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Well the title says it all. This is a big collection of one-shots basically. Each one shot dedicated to a writer of the Total Drama Fandom from the Total Drama Forum. Because all of them are very talented in what they do. What they do is write tremendously awesome fics for the Total Drama section of Fanfiction.
Here's my appreciation to them all for being here. All one shots I hope will be at least 2k words.
This first one is dedicated to LittleMissyGalPal. Writer of New Beginnings.
Duncan walked up the steps of the porch to his girlfriends house. Today was a special night. Their one year anniversary date. He was so excited, his hands were jittery.
He walked up to her door and rang the doorbell. Hearing it go through out he entire two story building.
A few seconds later he heard the door open and saw someone he didn't know. It was a little kid, she looked to be around five, she was wearing a pink blouse and blue pants. "Ugh, do I have the right house?" Duncan questioned himself, scratching his head and looking down at the kid.
The kid looked up at him with her green eyes, she was clutching her stuffed animal rather tightly. Duncan saw he was scaring her. She moved her eyes from the skull on his t-shirt to his spiked choker to his green MoHawk.
Before Duncan could tell the little girl to not be afraid of him. His ears were interupted with an ear shattering scream, courteous of the girl.
She turned and slammed the door in Duncan's face. "Gwen, The Grim Reapers dressed as a biker and wants our souls." He heard her scream.
"At least I have the right house," Duncan seethed, as he held his damaged ears.
As he let his ears heal, he heard a laughing inside.
"Suzy, that's not the Grim Reaper, it's Duncan. You and you're wild imagination."
Duncan quirked his unibrow as Gwen opened the door.
"Sorry, I had to attend to something," Gwen apologized. "So I had Suzy answer." Said girl was now clutching the back of Gwen and was looking up at Duncan.
"Yeah," Duncan said, "Are you ready to go?"
Suzy went wide eyed with horror, "No, don't let him take you to the underworld Gwen!" She cried, some tears drifting down her cheeks.
Gwen rolled her eyes, but didn't let Suzie see. She bent down and placed her hands on the little girls shoulders. "This is Duncan, my boyfriend." Taking a cleenix she magically made appear, she dried the girls eyes.
"You're boyfriends the Grim Reaper," Suzie gasped, "No wonder you dress so dark."
Gwen chuckled, patting the child's head, "No, he's perfectly human. Now go back to Johnny and I'll be right in to give you little pig tails."
The girl wasn't so sure once she glanced at Duncan again. But the sound of pig tails made her a bit happier. She grabbed her shoulder length brown hair and smiled at Gwen. "Will do. Don't let the Grim Rea...I mean Duncan take you to the underworld."
"I promise, I won't," Gwen said, as she scooted the girl away before standing back up and shaking her head. "Kids, what will you do with them?"
"Did you say you're going back in?" Duncan questioned, "What about our anniversary date?"
Gwen sighed as her smile faded. "I have to babysit tonight."
Duncan wasn't angry but he was dissapointed. "Why didn't you tell me?"
Gwen looked at him, "It was a last minute thing. Like very last minute." She looked over to the house to her right as she continued, "Our neighbors needed someone right away and my mother's working at the hospital pretty late."
"Why can't they find anyone else?" Duncan asked, "Like the other neighbor or better yet your brother."
"The house on the other side of them is vaccant," Gwen replied, "And my brother can't even be reliable to make toast let alone be in charge of keeping safety over two young ones."
Duncan crossed his arms and looked away, "I was really looking forward to tonight."
Gwen grabbed his arm and leaned on him, "So was I. But we know better than anyone, things don't always go our way."
Duncan looked at her but didn't reply.
"Plus," She added with a smile, "I was going to use the money we make tonight to make our rescheduled date better."
Duncan didn't share her smile, "You don't have to worry about money. I make plenty from the warehouse to keep our fun going for hours."
Gwen leaned off him and quirked her eyebrow at him, "You don't have to pay for everything. A good relationship should be built off of both individuals being good providers for the other. Not just one."
"Father raised me to pay for stuff when it comes to girls," Duncan sighed, "Having a girl pay just doesn't feel right."
