When Logan and Kendall had decided to have Thanksgiving Dinner at their apartment, he knew it was going to be hard work. Getting everything ready for friends and family. Kendall had insisted that going four days before Thanksgiving to get groceries was a little insane, and he didn't understand why they didn't go the day before. Logan on the other hand knew that if they listened to Kendall and went the day before, they'd never get enough groceries, and the main holiday ingredients would be gone. So as Kendall bundled up Madison to go into the cool November weather, Logan was checking over his list in thrice making sure they didn't miss a thing.
"Don't forget Turkey daddy!" Madison gently tugged on Logan's pant leg as she looked up at him, a stern expression on her face. This was going to be her first Thanksgiving that she could actually somewhat understand what was going on, and she was almost as worried as Logan about getting everything ready. Logan merely smiled and shoved the list into his pocket, making sure none was sticking out for fear it would be stolen away by the wind.
"What Turkey? You don't get a Turkey on Thanksgiving do you," Kendall asked, coming up behind the small girl and picking her up, listening to shrieks of giggles as he spun her around in the air, catching her with practiced ease.
"You have to have a Turkey on Thanksgiving. Otherwise it isn't Thanksgiving!" Though the girl was smiling, it was apparent she thought her father may have lost a few screw to assume that Thanksgiving could be had without a large, cooked, stuffed bird.
"What about a pizza? Can we have pizza on Thanksgiving? " Madison merely shook her head, frowning at her father, as they began heading out of the apartment and to the car. Logan smiled as he heard Kendall speaking of every food he could possibly imagine that he could to see if the little girl would relent on the Turkey. Even though they knew they were getting a Turkey. They continued on in the car ride there, and Logan was a little amazed Kendall knew as many foods as he did. Carlos he would have expected this more from, but Kendall? Either way it was an amusing sight, and Madison seemed to be getting angrier and angrier the more Kendall asked.
"No daddy, just turkey! Nothing else." Kendall laughed as he peered into the car's rearview mirror to see his daughter crossing her arms across her chest and frowning heavily in her car booster seat. As Kendall pulled into a parking spot, hopping out while Logan got Maddy from her car seat, Kendall wasn't sure if he wanted to continue asking, or leave it as is. He decided to leave it as once they headed towards the store, Maddy had a hold of both his and Logan's hand and was trying to pull them quicker into the store.
Madison loved helping out in the kitchen, and had the burn marks to prove it. If Logan or Kendall were cooking in the kitchen she was right there wanting to help out in any way she could. Of course now they made sure she knew that anything hot was off limits, but she was welcome to help stir, or mix ingredients, and if they had enough paper towels, crack eggs. So when Logan said he was going to need some help making Thanksgiving dinner, she was ecstatic.
Unlike most children her age, Madison refused to ride in the cart, Kendall assumed she felt more grown up to walk around with them, and unless she was acting up, neither Kendall nor Logan had a problem with her just walking. She was usually good about it, but today wasn't just an ordinary day, so as soon as she was in the store, she was practically bouncing where she stood wanting to get to the aisles.
"Turkey turkey," Madison chanted grabbing on to Kendall's hand and trying to tug him in the direction she assumed there would be a turkey.
"The turkey has to be kept cold, she we have to get that last Maddy," Logan said watching as the girl deflated a bit, but nodded in understanding. "How about you and Kendall go pick out what flavor of jello pudding pie we're going to make," Logan could have swore as the words left his mouth, Kendall's eyes lit up as much as Maddy's did. With them off working on that, Logan went quickly getting a few small ingredients, and spices, hoping to hurry the shopping trip along just a bit. Logan met up with Kendall and Madison still standing in front of the jello pudding mixes.
"What about pistachio," Kendall asked, holding out the box of pistachio pudding mix towards the girl, who merely shook her head. "Hmm, coconut?" Again she merely shook her head. Logan made it over with a smile, quietly thanking Kendall for helping him stall their small daughter. "Ok, ok. Chocolate?" Madison finally nodded happily as Kendall tossed it into the cart. Throwing his hands up in the air as the container made it into the basket, "Two points!" He then grabbed the second packet they'd need and handed it to Madison who stuck her tongue out in concentration before tossing the packet into the cart. As the packet landed, Kendall swooped her up, quietly cheering and giving the small girl a little tickle.
All was going well with their little family shopping trip, that is until a woman came up to them looking none to happy.
"You should be ashamed of yourselves," She said, holding her son behind her back as she stood before Kendall and his family as they tried to find a good stuffing mix.
"Excuse me," Kendall was already not liking her tone, so he picked Madison up and handed her to Logan, taking a step in front of the two. He doubted the woman was looking for a fight but it didn't quell his instinct to protect his family any less.
