Chapter 40: Happy Thanksgiving
Rae woke up to the smell of bacon. She sat up and saw that she was in Olivia's bedroom and figured that Olivia must have carried her there last night. She got up and walked to the bathroom to brush her teeth and wash her face. She threw her hair up into a messy bun and put her glasses on before going out to the kitchen. She saw Olivia at the stove and quietly walked over, wrapping her arms around her waist. She laid her head on her back and breathed in her scent. Olivia smiled when she felt Rae's arms wrap around her. She turned the stove down and turned around to face her girlfriend. Rae let her head fall back and Olivia leaned down, kissing her on the lips.
"Morning" she said before placing another kiss on soft lips.
"Umm afternoon actually" she said back. Rae looked over at the stove clock and it was a few minutes until one. She inhaled taking in the scent of what Olivia was cooking. "Are you cooking bacon?" she asked. Olivia chuckled, "Don't worry. It's tofurky bacon." she said smiling. "Tofurky, huh?" Olivia nodded pulling her into another kiss. She walked forward until Rae's back hit the counter. Olivia kissed down her neck and chest as she slid her hand under the waistband of her shorts. Her fingers delved into wetness and she massaged her clit. Rae moaned into her mouth and grinded into her hand. Olivia lifted one of Rae's legs wrapping it around her waist. This new position opened her up and Olivia inserted two fingers into her depth. Her head fell back and Olivia latched onto her neck, sucking just hard enough to leave a light mark. She moved her fingers in and out as Rae's hips matched her rhythm. Olivia unhooked Rae's leg from around her waist and hooked it with arm, holding it out to the side. She pushed her fingers deeper with a twisting motion. "Ugnh..oh god. Baby, that feels so good" Rae whispered breathily. She couldn't figure out what to do with her hands so she wrapped them around Olivia's neck and pulled her into her in an effort to keep herself upright. Olivia continued to pump her fingers in and out bringing Rae closer and closer to the edge. Her palm rubbed against Rae's clit with every thrust. "Mhnmmm...fuck...mmmm..." The way Rae was panting in her ear was getting her more and more turned on. She pumped in and out of Rae harder and faster, spreading her legs even wider, thrusting even deeper. "Fuck! Oh god, I'm gonna cum!" she yelled. Olivia thrust one more time into Rae, burying her fingers deep inside her. She curled her fingers and found that spot that drove Rae insane. "Liv!" Rae yelled as she came, trapping Olivia's fingers inside her. She came long and hard as Olivia continued to massage her g spot. "Shit" she breathed out, finally coming down from her climax. She reached down and removed Olivia's fingers from inside her. She brought her hand up to her mouth and surrounded her fingers with her lips, sucking them clean of her juices. If Olivia's underwear weren't soaked through before, they were in that moment.
Rae pushed Olivia back so that it was her pinned against the counter. She stood on her toes and kissed Olivia, forcing her lips apart with her tongue. Liv moaned at the taste of Rae on her lips. Rae broke away from her lips, continuing down her body until she was on her knees in front of her lover. She gripped the sides of Olivia's sweats and panties pulled them down, kissing down the length of her legs. She helped her step one leg out of the garments, lifting it and bringing it up to rest on her shoulder. She looked up at Olivia from her position between her legs. Her tongue parted her lips and licked the length of Olivia's folds. She repeated this motion several times before shoving her tongue deep inside Olivia, caressing her inner walls. Olivia buried her hand into Rae's hair and pulled her further into her. Rae withdrew her tongue and circled her clit before surrounding it with her mouth and sucking. "Oh god" Olivia moaned from above. Rae alternated between swirling and sucking on Olivia's clit to fucking her with her tongue. As Olivia's moans became louder Rae knew she was close. She brought her fingers up and spread her lips, exposing her throbbing pearl and latched on with her mouth. "Ahhh! Fuck! Baby...Oh god!" She sucked and sucked until she came in her mouth, screaming her name. She kept sucking and didn't let go until Olivia finally had to push her head away. She placed kisses on her thighs, chest and neck, her lips ultimately finding their way back to Olivia's. They both startled at the sound of the smoke detector blaring loudly through the apartment. They'd forgotten all about the food on the stove. Rae laughed and stepped away from Olivia, grabbing a towel a waving it underneath the detector in an effort to silence the alarm. Olivia pulled her pants back on before going over to the stove, turning it off and taking the pan over and putting into the sink.
