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Tough Love Part 60; Part 3
Chapter 60; Part 3 Thanksgiving Day! I set my alarm clock and Dad got up early with me. Michael got up, too and he drove home to help his family get ready. I really wish he had stayed. We needed the extra hands. Dad and I were making macaroni cheese, baking the turkey, the chicken, and some of the cakes. We and the Jacksons were making various things, but WE knew not to go overboard since they werenâ??t going to have any meat to our knowledge. â??I donâ??t know why youâ??re so crazy over the Jacksons. You act like theyâ??re your in-laws.â? â??Just imagine if they were. Would you be mad? Who would you think Iâ??d be married toâ??act like the others arenâ??t to make it fairer.â? â??Of course itâ??d be Michael. I know you Alaric. Canâ??t say I had you, but I produced you baby. And I raised you for most of your life.â? â??But would you be mad?â? â??If it was done at the right time, canâ??t say Iâ??d be angry. So far heâ??s been a good guy and I want my baby to be WITH a good guy I know you and I could trust for the rest of our lives. Honey, I just want you to be safe.â? â??Do you feel safe?â? â??What do you mean?â? â??Withoutâ?¦Mom. Do you forget about her?â? â??No! Never honey. I still love her and I know I still have feelings left. But we have you. Youâ??re our connection. Itâ??s just so complicated. But I doubt Angela misses me. Itâ??s been four years now.â? He shakes his head and put the batter in the oven. I didnâ??t mean to talk to him, but since this is a heavy subject, I decided to go further. â??If you could, would you reconcile?â? He looks at me and sighs. â??OF COURSE I would! But thatâ??s something I canâ??t tell Shaun. You know her grandma knew I had a little crush on her and she liked me back. But your mom will ALWAYS have a special part in my heart.â? He looks over at me, â??And I know she feels the same.â? I think if I should ask my next question, then I do. â??Remember when we were talking about her and you told Michael and me we would see her before the year is over, what did you mean?â? He looks over at me again. â??I just meant what I said.â? â??WHEN? Christmas?â? He looks over at me severely again. â??Yes, maybe Christmas.â? â??Why Christmas?â? â??Because she wants to see her daughter again.â? He turns away again. â??You really love her donâ??t you? Is that why Shaunie isnâ??t coming?â? He faces me again and is taking another breath. â??I think sheâ??s spending with her brother again.â? Dad is wearing an orange thermal and jeans. I wore a blouse. Mom would be happy. Dad checks his watch. â??Ready?â? â??Yep.â? As usual, Dad is wearing his sameo watch with the black wristband. I think Mom got it for him. He wears it all the time, but I knew much of it came from his cop mindset, but I think itâ??d be nice if I could get him a new one. Maybe even a Rolex! Weâ??d said weâ??d be at the Jacksons by two. â??How do you feel about Joseph?â? â??One strict brotha.â? Dad looks over at me and laugh. â??Thatâ??s why I GUESS I could say Iâ??m glad his son lives with us, not the other way around. Michael is well-behaved, though. Heâ??s not that aggressive, and he SEEMS to treat you like a lady.â? Times like this, youâ??d say, â??Daddy, I love him.â? But I donâ??t think Iâ??m in love with Michael because Michael isnâ??t in love with me. we donâ??t even know each other that well. Itâ??s only been two months. And a day. We get there. Dad gives his name, and some of the family and maids help us as weâ??re taking the food in. As usual, I donâ??t see Michael right off. Why does that always happen? But I see him come down the stairs in a flannel shirt and nice pants. His shirt wasnâ??t button up all the way, so we could see some of his chest. It seemed muscular for a change. Things were set up outside. And all the Jackson little kids were there, too. For some time, some of us were on the couch. Michael was by me this time. Instead Dad was to my right and Janet was on my left until Dad got up and talked with the guys. What I liked to see was Dad, who still looked young. He had a good blend with the Jacksons boys as he and Michael laughed together. Michaelâ??s afro and Dadâ??s tender, curly hair looked wonderful, too. â??I guess youâ??re dad is ready to marry you off, now.â? Janet joked. â??No, but if he have his suspicions, heâ??ll mingle where he needs to.â? We went upstairs and watched entertainers from Minnie Riperton, to Barbara Streisand, to others. â??I wanna be like them one day.â? I told Jan while we lay on her bed. â??One day you will be.â? Janet smiled. â??So will you, if thatâ??s what you want.â? â??I think I want something else for myself.â? She says. â??I even want college for myself. But you Joseph have me on the show.