All I Want For Christmas Is...
Title: All I Want For Christmas Is...
Summary: How some of my favourite Total Drama Island pairings spend their Christmas.
Disclaimer: Nope, still don't own TDI.
Pairings: Justin/Beth, Harold/Eva, Duncan/LeShawna, Noah/Gwen, Ezekiel/Izzy, Harold/Bridgette
Warnings: Some humour, fluff, language, all that good stuff
Winter-Rae: I am so on a role! Anyway! Each pairing mentioned above is going to get their own special chapter. These pairings are, in my opinion, the all star pairings. They are my absolute favs that people have either requested or ones that I came up with, either way, they rock. Enjoy.
Italics-flashbacks
All I Want For Christmas Is...
Chapter 1: Something New: Beth and Justin
December 20th
"Beth, don't you think this is a little much?"
"Of course not, I want everyone to get a present from us this year."
Justin rolled his eyes at his girlfriend. He was never one for Christmas, not that he was a Scrooge about it, and he just didn't like the noise and the hustle and bustle that came with it. Beth on the other hand was a Christmas fiend. She bought presents for everyone; her family, his family and everyone they met on Total Drama Island, even Chris and Chef. It had been nearly eight years since that show and she still kept in touch with everyone, even Heather.
"Will you at least sign the cards this time?" Beth asked him, gesturing to the pile of Christmas cards on the kitchen table, "And I swear if you use that little stamp thing with your signature on it, no more nookie for you."
Justin's face fell, a threat like that one was to be taken seriously. He sat at the table and opened the first card.
"Duncan?" he asked, "I thought you didn't like that guy?"
"He's alright," Beth replied as she finished wrapping the last gift, "Just rough around the edges, kinda like someone I know."
She looked at him and smiled, her now brace less teeth bright and white. Her smile rivalled even his.
"I'm not rough," Justin replied, "I'm nice and smooth."
"Only after being sanded down," she replied without missing a beat. She stood behind him and wrapped her arms around his shoulders, kissing his cheek.
"How did we get on this topic again?" he asked. She shrugged.
"You were going to sign the cards while I mail out the gifts."
"Why don't you mail them out together?" he asked her and as she started to place the wrapped gifts in bags to bring down the stairs of their home to the car.
"Christmas cards and presents are two different things," she replied, "Besides I still have to type up the update of our year for everyone."
She put on her coat, grabbed the bags and headed for the door.
"You need any help?" he called after her.
"Nope, I'm good, be back soon. Love you."
"Love you too babe."
Once she was gone he flipped through the cards to see who she was sending them too.
'Oh great,' he thought, 'Her parents.'
Beth's parents freaked him out. When he first met them her father took him out hunting. When Justin had told him he had never been hunting before he laughed.
"My Beth is dating a city boy!" he laughed, "We'll make you a hunter before you know it son. Beth knew how to gut a moose by the time she was eight."
Justin's stomach churned. He never mentioned how weak it was. However when Beth's dad shot the moose and brought it back to their house to be gutted, he lost it. One look at the inside and he was leaning over the railing of the deck losing his lunch. Beth's brothers thought it was hilarious.
"Leave him alone you guys," Beth scolded them.
"Oh Beth, I can't believe you fell for this pansy," her oldest brother Chuck said, "He's your exact opposite."
Justin agreed with him for the most part. Beth was his opposite in a lot of ways. He was raised in a city while she was a country farm girl. She was sweet while he wasn't exactly the nicest person in the world; at least he wasn't before they started dating.
To him, it was funny how things could turn out. How the most unexpected people could be drawn together in such a way that bonded them for life. He had never expected that he would end up with Beth, if anything he was sure he would be with a model. Not that Beth wasn't model material it just never interested her.
However it was odd circumstances that brought them together in the first place. And it wasn't until close to the end of Total Drama Action that they eventually confronted one another.