After a couple of minutes the alarm went off. Olivia walked over to Rae and lifted her. Rae wrapped her legs around her waist and her arms around her neck. Olivia started towards the bedroom, "Where were we" she said with a seductive smile. She kicked the bedroom door shut behind them and they got into bed, stripping each other of their clothes and picking back up where they left off in the kitchen. An hour and a half later, they were still going at each other. Olivia was on top of Rae with one of her legs on her shoulder and the other held out to the side, hooked around Liv's arm. The other hand was buried between them, two fingers thrusting in and out, curling and twisting with each movement. The sound of a phone ringing filled the room along with Rae's moans and pants. Olivia slightly slowed her movements, distracted by the sound. "No, please" Rae whimpered. "Don't stop. Fuck Liv. Don't stop." It was all Olivia needed to hear to ignore the sound and focus on her lover. She moved down Rae's body and found her clit with her tongue while simultaneously burying her fingers deep inside and curling them, finding her rough patch. She applied more and more pressure until Rae screamed at the top of her lungs. Fluid rushed into Olivia's mouth and all over her hand, and she happily lapped it up with her tongue. She kissed and licked her way back up Rae's body until she met her lips, claiming them in a breathless kiss. "I love it when you do that" Rae said still trying to catch her breath. Olivia laughed, claiming her lips in another kiss before rolling off of her and settling at her side. "I think that was your phone" Olivia said looking over at Rae. She laughed and closed her eyes, "It was" she said nodding, "It was my mother." Rae had given her mother a special ringtone and she'd recognized it when her phone started to ring. She looked over and saw Olivia's eyes get really big. She laughed harder at the expression on her face. She rolled on her side, "Don't worry babe. She doesn't know we were having sex" she said placing kisses on her shoulder. She rolled out of the bed and walked over to the dresser to get her phone. She dialed her mom and crawled back on the bed, laying down next to Olivia waiting for her mother to answer.
"Hi. How's dinner coming?" she asked when her mom picked up the phone."Out of breath? Yes, actually, I just finished a great workout" she said looking over at Olivia smiling. Olivia covered her face with her hands in embarrassment and Rae tried to keep from laughing while on the phone with her mom. She switched from English to Farsi and back to English throughout the conversation. Olivia just laid there silently, listening to her fluid changes in speech. She loved hearing Rae speak in her native language. It sounded so beautiful rolling off of her tongue. "Well, I'll come help you, yeh?" She listened to her mother speak and nodded her head as if she could see her. "Maaman, don't be stubborn. I'll shower and get dressed and I'll be right over" she said before pausing again to listen to her mother speak. "Aram shoo. Negaran nabashid. Everything will be fine. Baleh, baleh. I'll be there soon. Asheghetam." She hung up the phone and looked over to find Olivia staring at her. "What?" she asked smiling. "You have an accent" she said, "when you talk to your mother, your accent comes out." Rae rolled her eyes and sat up, moving to get out of bed. "Hey" Olivia grabbed her arm and pulled her back down on top of her. She grabbed the back of her head and pulled her into a kiss. "I like it a lot" she said. She tried to kiss Rae again but she pulled back.
"I have to shower and get dressed and go help my mother before she pulls all of her hair out" she whispered. "And before you ask, no, you can absolutely not join me" she said before placing one last quick kiss on her lips before climbing out of bed and running into the bathroom closing and locking the door behind her. Olivia groaned when she heard the lock click, knowing there was no chance she could sneak into the shower with her. Rae came out of the bathroom fifteen minutes later still wrapped in a towel. She went over to her drawer and pulled out underwear, jeans and a t-shirt. She got dressed quickly and put on her sneakers then grabbed her phone from the bed. She leaned over and kissed Olivia, who was still laying in the same position on the bed. "Guess what?" she said softly. "What?" She kissed Olivia again softly before pulling away, "It's our first real holiday together. Happy Thanksgiving" she said smiling. "Happy Thanksgiving." Olivia reached up and gently pulled Rae down into another kiss.
