Thanksgiving Day

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Ivy's POV

It was finally time, the day I had been dreading had finally arrived. Today was thanksgiving and the entire house is filled with the delicious aroma of turkey, stuffing, collard greens, baked macaroni, mashed potatoes, fresh rolls, Barbz famous homemade gravy and glazed ham; all combined, creating a signature fragrance simply known as Thanksgiving. Now, Thanksgiving is probably one of my favorite holidays simply because it's a time were all of my extended family and family friends all come together to eat, talk, play and catch up on everything that's happened throughout the year but this year I can't help but to feel weary. My heart simply wasn't in it.

It's already 12 o'clock and the entire house is rampant with noise. Long distance relatives that I hardly see or talk to gather throughout my house gossiping about their latest adventures. My dad and his fellow colleagues all are gathered around the TV yelling about some football game that's playing. My grandmother and grandfather both are sitting telling stories that always seems to start with 'when I was younger we did blah blah blah and more blah' and the younger kids are all running rampant playing hide and go seek.

While me, I'm merely sitting in the corner furthest away from all my family and scrolling through Instagram. Blake and her family have yet to arrive and according to Amy, her and her family were on their way. Over the past week, Emerald and I have been learning to coexist with each other even-though Blake keeps insisting that we belong together yet were both to stupid and stubborn to admit it. I was willing to admit I missed her but lately her and Lacy have been inseparable. They have been studying together, walking to class together, eating lunch together, driving to and from school together and occasionally holding hands (even-though Emerald tends to tone it down around me). Not to mention Emerald had the nerve to ask me if she could bring Lacy as her 'date' to my celebration.

What I wanted to say was: "Emerald Greene your must be out of your fucking mind if you think imma let you come in my house and act all couple-ly with some other chick especially when you know I have feelings for you. Nope not happening, hell it's only been two weeks and your already moving on. You're lucky I don't rip both your fucking heads off!"

Needless to say, I found myself shrugging my shoulders and saying, "sure, what type of friend would I be if I stood in the way of your happiness," it was complete bullshit but I'm giving her what she wants space away from me. Which is why lately I have been coming to the conclusion that maybe we were simply meant to be just friends.

As I was reminiscing on the past events and scrolling through my news feed; a message popped up on my phone.

Clubhottie💃😉: hey change of plans that friend I'm visiting invited me out but we can definitely hang later.

I frowned at the text. Even-though I'm not attracted to her in a romantic way she is an easy distractions from all things Emerald. Even if she actually reminds me of her in many ways. We have hung out several times since the club and I've learned a lot about her. Her names Ruby and she is here visiting a close friend and she also from upstate, she's into sports, and she's a sophomore. Not to mention she kinda has the same style and laid back personality as Emerald. I haven't really gotten into detail about her personal life but I do know I enjoy her company.

So I eventually found myself replying: Aww, that sucks but maybe you and your friend can come over later for a movie night. My bestie is staying over and we can all hang out.

She immediately replied back: clubhottie💃😉: sure we're down I'll text you wen we're done

I smiled at the message as the door bell rang. I hopped up and strolled to the door. "Ivy," Blake yelled as she immediately engulfed me in a hug. 'Happy Turkey day!' Blake said as I chuckled and greeted Mr and Mrs Livingston. "Hey, Mr and Mrs L, I'm glad you could make it. My dad's in the din and Barbz is in the kitchen" I said as I grabbed their jackets and put them in the closet. I watched as Blake's parents strolled off towards their designated area as Blake and I made our way towards the garden. It was something we did every year. We would sit in the garden and think back on the previous school year and all the craziness that took place.

We made it to the backyard and headed towards the bench. 'You look gorgeous Ivy,' Blake said as we took a seat. I was wearing a white mid length floral dress, with a gold neckless, gold hop earrings, and my hair was up in a bun. "Thanks and you look nice too,' I replied. 'Gurl don't I always,' she said as she flipped her straightened hair. I laughed as a comfortable silence ensued us. 'So our first semester of sophomore year is officially over. Did you honestly think this year would turn out like this?' Blake said. 'Nope, not for one second! Hell, last year I thought I had everything under control. I was popular, head cheerleader, and I knew exactly what I wanted. Now, I'm confused and don't know if i'm going left or right. And it's all because of this pretty, curly head New Yorker,' I said as I sighed deeply.

'Hey, we still got plenty time to get ya'll together but what's up with your little mystery girl from the club. Is she coming today,' Blake asked as she eyed me. 'Nope, she had some last minute plans. So I'm gonna be dateless to my own family event," I said. "Good, now I just need to figure out how to get rid of Lacy and hopefully the Emvy train can start to roll again..choo..choo," Blake said as she playfully glared at me. 'That's so not happening but I appreciate the support. She's happy with Lacy and I don't want to ruin that," I immediately replied. Blake huffed in annoyance as she spoke, "screw Lacy, they both just started to talk, so it's no way she is truly happy. Plus, I see the way you both steal glances at each other. I'm telling you the sexual chemistry is at its boiling point....It's so obvious!" she said.

