i do not own the nine lives of chloe king
While we were sitting down eating my mom started our 'being thankful' conversation.
"I'm thankful for my daughter" she said, I got up and hugged her
"Valentina" she said
"I'm thankful for finding the Unier and for my family" she said, Jasmine smiled at her
"Chloe" Valentina said
"I have a lot to be thankful for. So I'm going to tell each one" I said, I turned to my mom first
"Mom, I'm thankful for everything that you have given me and for being blessed to have you as mother. I hope that one day when I have kids I can half as great a mother that you have been" I told her, she blow me a kiss and I saw tears coming down.
"Amy, you're my best friend and I love you. You have been there for me and you never judged me" I said
"Paul, my side kick. With out you I would have never known so much about Mai" I said laughing
"Valentina, thank you for everything that you have done for me. Your support and protection" I said, she nodded at me
"Jasmine, I know that one day you will be a great pride leader and you will always be one of my best friends. Thanks for always being there and fighting at my side" I said. She smiled and I saw her eyes get watery.
"Alek, you have been my biggest crush, my biggest pain, and my biggest dream. Thank you for showing me that no matter where life takes you, love will always being you back" I told him, he kissed me.
"Amy" I said
"I'm thankful for my dad's and my new found friends" she said smiling
"Paul" she poked him
"I'm thankful I have a friends that's a superhero" he said, we all laughed
"Alek" he said
"I'm thankful for Jasmine and Valentina, thank you for showing I'm not alone. For Amy and Paul, thanks for being suck good friends. For Chloe's mom, thanks for showing me what a real mom is. And Chloe, thank you for loving me apart from everything and above all these years" he said, I smiled and kissed him
"Jasmine" he pointed at her "you last"
"I am thankful for my mom, for my cousin, and for you guys" she said. We all clapped after and started to clean up the kitchen so we can sit and watch movies.
Alek and Paul brought down a mattress from up stairs and put it in the middle of the living room. My mom had moved the table that was there, we didn't have enough chairs.
After everything was clean we started watching An all dog Christmas carol, it was cute. Than Amy put Christmas Cupid. Paul and Alek complained since it was a chick movie.
My mom and Valentina left after the second movie to get the food before it was late, I looked at the clock and it was already 3 in the afternoon. We wanted to wait for them before watching the other movie s owe just sat there and talked. Alek said some jokes and we laughed.
"Chloe you think maybe we can open some gifts tonight?" Paul asked
"Nope, you touch one and my mom will hang you" I told him laughing. Around 5 my mom and Valentina arrived.
"Mom, why did you guys take so long?" I asked
"The lines were long and then we had to wait for them to bring more food out because they ran out" she told us
"What did you get?" Amy asked
"Rice, beans, grilled and fried chicken, salad, plantains, pork bits in a sauce, yellow rice, soup.." my mom was going to continue but I cut her off
"Mom, did you leave anything for everyone else? That's a lot" I said
"Well I know but Valentina said that with Alek here it will get eaten. Please every other place was closed so Cuban food is what you get" she said, when she made the comment about Alek we all busted out laughing, it was true.
We sat down the start watching how the Grinch stole Christmas, it was my favorite movie. We were laughing so hard every one had tears coming down their face. I looked at Valentina for a moment and saw that even she was smiling
Alek wanted to watch his movie after mines, so while he put it in people got up to use the bathroom and get something to drink. Alek's movie was interesting and funny. We left Paul's movie for last because we knew that we were going to probably fall asleep to it.
I knew I was the first one to fall asleep, when I woke up the light was just beginning to show but it was still a little dark. I looked at my phone and saw it was 6 in the morning, since every one was still sleeping I got up and went to shower and change. I walked down stairs and started making cookies to eat while we opened the gifts.
"Morning" I hear some one say I looked to left and saw Valentina sitting at the table
"Morning Valentina" I said
"Did you sleep good?" she asked
"Yes I did, but how did I get up stairs?" I asked
"Alek carried you, he waited until every one fell asleep and took you up. When I came down every one was sleeping so I woke them up and told them to go to bed" she said
"Oh ok, is there anything you need?" I asked
"No I'm fine. Thank you. Are you going to make something?" she asked
"Yeah cookies so we can eat them while opening gifts. I'm not good at cooking and these are just put on try, put timer, and pull out. Very easy" I said smiling, Valentina smiled back
"Chloe I want to say thank you" she told me
"For what?" I asked, I didn't do anything
"For giving Jasmine and Alek a nice winter vacation. I know that I have been always putting my job first and pushing my daughter hard but I only do that so she can strong" she said, I sat down across from her
"Valentina, Jasmine is strong and smart and fast. I'm happy to give them good memories" I said
"Its not just memories Chloe. We have never celebrated Christmas or done anything like that" she said
"I know, Alek told me" I said
"I see, we get gifts but nothing more" she told me
"I hope that now we can do something for every holiday together" I said and smiled, she smiled back and turned to finish reading her newspaper.