"Remember, dinner starts at seven thirty but my mom wants everyone there by seven. Wear something nice. Please, don't be late" she said looking down at her girlfriend.
"I won't be" Olivia assured her. "Also, would you please text everyone and tell them not to bring anything. When my mother says don't bring anything, she really means it. Kathy was talking about bringing a dessert or something. Tell her NO! Extra stuff will just drive her crazier" Rae said pleading. Olivia laughed, "Ok. I'll take care of it. Hey, what about my lesson?" she asked referring to the lesson Rae was supposed to give her on how to greet someone in Farsi. Rae smiled, "I will call you and we'll go over it on the phone" Olivia looked terrified. "Don't worry. It's not hard. It'll be fine. I promise" she leaned down and gave Olivia one last kiss before getting off the bed and walking towards the door. "Oh thanks for the hickey, by the way. My mother's gonna love that" she said over her shoulder. "Aw babe no. Cover that up!" Olivia yelled at her retreating girlfriend. "Rae!" The only sound she heard was the door opening and closing. She flopped back on the bed, "Great. Just great."
Rae walked through the door of her parents house expecting to be bombarded by a myriad of aromas. She hoped the smell of food cooking in the kitchen would fill the entire house. Instead, she found an empty kitchen with nothing on the stove or in the oven. She went upstairs looking for her mother and found her standing in front of her bed looking at large sheet of paper. She walked up and stood next to her and saw that it was a seating chart. Rae rolled her eyes at the trouble her mother was going to for this dinner. Soraya looked over at her daughter and placed a kiss on her head. She wrapped her arm around waist and pulled her into her side.
"What do you think?" she asked. "Any changes?" Rae looked over the seating chart and saw four unfimiliar names.
"Who are Jenna, Sam, Chrissa, and Robert?" she asked looking at her mother confused.
"Oh, just some clients Charles invited" she explained. She prepared herself her daughter's response. She knew she wouldn't be happy. "Chi? Veghea'an?" Soraya flinched at her daughter's raised voice. "It's Thanksgiving! Family only, not clients" she said.
"Don't be upset. These are important people. They could be very good for his company. You understand, yeh?" she said smoothing her daughter's hair trying to calm her. "That Charles prioritizes work over his family. Yeah, I understand that" she said in a biting tone. "Don't say that azizam." Soraya said shaking her head. "It's true, mom. You're here trying to get all this sh..." she paused stopping herself from cursing in front of her mother, "stuff done and where is he?" she waited for her response but none came. "Yeah. At work right? Che khabar?" Soraya turned to face her daughter. "Please, try to get along tonight. For me?" Rae sighed and nodded her head. Soraya smiled, "Now, what do you think of the chart?" she asked. Rae turned back to look at paper laying on the bed. "Well, I don't really understand why you need a seating chart" she said. "Suri" her mother said impatiently. "Ok, ok" she said looking over the chart. She and Charles were on opposite ends of the table. "Thank god" she thought to herself. "Pen" she said holding out her hand. She shifted everyone down a seat, putting Olivia next to her. Soraya smiled at the change her daughter made. "So that's who's leaving marks on you?" she asked touching the light bruise on Rae's neck. "Busted" Rae thought. She'd forgotten about the mark Liv had left on her. She was planning on covering it before talking to her mom. "Ah..." Rae sighed and just silently nodded her head. Soraya stood silently for a moment thinking of what to say to her daughter. Rae waited nervously for her mother to say something. "I cannot lie to you. I think it is a mistake. I think she's much too old you" Rae looked away, disappointed by her mother's response. Soraya turned her head to look at her again, "Just answer these questions for me, hum?" Rae nodded her head. "Is she good to you? Does she make you happy?" Soraya's heart filled with joy to see the smile that came over her daughter's face. "Baleh" she whispered. "She is so good to me and she makes me very, very happy" she said still smiling. "Khoob. Behtarin arezoohayemara bepazir" she said. Rae smile got even bigger. She kissed her mother on one cheek then the other. She was beaming with happiness. Now that she had her mother's approval of her and Olivia's relationship nothing anybody else would say would ever discourage her. "Now, come. Let's cook."
