Authors note: I saw the movie "Enchanted" and loved the first 2/3 of it but the end just didn't work for me. So this is my version of an alternate ending to the movie where Edward and Giselle end up together. It's isn't finished yet but I'm posting it in order to get feedback that I will try and use in the rest of it as well as in a revision of this part.
Disclaimer: I don't own "Enchanted" or its characters (otherwise the movie would have ended differently). I'm just using them for my enjoyment and I'm certainly not making money off of this.
As they strolled down the street, Giselle looked over at Edward and sighed. Their 'date' wasn't going like she had hoped. She didn't know how to explain everything that had happened to her since she fell into the well. So many new experiences and new feelings had left her confused. And Edward seemed too engrossed in the sights, and the food, to notice that something was wrong.
"How do you like your hot dog?" Giselle asked desperate to break the silence. Noticing the horrified look at his face, she quickly strove to reassure him. "It's not actually dog, that's just what they call it here. A hot dog." Relieved, Edward took another bite.
"It's very good," he said through the food in his mouth. Swallowing, he turned to Giselle. "And now isn't it time for us to be returning to Andalasia, my love? Or are dates here supposed to last longer?"
"Oh, well dates can last an awfully long time. Really it can last as long as you can think of things to do." Giselle stammered quickly. At Edward's suggestion of returning to Andalasia had caused a surge of panic swept through her and threatened to overwhelm her. She wasn't ready to return to Andalasia. Not until she knew for sure what she wanted. Suddenly she realized that Edward was speaking to her. "I'm sorry. What did you say Edward?"
"I asked what else you would like to do," Edward answered.
"Oh, well. We could go to dinner, or the theater, or go dancing," Giselle suggested. Suddenly an idea popped into her head and she bounded up and down on her feet as she grasped Edward's arm. "There is this ball occurring tonight. You do like to dance don't you Edward?" she asked pleadingly.
"I guess," Edward replied hesitantly. "Not that I've had much experience. My step-mother always encouraged me to do my duty to Andalasia and hunt trolls to protect my subject, and that didn't leave much time for dancing. But if you want to go to this ball, then it would be my honor to escort you to it Giselle."
"Oh thank you Edward! Thank you!" Giselle cried as she threw her arms around him and gave him a hug. Pulling away from him she glanced down at her dress. "Oh dear, I'd better go change before tonight."
"I shall pick you up when the bells ring seven then my love," Edward promised, drawing her hand to his lips for a kiss. Giselle gave a hesitant smile at him and then turned and quickly walked back towards Robert and Morgan's apartment.
Upon arriving at the apartment, Giselle used the spare key Morgan had shown her earlier to let herself in since Morgan was at school and Robert was at work. She went and pulled her Andalasian wedding dress of the hanger in the laundry room where she had hung it up. Settling herself onto the couch Giselle critically examined the dress. The more she looked at the dress the more despondent she became, while not completely ruined the dress was in no shape to be worn to a ball. And she had no more curtains to use for a new dress. She was just about to give into the tears prickling her eyes when she heard the door open.
"Giselle!" Morgan cried in delight and raced towards Giselle and threw her arms around her. "You came back!"
"Yes I did," Giselle answered while returning Morgan's hug. "Edward and I have decided to attend the ball tonight."
"So Robert and I will see you there then?" a new voice queried. Giselle looked up and saw Nancy standing in the doorway, keys in her hand. "Robert got stuck at work and so he asked me to pick Morgan up from school," Nancy added in explanation.
"Well, I don't know," Giselle replied hesitantly. "I'm afraid the rain and everything has made my dress unfit for the occasion and there are no more curtains that I could use to make something. So I have nothing to wear, and I don't know where I could possibly find a fairy godmother at this late hour"
"Curtains? Fairy godmother? Huh?" Nancy asked feeling extremely confused.
"I know of something even better than a fairy godmother," Morgan said racing into her father's bedroom. Shooting Giselle a look of dismay Nancy followed Morgan with Giselle following close behind, her dress forgotten on the sofa. They found Morgan digging through her father's dresser. With a shout of triumph she held up a gold colored credit card.
"Daddy says this is just for emergencies. And this is definitely an emergency." Morgan stated seriously.
"What does that do?" Giselle asked curiously as she started towards Morgan. Nancy quickly overtook Giselle and snatched the card out of Morgan's hand.
"Oh no," Nancy said shaking her head and replacing the card in Robert's drawer. "Your father would kill you for using that. And since I like you girlfriend, I'd like to keep you around for awhile. So I'll tell you what, why don't you and Giselle come with me to the shop and we'll see if I can find something for Giselle to wear. If we need to buy anything, I'll charge it and if your dad wants he can pay me back. Otherwise, I'll just consider it a gift. A thank you gift, since I'm betting Giselle had something to do with Robert's apology the other day. Sound okay?"
"Sounds okay to me!" Morgan exclaimed already racing for the door.
"Giselle?" Nancy queried.
"Oh yes. Thank you Nancy!" Giselle exclaimed relieved to have a plan in place, as well as something to keep her distracted from the feelings roiling around inside of her. Although the thought did occur to her that given her feelings, going out with Robert's almost fiancé probably wasn't the best idea.