"You have damned that little girl to hell because of your fag choices." Madison having since sensed uneasiness in her parents hid her face into Logan's neck, hugging him tightly as Logan tried to soothe her by rubbing her back, and began to push his cart away from the woman, making sure to give a tug on Kendall's sleeve making sure the taller blonde was following him. "God will sin you for having a child between two men! You will all burn in hell!" Kendall was practically seething, while Logan tried to sooth a crying Madison once they had made it away from the angry woman. Kendall gently ran his fingers through the small girls blonde locks of hair, in hopes of helping Logan calm their daughter.
"Should we get a pizza for Thanksgiving Maddy," Kendall asked trying to take his daughters mind off what had just happened, watching as she shook her head against Logan's shoulder, her cries quieting a bit. "What about corndogs?" Picking her head up to look at Kendall she shook her head again, wiping her tears off on her sweater sleeve. "Oh that's right, we need spaghetti for thanksgiving," Kendall said hitting his forehead as his daughter giggled.
"No daddy, we need a turkey," Madison said while a small smile graced her features. "Can we get the turkey now?" Madison gave the famous Knight puppy dog face to Logan, trying to break whatever resolve he may have. Logan though was ready to leave the store, and they had pretty much everything they would need anyway.
"All right Maddy, lets go pick out a turkey." Logan smiled as the girl kissed his cheek in happiness, as he passed her over to Kendall. "I'll meet you guys over there, I still need to grab stuffing." Kendall looked down the aisle they had come from, and when he saw the woman had apparently moved on, Kendall nodded. Kendall held Madison up and placed her on his shoulders, keeping a hold of her hands as he headed over towards the frozen foods section, pretending to teeter one way and then the other while his daughter giggled in happiness. Once they had made it to the small freezer where the turkeys ranged from Cornish hen size to some twenty two pound turkeys, he took his daughter from his shoulders and held her up enough that she could see into the freezer.
"What one should we get," Kendall asked watching his daughter look around at the turkeys thoughtfully. While Madison looked over every turkey as if to be studying them, Logan came up beside him smiling happily and holding up the bag of stuffing mix he had apparently picked out.
"This one, this one!" Kendall took a step sideways towards the small girls pointing until she pointed directly in front of him, at a very large turkey. "We need a big turkey, because we have a big family," She said slapping the cold turkey before squirming away from her fathers grasp so he could load the turkey. Kendall looked over to Logan, who merely smiled and shrugged. Kendall figured that it wouldn't be so bad having turkey sandwich leftovers for a few days, or maybe a few weeks based on the size of the turkey.
The rest of the trip went smoothly, and soon they were back home, the job of finding room for it all in the fridge being left to Logan, who had no qualms about making Kendall and Madison eat a few things in hopes of making a bit more room. The week flying by with Madison's excitement growing everyday as she couldn't wait for family to come knocking on their door. She made sure both Kendall and Logan knew that she was the one who was going to answer the door, and neither one had any problems with that. It gave Logan some time to cook without the small girl under his feet, and Kendall had enough time to get the table set, unfolding the middle of the table to give a little extra room. Ms. Knight and Katie were the first to arrive.
"Gramma!" Was the first signal to the boys who was at the door, as Ms. Knight's cheery face entered, a pie in her hands that she quickly handed off to Katie to pick up the small girl at her feet. Kendall came over his mother kissing his cheek, and giving a hug to his sister as he welcomed them in and took the pie from Katie to set on the counter in the kitchen. "Gramma lookie, I'm helping daddy cook," Madison exclaimed as she squirmed enough for Ms. Knight to put her down, taking the woman's hand and showing her the direction of the kitchen, as if she had never been to the apartment before.
"Oh are you? I bet things are going to taste great then," Ms. Knight said as she came over to Logan giving him a kiss on the cheek as well, before asking if she could help with anything.
"Nope, you didn't even have to bring pie, but thank you. You made enough dinners for us, now it's our turn to make dinner for you," Logan said with a smile as Madison stood beside him looking stern and nodding. Ms. Knight merely smiled and joined Katie who had since taken a seat on the couch, and was talking with Kendall very animatedly about something.
When there was another knock on the door, Madison was in the middle of holding a bowl for Logan, and when she saw Kendall get up to answer it, she promptly told him that she'd get it, and Kendall smiled putting his hands up in defense and sitting back down. Madison danced around a little bit before Logan finally took the bowl, afraid that if he didn't, she would drop it and bolt for the door when the person knocked again. James and Carlos stood behind the door this time.
"Hello ma'am, have you seen Madison around somewhere," James asked kneeling down to Madison's level as the small girl giggled.
"Uncle James, I'm Madison!" James made a pretend shocked face and then shook his head.
"You can't be Madison, she's just a little girl," He smiled as the small girl came running at him full of smiles and all but leapt into his arms, giving him a large hug, before holding her arms out to Carlos for a hug as well. Carlos hugged the little girl tightly, before spinning her around to hang upside down from his arms, smiling at her squeals of joy.