Soraya and Rae were hard at work in the kitchen when Charles waltzed in at five thirty. By this time, the house smelled just the way Araeyah liked when her mother cooked. They had a variety of middle eastern dishes in the making. All of them were very popular dishes during the month of Ramadan celebrations. Charles came into the kitchen as obnoxious as always.
"The food smells great!" he said kissing Soraya on the lips. "Did you tell her?" he asked.
"I'm standing right here" Rae said annoyed. She turned to look at him, "You can ask me."
"Fine. Did your mother tell that I'm having clients for dinner tonight?" he asked in a condescending tone. "She did" Rae answered. "Good. So you know what you need to do then. Work your magic, make it happen. My company needs these people" he said as if Rae didn't have a choice in helping him. Before Rae could say anything he walked away, going downstairs to his office. "Unbelievable" she said. Soraya looked at her daughter and put a hand on her shoulder, "You promised. No fighting tonight." she reminded her. "Yeah well tell him that" she said turning back to her task. By six o'clock everything that needed cooking on the stove or in the oven was in the works. The last thing to make was the dessert that needed to go in the refrigerator to cool during dinner.
"Suri, I bought a dress for you to wear tonight. It's upstairs on your bed" Soraya said brushing her daughter's hair out of her face. Rae was about to protest when her mother spoke again, "I know you hate it when I shop for you and try to decorate things and so on but this dress will look stunning on you. Trust me" she said. Rae let out a loud sigh and headed up stairs to get ready. "Mersi" Soraya called after her. Rae threw up a peace sign as she walked up the stairs and headed to her room. Soraya laughed at her daughter and headed downstairs to get Charles. It was now five after six. Their guests would be arriving in fifty five minutes and he was still in his office working. She practically had to drag him upstairs so that they could get ready.
Araeyah found the dress her mother bought for her laid out on her bed. She had to admit her mother had done a good job this time. It was definitely her style. She picked up her phone and called Olivia as promised. They went over what Olivia would say to greet her mother when she arrived. Olivia wrote it down so that she could practice more before she came over. Rae thought it was really sweet how seriously Olivia was taking this. She made sure Olivia remembered to send the text telling everyone not to bring anything. She said she had and Rae breathed a sigh of relief. They said their goodbyes and Rae got off the phone so that she could get dressed. She walked into the bathroom and saw the door to her brother's room. She went over and knocked on the door but he didn't answer. She turned the knob and found it unlocked. She opened it and saw him sitting at his computer.
"Why aren't you getting ready for dinner?" she asked from the doorway. He turned to see her leaning against the door frame. He looked awful. His eyes were red and he was really pale. "I'm not coming down" he said. "Yes, you are. Mom has a place for you at the table" she said. He looked down at the floor, "I'm not gonna make it through a dinner, Rae" he said softly. "Yes, you will. Get up, pick out something nice to wear, shower, brush your teeth, wash your face, and comb your hair. And use some eye drops or something, you look like you could be used for one of those dry eyes commercials. I'm expecting you to be downstairs at seven being a hospitable host. You can come in the bathroom when I'm done. I won't be long." She turned and went into the bathroom, shutting the door behind her. She took a quick shower and wet her hair, having decided to wear her natural curls. She blow dried and brushed out her hair, grabbed her make up bag and went into her room to finish getting dressed. Jimmy went into the bathroom when he heard Rae's door close. He figured after everything she'd done for him, he could pull himself together for a couple hours over dinner.
Persian-English Translations
Aram shoo- Calm down.
Nagaran nabash- Don't worry
Baleh- yes
Chi- What?
Veghea'an- Really?
Azizam- Honey
Cheh kebar- What's new?
Khoob- Good
Behtarin arezoohayemara bepazir- Accept my best wishes