A Fortune Teller Thanksgiving
by de Vere
This Thanksgiving, during the Covid pandemic, may be different for your family. Rather than a large family gathering offering you a smorgasbord of sisters, mothers, cousins, nieces, mothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews' girlfriends and the usual delights, you may be alone or with a small group not including anyone to swap body fluids with. To those of you, we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving, and give you this story to allow you to imagine and dream of next year.
It was our second Thanksgiving together. We met at DragonCon. She was Princess Leia and I was an Imperial Storm Trooper. We joked that I took her hostage. We screwed each other's brains out wearing our costumes. Now, don't get me wrong, I am not into rape or anything. It wasn't like that. We played out that Princess Leia decided to seduce one of her captors away away from the Dark Side. She succeeded beyond her expectations.
Kellie made a pretty hot Princess Leia. Maybe a little chunkier than the real thing but, then again, the original didn't have C-cups. I'm normally not into such big boobs, but can you imagine Princess Leia with Csโbordering on Ds? It was meant to be.
"Destiny," she told me.
Now, I know what you are thinking: how did a nerd like me ever convince any girl to marry me? If you read my first two stories, that is exactly what you are wondering. Turns out we were nearly perfect for each other. She went to college close enough to visit easily. Before long, we were traveling to conventions small and large around the country. We married the month after we graduated. Along the way, she convinced me to portray Luke Skywalker. You'd be surprised how many people enjoy watching Leia making out with her brother.
On second thought, that won't surprise anyone. Everyone knows that is hot. Some just refuse to admit it. I suspect they think it is even hotter than the rest of us. It's like those closeted gays who beat up gay guys. The harder you work to suppress your own feelings, the louder you scream about it.
Ginnie was already there. This was the first time I'd seen my sister since the wedding 5 months before. She came out to greet us as we got out of the car. Skinny girls look so incredible in tight sweaters. Ginnie's clung to her boobs like a layer of skin. It was so cold I was surprised not to see nipple poking through, but I suppose puffy nipples behave differently from others. She hugged her sister-in-law first, then me. Those breasts pressed into my chest, and she held that hug a little longer than appropriate. She let go too quickly.
Her daughter peeked out at us from behind Ginnie's leg. Kellie said, "Hi, Minnie!" The 3-year-old smiled. My wife looked up from the little girl to her mother. "Oh, she looks exactly like you."
"That's what everyone says," Ginnie answered.
Kellie was a better woman than I deserved. Intelligent, funny, pretty enough in her own way, and we shared almost all the same interests. My sister is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen, and we share a strange bond. It is not just that Ginnie took my virginity. That would be enough, but it barely scratches the surface.
This was going to be a weird Thanksgiving.
The best way to handle it was to try to ignore each other. Easier said than done when six people were sharing the same house for five days. Kellie noticed over the first couple of days, and even asked me if I had a fight with Ginnie about something. "No, we haven't fought in years. Not since we were adults."
There is no way I am going to tell my wife our true history. That might even be worse than our parents finding out. So, we went about prepping the big dinner. I'm pretty useless in the kitchen, but sometimes they trusted me with a knife for some chopping. Wednesday morning, they let me tear up loafs of bread for the stuffing. My sister and I had done this since we were kids, so I knew what to do. Ginnie sat down next to me, as we had for a couple of decades and we tore slices of bread into tiny pieces.
"Feels like old times," she said.
"Sure does," I answered.
"Some of my favorite memories," she said. When I gave her a narrow-eyed look, she added. "I said some of them. Not my favorite."
"Mine either."
We kept our hands off each other. I kept enough distance to avoid even accidentally brushing my hand across that perfect ass of hers. Ginnie had not changed at all since college. If anything, she might be a couple of pounds lighter. It must take a lot of energy chasing a toddler around all day. Minnie might be shy, but she is not lacking on energy.
As usual, we ran out of a few items needed for tomorrow's feast. Condensed milk. We ate more potatoes before the big day than expected. Someone forgot to get marshmallows. There were about ten things in all. Since I couldn't help cook, I volunteered to make the food run. The stores would be full of other people who forgot their turkey or something else. It was bloody cold as I got into the car. Even my heavy jacket failed to keep out the frost. Just before I turned the key, a knocking sound came from the passenger window. A puffy, blue and blonde silhouette appeared in the gloom outside. I hit the unlock button.
"Finally, we can be alone for a minute," Ginnie said, climbing in.
"Good idea."
"Thought we should talk," Ginnie said.
"It's been hard trying to act normal," I said.
"They will look after Minnie. I think they want me to leave her with them more often."
"She's adorable. Lucky for her, she got her looks from her mom." It was about 8:00, and the first store we stopped at was still full of panic-shoppers, so we decided to try Whole Foods. Their prices kept some of the crowds away. And their stuff is high quality. We found everything we needed, all without the toxic shit. It was fun, and we acted like a couple of teenagers. She smacked me in the back of the head with a bag of marshmallows from 20 feet away and I zapped her ass from closer than that with a rubber band I freed a cabbage from. One of those thick rubber bands sure to leave a welt. She still laughed.
We were still laughing when we drove home. Because of our unplanned detour, we took another route home. Right past a familiar sign in red neon. FORTUNE TELLER. Sprinkles of rain began dotting the windshield.
"Hey, let's stop!" Ginnie sounded really excited, but the weather was going downhill, and we were almost home after being in a half-hour long checkout line.
"Come onโit will be fun."
It was a lot of fun the last time. "Remember what happened."
"What can happen now? Besides, she will tell us something new this time."
"If she's still alive. Her granddaughter's probably running the place now."
Familiar scents of hippie incense and mustiness greeted us inside. The curtain hung separating the fortune-telling room from whatever went on inside the house. My sister may be the most gullible person on earth, and it is possible may be contagious. Either that or it is a family trait.
The curtain parted, pulled aside by a bony claw. The white-haired old witch shuffled into the room. If anything, gravity had pulled her stooped figure over more in the last few years. "I know you. The Star and the Hermit."
We looked at each other, surprised at her memory. Or was it memory?
"Sit down. I suppose you want a reading." She shuffled the cards, then placed them before me to cut. Taking only the top 4 cards, she laid then down face-down, then began flipping them.