He had made it to the final four of Total Drama Action. It was between him, Izzy, Trent and Harold. He was sure he was going to make it to the end. He had made an alliance with both Heather and Harold in an attempt to make it to the end but they had lost Heather. Well, truth be told he convinced the others to get rid of her. It had been easy to do since most everyone still had it in for her.
He had been pulling the strings for much of the contest, using the girls as tools to get the voting to go how he wanted it too. All was going well until the week before he got kicked off. Beth was the one to be kicked off as she had found out about his little evil plan. She told Trent, Izzy and Harold about it but not before she had been eliminated.
"You're a douche bag!" Beth told him as she walked towards the Limo of Losers. He shrugged, clearly not caring.
"Well guys, it's been fun," Beth said to the other three, "Now be smart and get rid of him before he messes with you too okay. One of you three deserve this, he doesn't. His karma will get him in the end of course but I would really hate him to beat you guys."
"Don't worry Beth!" Izzy had said, her eyes filled with determination, "He's as good as gone!"
And true to their words, after the next elimination he was gone; walking towards the Limo of Losers without anyone to say goodbye to him. He put on the front that he didn't care, but it did sort of annoy him that they listened to Beth. What did she know anyway?
He stepped out of the Limo of Losers onto Hasbeen Lot; it was even nicer than the resort back during Total Drama Island. Only two of the others were there waiting to greet him, something he didn't expect. He thought that all of his lady fans would be there, but instead the only girl there was Beth. And she didn't look particularly happy to see him.
"Hi Justin!" Owen, the other person to greet him said, hugging him tightly, "We're so glad to have you here!"
"Speak for yourself Owen," Beth snapped. Justin looked other at her and flashed her his award winning smile, expecting her to swoon, and totally taken a back when she didn't.
Beth stalked over to him and slapped him, good and hard, right across his face. Justin was in complete shock, he wasn't even sure how to react to this. No one had ever slapped him before. Even his parents never hit him for fear of damaging that glorious, money making face of his. He put his hand over the spot and stared at her.
This wasn't the same Beth he had first met on Total Drama Island, nor was it the one at the beginning of Total Drama Action. This girl had no more braces, no more lisp, and even started to wear contact lenses. Without the glasses you could see her face clearly. Justin took note that she did have good cheek bones. Not as good as his of course. But this girl also radiated with the confidence of a model.
"Listen up you douche bag," she snapped, poking him in his firmly toned chest. He was really starting to hate that word she called him all the time.
"I know that you're responsible for all of us getting voted off," she went on, "Now that you're here you're gonna have a hard time because everyone here is really pissed at you. Even the girls!"
Justin nearly gasped. The girls were mad too? But how was that possible? Girls loved him; they didn't get pissed at him, ever!
"You better start treating people better too," Beth added, "Because you know what happens to men like you? To people who think they can get through life on their good looks alone?"
Justin shook his head, not really paying much attention to what she was saying.
"They go bald!"
Justin gasped this time and his hands flew to his gorgeous and thick hair. Bald! No way, not him, not ever!
"They get fat!"
He whimpered and his hands then went to his perfectly sculpted abs. Fat! As in fat like Owen! That couldn't be!
"And then they end up all alone with no admirers to adore them."
"Nooooooo!" Justin wailed as he collapsed to his knees. Beth took a step back. She never thought her words would have even affected the handsome teen. Yet here he was, a broken and shattered young man. The other eliminated teens had gathered around in time to see her deliver the final blow to his ego. He was now sitting with his knees pulled to his chest and he was rocking back and forth, humming 'I'm Too Sexy' to himself.
"That there is a broken man," LeShawna mused.
"I had no idea Beth could be so mean," Heather added, then she smirked, "I like it."
"So, just think about that!" Beth finished off, feeling slightly awkward. She turned and started to walk away but Justin had latched onto her leg.
"I don't wanna be bald!" he wailed, "I don't wanna get fat and have gross man boobs! I wanna keep my admirers. Beth, I'm sorry I got you kicked off the show. I'm sorry I'm a sadistic douche bag with a God complex!"