Gwen grabbed Duncan's cheek, "It looks like we're going to have to change your customs then, won't we."
Duncan pushed her hand from his cheek, "It'll be hard, are you up for the challenge?" He smirked at her.
Gwen regrabbed his cheek and pinched it, "I haven't failed any yet."
"Gwen, are you coming or did the devil kid nap you?"
"I'll be right in," She called back.
"Devil?" Duncan questioned.
"That's Johnny's term for you," Gwen face palmed.
Duncan didn't know what to make of this.
"What time do the parents come and get them anyway?" Duncan asked.
"Eight-thirty," Gwen replied, "Come in, maybe we'll have time later for something after they get picked up."
"You want me to help baby sit?" Duncan asked shocked.
"Why not?" Gwen asked, "What else do you have to do?"
"Good point," Duncan admitted, "But I don't know anything about taking care of diapers and runny noses."
"Johnny's nine and Suzies five," Gwen shrugged nonchalantly, "they practically take care of themselves. The only thing we have to do is keep them company."
Duncan shrugged, "I guess I could stay."
"Good," Gwen guided him in and closed the door.
They walked down the hall and into the living room which was to the left.
"Suzie, Johnny, this is Duncan. He's going to help babysit the rest of the night," Gwen told them.
Duncan saw Johnny sitting on the couch. He had the television remote in his hand and his elbow wresting on his knee, hand on his cheek. He had the same shade of hair color as Suzie, but he had blue eyes. He was wearing a red baseball cap, a red t-shirt and green shorts.
The boy look up from the TV screen for a moment to look at Duncan before returning to his program. "Meh, Trent was better."
Duncan looked at Gwen for an explanation to why he said that.
Gwen shrugged, "He watchs to much TV."
"Apparently season 1," Duncan remarked, looking over at Johnny.
"Season 2, season 3, season 4, and season 5," Johnny added, "Gotta say dude, you let a hot chick like Courtney get away. Sucks to be you."
"Oh and probably forgot to mention this one has a mouth," Gwen said to Duncan, glaring at the nine year old. She grabbed the remote from him and turned the television off.
Duncan just chuckled, "Reminds me of myself when I was his age."
"Don't encourage him," Gwen snapped at him.
The television being turned off didn't faze Johnny as all he did was yawn and stretch.
Gwen shook her head as she sat down next to him.
Duncan took a seat in an empty armchair. He saw that Suzie was still stairing at him. She seemed a bit calmer but it was apparent she was still terrified of him.
"Don't worry, I'm..."
"Gwen," Suzie screamed before he could finish, "He wants my soul."
Said goth girl felt a bit annoyed now. "Come over here," she said to her, patting the seat next to her. She pulled out some hair ties.
Suzie looked at Duncan again before sitting her back to Gwen, whom started to put the childs hair into pig tails.
Duncan just sat there and watched, feeling the moment getting more awkward by the moment. He tapped his fingers on the armchair arm.
"So Duncan," Johnny said, trying to get a conversation, "What it feel like to win TDA?"
Duncan quirked his eye, "It was thrilling. Kinda blew most of the money in a month though."
Johnny laughed, "And what you spend it all on. Condoms and beer?"
"Yeah, what did you spend it all on?" Gwen asked out of curiousity, "We never have talked about it." She continued putting in the second poinytail for Suzie, who seemed momentarily relaxed by it.
"Definitely not what he said," Duncan said, directing toward Johnny. "Guess it all went so fast. Gave some to my father to help with the morgage, got my brother a new car, and helped Courtney with a few things."
Gwen stopped in mid action and looked up at him.
"But that was way back before...everything else happened," Duncan added, seeing Gwen's expression.
Apparently Duncan had forgotten that Gwen didn't like the mention of that name. So he looked uncomfortably in another direction, to avoid her gaze.
Gwen swallowed whatever she wanted to say and continued what she was doing, which was finishing up the last ponytail on Suzie.
Duncan's gaze fell to the floor.
Johnny felt the tension. He sort of knew what Gwen was thinking, since she baby sat him a lot, he heard a lot about her situations. Especially when she talked on the phone.
