Double dessert

Tonight was a first for me.

We decided to have a Spring Break reunion in the form of a fancy evening out. Unfortunately, we’re all poor, so we went for dessert and wine instead of a full on dinner.  We ended up at one of those touristy restaurants along the water. The pecan brownie won me over.

After our bottle of wine (split 4 ways!) and tasty desserts, we sat back and enjoyed the cool ocean breeze and the calm of the evening. Before long we noticed that the large group sitting at the table beside us had also ordered desserts. The two girls at the end of the table closest to us both ordered particularly delicious looking strawberry shortcake. Being French, they took one bite out of it and were both finished.

My friend (let’s call her Amie), potentially being even more of a dessert fiend than me, kept eyeing the whipped cream- topped glory that was going to waste before our very eyes. Amie kept threatening to steal the dessert, but I didn’t take her seriously.

Until the girls left…

Then things got really serious. All that needed to happen was for the rest of the people at the table to go away. Then the shortcake was all hers. Unfortunately they seemed in no hurry to leave, and eventually we gave up. We stood up and walked to the door of the restaurant. At that very moment, they also stood up and headed for the door. Instead of continuing on out like normal people, we ran back to our table, Amie swiped the shortcake, and dug in.

And guess what? Stolen shortcake really does taste better :)