Thanksgiving In Boston

Thanksgiving In Boston is a Thanksgiving story taking place in the Human Realm by Thunderbird3InternationalRescue.

Summary
Thomas and Edward go with Gordon to Boston to spend Thanksgiving with their grandparents, and invite Unikitty and her friends to come with.

Story
Thanksgiving had come to Sodor. At the Gresley home, Unikitty was still asleep in the treehouse the Gresleys had built for her, her brother Puppycorn, and her friends Richard, Dr. Fox, and Hawkodile, in the backyard when a smell woke her up.

"Something smells good," said Unikitty.

Just then, Puppycorn came into the room.

"Do you smell something," he asked.

"Yeah, I do," said Unikitty, "What could it be?"

"Let's go see," said Puppycorn.

With that, they went towards the house, followed by Dr. Fox, Richard, and Hawkodile, and found that the source of the lovely aroma was a pumpkin pie, which they saw Edward take out of the oven.

"Hi, Eddie," Unikitty said.

Edward was so startled by Unikitty's voice that he almost dropped the pie, but he caught it just in time.

"Whew," said Edward as he set the pie on a cooling rack, "That was a close one!"

"Sorry, Edward," said Puppycorn.

"No, it's alright," said Edward.

"Hey, where's Thomas," asked Hawkodile.

"He's still asleep," said Edward.

"But isn't he going to be late for school," asked Unikitty.

Edward laughed.

"Not exactly," said Edward, "You see, he's on Thanksgiving Break. He has the whole week off."

Just then, Thomas, still in his pajamas and his hair a mess, came downstairs.

"Well, speak of the pretzel," said Edward, "Morning, bro."

"Morning, Ed," Thomas said groggily.

Edward chuckled.

"Still a bit sleepy," he asked.

"Yeah," said Thomas, "I'm gonna go shower."

"Okay," said Edward.

Thomas then advanced toward the bathroom just as Gordon came down wearing his usual jeans, belt, and black shoes, but with a blue plaid flannel button-down shirt.

"Morning, Ed," he said, "How's the pie look?"

"Perfect," said Edward, "Not a single brown spot."

"That's good," said Gordon, "Where's your brother?"

"In the shower," said Edward.

"Okay," said Gordon.

Eventually, Thomas returned. He was wearing his usual jeans and blue-grey sneakers, except he was wearing a light blue denim button-down shirt with a plain white t-shirt underneath.

"What's with the fancy shirts," Unikitty asked, "It's not Sunday."

"No," said Thomas, "But, like Edward said, it is Thanksgiving."

"Yeah," said Edward, "And like we do every year, we're going to Boston to see our Nana and Papa and have Thanksgiving Dinner with them."

"Nice," said Unikitty.

Just then, Puppycorn thought of something.

"Say," said Puppycorn, "We never met your grandparents."

"You're right," said Thomas.

"Do you think we can come with you," asked Puppycorn.

The Gresley brothers looked at Gordon, who smiled.

"Of course you can," said Gordon, "I mean, you guys are technically part of this family now."

"Yeah," said Thomas.

"And maybe," said Dr. Fox, "To save us numerous stops for gas, maybe we can all go in the Sprinter. That should be big enough to fit all of us."

"Good idea," said Gordon.

With that, after Edward put the pie in a plastic container and after everyone else had brushed their teeth and gone to the bathroom, the gang got into Hawkodile's 2017 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter and were soon on their way with Gordon at the steering wheel. As they were driving down the road, Unikitty looked at her brother.

"I'm so excited to meet Thomas and Edward's grandparents," she said, "Are you?"

"I sure am," said Puppycorn.

"You know," said Edward, "Boston has had a pretty interesting history."

"What do you mean," asked Puppycorn.

"Well, a lot of historical events happened in Boston," said Thomas, "one example being the Boston Tea Party. I once made a diorama about it for a project in history class in 7th Grade."

"What was the Boston Tea Party," asked Unikitty, "Was it a real tea party?"

"Not exactly," said Edward, "On December 16, 1773, back when the United States was still under British rule as colonies, a bunch of angry colonists, some disguised as Native Americans, raided three ships containing shipments of tea and destroyed all of it by dumping it into Boston Harbor."

"Why were they angry," asked Puppycorn.

"Because," said Thomas, "the British Parliament had nobody to represent them, so tax laws were passed without hearing the colonists' voice, thus leading to the famous slogan "No taxation without representation.". They destroyed the tea as an act of protest against the taxation of tea."

"Wow," said Puppycorn, "I bet the British were real jerks at the time."