"Didn't you say you only spent some of the money?" Johnny asked, feeling he should stick up for and make the moment less awkward for his older gender.
Duncan nodded, "Still have around 5k left."
"And you have that job at the warehouse why?" Gwen asked. She chuckled, feeling a bit better, knowing Duncan didn't mean to bring up that name.
"Well, money's not going to last forever," Duncan replied, "Loading crates gives me extra cash and keeps me with it when the check runs out."
Gwen smiled, "Just proves that the show had it's positives after all."
"For the fact it brought us together," Duncan smirked at her.
"Gwen, I'm getting hungry," Suzie said to her.
Gwen looked at the clock and saw it said it was past seven.
"I'll get it ready," She smiled down at her before standing. "You stay here and hang with your brother."
Suzie smiled and nodded. She looked at Duncan and got frightened again.
"And don't worry, Duncan isn't the Grim Reaper," Gwen promised her.
"You're sure he's not?" Suzie asked.
"No," Gwen said, "Duncan keep an eye on them for me."
Duncan feeling like he wanted to say no, answered with a nod of his head. This was the first time in his life someone asked him to keep an eye on kids.
Gwen left the living room and went to make the kids dinner.
Forty-five seconds of silence.
"So..." Johnny started. "Do you still have a parole officer?"
"Not anymore," Duncan answered, "He left a few months ago."
"Good on ya," Johnny commented.
"For a nine year old, you seem to be really mature," Duncan noticed.
"Comes from a strict mother and a fun dad," Johnny shrugged.
"Kind of like me but opposite," Duncan said intrigued, "Mother's the less hard one while my fathers the one who's loving but cold."
"Du...Dun...Duncan!"
Duncan turned and was surprised to see Suzie had called his name. "What can I do for you Suzie?"
"You're...not the...Grim Reaper...are you?" She asked nervously, shaking a bit.
Duncan put a hand to his face as he heard a small laugh come from Johnny.
He removed his hand after a sigh, "No I'm not. Why would you think so?"
"That's my fault," Johnny interupted.
"Why's that?" Duncan asked him.
"I fill her head with stuff," Johnny answered, "Like the doll ghost that lives in her closet."
Suzie glared at Johnny. "Mom says there are no such things as ghosts."
"And she's a smart lady," Duncan leaned forward, "Because there aren't any."
Johnny crossed his arms, feeling disappointed, that Duncan turned out to be a buzz kill.
"Thanks Duncan," Suzie said gratefully to him. Feeling better about being in his presence.
Just then Gwen walked in and told the kids dinner was ready.
Suzie was relieved that she could eat and Johnny shrugged. They both got and left for the kitchen.
Duncan stood up and walked over to Gwen.
"So how were they?" Gwen asked him. She was wearing oven mits.
"We just talked," Duncan replied, "So good I guess."
"You want to stay for dinner," Gwen suggested. "It'd be nice to have you."
"I'm good, thanks though," Duncan smiled at her. "Think I'll head home and see what my pops is up to."
"Suit yourself," Gwen smiled back, placing a kiss on his cheek.
Duncans cheeks turned pink, "What was that for?"
"I heard you helping Suzie with her fears," Gwen said, "That was sweet."
"Not really," Duncan shrugged nonchalantly, "Just didn't want her believing in something like that."
Gwen placed another peck on Duncans cheek.
"And that one?" Duncan asked, with a cheeky grin.
"That was a good-bye one," Gwen said, "I'll see you tomorrow."
"You can count on that," Duncan said heading toward the door.
Before he left, he popped back in and called Gwen's name.
She turned to acknowledge he heard him.
"The 5k I still have, is why I don't want you paying," Duncan winked at her, "It's got your name on it."
Gwen just smiled at him, not knowing what to say.
The two waved, before he exited. Hearing one last thing before he closed the door.
"Gwen! Johnny keeps saying the spaghetti is haunted!"
Dedications will continue next chapter.
Next dedicated author will be GreenPokeGuy.
Hope you liked this LittleMissyGalPal. Stay awesome with your Gwuncan skills.
