String Cheese & Chef: Forbidden Love

By Zoe and Eloise

The story begins with a young aspiring chef. He wanted to create a Michelin Star restaurant just like his parents. He grew up watching them cook for him and work hard on their restaurant but still not get paid. Chef didn’t want that to happen to him. He wanted to be rich and famous, but sometimes sacrificed the well-being of the cheese for his dishes, unknowing of the consequences...

The Chef’s dream came true and he had his own restaurant. In the fridge, the food all impatiently waited for the chef to open up the fridge and pick one to make into his next Michelin Star meal. String Cheese was picked up fresh from the farmer’s market by Chef that week with a few of his friends. He was curious about where his beloved friends and family went when Chef took them away. As he was pondering, he was blinded by the light of the fridge opening. Giant hands reached in and, with great force, Chef removed Gouda. Gouda was one of String Cheese’s friends, but sometimes he was quite annoying. As Gouda flew out of the fridge, taken up by these giant hands, String Cheese laughed to himself. That’s karma for being so annoying, he giggled.

Chef must have been in a good mood because, instead of slamming the fridge door shut, he pushed it with barely any force, which left a small crack open. String Cheese hopped over to the crack between the fridge doors to finally see what happened to all the foods after they got taken.

To his horror, he saw Gouda being chopped up viciously into tiny pieces by Chef. Gouda let out tiny squeals as he got chopped up alive, and String Cheese watched the life drain from Gouda. His body became limp in the hands of Chef. On the burning hot stove turned up to 500 degrees, a pan sizzled cooking up Sharp Cheddar, another friend from the fridge. Sharp Cheddar was already sliced into thin pieces, but Chef couldn't just settle for chopping him up. He had to go all the way by laying Sharp Cheddar on the burning hot pan of death. Fury and disgust bubbled in String Cheese’s gut. It was worse than being left long enough in the fridge and becoming spoiled and moldy, like String Cheese’s cousin Goat Milk.

Chef’s back was to String Cheese, but he could still see his hands working hard to kill his brothers and sisters ferociously. String Cheese knew he had to do something to get revenge on Chef.

The next morning, he went around the fridge and told everyone about Chef. The whole fridge was astonished at this news.

“We have to get revenge!’ String Cheese said.

“I agree!” said Parmesan, String Cheese’s brother.

“We will help too!” all of the other cheeses said in unison. “If you eat us all, you will become a giant alpha and will be able to stop Chef once and for all!”

“Perfect plan. I will become the cheese alpha and fight Chef to the death!” String Cheese exclaimed.

First String Cheese took a nibble of Ricotta, but they started taking huge bits devouring Ricotta's tiny body. Though he grew only a bit. But slowly as String Cheese ate all the other cheeses, only stopping to gag after eating blue cheese, he got to a large size. He gradually took up more and more space inside the fridge, the other foods shrieked and yelped as string cheese knocked down shelves ; He expanded more and smushed the cartoon of eggs cracking them and filling the fridge with a gooey substance. As he grew more his stringy hair flowed around him, and his mouth also grew bigger and bigger along with his gigantic eyebrows. His eyebrows tilted inward, permanently sticking in that position, showing String Cheese's profuse anger. His eyes were oddly shaped and stayed relatively the same size, only growing a bit. He finally grew so big the fridge couldn't contain him. It bent and buckled but then the door flew wide open and String Cheese busted out. He was as big as a six feet, six inches tall human, and he towered over the fridge and other foods still in it.

Step one in his plan was complete: he had become alpha! String Cheese alpha could tell Chef was just around the corner by the sound of his cleaver chopping against the cutting board. He started hopping over with big leaps, but then he got stuck. He was in a mouse trap! String Cheese wobbled around and tried to hop out of the trap, but it was too challenging. Eventually though, String Cheese Alpha tore open the trap ; pieces flew everywhere he hopped out and landed right by the door into the next room. He opened the door slowly, holding his breath, as he knew a fight was right around the corner.

