"The moment you realize you're happy makes up for the fact that your life isn't close to perfection."

*THE SONG I HAVE ATTACHED IS HOW LANCE FEELS ABOUT MAIKA DAILY. LISTEN TO IT ❤️ IT'S AMAZING*

    I collapsed on the couch completely exhausted my feet felt like they were on fire. It's currently 7 PM and the last dish should be ready soon. Lance and I was setting the tables up with Thanksgiving themed table cloth. The utensils and plates as well as the napkins were all Thanksgiving colored.

Isn't it so messed up we're celebrating Thanksgiving like this when the history of it was mostly fabricated. Only reason why I celebrate is simply for the food and being able to be with my family and occasionally friends. In this case Lance, I'm blushing thinking back to earlier when he called me his girl. It sounds so sweet hearing it from him, it sounded like it was meant to be.

I'm still baffled at the fact the giraffe is here, I have no idea who he is at all and why he's here. My dad comes over to me as if it's on cue.

"Maika come here, let me introduce you to my long time friends." He tells me to follow him and I pull the sweater up a little bit.

"Lee, Melissa. This is my daughter Makayla." There's a young looking couple who stands in front of me.

How did Dad make friends with 20 year olds?

The guy Lee has a clean cut beard and brown hair. "I hear such good things from your old man! Even if he doesn't show it he's proud of you." He laughs while my dad gives him a death stare.

"Nice to meet you Makayla, I'm Lee's wife!" She had red hair as it fell down in waves.

Her eyes were blue as she gives me a smile. She gives me a tight hug which I wasn't expecting at all so my face was buried into her chest.

I cough when she lets me go, "Nice to meet you guys. You can call me Maika for short." I give them a sweet smile as I see her wave over a tall figure.

"Carter come over here right now!" She said in a motherly tone. I hear the guy groan in annoyance and trek over.

Melissa smiles at me and goes, "Makayla, this is my son Carter!" Um, did she have kids when she was 2 or something? I look up at Carter and my jaw must've hit the floor.

"You're kidding me!" I said loudly crossing my arms in disbelief.

Carter's light brown eyes widened when he saw me as he covered it up. "So we see each other again. Is this fate or what?"

Fate my ass, maybe in hell but as far I know we're on Earth.

"Maika you know Lee's boy?" My dad questioned me, I see Lance walking up to me out of the corner of my eye. Oh, he looks really mad too.

I shook my head rapidly, "No way. I rather not."

Melissa was shocked when I said this and I saw Carter smirk. Lee glared at him, "What did you do to her for her to hate you so much?"

Carter rolled his eyes and blew out a whistle, "I just ran into her a few times and she started freaking out."

Lee grinned, "Lance! What are you doing here? Where's Joey and Ellie?" He grabbed Lance and gave him a hug despite him trying to pull away.

Okay, so today is clearly full of surprises.

"Hey Lee, Melissa. It's nice seeing you guys here." He stopped talking and gave Melissa a hug and a kiss on the cheek.

"My parents are at a thanksgiving party, I invited them to come along but unfortunately they weren't able to attend." I was staring at Lance when he was talking and he glanced at me smirking but wiped it away before anyone noticed. I roll my eyes, he's so annoying.

"Hey Lance, are you not going to give your friend a hug! I'm standing right here you know." Carter spoke up, his face had a smug smirk on it.

I almost forgot he was here. Friend? So Lance knew him?

Lance laughed, but it sounded like he was forcing it and he's definitely not happy. His eyebrows were scrunched together and his eyes had a certain emotion in them.

"I don't remember us being the best of friends at the moment. But I'm surprised to see you here Cart."

Lance gave him a half hug and walked back to my side. Carter had a mischievous glint in his eyes as he eyed Lance and I back and forth. I squint my eyes at him, glaring while he shot me a wink.

My dad noticed the obvious tension between us 3 and he clapped his hands together.

He motioned Carter's parents to come with him as he says, "The feast is almost ready right? I'm starving!"

I chuckled lightly, "Yes, why don't you guys go on to the back and have a drink or 10. I'll call you guys when it's done."

I give them a inviting smile, they walked away and I see my dad gathering some of the family and some of his friends to the back room. I turn to Carter as I sense the boy next to me getting tenser by the second.

"Look, please don't ruin this night. I spent a lot of time trying to make everything close to perfect."

He walked up to me and whispered in my ear, "I most definitely won't, I want to see what you're gonna be cooking me in the future."

His lips grazed my earlobe. The hairs on my neck stood straight. I stood frozen like an ice pick and I whispered back, "I'm going to poison you just you watch."

"Okay Maika, I'll be talking to you later." His voice sounded like he was suggesting something as I gagged.

He walked away as he put his hand on my shoulder, smirking at Lance. Who by the way, did I mention? There's literally steam coming out from him and I swear he's growling like a wolf. The next thing you know he's grabbing me by my wrist and pulling me upstairs I felt like I was flying and he slams the door behind us.

Lance's POV

"What the fuck is he doing here?" I feel my grip tighten on Maika. She looks utterly confused as to what the hell is going on.

"What's wrong with you! You act like I know. He's a dickhead, that I know!" She shoots me a dirty look, her brows are scrunched.

"How the hell do you even know him in the first place? Why didn't you tell me you knew him!" I hear myself getting louder with each word and I noticed that her eyes widened in shock that I was yelling at her.

"First of all, I don't know why you're so angry. I literally RAN into him TWICE. He was acting like an asshole and proceeded to call me hot the last time." She was stepping closer to me with every syllable as her eyes held anger towards me.

"I'm going to kill him. Why is he hitting on my girl! I'm right there! Is he doing this on purpose .." I start to pace back and forth in her room, clenching and unclenching my fists.

Some of her family wasn't even over yet, and It's Thanksgiving dinner so Maika's dad called over his long time friends/business partners.  I feel her presence behind me as she puts a hand on my chest.

"You're going to have to calm down before I end up having to bail you out and you miss out on my cooking." She rubs my arm softly in circles to calm me down. Her hands are always so soft and they always seem to do the trick to make me relax.

"Don't worry about him okay? We can talk about who he is later but I don't want to make a scene in front of your family since your pops invited me over." I kissed her on the forehead feeling her eyebrows are scrunched up as they went back to normal.

Yes her dad personally invited me, and did I mention Nathan's the type of dad that will have you tucking your balls if you do the wrong thing.

I focus my attention on my girl in front of me, wearing a light beige off the shoulder sweater and some ripped jeans that hugged her thighs and butt amazing. She looks like she's glowing, and she's not even wearing any makeup.

Her skin always held a natural glow to it and her face radiates every room she's in. Her lips were plump and pink, the lips I wanted to kiss every second. Her grey green eyes were weary, I know she was sleepy. She looked up at me as she looked away quickly, I love how shy she got.

I love her.

The realization hit me like a bag of bricks.

I love Maika.

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