Baking Rivals
Baking Rivals Prompt: Write about two people who run rival bakeries, but they fall in love during their town’s annual holiday festival. (photo source: pngtree.com ) Often, I questioned why I owned a bakery. Maybe it was because I enjoyed sweets, maybe because I’d always wanted to run my own business. Not entirely sure. Nonetheless, it was worth it. I earned the gift to do what I loved with the person that made me want to pull the tiny hairs out of my neck. “What are you doing Ida?” I asked my sister. She sat on the counter next to one of our ovens, scrolling through an app on her phone. The oven timer’s repeated beeping was irritating. It’d been five minutes. She looked up. “What does it look like?” “Definitely not your job.” I cocked a hip against another counter. “Take the pies out please.” Ida’s eyes rolled. She hopped off the counter and removed the pies in their tins, putting them on cooling racks. “Happy now?” I shook my head, a smile forming. Being that Ida was twenty, and I w