As he peeked into the room he came eye to eye with Chef. String Cheese was breathless, his eyes almost filled with tears from how beautiful Chef was, like a diamond in a haystack. Chef looked as starstruck, his mouth slightly open gasping for air. This was partly because there was a giant cheese standing in his kitchen but mostly because of the breathtaking, magnificent beauty taking place in front of him. The room got increasingly hot, to the point where they were both sweating. They took one look at each other and knew they couldn't live without each other. But they both still had to continue this fight. String Cheese knew he had to avenge his brothers and sisters and could’t waste their sacrifice, and Chef had to make String Cheese into his next big hit meal. Love couldn’t get in the way of what they needed to do.

Chef locked eyes with String Cheese and knew this was going to be a challenging fight due to String Cheese’s size, and their attraction to eachother. Chef was amazed by the size of him and felt fear bubble up. That fear suddenly turned into something different after he fully took in String Cheese’s tall figure. String Cheese alpha was so beautiful. String cheese's straggly hair fell in the perfect way, messily covering part of his face. He was the essence of beauty, with tilted eyebrows as sharp as Chef's strongest knife, and a pop of light pink blush on his cheeks. Chef knew he couldn’t give up his culinary dreams just for him. So, Chef picked up his cleaver and swung at String Cheese, but String Cheese was too agile and dodged the attack. String Cheese found a hot rack from the oven and tried to burn Chef with it. But Chef intervened with the giant knife and all of a sudden they were sparring. The hot oven rack pushed past the cleaver and landed on Chef’s shoulder.

He made a pained noise and hissed at String Cheese, “You’re gonna regret that…”

But String Cheese continued fearlessly and hopped towards him again. “Are you sure about that?” he snarled.

They continued sparring and hitting each other grievously. String Cheese felt a sudden humidity to the room and looked down to see his body slowly melting in the heat of the room. Still they continued brawling though, and he didn’t give up. But Chef knocked String Cheese’s weapon out of his hand, and all of a sudden, he had the upper hand. With one hand on String Cheese’s shoulder and the other pushing his cleaver into his body, String Cheese was defenseless. String Cheese realized as his body melted, this fight was just hurting them both.

Chef lowered his cleaver and looked into string cheese's eyes. “I can't do this anymore,” Chef said hesitantly. When he looked at String Cheese, all he saw was an accomplishment of how far his restaurant had come since it first started. String Cheese was perfect for Chef.

“I can’t either, Chef. I don't want to fight anymore,” String Cheese replied.

“I love you String Cheese,” Chef said.

“I love you too, Chef,” String Cheese said. His and Chef’s love was like Romeo and Juliet. He knew this would hurt Parmesan and the other cheeses that sacrificed themselves, but they didn't know Chef like String Cheese did.

EPILOGUE

Years later, Chef and String Cheese raised a family of their own. They lived a humble life in the loft of Chef’s Michelin Star, vegan restaurant, and raised their kids.

They all sat down for dinner while Chef brought out the food.

“Try my new and improved vegan cheese! It tastes just like cheese even though it is plants!”

“Yum, Dad! This makes me wanna go vegan forever! It’s so delicious.!” Brie exclaimed.

“I'm turning vegan!” Asiago said.

They all enjoyed their delightful meal and then went to get ready for bed and go to sleep.

“Goodnight my loves,” Chef said to Blue, Bell, Brie: Chef and String Cheese’s adorable babies. They were celebrating their 3rd birthday the day after and were giddy with excitement. Chef put the triplets to bed and went over to his and String Cheese’s bedroom. They went straight to bed because the next day they had to get up early to prepare for the triplets' birthday party. Their seven-year-old kid, Asiago, had been very helpful planning the party and even picked out gifts for his siblings.

“Goodnight Chef,” String cheese said. They both layed in bed admiring how far their relationship had developed. They couldn't believe how they went from complete enemies to a married couple with four kids!