Title: Cupid hits Dibley

Author: StarQuality

Disclaimer: I don't own Vicar of Dibley, Dawn French, Gary Waldhorn, Emma Chambers or James Fleet. Richard Curtis and Tiger Aspects own VoD. Dawn French owns Dawn French. Gary Waldhorn owns Gary Waldhorn. Emma Chambers owns Emma Chambers. James Fleet owns James Fleet. Happy? Me too.

Summary: Well, you read and you learn, don't you!

A/N: I had a dream like this the other night, so I changed it a bit because even I couldn't understand my dream! Oh and people do LOTS of eye-closing and 'Sitting back' in chairs in this fic! Sorry! Oh and also, Alice and Hugo are a tiny bit smarter than normal, sorry! If you've read this before and are wondering how it's changed, I've only done bolding of speech and corrected spellings. That's all. Oh, and added these groovy lines.

Story:

David Horton sank back into his chair. His son. His own son! Marrying her! Geraldine of all people! David shut his eyes and thought. Why? Why Hugo? Anyone else but Hugo, he wouldn't have been so upset. He sat in silence, but had to get up. The doorbell had just rung. He didn't really want to talk to anyone at that particular moment in time, but he answered it anyway,

"Hello Mr. Horton. Can I talk to you for a minute?" the woman at the door asked, it was Alice Tinker, the 'village idiot'. Normally he had no time for this woman, but he felt a tiny bit of compassion for her and moved aside to let her in, "Thank you Mr. Horton,"

"Go on through and sit down Miss. Tinker," David managed a smile, he followed her through and sat down in his chair, "So what do you want to talk about?"

"Well, I want to talk about Hugo and the Vicar..." Alice said sadly, David winced, that last part of the sentence was painful, Hugo and the Vicar. He shook his head to get the thought out of his mind, "It's just... Oh Mr. Horton!" Alice broke down and cried her eyes out. David got up and sat next to her, he patted her on the shoulder,

"You love Hugo don't you!?" David asked, "And you're upset that he's getting married to someone that is your best friend?"

"Yes! How did you know that!?" Alice asked curiously, wiping her eyes,

"I feel the same way..."

"You love Hugo and you're upset he's getting married because you want to marry him yourself?"

"No! No! Of course not! Hugo's my SON for God's sake! No I... never mind," David rolled his eyes. He may have felt compassion for her, but he couldn't deal with her stupidity.

"Well. I'd better get going, the Lottery is on in a minute and I have to make Mum a drink... Thanks anyway Mr. Horton," Alice got up and went to the door. David followed her and opened it,

"Goodbye Mi... Alice, look after yourself," David said, "And... don't worry, I'll talk to Hugo tonight..."

"Goodbye Mr. Horton..." Alice turned and walked down the steps, then she turned once again and smiled, David fought to return the smile, although it was the last thing he wanted to do. Alice turned away. She stood on the spot for a couple of seconds, then ran away, David saw that she had tears rolling down her cheeks,

"That's it! I'm talking to him, tonight!" David said angrily as he slammed the door shut.

Geraldine Granger sighed and lay back in her chair. She heard the door open. Why she had left it open she didn't know. But there were only a handful of people who would want to come in anyway.

"Hello, Geraldine," Hugo greeted her, he sat down next to her, without even taking his coat off,

"Hmm? Oh hi Hugo..."

"Are you okay, Gerry?" Hugo asked, without looking at her,

"Yeah... yeah it's just that..." she was about to say, 'I'm in love with your father' but she stopped herself, "No I'm okay..."

"Good." Hugo was sitting on the edge of the sofa

"Hugo... look...", it was now or never, she had to tell him,

"I'm sorry Geraldine, but I'm canceling the Wedding, I'm in love with another woman..." Hugo said quickly, getting up. The shocked Vicar stared at him. When it finally sank in, Geraldine could only manage to say one word...

"Who...?"

"I'm in love with your best friend,"

"What!?"

"I'm in love with Alice Tinker..."

Geraldine was curled up on the sofa, looking at her Crunchie bar on the table, but for some reason, even chocolate wouldn't make her feel better. She thought about treacle, but that didn't appeal to her. She closed her eyes, the tears streaming down her face, she was so deep in thought, she didn't even hear the door open and close. She thought she felt someone sit down on the sofa, but she couldn't be bothered to open her eyes,

"Geraldine are you alright?" said the person next to her. Geraldine opened her eyes... it was him, it was really him! It was REALLY David Horton!

"Yes yes I'm... no not really I... I don't know how you're going to take this David but... Hugo and me..." Geraldine took in a deep breath. David shut his eyes, he didn't want to know, it was probably, 'Hugo and me are moving' or 'Hugo and me are having a baby' or 'Hugo and me are getting married tonight and going on our honeymoon for 6 months'. He didn't think he could take that. "Hugo and me... aren't getting married!"

"You're... not?" David asked, he of course felt shocked, but there was a tiny part of him that thought 'Yes! They're not getting married!' but he stopped himself from smiling, "That's awful, are you okay!?"

"Yes... no... yes. Perfectly fine, Hugo wasn't really the one I love... I really love..."

"Geraldine... I love you..." David blurted out, he stood up the second after he'd said it, "I have for a long time... But, never mind. I'll see myself out..." he turned to walk away,

"David! David, wait! I want to talk to you!" Geraldine had sat up and was smiling, "Come back here and sit down!"

"What!?" David asked, amazed that she wanted to talk to him,

"I never told you who I loved..."

"Tell me... please tell me. I promise I won't go and beat him up... I promise I won't do anything silly!"

"Well. I thought it was obvious... you of course!" Geraldine smiled at David. David once again closed his eyes. It was as if a huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders. That weight was replaced by Geraldine, who had leant against him, "I loved you from the second I saw you. Since I arrived in Dibley!"

"Really!?" David looked down at her, and put his arm around her,

"Yes. What about you then?"

"Well.. the same time really. You know, when you turned up on the doorstep..." David smiled, thinking back to when he opened the door to the most beautiful women in the world, "All wet."

"Really? What about the whole bit about getting rid of me?" she said, looking up at him and grinning.

"That? That's a male thing. It's called being the 'Alpha Male'. It's when you sort of... take charge to show who's boss and you sort of..."

"Show off?" Geraldine asked,

"Well... I guess so, yes. Show off. Hmm... don't know about that but, never mind. It's hard to explain,"

"I see..."

"I love you, Geraldine Granger..."

"And I love you, David Horton..."

The End - For Now.

Alright, so I revised it. Sorry. Although, I hardly changed it. They were still out of character. It was still dialogue-heavy. But, without that stuff, it wouldn't be a fic from StarQuality, would it?

This is were I usually ramble. But, nah. Going to revise for an exam tomorrow.

Believe that, and you're a sucker.

StarQuality