Thanksgiving with the Castellanos

By: Rawr Ashley Rae

Summary: I was watching The Men of the Mindy project Talk Turkey and I just loved what Chris Messina said and thought of a Thanksgiving dinner where Mindy is meeting his family for the first time as his girlfriend. (Sequel to I Want More Than That, Mindy!)

Disclaimer: Do not own... At all!

A/N: Happy thanksgiving everyone! I love this one the most and I really hope the rest of you guys do! All of the outfits are on my profile and I loved the episode on Tuesday! Oh, and this is many months after I Want More Than That, Mindy.

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The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, yours hearts, and your souls, the more you will strengthen the fabric of your relationship, and the more real moments you will experience together.

- Barbara de Angelis

Mindy stood in her ivory colored tights and pink lacy bra in front of her bed. This was the first holiday that she was going to spend with Danny's family and she was freaking out. She had no idea what she was going to wear. Sure, she has met his mother and they have had many dinners with her, but she wanted his whole family to like her.

"Min?" Danny called as she heard him walk into her apartment.

Smiling, she yells, "In my room." Walking back into her closet, she calls out. "Danny, I need help picking out my outfit!" Danny walks into her room that they have spent many nights freaking in the sheets and then over to one of her many closets. "I don't know what to wear!"

"Min, my family will love you no matter what you wear. Heck, I already know how much my mom loves you!" Danny said as he pulled her into a sweet kiss. "And you really need to put something on or we won't even make it to dinner."

Mindy laughed before pulling out a black striped sweater dress and held it up for him to see. "How about this?" Danny smiles before nodding his head and walking into her living room. After pulling on her dress, she walks back into her room to do her make-up and puts on her jewelry. Once she's done, she grabs her purse and black knee boots before making her way into the living room.

After she pulled her boots on, she turns and she sees Danny's mouth drop. "What?"

Danny walks over to her and pulls her into a kiss. "You look amazing and everyone is going to love you." Mindy smiles and grabs her phone off the charger before they make their way out of her apartment.

Danny and Mindy were taking off their coats as Annette Castellano walks up to them. "Mindy, give me a hug!" As Danny's mom hugs his girlfriend, he hangs up both Mindy's and his coats. "Mindy, you just have to meet all of Danny's uncles and aunts! I've told them so much about you; they practically already love you!" Danny gave his mom a hug as they walk into the living room. "I hate how you can't meet his female cousins, but they are all having dinner with their boyfriends this year."

Mindy smiles and says, "I'm sure it would have been an amazing time." The two walk side-by-side with their arms link.

"Ma, how can they go to their boyfriend's for dinner?" Danny asks as they finally made it into the living room. "Hey Uncle Rich and Uncle Dave. Hello Aunt Rosa and Aunt Amelia, how is everyone?" He smiles at everyone before pulling Mindy closer to him. "Everyone this is my girlfriend, Doctor Mindy Lahiri. She's an OB/GYN at the practice I work at."

Danny's two uncles and aunts get up and start giving out hugs. They kept saying how nice it was to meet her and all of that and then Danny's cousins walked in. "OH ho! Danny boy, who is this fine ass lady?" One of his cousins asked.

"Oh, this is my girlfriend of a few months. Mindy, these are my cousins, Andrew, James, and Mason. Cousins this is Mindy." Mindy smiled and shook their hands. "And Mindy, these are my grandparents, Carmela and Antonio. Nonna and Nonno."

Danny's grandparents came and gave her a hug. "It is very nice to meet you, Doctor Mindy Lahiri."

"You too!" Mindy says with a smile as Danny's pulls her into his body.

An hour later, everyone was sitting around the dining room table. Danny's brother, Richie, and his best friend from high school, Elizabeth, were here along with his two female cousins, Anna Maria and Carla. There had been many weird things that had happened like, how she had overheard Richie's best friend, Liz, talk about Danny to Richie.

"Richie, why didn't you tell me that Danny had a girlfriend? Man, I feel so stupid now! I thought I would finally be able to tell him how much I loved him!" Elizabeth cried out in a hushed voice.

Danny's brother sighed and Mindy just knew he was probably rolling his eyes. "Lizzie, you know how my brother is! Hell, for the longest time he didn't even know that he was in love with his co-worker!" Mindy blushed but smiled. She knew their feelings for each other had long since passed just liking each other as more than friends. Her feelings have definitely been leaning more towards love. "Also, Liz, my brother and you would have never work out!"

"And why do you say that, Richard?" Elizabeth asked, completely pissed off.

Richie sighed and said in a very calm voice. "Elizabeth, for one my brother is a few years older than you and two, you're not my brother's type. Lastly, he's completely and totally in love with Mindy. And she's in love with him too."

"God, Richie! That's awful! Ugh." And with that Elizabeth left from the room that she and Richie were in.

It was slightly weird that she knew of Elizabeth's feelings for her boyfriend, but she wasn't going to give up Danny, no matter what. Though that wasn't the weirdest thing to happen. When his female cousins came over, without their boyfriends, the first thing to happen was that they walked up straight to her and gave her a hug.

"You must be Mindy. I'm Anna Maria and this is Carla. It is so nice to meet you!" His first cousin who hugged her said.

Uncle Rich looked over at his daughters before looking over at his wife. "Why are the two of you here? I thought you were having dinner with your boyfriends?"

Carla looked at her dad before looking at her sister. "Well, Elizabeth texted us about how Danny had ended up bringing his girlfriend. And then we wanted to meet her, so we both left our boyfriend's places and came right on over."

Mindy smiled and said, "Well, it's nice to meet you two. Though you didn't have to leave your boyfriend's place… I'm sure we would have met another time." Danny came over and walked towards her before wrapping her up in his arms.

"Mindy is correct about that." Danny kissed her check before leading her into the dining room.

Earlier that evening, Danny's Uncle Dave had walked around and had everyone write down what they are thankful for and they were about to read them off. There was a lot of thankful for our families and then came the one that she knew it was Danny's. "I'm thankful for the best girl to ever come into my life!" His Uncle Dave read out and he said, "Well, that has to be Danny's and I know we haven't had Mindy's yet. Can we say that maybe her note says the same thing?" There was a few more family ones before Mindy's note came up. "I'm thankful for being in an amazing relationship with an amazing guy."

Mindy leaned over and kissed his cheek. "I'm totally thankful for you."

"Okay there's one more. I'm thankful that Elizabeth is going to have my baby." Everyone looked over at Richie and Elizabeth.

Danny stared at his little brother before saying, "What's going on?"

"Elizabeth and I have decided to have a 'Will and Grace' type relationship. Erick and I want a baby, as does Elizabeth. So, we have decided to have a baby." Richie says and everyone gets up to hug him.

Hours later, Mindy and Danny were getting ready for bed. Thanksgiving dinner went smoothly after Richie and Elizabeth's big bomb and Mindy just loved his family. She was pulling the bedding down and was thinking if she was going to tell Danny about her feelings. "Min?" She turned towards Danny before he continued, "Min, I'm in love with you."

"Thank god you said it first! I love you too!" She leaned into and gave him a kiss. They got into bed and she rolled over to face him. "Did you know that Elizabeth is in love with you?"

Danny laughed and smiled. "Yeah, I've known since she's been in high school. Though, I always thought of her as a little sister." Mindy laughed before kissing his cheek. "Hey, I love you so much." She smiles before pulling him in closer for a kiss.

A/N: I hope you all liked this! Happy Turkey Day! Outfits for all three are on my profile!