"I think it's great that Mom and Dad get to finally have some time off from work to spend more time with us." Layla smiled to her twin brother as they were walking out of their school to catch their ride home and would have a few days off school due to Thanksgiving.

"Yeah, they promised to let their fellow workers handle it." Devin was very excited about that. Due to their father Double D being a doctor and their mother June being a police officer, they rarely got to see their parents and were often babysat by their godmother/nanny.

"Hey, guys," June was in the school driveway and smiled to her twin children. "Ready to go?"

"You bet!" Devin and Layla cheered.

"Good, cuz I'm takin' you downtown." June had a teasing evil smirk, she was just kidding with them and using her bad cop technique.

Devin and Layla rolled their eyes slightly, but went into June's car as she left the squad car back at the station for someone else who may need it. June got into the driver's seat and hooked up her seat-belt and made sure Devin and Layla did too before she would drive off. When they did, she drove and took them home to have their Thanksgiving break like all the other students in school systems.

"Oh, I almost forgot," June spoke up as she drove them home. "Your Uncle Ray-Ray is coming over for dinner. I hope that's okay."

Devin and Layla looked very excited now.

"What about Great-Ah Mah or Uncle Dennis?" Devin then asked.

"They're afraid they can't make it, but Uncle Ray-Ray is for sure coming," June promised. "Your Grandma and Grandpa Vincent are gonna try to come though."

"Aren't they the ones who gave us calculators for our birthday?" Layla sounded unimpressed.

"Yes, dear, I'm sorry that Grandma and Grandpa Vincent aren't as creative with their gifts as Great-Ah Mah." June mumbled.

"It's not your fault, Mom..." Devin cooed.

"Also, your Uncle Ray-Ray had told me he wants to bring a guest with him from school." June then remembered to add.

"Who's the guest?" Layla was suddenly interested. "Is it one of the original Te Xuan Ze's?"

June tried to make sure that was quiet and gave a shrug. "I doubt it... He just said it was one of his school friends... He sounded like he was in love though," she smirked slightly. "I think Ray-Ray finally found himself his special someone."

"Eww..." Devin grimaced.

"Aww~" Layla beamed. "How romantic!"

"The friend's a girl then, right, Mom?" Devin asked.

"Of course, I can't remember her name right now though, but good on him." June smiled for her younger brother as they got home.

The twins happily got out of the car, collecting their school bags and rushing to the door as it was unlocked. That meant their father had to had been home then. He was indeed, he was decorating the house in a Thanksgiving theme to keep the spirit alive for the family.

"Daddy!" Layla and Devin rushed to their father.

Double D turned around and smiled as he saw his twin children. "Good afternoon, my children, and how was school today?" He bent down to their height.

"It was cool, Dad, we all talked about what we're thankful for." Layla smiled as Devin nodded in agreement.

"And what are you two thankful for?"

"That we have parents as cool as you two and we would never trade you for anyone else in the world." Devin replied.

"Aww..." Double D and June were touched by their children.

"How lovely, why don't you two get started on your homework and I help your old man decorate for your grandparents and uncle?" June suggested.

The twins didn't want to do homework riht now, but it would probably be best to go now and get it over with, even if they had about three days off from school. That way, it wouldn't interfere with their dinner and relatives visiting.

"Hey, handsome." June smirked, kissing Double D's cheek.

"Hello there, ma'am," Double D winked as he continued to rummage through a box to decorate with. "Care to help?"

June chuckled a bit. "I'll see what I can do."

Double D and June then spent the day decorating. June never celebrated Thanksgiving until after she got married to Double D since her family was Chinese and Thanksgiving was an American holiday. Double D was telling June about his childhood Thanksgivings and how rare it would be for his parents to be home by then due to how busy they almost always were.

"Remember, call me Eddward when my parents are here," Double D told his wife as they finished up. "They understand if friends call me Double D, but now it's kind of customary."

"I understand," June nodded. "Your mom still refuses to just call me June, she's always calling me 'Juniper'. Not even my crazy, scheduled friend Jody called me Juniper."

Double D chuckled. "I remember that one time you were all going to the movies and she mentioned how she really didn't like being late and the screen wasn't even turned on by then."

"Yeah, Jody's always obsessed with schedules and being perfect, at least she wasn't annoying about it." June had to admit.

"Your friends were always so interesting... Except for that Marcus Connors." Double D remembered that moment when June was going to date the first boy she had a crush on.

June sighed. "Yeah, he was my dream boy back then until I met you... Then when we shared that kiss in the high school hallway, I knew you were the one for me."

"Eddy always said it was because you're tons of fun and I'm no fun at all." Double D shook his head.

"I love you anyway, dear..." June found herself really attracted to her husband right now as she fumbled with his shirt collar a bit.

Double D's face turned red as sweat dribbled down his face and he smiled nervously. "N-Now, June, the twins are home right now, we can't do this..."

"Just tell them you're helping me prepare in the bedrooms, more specifically ours..." June smiled to him charmingly.

"Erm, right then..." Double D chuckled sheepishly, then weakly walked with her to their bedroom.

Layla and Devin did their homework the best they could. Luckily they were almost as smart as their father, so they knew a lot for their ages and were often asked to be moved up a couple of grades like the former boy genius Dexter, but they didn't want to leave their friends behind. They were still given a bit of tougher assignments to challenge them from their teacher, but not in a way to hurt them, but to give them more of a chance to expand their knowledge.

"Done." Layla said as she closed her school binder.

"Me too," Devin walked over to her. "This is gonna be a cool Thanksgiving. Uncle Ray-Ray's comin' and he's bringing someone with him... You think they'll have presents?"

"They should," Layla laughed a little. "It's required by law that any relative visiting must have presents for the kids at home they are coming for."

"Oh, yeah, totally." Devin chuckled.

"But don't just come right out and ask them, Mom and Dad say it's rude to do that."

"Right then, let's just hope Uncle Ray-Ray and his guest remember, otherwise Grandma and Grandpa Vincent might give us something like type writers."