Justin's Bittersweet Vacation

The Big Feast

Justin woke up the next morning, bright and early, for once. It was the big day! The most anticipated day and the main reason he came to Inna De Poona: THANKSGIVING!

"Aiko? You awake?" he called to her. But, she was still asleep in bed.

"Eh, whatever. I'll come back later and hopefully, she'll be awake. Gotta go see Brooke and Polly. They should be in the large dining room downstairs."

He walked down to the big dining room that he reserved for the dinner. He saw Brooke, who was preparing the table.

"Hi, Brooke." he greeted.

"Well, hello there! I take it that you're ready for this feast?" she asked.

"Yeah. I sure am. Do you need help with anything?"

"Yes, that would be marvelous. You can just set the table. You are the one who invited most of the guests, after all."

She was right about that. So, he set the table. He knew that Nora left a couple of days before so she wouldn't be included. Abia wasn't going to join them, due to her religion and the fact that he never invited her. Yeah, good work, Justin. Have extreme sex with a girl but don't invite her to spend a holiday with you.

Of course, there was the mystery of Lola. She said she may or may not be around for Thanksgiving but he set a place for her, just in case.

"Man, this is gonna be a huge dinner. Of course, with only two males and more than ten females." he stated.

He then decided to go to the kitchen and check on Polly.

"Hey, Polly."

"Oh hello, JD. Surprised to see you up this early." she said.

"Yeah. Gotta get up early for Thanksgiving, you know? I just came to see how you were doing in here."

"Doing great. Working on so much food at the same time."

"You wouldn't so happen to be making green bean casserole, would you?" he asked.

"Of course I am. It's not really Thanksgiving without that. I'm also making ham, turkey, potato salad, deviled eggs, sweet potato souffle, and cranberry sauce."

This all sounded delicious. Of course, he was responsible for the dessert. He bought pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and creampuffs.

He let Polly get back to work. She just started but it was already smelling so good. He then kept and eye out for his guests. Of course, Tiffany was the first one to be in the dining room.

"Tiffany! I knew you'd be first."

"Yeah, you know it. I always wake up early. Thank you for inviting me to this dinner, and Inna De Poona in general."

"You're welcome, Tiffany. Have you seen your mother?"

"Yeah, Mom's on her way. She takes a long time to get prepared for special dinners like this."

She came in and sat down. It was still relatively early so he didn't expect too many more people to show up. Of course, he was wrong about that.

"Hi, Justin!" the Polynesian girl said.

"Konichiwa, senpai-Justin!" the other girl said. Yeah, he felt some cringe coming from Suki's mouth.

"Y-Yeah. Hi, Lailani and ciao, Suki."

"What does chow mean? Like chow-mein?" she asked.

"No, it's hello and goodbye in Italian."

"Oh. I never learned to speak Italian. All I know is meatball."