raised his hands for air quotes-"fire-"

"You mean the smoking toast two weeks ago?"

"Smoke inhalation is not something to laugh about!" Said an exasperated Mini. "In fact, it's the number one cause of death when it comes to fires. It can damage the body by causing asphyxiation, which leads to-"

"Anyway, Brynne is in my apartment because she's on a rampage." Aru guessed. "Was it the usual craving for Creme Brulee, or-"

"Three words. Gooey. Butter. Cake." Said Aiden bluntly.

"I'm listening." 

"Brynne and I were chilling on the couch, she was scrolling around on Pinterest and suddenly she jumped up and showed me a picture of this cake. Then we were at Mini's and now here." Aiden finished, shrugging.

"So when you say "gooey butter cake", is it actually real butter or..." Aru trailed off. Just the name made her mouth water.

"Yeah, it's actually made of butter." Said Aiden, as they started walking back upstairs. "I watched a documentary about it a few weeks ago. Apparently it was invented in St. Louis, Missouri by this baker. He was really tired one morning-"

"Wow, imagine being tired."  

"-And made a few mistakes while making his coffee cake, henceforth accidentally creating gooey butter cake. He made a few tweaks and served it to his customers. Everyone loved it and now it's served all over St. Louis. There's even this one restaurant that serves 74 flavors of it, and they ship it worldwide."

(An: all of that is actually true. My parents went to that restaurant for their anniversary and brought home some. My mom is obsessed with Gooey Butter Cake and we make it at least once a month. There's this chocolate pecan flavor that's just *chef's kiss👌* amazing.)

When they reached the kitchen, they found Brynne searching the cupboards frantically. "Where do you guys keep your freaking butter?" she asked, practically ripping open the fridge.

"Ummmm... I think we're out." Said Aru, already knowing and dreading the outcome of these fatal words.

Brynne suddenly reeled on her. "You're out of butter? How do you run out of butter? It's a basic pantry ingredient. It's like cardamom! Or Tillamook Mudslide Ice cream!!"