"Oh, they were," said Thomas, "Thankfully, we're now friends with Great Britain."

"Well, that's good," said Unikitty.

Soon, they arrived at a coastal-style house.

"We're here," said Gordon.

And with that, they disembarked just as an elderly couple came out to greet them. The man had groomed light gray hair and wore thick-rimmed black glasses, a dark blue argyle sweater vest n over a light blue button-down, khakis, white socks, and brown leather loafers. The woman had curly hair in the same color as the main and wore horn-rimmed glasses, a pearl necklace, sapphire earrings, a blue turtleneck, navy slacks, pink socks, and black shoes. The woman ran to Gordon with her arms stretched out wide.

"Hello," she said.

"Hi, Mom," Gordon said as he hugged the woman.

"Hey, there he is," said the man, "Give your old man a hug."

Gordon then hugged the man as Thomas and Edward approached.

"Hi, Nana," said Thomas.

"Oh, hello, Tommy," said Nana as she hugged both Thomas and Edward at the same time.

Just then, Nana spotted Unikitty and her friends.

"Well, I'll be," said Nana, "Who're these?"

Thomas and Edward introduced Unikitty, Puppycorn, Richard, Hawkodile, and Dr. Fox.

"Well, hello there," said Nana, "I'm Myrtle, and this is my husband, Nick."

"We're so glad you could join us," said Nick.

Just then, Aunt Belle's 1997 Honda Accord pulled up, and out came Aunt Belle, who had her silky black hair in a ponytail, was wearing a white t-shirt over a blue cardigan, blue jeans, and black slip-on shoes with light blue socks. With her was Cousin Timothy, who had his usual navy blue jeans and yellow sneakers with red straps, but with a dark blue polo shirt, and a man who looked to be in his mid-thirties wearing a blue polo shirt, navy blue slacks, and black leather shoes. The man looked a lot like Timothy, except he had curly black hair and a bushy black mustache.

"Look," said Thomas, "There's Timothy with Aunt Belle and Uncle Tony!"

Thomas and Edward greeted their aunt and uncle and introduced them to Unikitty and her friends. After everyone greeted one another, they all went inside, where Belle helped Myrtle cook the rest of the food while everyone else hung out in the living room. Thomas, Edward, Timothy, and Puppycorn played ''Sorry! ''while Gordon, Hawkodile, and Tony chatted, Dr. Fox did some research on her laptop, Richard read a book, and Unikitty cuddled with Nick. Eventually, Belle announced that all the food was ready, and everyone came into the dining room and took their seats.

"Thomas, would you like to bless our meal," asked Nick.

"Sure, Papa," said Thomas.

With that, they all bowed their heads and closed their eyes.

"Dear God, Thank you for your amazing power and work in our lives, thank you for your goodness and for your blessings over us," said Thomas, "Thank you for your great love and care. Thank you for your sacrifice so that we might have freedom and life. Forgive us for when we don't thank you enough, for who you are, for all that you do, for all that you've given. Help us to set our eyes and our hearts on you afresh. Renew our spirits, fill us with your peace and joy. We love you and we need you, this day and every day. We give you praise and thanks, for You alone are worthy! In Jesus' Name, Amen."

"Amen," said everyone else.

As soon as everyone else said that, they started eating. Apart from the usual turkey, there was mashed white and sweet potatoes with gravy, green bean casserole, macaroni and cheese, turkey stuffing, corn, gravy, cranberry sauce, and King's Hawaiian-brand sweet rolls. For a beverage, there was sparkling red grape juice, and for dessert, there was the pumpkin pie Edward had made plus a pecan pie, an apple pie, both of which were purchased from the Sodor Bakery the day before, and some sugar cookies shaped and decorated to look like live turkeys. While they were eating, they decided to share Thanksgiving-related jokes.

"What would you get if you crossed a turkey with an ghost," asked Nick.

"What," asked Thomas.

"A poultrygeist," said Nick.

Everyone laughed.

"I've got one," said Puppycorn, "What do comedians call Thanksgiving?"

"What," asked Unikitty.

"Pranks-giving," Puppycorn said.

Everyone laughed again. After sharing a few more jokes, and after they all ate, Thomas, Edward, Unikitty, Puppycorn, and Timothy chilled out in the living while Hawkodile, Dr. Fox, and Richard helped the adults put away the leftovers and clean the dirty dishes. Once that was done, they all watched A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving while having pie and cookies with milk. After which, it was time for everyone to go home. Unikitty watched with a smile as the Sprinter pulled away from Nick and Myrtle's house and waved to them.

"Those are really nice people," said Unikitty, "I hope I get to see them again soon."

The End