The Great Cupcake Caper

Whether it was the wine, the proximity to a wedding party's cake (surrounded by cupcakes), or the festive spirit of the holiday season, a group of four diverse people hatched a plan during dinner the other night that was intent upon acquiring at least one of the oh-so-close cupcakes belonging to the other table's wedding party. Ideas were offered and then rejected. The group's mastermind and noted dessert freak said at least 10 times, "I'm just going to reach over and take one. They won't care. They're not even looking." This reporter offered to create a distraction on the other side of the room in order to aid the implementation of the above idea. Both women in the group reasoned that out-and-out theft was not the way to go. As the wedding party wrapped things up and the cakes were  being distributed to the guests, our mastermind decided that schmoozing the groom might be a good bet. That didn't work. The mastermind's partner then, after cautioning again about legal ramifications, decided to vacate the table in anticipation of trouble. Hope was fading. Your correspondent, who has observed the mastermind's success over the years, was actually watching the numbers(odds of success) drop. Where once it was 90% likely we would score a cupcake, it was now 10% or less as chairs were being pushed in and hugs were exchanged. The happy ending occurred when a ballsy chica with a particularly husky voice yelled to the bride with her cute accent, "Hey, baby, could we have just one?" Bingo! We divided the cupcake four ways as we offered our good wishes to the young couple from Rhode Island. What great fun.