Still don't know my name

Chapter 9

LINA

We reached Minnesota the morning of thanksgiving. I thought dad is resting at his patio with glistening sun which used to shine in summers, but no he is shoving snow out of the driveway. I get off the cab and ran towards him, he immediately had me in a bear hug, radiating so much heat, I am melting even if in this bone chilling cold. I made introductions and Zee kissed my dad's cheek and greeted him, "It's so finally nice to meet you Mr. Paulo. I have heard so much about you."

My dad chuckled and kissed Zee back, "Same honey, make yourself comfortable and please call me Antonio, Mr Paulo sounds so old now, come on in, it's freezing in here." Dad grabbed our bags and brought us inside. The home still smells the same. OMG, I missed my home. Dad's belonging's still loitering in the living and the takeout boxes resting on top of the coffee table. Dad still isn't cooking, damnit.

"DAD, omg why are you again surviving on takeout's, I thought you were cooking ☹" I snapped.

Dad looked guilty he surveyed the takeout boxes and then me. He shrugged and then pulled me in a side hug and kissed top of my head. "I know dad I love you too, but this is just too much, I want you to be healthy." I exhaled.

"I know baby, but cooking daily is so much work, I get frustrated, but I will try anyways, I cooked turkey, yay!!" he exclaimed.

Dad is the biggest thanksgiving fan and loves turkey more than anything. Zee is standing near the living entrance, I pulled her in a hug and kissed her jaw, she chuckled and whispered in my ear, "Honey, I think I love how you care about your dad, it's hot."

I burned with that compliment, my cheek with my whole body is on fire. I blushed and kissed her lips so damn hard, her lips were swollen when we broke apart, so much heat and arousal in front of dad. Damnit, I broke apart from the kiss keeping her in my arms. Dad chuckled and went in the backyard to check on the turkey.

I goes to the kitchen to prepare the dessert for the evening, of course me being a sweet tooth I have dessert duties, as Zee cannot cook, she is given cleaning duty, she sat in front of the kitchen counter stool and watched me washing strawberries, rinsing them, and chopping them to prepare the delicious dessert. Zee is intoxicated whenever I cook, her green eyes trailing my every moment like I am something worth their time and moment.

I made the dessert and set in the fridge to set. I tugged Zee with me to the backyard where dad is making his turkey. The food looks so amazing, my mouth is watering.

There is this noise pulling in the front yard, I laced my fingers with Zee and hauled her with me to the main door where my three best friends from High school are parking their car. I immediately lit up and updated Zee on each one. Short blond-haired person with pixie cut Sabrina, I call her Seb, tall brunette with devilish grin is Regina, our Reggie, and the only male member of our group with purple highlights in his perfect blonde is David, devi for us.

I hugged all of them and introduced my girlfriend, they all shook her hand and started chatting and laughing at me, with me, not mostly at me. They want to embarrass me in front of my girlf. No, babies not gonna happen, I love Zee so much I won't be embarrassed over my stupid old crushes or something else. Zee won't be insecure and all. They love me.

I love my hometown, the vibes, the people, my dad, my girl my everything is in here. I want to visit mom's grave before dinner, I bid goodbye to my dad and told Zee I will be back before they'll know. I miss my mom a lot during holidays, it's family time and I miss her terribly. I wanna show her my girlf, I ask her opinion and want a hug from her, I want her to ruffle my hair when I call her beautiful. Gosh, I dreadfully miss her. I sat beside her grave and re-counted all the events happened in my life since the last time I visited her. Dropped a kiss on her gravestone and parted with a quick goodbye.

When I returned home, Zee and Dad are having a karaoke, oh lord, they look hilariously cute jumping and singing their pretty heart out. I stood supporting a wall, ankle crossed, they did not saw me coming in, all engrossed in singing 'TALK TOO MUCH' by COIN. Dad voice is bit off beat, but Zee is startling. I clapped once they finished and Zee went beat red, and dad shrugged and leaned in as all performers does after their performances.

"Alright, girls, get ready to eat the world most amazing Turkey of the century." Dad announced.

I chuckled and kissed his cheeks, and he ruffled my hair just like mom used to do. OH my!! Dad went to the kitchen to check on the arrangements and I reached to my girlfriend and kissed her forehead and whispered to her lips, "Sweet bean, I am so proud, you are singing more, I love you so dang much." I kissed her lips before she could say anything else.

"Your dad was done with making the dinner and we were getting bored, and we didn't know when you'll come back, so I suggested let's do KARAOKE and he immediately cheered up and started setting up. Cat I am so happy your dad sang so beautifully. It was amazing."

My cheeks are burning, damn this woman is making me feel so many things, I already love her, what else for Pete's sake. I did what I did the best, kissed my girl, rolled my hands in her hairs, trapped her waist with my other hand. Kissed her so hard, she wobbled and plopped onto the couch.

She pulled back, "Baby, as much as I love to kiss you, but your dad walking on us making out would be utterly embarrassing for me, so let's save it for later." She is slightly mortified with the consequence of caught by my dad.

I chuckled and nodded and tucked her hairs behind her ear. "Alright, let's eat some turkey baby." We trailed to the kitchen and the aroma of all the spices and turkey possessed our noses and we quickly spattered on the chairs. I prayed in my mind and bore into the delicious looking turkey and moaned a little, damn this is so good. Dad outdid himself again.

"Antonio this is amazing, now I see where Cat learned all this cooking and baking." Zee chimed.

I blushed and squeezed her thighs in gratitude. She smiled and resumed eating. "Thank you dear, this is all Lina mother taught me, and I passed on her legacy to my chucky bear." Dad giggled.

This made me smiled a beautiful smile, dad called me Chucky bear after so many months, it's so good to hear those words after some time. It's like returning to childhood suddenly.

"Dad" I exhaled. He chuckled and pressed a kiss on my knuckles.

"Let me get the desserts too." I said and reached for the sorbets I made. They are set now with beautiful glazing colour and mesmerising smell. I closed my eyes and took in all the aroma in me. When I opened my eyes, Zee and dad are watching me with wide eyes full of humour. I blushed and dropped their sorbets near their plate and sat back in my chair. Zee took my hand under the chair and gave it a little squeeze of encouragement and I am suddenly filled with power.

Every dug into the dessert dad ate and kissed my cheeks, "Honey, the best sorbet I have ever eaten. Did an amazing job again. Keep it up, proud of you." He proudly beamed.

"Definitely sir, this is just miraculously delicious. Sweetheart, you are so mindboggling unremarkable." Zee declared and kissed my cheeks with such care.

I blushed and nodded thank you.

We cleared the table, dad reached the living to set up for the movie marathon, Zee and I rinsed the dishes and placed them on the dishwasher.

"Mon Amor, this is the most amazing thanksgiving I had. Thank you so much for inviting me and let me in with your mind-blowing dad. I love you, Honey." She confessed.

My heart swelled and I nodded and chuckled, "I would not have anyone else here right now but you, Zee, you make me so happy, you make me wanna dance like a fanatic, you made my dad sung, damn baby I had never saw him sing, maybe with mom but I don't know I was very young when she passed. Let's say you are the third woman who had him excited over turkey again." I kissed her against the counter. "Oh, yes I love you more than I love 1D, gosh this was hard but yeah it is true." She giggled and pinned me to the refrigerator and kissed with fierce power. We made out for couple of minutes when dad called us in for the MOVIE MARATHON, all the movies of TWILIGHT SAGA is playing in Paulo household right now. Zee crashed on the couch, and I settle on the mat near her legs, she is grazing my head with her soft hands, and I don't know I which number of twilight movie I drifted to sleep.