Chapter 11
By late afternoon, Quinn was carving the turkey while the others started piling food on their plates. Everyone was in good spirits and the amount of wine they were consuming since brunch probably helped. Santana's mood was considerably lighter based on Brittany's observation and she didn't see any sign of awkwardness after Brittany almost kissed her last night. Maybe Brittany was just over thinking what happened and she was actually glad Rachel interrupted them since she didn't think that kissing Santana while she was vulnerable was a good idea. With everyone seated and with their own slice of turkey except for Rachel who was having the Tofurkey, Quinn cleared her throat to get the attention of the three girls.
"So I want to thank everyone for being here and spending Thanksgiving together. You know that you people are the closest thing I have to a family and since it's Thanksgiving I'm grateful for that." Quinn said smiling broadly at everyone.
Taking Quinn's queue, it was Rachel's turn to express her gratitude, "Gosh there's so much good thing that happened to me this year. I feel like all my hard work are starting to pay off, I am finally gaining foothold in my career. I have great friends, yes even you Santana." Rachel said looking pointedly at Santana which earned her an eyeroll from the girl and a giggle from Brittany.
"But I guess, I am most thankful for having Quinn in my life and I couldn't ask for a better person to love." Rachel said reaching for Quinn's hand and giving it a kiss to which Quinn responded by giving her girlfriend a huge smile.
"Okay my turn." Brittany said enthusiastically
"So I was ready to write this year off as one of the crappiest of my life but I guess life surprises you sometimes and I'm ready to believe that this will turn out as one of the best instead. I'm thankful that I have the three of you in my life and for the first time in 3 years I'm celebrating Thanksgiving again with family." Brittany said giving each one of them a huge smile.
"Your turn." Brittany nudged Santana who was seated beside her.
"For the record my family is not this mushy on Thanksgiving we just sort of dove right in and we always had paella." Santana said glaring at Quinn. Brittany pouted at Santana and she was a goner. "Fine, I'm thankful Quinn here didn't mess up the turkey because I would have been forced to eat the Tofurkey." Her mini rant resulted in another pout from Brittany and Santana begrudgingly added, "I'm also thankful that I'm spending Thanksgiving with people I care for instead of being alone in Manhattan."
"Well, no Thanksgiving is complete without a forced declaration of gratitude from Santana Lopez and we all have to thank Britt and her amazing persuasion skills." Quinn said sarcastically trying hard to stifle her laughter winking at Santana who just glared at her friend. Rachel proposed another toast and soon the table was filled with laughter and stories about their Thanksgiving horror stories.
Rachel was able to persuade Brittany to try out the Tofurkey and was pleasantly surprised when she liked it. "Come on Santana, try it, just a little bite. It's good I promise." Brittany said to Santana who has refused to taste the damn thing.
"I'm not letting that thing touch my lips Britt."
"Please just one bite, you can totally spit it out if you hate it." Brittany pleaded with Santana. Quinn and Rachel was trying hard not to laugh at Santana whose resolve was crumbling by the second. Quinn reached out to Rachel and whispered in her girlfriends ear "10 bucks says that Santana will eat the Tofurkey once Brittany pouts." Rachel just giggled at her girlfriend and turned her attention back to Santana who was now looking disdainfully at the piece of fake meat being held up by Brittany to her face.
"Please?" Brittany asked again and Santana made the mistake of looking at Brittany just as a pout formed in the blonde's lips. The next words coming from Santana's mouth was a weak "Fine."
