Thanksgiving
It's Thanksgiving and I'm nervous all to hell. I have good reason to be. We are having it at Jason's house. Considering what happened last time I'm still a little raw. "Don't worry. My father promised to behave himself. Plus he does feel bad for what he said before and my sister will keep him in line," Jason promises. I take a deep breath and walk to the front door where my parents are waiting with Jason in step behind me. Jason opens the door.
When we walk in Thalia is waiting. "Welcome," she says, "Jason why don't you show Gus's parents to the living room and make them feel comfortable." Jason does just that. I was going to follow but Thalia catches my sleeve. "Follow me," she says, "My father wants to see you." I swallow hard in fear of what he might say but I follow. Thalia leads me to his study. When we get there Thalia turns and leaves us alone. I just stand there wringing my hands together. "To be perfectly honest I thought only for my son when I said that," Zeus began, "I didn't want to see my son get hurt by someone I thought was irresponsible, foolish and fickle. But I was wrong. You're kind, responsible, devoted and genuinely care for my son. So I am sorry and thank you for taking care of him."
When I recover from this sudden development I say, "In a way sir we take care of each other. We take care of each other's weaknesses and play on each other's strengths. We just fit each other. He's my other half." And for the first time I see Jason's father smile but not only that I see a glint of tear on the corner of his eye. What he does next takes the cake. He walks over and hugs me. "Welcome to the family," he says. He pulls away and clears his throat. "Ok, on with you. It's dinner time," he says. And we both walk out to the living room and into the dining room. That night we eat until we get stuffed. We sit around a fire after dinner telling stories and jokes. We all laugh and have a good time like a family. In all honesty Zeus gets funny and loosens up when he gets a good buzz going. I look at Jason and looks back with a smile and I wish times like these could last forever.