Tea, Cake and the Hollyoaks omnibus

We get out of the heat of the kitchen and walk towards the door, out to the shops for chocolate and icing sugar. I skip along the street, delirious for cake and sugar. Rachel stopped at home fixated on Hollyoaks. I remember the smell of hot baking cakes, victoria sponge and the cornflake tart I used to get at school. Walking through the door I know that something not quite right. I smell the burning as I walk towards the kitchen and kneel in front of the oven door. I'm taken aback by the smoke and my eyes start to water with the shock of the heat. I look at the little black lumps. Running through to the living room, I watch as Rachel sits, hands on chin. Tonight Warren and Sasha broke up and Amy had a baby and my cake is ruined.