â? â??Iâ??ll take you part for you,â? I laughed and she started, too. â??Weâ??ll say Penny grew up.â? And we cracked up. When Jan turned on her radio, we tried our best singing to Minnieâ??s â??Lonely Girlâ? until we went downstairs to get ready and eat. Michael sat by me and Dad did also. Janet was across from him. â??No need to wait any longer. Letâ??s eat!â? Katherine said. Then she saw Dad and wanted him to sit beside her so he did. Things were a little quiet, but everyone got chummy soon and we started laughing. Jan kept giggling. â??Wha?â? I asked her with a smile. â??Itâ??s Michael,â? she whispered in a silly way. â??What?â? She nodded her head towards him. I look to my leftâ??Michael changed sidesâ??and when I looked over at him, he was smiling at me. I squealed a little. I see LaToya change seats with Randy, so yellow-mellow-LaToya sat across from me. She was looking pretty today but her sour attitude dumbs her down a point. She is slumped back and I can see her looking at me. Eventually, Janet rolls her eyes. I can tell it was directed to LaToya. â??May I be excused?â? She finally says. I can tell Katherine is a bit disturbed. â??Well, sure honey.â? Before Katherine gave her permission, I see Janet looking at me from the corner of her eye. â??Yeah me too.â? I add. She looks over at Dad and he nods. Right after we get into the house, Janet starts ragging on LaToya. â??Man, I canâ??t believe sheâ??s ACTING this way! Youâ??d think sheâ??s one of the fans, the way she acts jealous around you. She REALLY ainâ??t gonna like it when the three of us go to New York and leave her butt here.â? â??Wait, what?â? â??He isâ??Iâ??m sure. And Iâ??m sick of LaToya treating you like this. What should we do?â? I sat there thinking with her. â??Maybeâ?¦â? â??What is it?â? she asks. â??We could always do my stuntâ?¦the cake fight.â? â??You know, that isnâ??t a bad idea. Letâ??s do it!â? â??Wait, I didnâ??t know what else to say. That really wasnâ??t a suggestion, Janet.â? â??Well she deserves it. Behind Motherâ??s back, sheâ??s always saying how Lyric think sheâ??s this, and Lyric thinks sheâ??s that. But the main fact is that Michael is under you roof now, and she misses him. Plus Joseph has her recording more and is harsher on her. He compares her TO Michael. And she thinks youâ??re ulterior motive is to get pregnant by him.â? â??But I didnâ??t even ASK Michael to stay under my roof! He just IS!â? â??I know, and Iâ??m ready for the ding-dong to know that.â? â??Whoâ??s the ding-dong?â? â??LaToya! Now listen, hereâ??s my plan.â? For Janâ??s plan to be on the spot, I must say it was well-thought out. So we go back to the table, while looking casual. Michael unexpectedly starts teasing Jan. Her plan was to throw some food on Michael. When he said the slaughter hog acted like she was having her last supper, Janet calmly scoops up some of her potato salad and flicks it towards him, which gets in his afro. Michael gets wide-eyed. After his slow response, Janet scoops up so collards, and thatâ??s when he throws a roll at her. They keep at it, and Michael throws food at LaToya. Thatâ??s when she got involved with it. Then Randy throws some at me, and the kids start throwing stuff at their parents. In the midst of it, Katherine and Joseph are about their kidsâ??s behavior. After I throw some stuff at LaToya, Randy has me to hide under the table, and Iâ??d throw when I needed to. The person who got Joseph was Michael. While Katherine was still fussing about the Thanksgiving food fight, Joseph hands Michael a pie. Then he walks over to her with a Million Dollar Pie with a calm smile, and actually SHOVES it right in her face! I think everyone gasped, even Michael a little. She gasps, looks at him though she wipe at her lids. She calmly get the bowl of chittlins and dumps it on him. Oooh, I must say thatâ??s COLD! Does Michael know how long itâ??s gonna take for that smell to get away from him? Once the food fight was over, Dad managed to escape with some cake wiped from his shoulders. I didnâ??t have much of anything on me because Randy and I hid under the table. But I must say, this is the Thanksgiving I CANâ??T forgetâ?¦. Iâ??m just sorta glad I can rest my eyes on the way back home. And once I DID feel like I had gotten settled, I wasnâ??t expecting company from three friendsâ?¦but of course one showed up alone, at first. Either way, Happy Turkey Day!! (:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:) Whatâ??cha think? Think LaToya will ever get it together and ACCEPT Lyric? Mike's outfit which I think really WAS from 1978: http://la.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=22783163&event=713420&CategoryID=34138&picnum=4&move=B
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