Beth tried so shake him off but he held to her tightly. She sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Okay, Justin, you can let go now, I accept your apology."
"Really?"
"Yes, now get up off the ground, you look a little desperate."
Justin did as he was told.
"Now take a deep breath and calm down," Beth instructed. The two of them inhaled deeply and then exhaled.
"How do you feel?" she asked him.
"Better, much better."
"Are you going to attempt to be nicer to people?"
He nodded.
"Good."
Beth turned and walked towards her trailer. Justin watched her go, feeling a great deal of respect towards her. No one had ever called him out on all of his crap before. It was amazing.
"There goes a girl who knows what she wants," DJ mused. He and the other guys had approached Justin, the male defiantly had a bruised ego and that wasn't a good thing.
"She's pretty cool," Geoff said, "Girls like her go far in life."
Justin swooned.
"I think I'm in love," he said.
"Whoa," Duncan laughed as he waved his hand in front of the model's face, but getting no reaction from him, "We've lost him boys."
After that Justin had been much like a lovesick school boy. Beth had of course avoided him for the duration of the show but at the end she had started speaking to him. They exchanged emails and talked on the phone. They kept that up until college and then he moved to where Beth was going to school.
She called it stalkerish while he preferred to call it romantic.
After going to the same school for a whole year Beth finally agreed to go out with him, on the condition that he let her pick the movie. He agreed.
'And the rest, as they say, is history,' he thought to himself. He smiled and signed a few of the cards. His thoughts were interrupted by the phone. He signed another card and then got to his feet to answer it.
"Beth and Justin's place," he said, "What's up?"
"Hey Justin, its LeShawna."
Justin winced. He didn't mind LeShawna, but right now she sounded annoyed and she could be scary when she was mad.
"Hi," he said, "You need something?"
"I need for you to tell me if you asked her yet!"
"No, why?"
"I want to know if our plans worked out!" the plus sized sister replied, "After all of the practicing we did I thought you'd ask her right away! I swear you procrastinate just as much as Duncan does."
Justin smirked as he heard a 'Hey!' in the background, no doubt from Duncan himself.
"I'm going to ask her starting tonight," Justin replied, "I have everything ready. Beth's gone to send out the presents and I'm stuck signing these stupid Christmas cards."
"Don't be a Scrooge;" LeShawna warned him, "You'll call me after right?"
"Okay."
"LeShawna! Where are my pants?"
"Where they always are! In your dresser."
"I have a dresser?"
Justin held the phone away from his ear as the couple continued to yell back and forth at each other.
"Bye LeShawna," Justin said.
"Later. Duncan I swear..."
Justin hung up the phone and rolled his eyes. He would never, for the life of him, understand Duncan and LeShawna.
"Justin, I'm home."
"Hey sweetie."
He hung up the phone and smiled as Beth approached him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he placed his hands on her hips. He lowered his face to hers and kissed her lips.
"I have something for you," he whispered in her ear.
"Oh really?" she asked, "Did you sign the cards?"
"Almost done, but I wanna give something to you first."
"Shouldn't you wait until Christmas?"
"I could, but this gift comes in five parts, so you'll have all the pieces on Christmas Eve."
Beth arched an eyebrow and watched him carefully, as if she was trying to figure out what he was up too.
"Okay," she said, "What is it?"
"I'll be right back."
He released her and went to their bedroom. Beth went over to the computer so she could work on the letter to put in with the Christmas cards. She liked to keep everyone updated on what was new with her and Justin. The newest news being that they moved in together and now had their own place.
She heard Justin approach her from behind. She turned to face him and saw he had something clenched in his fist.
"That my gift?" she asked. He nodded.
"Hold out you hand and close your eyes."
She did as he asked and he kissed her again. Only when she felt something cool in her hand did she open her eyes. In her hand was sitting a small silver coin.
"What is this?" she asked him.
"It's called a sixpence," he replied.
"What am I supposed to do with this?"
"That will have to wait until tomorrow."
He yawned and looked at the clock.
