chapter ten - thankful?

                                    

                                          
(Ivys POV)
the past two days had actually gone pretty well. i woke up and heard music coming from the kitchen, probably from the boys cooking. i looked at my phone which read 
9:43 AM
i slid out from underneath the covers and made my way to the kitchen. julien was cutting squash, which i'm assuming was for casserole, pesto, or some kind of sauce. lucy always made salad, not a usual thing for thanksgiving but it was really good. phoebe was making baked macaroni. 
they all looked up at me giggling, i giggled back. i walked up to julien and kissed her nose — which had become a normal thing for us over the past couple days. "hi" i giggled. her cheeks were flushed, "hi" she grinned back. i saw lucy and phoebe elbowing eachother. "your hair is a mess, angel" she said giggling. angel? that nickname was new, i liked it. it gave me butterflies. i could feel my face go red as she fixed it. i smiled at her. phoebe and lucy were still elbowing eachother in the ribs. i heard lucy mumble an "ow phoebe, fuck!" once or twice. 
"oh what am i supposed to make for lunch again?" i asked rubbing my eyes, "oh, bread! so we can spread the pesto im making on it" julien smiled. "aw" phoebe blurted out, "what?" me and julien said a the same time. lucy and phoebe locked eyes. "oh, nothing... you two are just being very kind to eachother" phoebe said as lucy laughed. my brows furrowed "...okay?" i said, genuinely confused.
it had been a bit later, phoebe had her macaroni in the oven so i decided to make my bread while her food was cooking. i didn't have any details on how to make this so i turned to julien. 
"jules can you help me make this?" i asked, "yea," i was standing infront of a drawer. she grabbed my waist, placing a hand on my back to move me a little, i had major butterflies. "sorry i need to get the measuring cups" she said, "n- uh no it's— its fine" i stuttered so much, i was insanely flustered. 
we eventually got everything mixed, phoebe's dish was already out of the oven so i put mine in. 
i got it out when the timer beeped and i burnt my hand a little, "ow fuck!" i yelped. "you okay?" julien said, turning to me. "yea i burnt my hand" i said looking down at my hand. she looked over at it, "oh shit that's bad ivy, come here let's run it under some cold water" she said, placing a hand on my lower back to guide me to the sink. 
she placed my hand under the water, making me wince. "i know, i'm sorry! we just need to make sure it doesn't swell or get infected" she said, turning the water off. i nodded in response, grabbing a paper towel to dry my hand. 












12:35 PM
i threw a sweater on, along with some jeans and converse. julien was wearing a black shirt (as per usual), with some random jeans and a dad cap. lucy was wearing a cute cream colored sweater with jeans, and phoebe was wearing a black sweater with jeans. 
we were about to walk out the door when lucy stopped us, "wait i kinda want to take a few pictures" she said turning. "okay what are you thinking?" phoebe asked, lucy sat her phone down tapping on the camera app. she pressed the 3 second timer and we all posed. juliens arm around me, phoebes head leaning on lucy's shoulder, and me and lucy smiling. 
"now i wanna take ones of y'all separately, oh! ivy let me take one of you and julien" she said. "okay" i said, phoebe went behind lucy and julien walked over to me. lucy took a couple of us, and the last one was julien kissing my cheek and me smiling while scrunching my nose. "wait that one's so cute!" lucy cooed, i giggled. 
i took a few by myself, and we all got some individually. "okay we have to go we're gonna be late" phoebe said, grabbing her keys as everyone grabbed their meals. "are we all going in the same car?" i asked, "yea" phoebe replied. "oh then you are NOT driving" i said, lucy giggled and grabbed the keys. 
we made it to the house that it was being hosted at. before walking in, lucy reassured me once more that if my mom or anyone said something rude or stupid, we could leave if i didn't feel comfortable. it's nice being close to lucy, she genuinely takes my feelings into consideration. 
we all didn't eat very much, knowing we had to go to dinner 4 hours later. we all stayed grouped up even with talking to family members. my mom walked up to me, "you doing okay?" she asked. "yeah but...why...do you care?" i asked, she just rubbed her neck. 
"so, is ... this your new girlfriend?" my mom said in a sort of snarky tone, pointing at julien.  "uhm.." i looked around for lucy for help, but lucy wasn't there. "yea actually" julien smiled, my eyes widened but i just nodded. "disgusting" mom scoffed, "mom, not here" i lowered my voice. "and why not? the whole family knows, you know your father wouldn't be proud of you!" i didn't care what she had to say about me, but bringing my dead father into this was fucking foul. 
"oh hell no, do not bring dad into this" i said, my voice raising in volume a little. some of our family looked over at us, i spotted lucy and phoebe walking towards us. lucy walked beside me and julien, "what's going on? you know what just — tell me in the car we're leaving" she said. i glared at my mom and we left. 
i was silent for the first 5 minutes in the car, "she asked if julien was my girlfriend and i didn't know what to say so.." i said, getting cut off by julien. "so i said yes" julien said, i nodded. "and then, she said it was disgusting and then...she brought dad into it. she said he wouldn't be proud or whatever" i said. "okay well even if you guys told her you were dating, she shouldn't have brought him into it, and she could've kept the homophobia to herself. god i don't understand her." lucy said angrily. 
she has always been protective over me, even when we were little. we went to the same school our whole lives, even though she was a little older than me. she always stood up for me when the bullying got bad in highschool. this was different though, this was my mother that was being a dick, there's a difference and it was so weird. 
we got home, remaking more food for dinner. we went to phoebe's family dinner and came back home.
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a/n: HEYYY YALL ARE NOT READY FOR NEXT CHAPTER !!!! anyways i am SO excited about boygenius the rest ep i can't believe it, also me and my girlfriend worked out today and my legs fucking hurt ☹️ anyways i'm trying to get noah kahan tickets ill let y'all know if i get them :D! this is a longer chapter! 
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