Ballerinas and Guns -Graceland Fanfiction [ editing]

Chapter 20: Thanksgiving

We woke up bright and early at 6:00 am the next morning cracked our room door to go into our kitchen. Later on Roger and I took out everything to prep for the cupcakes. I mixed the batter in a huge bowl on the counter. Mike filled the pans with liners and started to fill each tray. A few minutes after that I took some batter from the bowl to put on his nose.  Real mature Mimi you’re supposed to be a trained agent not a five year old girl. I left the remaining batter in the bowl with mixers and spoons on the counter for our other family. The cupcakes are now baking.

Our family smells the cupcakes and start waking up. They reached downstairs in a record time that morning. Everyone greeted and wished each other Happy Thanksgiving. “What time did you two wake up this morning?” they inquired.  “His favorite time 6:00 am, I replied to them.” Left over batter is right there on the couch if you want to eat some from our bowl. Yay!!!!  Roo exclaimed already bouncing up and down. The oven timer dinks which means it’s time to take out the cupcakes. Our cupcakes are cooling now o the counter. We put the dirty baking stuff in the sink. You guys can help decorate them.

The t v is already set on NBC that morning. Breakfast is served promptly at 8:00 am. Everyone dished out their own food to eat. The team took their assigned seats at the table. Both of us are comfy on the couch with each other. My family’s favorite tradition from living in Miami for all those years. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is going to start soon. I did this every year with my parent so now I am going to do it with you. We ate like one big happy thankful family. After eating we put all the dirty dishes in our sink.

Mom and Dad start cooking our Thanksgiving meal. Everyone is watching the parade together that morning. George and Abby are also cooking something to bring over. They are coming in a little later to spend some time with us.  Juan has to do Thanksgiving with family first then he’ll stop by with dessert and watch the football game with the guys.

I got up to head upstairs for a quick bath in our room. When I was finished dressing took out my notebook and pen to start writing.

 

Daddy,

I busted my stitches twice because of Roo; he’s making my recovery process ten times harder than it should be which I don’t like at all. Can we please create a special chore for him on the chore wheel called no scaring your kid sister? This is additional work for him to do with the normal chores that he already has to do in the house.

 

Love your Little Mama,

Tia

 

I walked down the hall to his bedroom and leave it on the bed. Seconds later returned downstairs returned to our couch to sit in my spot.

 

Moments after that I am watching the parade with my family again. Each agent followed suit behind me leaving Daddy with me downstairs controlling our food in the kitchen. Roger and my siblings are now backing with me on the couch. Later on Daddy goes upstairs for his bath. Mom heads back into the kitchen to finish cooking as Jakes helps her. When our dad came out the bathroom to get dressed spots my note on his bed.  He reads it to himself then agrees with me.

Abby and George pulled up into our driveway at the same time with a dish of food. Our doorbell rings soon. I answered the door to let them into the house. Everyone greeted them in unison like a choir. They rested their dish on our kitchen island. Happy Thanksgiving, they mentioned to us.