"Ugh, What the hell, do you want me to say Blake? Yes your right, congrat-u-freaking-lations I admit it I have feelings for Emerald and I want us to be together but she made it pretty clear on the night of homecoming that she wanted space away from me. So I'm gonna let her have her space because I honestly don't have the energy to fight anymore. Besides I don't think I can take seeing her walk away from me again," I said as I felt my eyes tear up. Blake immediately pulled me into a hug as my arms wrapped around her. 'Look I won't bring it up again! Today is suppose to be a fun day so lets just focus on having fun today,' Blake said as the door bell rang.

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Emerald POV

Today was the day but there are two reasons why I'm not in the holiday mood. One: Its my first holiday without my parents and Two: Ivy Wright. Yes, she is still on my mind and its becoming increasingly hard to keep ignoring my heart; which is telling me to go for it. While my mind is telling me to move on because all she is gonna do is hurt me again. 'Are you alright Em, you seem a little nervous,' my childhood best friend asked as I got dressed. I was starring at my reflection in the mirror when she walked up behind me and wrapped her arms around my waist. 'You look gorgeous Em, you always do,' she said as she pecked my cheek. "Thanks Red, you don't look too bad yourself," I said as I winked at her through the mirror. She blushed and said 'whatever' as she began to put her shoes on.

Now Red wasn't just my best friend. Our relationship was a little more complicated than that. Red and I had known each other since we were babies. We did everything together and spent every possible minute with each other. It wasn't until we were in the 6th grade when our friendship turned into a relationship. Red had sat me down one day in our secret spot and told me she was attracted to girls. Of course I asked, 'will how do you know,' and her response was, " I'm attracted to you and every time I see you all I want to do is hold your hands, hug you, and when the guys hit on you at school I get extremely jealous. Not to meant all I want to do right now is kiss your plump lips." She nervously began to play with her fingers as she waited for my reply. I tilted her head towards me and said, 'then kiss me!' And at that very moment I kissed a girl and I liked it. Literally, all I could do was smile as our lips move perfectly in sync and I tasted her cherry chap stick. From that day on Red and I became more then just best friends. She slowly became my first everything. My first kiss, my first love, my first girlfriend, my first sexual partner and much more.

It wasn't until a month after my mother had gotten sick, when Red and I started to have problems and our relationship ended on a rocky note. Simply, put she cheated and although i know she regretted it and I forgave her I could never be in a relationship with her after that. Not to mention, it wasn't until after my mother died that we rekindled our friendship. Although we still flirt with each other occasionally, I have no romantic feelings for her at all.

'I know its last minute and your suppose to go out with that girl you've been hanging out with lately, but do you maybe want to come with me. I could really use my best friend by my side today,' I asked as I put my neckless on. 'Sure, let me just text her and let her know, but what's got you so torn,' she asked as she started to text her friend. 'More like whom verses what,' I said as we headed towards her car. Amy, Mercedes, my Aunt and her husband were in the car ahead of us. "So who is this girl that's got you all heartbroken," Red asked as I punched Lacy's address into her GPS. 'Just this girl who i met on my first night here. We had a rocky beginning and all but eventually we actually developed feelings for each other or at least I thought they were both mutual. Turns out she had an abusive boy friend the whole time she was talking to me. She say's he was out of the picture long before we actually got serious (or whatever we were) but she has and mean streak and who am I to believe her. It's just my heart and head or having a serious battle with each other right now. I just don't want to get hurt and I rather have her as a friend then lose her completely. I've lost to many people already,' I said as I stared out the window.

'Its funny I was just having this discussion with that hottie i met at the club the other day but obviously I told her to forget her ex because clearly I want to get in her pants. But imma be honest with you, I know you better than you know yourself and clearly you have some deep feelings for her and when it comes to you I know you like to run from your feelings and I honestly think that's what your doing here. You have to take a chance and go for it,' Red said as we sat at a red light. "ugh, when did you get so damn wise," I asked as she chuckled and drove off. 'Life,' she said as she smirked and we pulled up to Lacy house. I pulled out my phone and was about to text, when Red spoke. 'If you like this other chick, why the hell you bringing a date to her event,' she asked. I smirked and simply answered with the truth, "honestly, I thought she would go all hulk on me when I asked her because come on she is hot as hell when she is jealous but my plan back fired because she just looked hurt and said some bullshit about, 'what type of friend would i be to stand in your way of happiness' and Lacy is cool peeps so I figured she would be good company.'

Red rolled her eyes at me, 'Oh, she sounds like a keeper and here comes your good company,' she said as she unlocked the door. The rest of the car ride was filled with the radio as we drove off to Ivy's house. We had finally arrived at Ivy's house and rang the door bell.

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A/N

I know this update wasn't the best but I wanted to get something up. The next chapter should be up tomorrow because you might not get an update next week. I'm going to see Demi Lovato & Nick Jonas Tour on next Tuesday which is also my only off day off that week. So two updates this week and a possible update next week. Tell me what you think will happen next chapter. I was gonna leave a cliff hanger at the big meet & greet but I figured why not start off there next chapter. Comment & Vote

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