"Well, I better get ready for work, see you tomorrow night."
Beth nodded. Justin worked as a fireman and this was his last couple nights of night shift. When he worked those he stayed at the fire house. He got his stuff together, kissed her goodbye and left. Beth looked at the coin and then back to the letter on the computer.
'Justin's up to something,' she typed, 'I have no idea what but once I know you'll all know too. Have a Merry Christmas, Love Beth and Justin.'
December 21st
The following evening as Beth was cooking supper for her and Justin he produced his second gift. Beth wasn't really sure if it could be considered a gift as it was a used pair of white dress shoes.
"What are these for?" she asked, "This is a little weird you know."
"You'll get it soon enough," Justin replied, "I borrowed these from LeShawna."
"I see."
Beth took the shoes and set them in a box. She then took the little sixpence coin and tossed it in there as well. Still wondering what Justin was up too.
December 22nd
Beth was in bed when the next gift showed itself. She had rolled over to check the alarm clock only to see a Christmas card covering it with a blue satin ribbon tied around it. She untied the ribbon and opened the card. It was of course, from Justin.
'Something blue for your hair,' was all that was written in the card, then at the bottom in Justin's bold writing, 'I love you.'
Beth tied the ribbon in her hair and smile. The color was lovely.
December 23rd
By the time the next gift came around Beth was getting slightly annoyed with Justin's secrecy.
"Why can't you just tell me what this is all about?" she asked, "I have a box filled with what seems to me, like odds and ends. I don't get it."
Justin just smiled playfully.
"Tomorrow you'll get it," he said, "Until then, here's your new gift."
He held out a small box and inside was a pair of teardrop diamond earrings. Beth's hand flew to her mouth.
"Justin, these are beautiful," she said. He smiled.
"They're perfect for you then."
December 24th
This night Justin took Beth out to dinner to his favourite fancy restaurant. Beth wore her earrings, the shoes and the ribbon as a request by him, and had the coin he gave her in her purse.
"Anything to say for yourself?" she asked him. Justin smiled.
"Not really," he replied, "Just that it's been fun seeing your reactions these past few days."
Beth rolled her eyes and took a drink of her wine.
"Well, whatever you're planning you must be proud of yourself," she said. He nodded.
"Very, so you got the cards sent out yesterday then?"
Beth nodded.
"I had to Express Post them because you kept procrastinating," she teased. Justin laughed.
"Well I just thought that maybe there might be some more news you'd want to add to the letter."
Beth arched an eyebrow.
"Oh really?" she asked, "Like what."
Justin stood to his feet.
"Where are you going?" Beth asked him. He reached into his pocket and knelt down in front of her. Beth's hand flew to her mouth and tears instantly filled her eyes.
"Oh you jerk!" she said, not meaning the insult in the least and Justin knew this. He reached into her purse and pulled out the little coin to set on the table. He then opened the little box he was holding in his hand. A simple silver ring with a diamond set in the center glittered at her.
"It was my grandmother's. So it's something old," he said as he slipped it onto her finger, "something new, " he pointed to the earrings, "something borrowed," the shoes, "something blue," the ribbon, "And a silver sixpence in her shoe. For luck. Beth, will you marry me?"
Beth broke out into fresh tears and launched herself at him, wrapping her arms around his neck. His arms encircled her waist and he picked her up and spun her around. They didn't care that over half the people in the restaurant were now looking at them oddly.
"Yes!" she said, "Of course I'll marry you!"
December 25th
That morning everyone received an email from Beth, reading only seven words.
'JUSTIN PROPOSED! I SAID YES! MERRY CHRISTMAS!'
Winter-Rae: I'm sure you can all imagine how upset I was when I found out Justin is going to be a creep in TDA. Douche bag is the funniest word ever, just so you know. It's official I have sold myself out. I usually never write these holiday stories; I think I only have one posted. But when I got this idea I was like, 'Oh why the heck not?' So this is gonna be six chapters long and we have Eva and Harold up next. Thanks for reading and cheers!
