That is Mr Wongso. Chaniëlle's math teacher.
He's too hot to be legal right?😍😍
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"Mom what will we do for thanksgiving?"

"I don't know yet Chan"

"When will you know?"I ask.

"Chaniëlle I do not know" my mom answers annoyed by the questions I've been showering her with for the past 45minutes.

"Will we invite friends again like last year?"

"Maybe Chaniëlle"

"Can I stuff the turkey this year?"

"Yes Chaniëlle. Whatever you want"

"Who will you invite mom"

"Chaniëlle I don't know"

"But mom it's tomorrow"

"I know honey"

"Did you get me a Christmas present?"

"Of course I did Chan"

"Well what did you get me"

"You'll see that for yourself on Christmas"

"What about my birthday present. I'm turning 23 on the 1st of January"

"Chaniëlle I'm your mother, so I know your birthday"

"Will we have a party?"

"Whatever you want honey"

"Will aunt Amelia come for Christmas this year?"

"For heavens sake Chaniëlle, you're driving me crazy. I'm trying to relax and read a book"

"But mom. I was just asking. I'm bored" I pout.

"Why don't you go and see if Chris is home. Then you can go shopping for thanksgiving. How about that?"

"Great idea. I'll call Megan too. How many guests will we have?"

My mom groans in frustration and covers her face.

"Fine! I'm going" I say.

"Finally!" She sighs.

Wow. I really wasn't trying to be annoying or something, I was just communicating. Well I was trying to communicate.

I go to Christian's house and just as my mom suggested, we go shopping at Target after we pick Megan up.

When we enter the store each of us get a cart.

"Where's the list" Chris asks looking at me.

Oh lord. I didn't make one! Great.
"Uum....List......yeah..uuuh.....about that..."

"For real Chaniëlle who goes shopping for thanksgiving without a list" Megan rolls her eyes, clearly irritated.

"Come on. It's not that bad. We'll just walk around and pick whatever we need. It's not that hard" I smile.

"Do you know how long that's going to take us?"

"Stop being so lazy Meg. It's gonna be fun" I say and start walking.

I hear the both of them groan behind me in frustration and I hear Chris asking Megan since when I was this optimistic, but I ignore him.

After walking for a short while with two carts already full, Chris and Megan start complaining about them being tired and me talking too much.

I've been talking non stop all this while about stupid stuff I don't even understand.

"Are we like having everyone in new York over for thanksgiving, because I seriously think were buying too much" Chris states.

"It's not too much, it's good. I'm stuffing the turkey this year" I say excitedly.

"That's what you said last year and the year before that and so on. In the end it's either your mom, my mom or Christian and I who do all the stuffing" Megan says uninterested.

"Hahaha..I know. This year I will do it"

"Yeah right" the two voices say in unison.

I turn around without paying attention to where I was going and I bump into someone.

"Oh haha. I'm sorry sir" I laugh.

"Well someone looks very happy" the male voice says.

When I look up I notice that it's mister Wongso, my math teacher. Oh my God I'm so happy to see him!! Haha.

"OMG!! Hi mister Wongso. Are you shopping for thanksgiving too"

"Well I never thought I'd ever see you this exited and cheerful, but anyway. No, I'm not shopping for thanksgiving" he smiles warmly. Good God he looks so good. I seriously have a 'drop death' hot math teacher.

"Why aren't you? Or did your wife do all the shopping?" I ask him.

"No, I don't have a wife"

"Well, why not? How's that possible? You're so hot! My mom is also single you know" I wink at him.

"Chaniëlle!!" Chris and Megan shout. Mister Wongso just turned tomato red and doesn't seem to know what to say.

"Ahahahaa...whaaat?...I'm just joking man. He dare not come close to my mom, cause I'll cut his balls of" I laugh.

"Uuuum.....okay...... I'll pretend I never heard any of that. I'm just not celebrating Thanksgiving this year, cause I didn't feel like flying all the way to England this year"

"You're not celebrating Thanksgiving?! Why don't you come over to my mom's, it's gonna be fun. Plus I'm stuffing the turkey"

"Uuh....that's very nice, but I'm not sure" he hesitates.

"No you should come. Thanksgiving at the Righters is always super fun and on that day everyone is family. That makes it even more fun" Chris helps me.

"Christian is right. Chaniëlle's mom will definitely not mind, because her daughter kind of rules thanksgiving and she can invite whomever she wants to invite. So you're totally welcome" Megan says.

"See mister Wongso. You shouldn't spend Thanksgiving alone. Come and celebrate it with us. We start at 6pm" I finish my invitation.

"Sounds fun. Well, what do I wear?" He finally says after a short silence.

"Duuuh Clothes" I roll my eyes.

"You can wear whatever you want. It doesn't really matter" Chris ads to make it clear to Mr Wongso what I actually mean.

