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CHAPTER 3 - Bring on the Relatives!

It was one week before Thanksgiving and Courtney was definitely feeling the stress of organizing a potentially tension filled event. Carly had been having secret meetings with Lorenzo Alcazar, Sonny had been getting suspicious and lashing out at household objects and Jason had been stuck in the middle trying to play adversary. All of this was taking it's toll on Courtney. Between trying to understand what was going on between her brother and sister-in-law and trying to determine what to serve with turkey that everyone would enjoy.

*Enough of this!* thought Courtney as she was writing a list and the seating plan at the same time, *Bring on the relatives! I can handle it, if it doesn't turn out the way I planned, it will be okay because my family will be here.*

Just as she thought that, her mother Janine Matthews came through the door of Jason and Courtney's penthouse. This entrance surprised Courtney because she wasn't expecting her mother to arrive for another two days.

"Surprise honey!" exclaimed Janine with open arms.

"Hi mom!" exclaimed Courtney.

"I thought I would help you with your preparations since you haven't seen your cousins in four years, it would be nice for you to know what's been going on with them."

"Sounds like a good idea to me. Thanks for being here mom."

"No problem sweetie." said Janine as she hugged Courtney. Jason then came through the door which startled the both of them.

"Have you seen Sonny?" asked Jason.

"No, why?" replied Courtney.

"Faith Roscoe and Lorenzo Alcazar have been spotted by the warehouse and Sonny needs to know." said Jason. He then left the penthouse.

"I don't know how your Uncle Alan, Aunt Amy and your cousins are going to handle all of this mob business. Courtney why on earth did you volunteer to host thanksgiving?" asked Janine.

"Because I wanted to mom, I wanted a big family thanksgiving. Is that too much to ask?"

"Awww honey I know it's been rough on you these past two years. I mean it would have been nice to have this family thanksgiving when you were still married to A.J. because you know your uncle and aunt would have approved of that."

"Mother!" exclaimed Courtney.

"What?"

"Do you not know that A. J. embezzled a lot of money from his family, he practically bankrupted them."

"So you're telling me that Jason's better? Well at least A. J. wasn't the top mobster's right hand man."

Courtney couldn't believe that she was having this conversation with her mother. Her mother should be the one to talk, with all of her failed relationships and all. She had no idea what it was like to be married.

"Well mother I hope that all of this won't be the centre of the arguments at thanksgiving."

"Oh I forgot to tell you I gave your Aunt Amy your phone number, she'll be calling you sometime in the next two days."

For the next two days Courtney sat anxiously by the phone, waiting to hear what her aunt had to say. Luckily it was just about what time they were leaving and such. As well she told Courtney that Topanga (for some reason) reverted back to her hippie ways and would only eat all natural vegetarian food. Courtney told her Aunt Amy that she would make a dish that would satisfy Topanga.

Courtney was so afraid that Jason would answer the phone. They knew she was married but she wasn't ready for an interrogation of Jason, well at least not yet.