Sanji and Zoro didn't get to the Baratie until late in the morning. Lucky for them Sanji knew where they were so it didn't take hours to find their way back to Sanji's car. Once inside the vehicle Sanji was tired. Zoro didn't look any different, he looked as wide awake as before. They did stop by a place to get an early morning snack. After walking for that long, then climbing all the way up the building then down and finding their way back to the car they were hungry. All they had was a hashbrown, an egg, bacon, and sausage breakfast sandwich and some juice. They each got one so it wasn't filling at all. They needed to some more.

They were hungry and a little tired as they walked through the front door and into the upper part of the Baratie, where they had left Megumi. They walked through the living room into the kitchen where they saw Megumi and Zeff cooking breakfast together. Megumi was doing her little dance when she's happy while she smiles.

Zoro's glad she's having a good time with Zeff. Zoro quietly makes his way to behind Megumi. Sanji watches with a smile on his face Zoro sneaking around until he stood behind their daughter. Zoro bends over and gives Megumi a kiss on her head. She screams and they see her jump in her skin. She wasn't prepared for that. All three adults start laughing.

Megumi pouted as she looked at Zoro, then Sanji. She jumps into Zoro's arms hugging him. "mommy, you're back." Zoro hugs her close.

"I'm back. Having fun?" He asks as he sets her down.

Megumi nods, "grandpa Zeff and me are making breakfast sandwiches with french toast."

"I just started, are you hungry?"

"Starving." Zoro and Sanji says as they sit at the table next to each letting Megumi and Zeff continue cooking together. Zeff smiles at them. He knew they would be. He's known Zoro to have a big appetite and Sanji's is rather big too. Though, he shouldn't over feed them at breakfast they've still got Thanksgiving dinner.

"What else do you and Zeff do for Thanksgiving?" Zoro asks leaning on his hand as he look at Sanji.

"Nothing. Watch movies until lunch. Then we have a small lunch as we get started on making Thanksgiving dinner. By then the others are showing up."

"You have Thanksgiving dinner with the other cooks?"

"Yeah. From the Baratie, since I was young they would come over. You know most of them have a record or came out of prison so it was a nice way of giving them a family to have dinner with that day."

Zoro nods. Sounds like a nice tradition.

They are served breakfast from both Megumi and Zeff. They ate as they made small talk with each other. Talking about small things. Even after they finished they just sat there at the table talking. Sanji looked over at Zoro to rest the side of his face in his palm supported by his elbow in the table with a very loving expression directed at Megumi as she and Zeff talked. It was a very sweet to see them talking like best friends.

As Zeff cleaned up after breakfast Megumi, Zoro and Sanji sat in the living and played a movie that Megumi had asked to bring with her. One of her favorite movies, Horton Hears A Who. They watched it together. Megumi looked over to Zoro to see him and Sanji cuddled together sleeping. Megumi stares at them then sits up. She trots to Zeff who looked to be cooking to Megumi but he was getting some things ready for dinner.

"Grandpa." Megumi says looking up at him.

"What's wrong baby lettuce?" he gruffs, stopping what he's doing to look at her.

"Mommy and Daddy fell asleep. I want to wrap them in a blanket." She says, she wants to tuck them into bed like do for her all the time.

"The blanket-" Zeff pauses. If what he's heard from Sanji is true then she's got no directional sense just like Zoro, who he's seen get lost walking in a straight line. "Let's go get one." Zeff smiles. Pausing in making the stuffing. He walks over with Megumi following him, he gets a big blanket but thin. With him cooking it'll be hot and that will travel making the whole place warm. He handed the blanket over to Megumi and she started to trot back to Zoro and Sanji. He let her deal with it and went to finish the stuffing.

Megumi pulled on the rather big but thin blanket over her parents. As she got the blanket over them she had found herself a little tangled inside too. That wasn't supposed to happen. Megumi struggled but she got out, plopping back on the couch by Zoro and Sanji's feet. Megumi took a breath, she thought she'd be stuck in there forever. She raises her small hand up and pats Zoro's back, he always does that for her when she's falling asleep. He also rubs her stomach, she likes it when he does that, so she rubs his back in circles, returning the favor. She leaves her hand there and continues watching the movie.