"Okay then. See you tomorrow. It's really an honor seeing you in such a cheerful mood. I like you better this way"

"Enjoy it while it lasts" I smile at him before we continue walking.

We walked around a while longer and we had to get two more carts. I'm grateful we took my mom's Isuzu D-max, cause we wouldn't be able to put everything in my car.

While picking the last things we need I spot someone familiar.

"Chaniëlle" he says.

"Hi Eldridge" I smile. Eldridge and I have been communicating a lot lately. He told me more about his wife and how much she and I have in common. We build some sort of friendship and he's very nice.

He walks toward us and I can see Chris clenching his jaw in the corner of my eye. He kinda hates Eldridge and I have no idea why he still hates him this much, cause I moved on from everything.

Eldridge is a nice guy, but Christian and Megan can't see that. They think the worst of him.

He politely greets Christian and Megan before he turns to me. Not as if they really answered him, but okay.

"What's up Chaniëlle. Haven't seen you in a long while. What are you doing here"

"I'm obviously shopping. How are you doing?"

"I'm fine thank you"

"Are you shopping for thanksgiving too?"

"Kind of. Just buying a couple of things for my daughter and I, since I can't do anything with the turkey" he smiles.

"That's nice. My family and friends are celebrating it in a unique way tomorrow. You can come if you want and take your daughter with you. It's going to be fun" I invite him.

"Uuh....thanks, but I don't think that's a good idea"

"Unless you want to spend it alone with your daughter. You're welcome if you change your mind. There'll be more than enough food. We start at 6pm"

"Okay, I'll think about it. I gotta go. I'll see you soon 'Kay"

"Okay bye"

Eldridge walks away and I turn to look at Megan and Chris who are staring at me as if I'm crazy.

"What did I do?" I ask innocently.

"I don't see why you had to invite him" Chris states.

"Well what's wrong with him. You were cool with me inviting Mr Wongso. Isn't Eldridge human too?" I say trying not to get too loud.

"Chaniëlle you know that's not the point"

"Well them what is your point exactly? Cause......you know what I'm not having this argument with you. I'm not letting you spoil my good mood" I say and walk to the cashier.

When we leave Target we go clothes shopping, then we get some French fries and then we get some ice cream which we eat in the park.

We plan some things for tomorrow in the park. We talk about the decorations and how to transform the room to make it look different.

When we get home we're just in time for dinner. We've been away for longer than three hours.

When we get home the first thing my mom asks is "Where in heavens name are you going with all of this stuff? Did y'all buy the whole store?"

Chris and Megan simply blame it all on me.

Cordelia made Alfredo pasta. My absolute favorite! I ate so much that my jaw hurts from the chewing.

When I ask Cordelia to put some more on my plate, my mom, Chris and Megan start commenting things like:

"I wonder where everything you eat goes, cause you don't gain weight"
"Don't you think you've had enough?"
"Stop eating. Too much food isn't good for your stomach"
"You're eating like a monster"
"You've had so many full plates already. What are you? An alien?"

But of course I ignore them all with a smile. My food is more important.

"You know what I've noticed" Cordelia starts "around this time of the year Chaniëlle is always a happier person and she doesn't get angry at all. Christian is always irritated and Megan is grumpy 24/7. Am I right or am I right?"

"You're right" my mom confirms "and you keep cooking the things Chaniëlle loves to eat most, making her eat like a monster"

"And mom you're always annoyed with everything everyone does or says" Chris adds.

I just look at them still enjoying my pasta. They are totally right. I'm always hyper and happy around this time of the year. I don't easily get angry or irritated by anyone. Plus I'm more optimistic.

After dinner Megan goes home to help her aunt with some stuff.

"Chan how many people are we having over?"

"Uuh....I don't know exactly" I grab a pen and paper and start writing "wait I'll write the names down"

Let's see:
Me, Mom, Megan, Chris, Megan's aunt and her two sons, aunt Amelia, Mr Wongso, Eldridge and maybe Chris' aunt will come too.

I write them all down and hand it to my mom. She scans the piece of paper with her eyes while taking a sip of her red wine. I don't know what happened, but she suddenly spit her whine back into the glass. Her eyes are wide and she looks at me warily, blinking a couple of times.

"What's wrong?" I ask her.

"Uuum...nothing. Eleven people then........... I kinda understand why Eldridge is coming, but why is Mr Wongso coming? I thought you hated him?"

I tell her about how I bumped into him and how he was going to spend Thanksgiving alone.

"I see. Very well then. And oh. Someone has been staring at you for like, forever" she whispers and stands up from her seat.

I look around to see who she's talking about and my eyes meet Chris'.

He's staring at me with a small smile and I feel my body heat up. Like there's something burning inside.

Weird, but it feels good.

I smile back at him.
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Hi guys!!...

So what do you think thanksgiving will be at the Righter's?

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Let me know what you think.😘

Love❤ Nicky