Thanksgiving
Chapter 24
It was the Sunday before Thanksgiving, and Sherri, Carly and Holly were all due in by 8pm. Sherri had closed her vet clinic for the whole week so she could help get things ready for the holiday. Carly was on a holiday break from the major movie she was working on. Holly had cleared her calendar for the whole week as well, since she really didn't have anything pressing at the moment that her assistant couldn't handle.
That morning, Sam and I got up earlier. We were both just so excited for the girls to get there! Everything had been so wonderful since I moved in with her, it felt as though we had never been apart. Even though Sam had had to leave a couple of times to take care of different thing to do with her clothing line, she had been with me constantly. Every time I moved she was right there! She was always teasing me that she was afraid that I was going fall down or something. My tummy had got so big I felt like I was going to explode at any minute.
Sam had to help me down the stairs now just so I could move around. I was sitting on the couch that morning watching Sam make breakfast, it smelled so good. She was buzzing around the kitchen, doing this and that, when she caught me watching her. She laughed at me, "Just what are you looking at?', she asked. I told her that watching her in the kitchen reminded me of when we used to play like we were cooking in our little play house.
She laughed and said, "Yeah, I remember that too! And when we got done we always told Ellen that it was real cakes and get her to eat them. Then mom and dad would yell at us." We both started laughing so hard that our sides began to ache.
When Sam sat another glass full on the table in front of me, I turned up my nose at it. She gave me a stern look and said, "Don't give me that look! You know you have to drink it sis so stop making faces damn it!"
I picked up the glass, and as usually, as soon as I smelled it I couldn't fight the urge to drink it at all. Sam said that I has always drank it in one gulp. I would just laugh at her and ask for more. It had gotten to the point now that I drank so much of it, Sam had to go out and kill animals just to get the blood for me. As time went on, I didn't care anymore, it made me feel so damn good. Shit, I never thought I would be saying that at all.
We sat around the rest of the day just reading and listening to music. It was almost 1pm when we heard the phone ring. Sam gave me that look and said, "don't you dare move!" I knew if I moved she would make me sit back down one way or another.
"Hello Holly", Sam said as she answered the phone. This made me sit straight up on the couch. I wondered if they had caught a earlier flight, since their plane wasn't due to leave for another hour. It was then that Sam's mouth fell open and she looked like she was going to cry.