Tori took some extra time and scattered candles around her room. Then she took a quick shower to wash the aroma of the Vega Thanksgiving dinner off herself. Anointing special spots with the sandalwood fragrance that her girl loved, the singer slid into her special outfit.
A knock on the door was followed by, "Good night Princess."
Tori smiled, she loved it when her father called her a princess. "G'night Daddy. Keep the shoppers safe!"
"Already done. The bad guys hear David Vega is on patrol and they cower in their rat lairs..." he responded with a laugh.
Quickly lighting her candles, Tori turned the lights out and lay back on her bed.
It was only a matter of time now...
Earlier that day...
"Why does football have to start so early?" Tori whined as she burrowed further under the covers.
"Because those light-weights back east can't handle games starting later than early afternoon," Jade replied. She pulled on her Rodgers jersey and a pair of shorts.
Peeping one eye out from under the blanket, Tori asked, "Is he playing today?"
Aaron Rodgers, the Packers quarterback and one of the best in the league, was injured early in the season playing their arch-rivals, the Chicago Bears.
"Nah, still out from that broken collarbone, damn it. Still, it's my favorite Packers jersey." Jade turned to the bed and asked, "You getting up any time soon?"
Tori came down in bunny-covered pajama bottoms and a Green Bay t-shirt. Jade was on the couch with a mug of coffee watching the Fox Pregame Show. She crossed to the kitchen and kissed her mom with a bright, "Happy Thanksgiving!"
"Happy Thanksgiving, baby."
Tori got some coffee and asked, "Dad?"
"I'm letting him sleep in. Your father has to work third shift tonight. Extra cops are being put on to protect those people who just can't wait to shop." Holly shook her head, she had worked retail on Black Friday when she was younger and hated even going to convenience stores the day after Thanksgiving as she knows how ragged those early bird shoppers were and are. And it's even worse now with some stores opening on Thanksgiving night and others at ungodly hours like 4 AM on Friday.
Her disdain of Black Friday had rubbed off on her youngest daughter. Said daughter shook her head, "It's nuts. Need some help with dinner?"
"Later. I'm just making sure I have everything I need. Pavilion's is open until 4. Your dad can make a grocery run if I need anything."
Approaching the sofa, Tori brightly said, "Happy Thanksgiving, Jade."
"Yeah, yeah. Sit down already."
Tori sat and looked at Jade. "Do you have something to say?"
"I already said it. If you can't bother to wake up enough to hear me..." Jade turned a bland face towards her girlfriend, "I don't do multiple 'Happy Anything'. You know that."
"It doesn't count if I'm asleep."
"Yes it does. You smiled." Jade smiled then. "Now, hush. Rob Riggle is giving his picks."
A part of the Fox Pregame was comedian Rob Riggle's always hilarious short where he has fun with the game, the players and with the Fox broadcasters before he would list his four picks for winners that day.
Tori recalled his first one where he sang the graces of New York City and the upcoming Superbowl at Giants Stadium. Hilarious routines filmed all over the Big Apple were capped when New Jersey Governor Chris Christy came up to him and reminded Riggle that Giants Stadium is in New Jersey.
