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"Well Bem, we are glad that you are here on this wonderful night." Jõse says and smiles ear to ear.
"Thank you for having me over." Bear replies very subtly. I am surprised because my dad usually calls him 'Bem' and no one calls him by his nickname.
"So… It's Thanksgiving and we still haven't eaten or said our thanks!" I gesture to the guests seated at the table, including Bear, my fathers' and a few other people.
"Maybe we can start with this end of the table," Rob says gesturing to the opposite end of the table to us. People say they are thankful for their clothes, for the food set before them, and money or wealth. Rob and Jõse say that they are thankful to have healthy kids, and I don't know what he means, when it's just me. They say they are thankful for each other, and it's all too sappy.
It's Bear's turn. "I am thankful for a home, and a family who loves me…" I am confused when he stops and looks around the room. He then looks me dead in the eyes. "I am thankful that you stick with me during my crazy days. I am thankful that I love you, because you make it hard." He grips my hand and I nudge him a bit.
"Dito," I reply.
After dinner, the servants clean up and Rob and Jõse take the guests to the living room to entertain them. I think they have a band rented. Who knows.
I take Bear up to the balcony on the roof.
"It's nice to escape the hectic that is my life," I sigh.
"I agree with that statement." He says, taking a lungful of air. "It's so peaceful," He says pulling me into his arms. "I don't like it."
"What do you not like?" I ask resting my head on his chest. He is considerably taller than me. Maybe like three or four inches. I hear his heartbeat. Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, thud.
"I like being 'hectic' with you." He says. I look up at him with a questionable look on my face. "Not like that, you perv." He chuckles.
"I do love you, but I'm not ready, to be too hectic… If you catch my drift." I whisper.
"I get you," He says pulling me into a long kiss. The autumn breeze was refreshing and somehow managed to make the kiss innocent. But, it also made me cold and I pulled apart, "Lets go inside near the fireplace. I'm sure dad has it on."