[3rd POV]
The lunch had gone by swimmingly, as she had made some pretty delicious sandwiches of various types. Mostly BLT's, a few turkey sandwiches, and a few ham sandwiches. All of them were expertly made after she had looked up a few recipes, so it had not been much of a problem and nobody complained about the simple lunch.
During this time, most of the family had been messing around with their gifts, watching American Football (NFL), or just chatting. The NFL had games on Christmas pretty much every single year, and it was always fun to sit down and watch one.
Even if Billie did not particularly care about either team all that much.
She would have cared more if it was her favorite team playing, but they weren't so it was whatever in her mind. What she did enjoy though, was the family freaking out about how certain plays went, missed calls, and ref's being dumbasses.
It was fun to see Jay yell at the large tv in her living room.
The lunch had been long and enjoyable, as everyone loved their sandwiches and had even asked for more. Which she was more than willing to do, since she ended up making doubles of each and every single one just in case. That and she wanted them to have it for the next day for lunch or something else.
Either way, the lunch had been fun, and time had passed slowly but surely.
Billie had spent the time up until dinner just doing a few things. For one, she had been making sure that all of the food that she was making was cooking properly and not falling apart. She had also been making sure that the dishes that were basically already done, were not falling apart in the fridge or freezer.
The dishes were all fine for the most part. But she did notice that the jello salad had been a bit more solid than she had liked, so she moved it a bit so that it was not freeing too much. She had also made sure to play with the deviled eggs to make sure they weren't mushy or anything.
They were not.
She had to actively fight back anyone from trying to snatch some of them, as they smelled incredible. The food that she was cooking in general smelled amazing. And it was harder and harder for the family to ignore it, as it got closer to dinner time.
By the time it was officially dinner time, they had decided on watching the next NFL game, which was once again not between two teams she gave a damn about. But, she had turned it on either way.
Standing in the kitchen, Billie took out the ham with a small hum, checking the temperature, texture, and the overall aesthetic of the ham. She could tell just from the way it looked and felt whether or not it was properly done. And thankfully, she had timed it well, and it was perfect.
With the ham done, she moved to check on the stuffing, and that too was perfectly finished. The mashed potatoes had taken a bit longer as she had looked over to the next one, which was the various greens, like the asparagus. All of them were finished, and smelled absolutely divine.
By the time she had taken them all out, and made sure that they were finished and done with, Billie had walked over to check the mashed potatoes once again. And thankfully this time they were finished and done with.
With them done, she took them out moments later, and smiled.
"Does everyone want one of everything? I've got ham, mashed potatoes, asparagus, deviled eggs, Hawaiian rolls, stuffing, and some other stuff" Billie said, as the family looked over.
"I'll take one of everything besides the asparagus" Luke said with a grin, before looking back to the game. One by one the entire family had given what they wanted, while Gloria had gotten to her feet alongside Mitchell, with both of them insisting on helping.
At the same time, Claire and Cam had helped clean things up, and set up the dinner table. There were some grumbles, but nobody denied as they moved to sit at the dinner table. Thankfully, the dinner table was not far from the tv so they could still watch the game from there if they really wanted to.
Billie doubted anyone would be getting away with that, considering Claire, Mitchell, and Gloria were going to be sitting there. Jay would probably try, but he might get his ass beat by Gloria for it.
One by one Billie, Gloria, and Mitchell began to hand out the plates to each person, before eventually Billie had grabbed her own plate, and sat down next to Haley.
"So uh...anyone want to say anything before we start eating?" Billie asked, glancing around the dinner table, with Cam speaking up.
"Well, I just want to say thank you for this, Billie. It truly means a lot that you made such an incredible looking dinner, not to mention the breakfast, lunch, and the dessert that will come later!" Cam said with a bright smile.
"Yeah, the food smells and looks awesome" Luke added with a grin, openly stopping himself from eating the food in front of him. He had to use his willpower to stop himself from grabbing anything.
Billie had heard some more thanks from those that sat at the table around her, before she smiled brightly, and spoke.
"Well then, lets eat!"
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They soon dug into their food, which had gotten the reactions that Billie had been hoping for. Said reactions being a hell of a lot of praise for the delicious food, and even more questions from Claire and Gloria about the recipes for the food.
She had given them a couple of them, but kept the deviled eggs one to herself. It was the one that her grandmama had taught her herself, so she wanted to carry that on herself until later on.
They had complained a bit, until she explained why she had not wanted to share that. So instead, they had started to talk about her coming up appearance on the Ellen Show, what she planned for the future, and the reveal to them about the fact that they were both releasing new albums soon.
That had gotten a loud squeal from Cam and Mitchell. As they had been hoping for something new from them, and had even got a rough time period in which they would be released. But neither Billie nor Haley had told them more than that.
Billie had soon given out the dessert, which had gotten some hilarious reactions. Mostly for the jello dessert, as everyone who had not tried it before had tried it after the insistence of Cam and Billie.
Most of the family had loved it, besides Lily who had been grossed out thanks to the pecans in it, and Luke didn't like the texture. Both of them were valid, as the dessert was one mostly dependent on the person's taste and what they liked in a dessert.
At least there was still pie and cookies that were to be enjoyed.
And soon, by the time the day slowly had come to an end, the food was divided out to everyone, with the gifts being loaded up with some difficulty, mostly for Jay's new maid dog.
But, by the end of the night, everyone was gone, the apartment was cleaned up, and Billie was laying in bed. Her girlfriend was cuddled up against her, softly snoring in her sleep. And as Billie lay there, slowly but surely falling asleep, she had only one thought on her mind.
'Today...was a good day'
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That's the end of the chapter!
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