"Then he says 'I speak for the trees'" Megumi says trying to make her voice deep. Zoro smiles and he rubs his face closer to what he laying on. It smelt nice, like Sanji, so cigarettes and food. Zoro smiles, he liked the smell and it was funny to him, Sanji tried so hard to quit smoking but he couldn't do it and Zoro has seen him smoking on the balcony most nights and mornings. He felt something stroking his hair and moved his head closer. It felt nice. "But the Oncler doesn't listen and cuts down all the tree." Zoro hears Megumi talking. He felt a hand on his back. He was too comfortable to care, it was warm and soft. But who was Megumi talking to? It didn't sound like him, was it Sanji?

"Sound like an interesting story baby lettuce, but why don't you take a break from your story and eat your lunch?" Says a gruff voice. That didn't sound like Sanji, if anything it sounds like Zeff.

"Okay grandpa." Megumi says looking down at her plate and eating. Zoro's memories come back. He and Sanji's date, coming back to the baratie for Thanksgiving, eating breakfast then watching a movie with Megumi. Zoro brings his hand up and rubs his eye.

"Your up?" A voice above him asks. He looks up to see the cook looking down at him. Then he realizes that he was laying on top of the cook. A small blush decorated his cheeks.

"Yeah, how long were we asleep?"

"A few hours. It's lunch now."

"I'm not really hungry." Zoro mutters as he rest his head back down on Sanji's chest, eyes closing shut again. Still a little sleepy.

"Yeah, I'm not either." Sanji says looking at the ceiling and messaging Zoro's head. His hair rather soft, not at all prickly like he thought. The breakfast was filling for the time. They were still tired from their date.

"Daddy! You're awake!" Megumi shouts. Sanji turns to see her smiling at him. He smiles back.

"Having fun?" He asks. She gives him a few nods.

"Have a good nap?" She asks expectantly. Sanji nods making her smiles grow.

"So good that I don't want to move." Zoro answers opening his eyes to look at her, she looked so proud of herself.

"I tucked you in." She says raising her nose in the air, a look that Usopp would give after telling one of his stories.

"Yup that explains it." Zoro says.

"So daddy," Megumi starts as she climbs on top of Zoro who is on top of Sanji, "what are you making for dinner? Grandpa says he's making turkey with stuffing, pumpkin pie for dessert, mashed potatoes and the gravy. Grandpa also said that we aren't going to be the only one at dinner? What did he mean by that? Who else is coming?" Megumi says laying on top of Zoro digging her elbows into the marimo's back.

"I'm making apple pie for dessert, a casserole, fruit salad, corn salad with bacon and honey, and Parker House rolls, I'm going to make other stuff too."

"Look over here for a second." Zeff calls for them, all three look over to Zeff to get flashed in the eyes. Zeff looks at the picture for a second. Megumi like always is smiling, so was Zoro but what he couldn't help but stare at is Sanji. Not once raising the little brat did he ever smile in a picture, maybe one picture but he didn't smile a lot, especially as he grew up.

"Getting sentimental old man?" Sanji says. Zeff just ignores the brats comment. He doesn't need to explain himself.

"So who's coming to dinner?" Megumi asks, already use to her grandpa taking pictures.


Sanji walked in with two small duffle bags. He set them down near the entrance as he walked in further to the living room. There he saw Zoro laying on his back while Megumi sat on top of his stomach. They seem to be playing patty cake but Megumi didn't seem happy. He wondered why.

When he got closer he heard her complaining, ranting about something, "can you believe it? Grandpa kicked me out of the kitchen. Why? I thought I was helping. I didn't do anything bad. I did what he told me too."

"I'm sure there was a reason. No need to get angry. Why don't you go and ask him why?" Zoro answers. Sanji just stares. He hates it when they talk in Japanese, they always leave him out of it. He didn't like it. "Maybe you were being to cute for him." Zoro says with a smile.

"But... I'm just being me." She says raising her hands in the air dramatically. "I'm going to ask him." Megumi says. She hops off Zoro and then rushes back down to the restaurant kitchen.

Zoro looks at Sanji. "Where were you?" He asks sitting up.

"I was just getting some stuff for us. Some extra clothes."

"For what?"

"You want to go home after dinner?" Sanji asks raising his curly eyebrow up. Zoro stares at Sanji.

"No you're right. I'd take a nap after dinner." Zoro says resting his head back. After eating as much food as he thinks he'll be eating, he'll be in a food coma after.

"I was thinking we would stay at least until Sunday." Sanji says.

"That's fine. I think Zeff likes having Megumi around." Zoro says laying back down.