nic. (nhunter) wrote in providence_rpg, @ 2008-11-24 21:22:00 |
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Current mood: | excited |
gobble gobble gobble!
who: Nic, Jamie, and the Hunters
what: Thanksgiving with Nic's HUGE family!
when: Thursday, Nov. 27
where: Nic's parents' house
Thanksgiving had always been one of Nic's favorite holidays and she was thrilled to pieces when Jamie accepted her offer of coming along with her to her parents' house. Because of all the time they'd spent together recently, and because of him helping her through her break-up with Jason (and vice versa with his and Kate's), she could safely say she considered him one of her close friends. It would be massive amounts of fun to be able to spend time with both her family and Jamie at the same time. And Nic was positive that her family would adore Jamie just as much as she did. Seriously - how could they not?
So as decided, Jamie came over to Nic's apartment Wednesday night, a bag with clothes slung over one shoulder and a bag of Chinese in one hand. She didn't mind in the least that he planned on staying over. It would not only making things easier when they left for her parents' house the next day, but she kind of liked having someone to wake up to in the morning. The apartment wasn't as cold, as lonely, when Jamie was around.
By the time Jamie had got there, Nic had already put two coconut cream pies into the fridge to chill and was ready to take a break. The two curled up on her couch and chowed down on the Chinese food, Nic beyond thankful that he had brought something over. It meant that she didn't have to actually cook for herself that night. Once they were finished, he helped her clean the mess before they started working on the brownies. When the time came, Nic gladly handed the beaters over to Jamie with a laugh, and then went about her business of pouring the dark brown mixture into two pans (she'd made double the amount just to have extras). It was fun having him with her, keeping her company. Though as soon as she put the brownies in the oven to bake, the task of actually washing the dishes started. The two worked out a system between them, Nic washed the dishes and Jamie dried them, and it worked. The brownies were finished by the time they were done cleaning and after giving them a few minutes to rest, Nic cut into them, creating neat little squares of them. She sat the ones for Thanksgiving aside in a covered dish and plated the rest, sprinkling some powdered sugar on top, intending on pigging out on at least a few of them.
Jamie joined her on the couch after he changed into his pajamas and there the two of them sat, talking, watching television, and munching on brownies. Nic sat the plate down on the coffee table after a little while, and then slowly, but surely, proceeded to fall asleep on Jamie's shoulder.
The sun streaming in across her face was the first thing that woke her and as she came to, Nic became aware of the arm wrapped across her stomach. For a moment she seriously just laid her head back down on the couch before she jerked back up. Glancing over her shoulder, she reached around with one arm and tapped Jamie's outer thigh. "Jamie, wake up," she mumbled as she sat up. It didn't phase her at all that she had fallen asleep with him on her couch and had woke up spooning with him. It was...nice. Getting up from the couch once she had gotten out of his grip, she went and hopped in the shower.
Hours later they were both dressed, the desserts were finished and loaded into the car, and they were off to Nic's parents' house. She spent the entire ride on filling Jamie in on her family. Her dad was a former cop turned banker, her mother a retired high school teacher. Brad and Jeremy, her older brothers, were both officers with the Providence PD and Brad was engaged to a woman named Fiona. Her younger brothers, Junior and Michael, were both still in college. Junior was a student at J&W, while Michael was attending Providence College. Junior obviously wanted to be a chef, while Michael still had no earthly idea what he wanted to do with his life. Nic filled him in on other little necessities as well, like the fact that they had an annual Thanksgiving day tackle foot ball game and that she was sure Brad would pick Jamie for his team this year.
Nic's car came to a stop in front of a large home and for a second she just looked out the windshield at the house. "Ready?" she grinned over at Jamie before getting out, almost immediately pulling her coat closer as she hurried around to grab two of the desserts, stacking one pie on top of the covered brownies. "Brad and Junior are already here," she said, pointing to each of their cars as she said their name. Brad's SUV was massive in comparison to Junior's Jap trap. Taking his free hand as she had designated him the carrier of pie #2, Nic lead him up the drive way and through the garage, entering the house through the side door.
"Mom? Dad?" she called, kicking the door shut with her foot once Jamie was inside. Hearing commotion coming from the kitchen, Nic jerked her head in that general direction before pulling him towards the noises. Melissa was the first to notice her daughter and almost immediately she dropped the metal spoon she was holding onto the counter and ran over to Nic. The blonde had about two seconds to set her desserts down on the table before her mom wrapped her arms around her taller daughter. Nic returned the hug, smiling down at her as she pulled away. "Nic, baby, you look beautiful!" the woman said, reaching up to pat her cheek. Nic only smiled in returned, grinning like a goof when Melissa's attention turned to Jamie. "And who's this?" she inquired with an arch of her eyebrow. "Mom, this is Jamie. Jamie, this is my mom, Melissa." Nic stepped to the side and in typical Melissa fashioned, she hugged Jamie. "It's so good to meet you!" There was a glint in her mother's eye that Nic was almost worried about, but she pushed it aside as nothing.
"The men are in the game room," Melissa said, waving her hand to the side. Nic nodded and took Jamie's hand. When Jamie's back was to her, Melissa's lip dropped and she pointed at Jamie, one hand waving at her face. Nic's eyes went wide and her jaw tensed for just a second, a light pink scattering across her cheeks as she tugged Jamie away. "Let's go meet my brothers, shall we?"