I Love You

Ellis Traditions

Disclaimer: I only own Darcy, all other characters unless otherwise noted belong to someone else.

Darcy woke up Thanksgiving morning. This was probably going to be one of the roughest days since her mom died. It was her mom's holiday. She hadn't always been rich and had made it sort of a special day for Darcy and her. Darcy enjoyed this day so much because of that.

She walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge. There sat the turkey she had made the night before. It was always something her mother did and she was trying to recreate those perfect days the best she could. Her phone vibrated across the counter and she grabbed it.

"Hello" she said not reading the caller-id.

"Hey sweetheart" she heard her dad say on the other side.

"Where are you?" she asked pretty sure that he was supposed to be in last night.

"Open the door" he replied and she ran over opening it. Both her father and uncle stood on the other side. "You're both here"

"How could I resist. Your father said you cooked."

"I tried."

"So what's on the menu?" her uncle asked. He hadn't really spent many thanksgivings with them he was usually on the road or in a foreign country.

"It's an Ellis family thanksgiving"

"Which is?"

"Sandwiches" her dad said. "Turkey sandwiches"

"Seriously"

"Its an Ellis tradition. Before mom got totally famous she had a waitressing job on Sunset. It was pretty decent tips and with my great Aunt paying her rent she used the tips to pay bills and just basically feed me. Well she couldn't afford the whole Thanksgiving get up with the potatoes and all that. She had made enough the night before to buy a turkey and some bread."

"So she just improvised?"

"Yeah. That's how we got the Olivia Ellis Turkey Sandwich" Darcy replied. "She eventually added desert"

"That's all?"

"Welcome to your first Ellis Family Thanksgiving" Darcy said guiding them both into the kitchen.

Darcy walked into the Kitchen. She was excited for today. Of course she was excited for every holiday with her parents. Her mother and father stood at the counter with the turkey.

"Our feathered friend almost done?" she asked.

"Just getting all the meat off. Is Austin joining us?" her mother asked separating dark and light meat.

"Of course mom. He said he wouldn't miss it" she said smiling at her parents. She then turned to her dad "You did do your job right Dad?"

"It's marked. We won't miss it"

"Our family is the best" she said

"Who is in charge of desert?" her father asked.

"It's taken care of. There is an Apple Pie in the freezer ready to be baked."

"Apple?" her father said "Ladies you do know that Pumpkin is the tradition"

"When Darcy was 6 her Great Aunt came to visit us. She said that my thanksgiving was all wrong."

"But mom proved that it wasn't about the food it was about the company."

"She insisted I get a pie. So I bought an apple one because that was all that was left"