"Hey Kendall, I see you have the wife in the kitchen doing all the work," James joked, not noticing the roll that flew at him until it hit him in the head. "Kidding dude, kidding." James headed into the kitchen to say hey to Logan, and return the roll, while Carlos carried Madison to the couch before laying her down gently, her face beet red from being upside down and laughing so heartily.
"Hey Carlos," Kendall began as Carlos took a seat next to Madison on the couch. "How you guys been?" Watching as James took a seat right next to Carlos throwing his arm around the shorter boys shoulders and leaning back against the couch cushions.
"Good, the adoption process is nerve wracking though, I mean, what if they think we're not good enough-" Carlos began cut off when Logan came from the kitchen to place a vegetable tray on the small coffee table in front of the couch.
"You guys are good enough, and they'll see that. Look at it this way, I trust you with Madison don't I? And we all know how picky I am," Logan said with a wink. It got a chuckle from the occupants of the couch and Carlos seemed to be put at ease a bit, which was really all Logan was hoping for. "What do you think Maddy? Would Uncle James and Carlos make good daddies?" Madison smiled nodding so hard she looked more to be head banging.
"Uncle James will be pretty with a big belly." Everyone stared at the small girl, Kendall trying to hold back his laughter to no avail. Madison was a tad young to learn about the birds and the bees yet, but when one of the woman in their apartment had become pregnant Madison was amazed when the woman had told her that the baby was inside her large stomach. Madison had yet to learn that only women could become pregnant.
"Ya James, you'd make a pretty pregnant guy," Carlos chuckled, biting the inside of his cheek to keep his chuckles at bay.
"If anyone would have the big belly Carlitos, it would be you." James emphasized his point by grabbing the front of Carlos shirt, pulling it out a bit to give the appearance of a large belly, while the Latino slapped his hand away laughing.
"Maddy you want to help me put some food on the table?" Madison jumped off the couch at Logan's words running off towards the kitchen. Kendall on the other hand waited until Kendall gave him a 'come hither' motion, before lifting himself from the kitchen and following Logan into the kitchen. Madison was given only the colder items, and nothing too heavy, while Kendall and Logan began setting out plates of the other dishes. The boys shared the responsibility of getting the turkey to the table, while they told Madison to wait at the couch, not wanting to risk tripping over her, or something worse.
"All right everyone, chow time," Kendall announced, before helping Madison into her high chair between his and Logan's seats. When everyone had made it to the table to take a seat, Madison spoke up.
"I want to say what I'm thankful for," she said a bit shyly, which was slightly uncharacteristic for the small girl who usually loved to be the center of attention. Kendall nodded to her while everyone looked at her expectantly. "My teacher told us that on thanksgiving we are supposed to say what we are thankful for. I'm thankful for Uncle James and Uncle Carlos, and Gramma, and Aunt Katie, and most of all I'm thankful for both of my daddies. Cuz I love them, no matter what anyone else says." She crossed her arms across her chest, daring anyone to say anything, but everyone merely smiled, Kendall's and Logan's eyes a little glossed over. Ms. Knight was past teary eyed and was wiping her tears with her napkin.
"We're all thankful for you too Maddy," Logan said as he pulled the girl into a small hug from her chair, kissing her cheek. Kendall nodded, placing a kiss to the top of her head as she smiled widely.
"Ok now we can eat. I helped make it!" She made sure to point out exactly what she had done and to what dishes, and through out the meal was constantly asking if she did a good job. She blushed multiple times when someone would compliment her on how well she had done, a slanted smile gracing her features, resembling Logan's only little crooked smile.
Though there were activities planned for after dinner, they were immediately forgotten as everyone took a seat on the couch, Logan blaming the tryptophan as the culprit for their lethargic attitudes. Kendall attested their attitudes to the fact that they had all eaten a little too much, and we're now just being lazy. The parade was long since over, and now the only thing that seemed to be on besides cartoons which Madison, and Carlos gave their vote to watch seemed to be things that should have been on Lifetime network. They decided to choose cartoons. Though the two who had voted for that were currently sound asleep. Carlos leaning on James shoulder, while Madison lay strewn across Kendall and Logan's lap, while Logan ran his fingers gently threw the small girls blonde hair.
"Happy Thanksgiving everyone," Kendall said with a smile around the couch to his family, and placing a kiss on Logan's head. Looking around he realized just how blessed he was for so much to be thankful for…
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! :D I hope you all enjoyed this, and yes I wanted that woman to get hit by a bus.. But that would be unbelievable … so I couldn't do it. And no I don't think religious people are all like that (a few rare ones are..) but not all. So.. Ya..But whatever, hope you all enjoy your thanksgiving :D Eat lotsa fooooood~