(A/N: Chapter 7 is here at last. I wonder what's going to happen. Let's read it and find out!)
It was finally Christmas Eve on Kongo Bongo Island. The bad guys were bemoaning the fact that Santa Claus wasn't going to visit them (he didn't even leave them coal!), and the good guys were all happier than anything! Santa was coming tonight, and he'd be leaving them the presents they'd asked for!
At this moment, Diddy Kong was on his way to Dixie's treehouse, where the gift exchange took place. He was in a cheerful mood as he walked to Dixie's, carrying her present.
When he got to Dixie's, he was eager to get in there and spend some time with his girlfriend. However, he knew better than to just go barging in, so he knocked on the door.
Dixie was sitting at her vanity table in her bedroom, brushing her long, blonde ponytail. When she heard the knock, she quickly set down her pink hairbrush, got up, ran to the living room, and opened the door to see Diddy!
"Diddy! Merry Christmas!" Dixie happily greeted her boyfriend.
Diddy was planning to say 'Merry Christmas!' when Dixie opened the door, but when he saw her, all he could do was look at her with his mouth agape. Dixie was dressed in pink velour with a silver jingle-bell necklace, and a pink Santa hat in place of her pink beret. (A/N: The hat was like a normal Santa hat, but the part that's usually red was pink. I recently saw a hat like that in a store.) Dixie looked so pretty that Diddy could hardly speak. He looked at her as though he was in a trance.
"Diddy? You okay?" Dixie said, noticing her boyfriend's expression.
No answer.
"Diddy?" Dixie tried again.
Still no answer.
"Fine. You leave me no choice." Dixie said. She pulled a bullhorn out of seemingly nowhere and yelled into it, "EARTH TO DIDDY!"
This more or less brought Diddy back to reality.
"Oh, sorry. What's up?" Diddy asked.
"Are you okay? You were staring at me like you'd never seen me before." Dixie said.
"I couldn't help it. You look so pretty today!" Diddy said.
"Aww, Diddy. You're so sweet. In fact, you look really nice yourself." Dixie said as she walked into the kitchen.
Diddy was wearing a Santa hat in place of his usual red Nintendo cap, and he was wearing his sweater over his tank-top.
"Thanks. But really, you do look pretty. You're always pretty." Diddy replied as he watched Dixie exit the kitchen with a plate full of Christmas cookies. He quickly made his way over to her and took the plate, setting it on the table in the living room.
"Thank you. It's nice to know that you think that, especially since someone would agree to disagree." Dixie said as she went back into the kitchen.
"Wait, don't tell me; let me guess. Suzanne?" Diddy asked, following her.
"Oh yeah." Dixie said.
"I'm not surprised." Diddy said.
"You will be when you hear what she made me do at her birthday party a couple months ago." Dixie told him as she started fixing some mugs of hot chocolate.
"What does that have to do with your looks?" Diddy asked.
"I'm getting to it." Dixie told him, heating up the beverages.
"Okay. Let's hear it." Diddy said.
Dixie took a deep breath, and she told him, "She made me wear one of her own uncomfortable outfits to the party, instead of my own comfy clothes. I felt uncomfortable and unhappy, and I wanted to go home, but nooooo! I had to go to the party, dressed in uncomfortable clothes, and feeling like a... I'd rather not say the word. Sure, she liked the present I got her, but that didn't mean I enjoyed the party. Not when she as good as said that the way I dress is embarrassing."
"Oh, come on! There's nothing wrong with the way you dress. Your taste in clothes is better than hers." Diddy said as he and Dixie started adding marshmallows to their mugs of hot chocolate.
"You really think so?" Dixie asked as she and Diddy carried their drinks to the living room and sat down on the couch. Dixie set her mug on the living room table, next to the plate full of cookies.
"I don't think; I know." Diddy told her, before taking a sip of hot chocolate.
"Oh, Diddy..." Dixie said with a loving sigh, glad to have him around. Then she remembered the reason why he was here, and she quickly got back up and walked over to the tree. She grabbed Diddy's Christmas present, walked back to the couch, and sat back down.
"So... would you like to open your present now?" Dixie asked, handing him his present.
"Oh yeah! I almost forgot that we were having a gift exchange!" Diddy said, and he set the mug down and opened his present. Diddy was happy with the gift Dixie gave him: a DVD containing the Christmas specials of their favorite Nicktoons.
"Alright! Thanks, Dixie! Watching this will help me stay up as I wait for Santa! But now I feel bad about the present I gave you." Diddy said.
But Dixie was pleased with the gift Diddy had given her: a pair of tiny, silver jingle-bell earrings.
"Oh, Diddy! Thank you! They're perfectly beautiful! They'll go great with my jingle-bell necklace! I'm gonna put these on right now!" Dixie excitedly said, and she put them on in place of her usual blue pearl earrings.
"What I really wanted was to find your Cosmo figurine, or at least a new one. I'm glad you like the earrings, but I still wish I could've done better." Diddy replied.
"'Could've done better'? Diddy, if anyone should've done better, it's me." Dixie said.
"What are you saying?! I loved what you got me!" Diddy said.
"Yes, but you deserve something better than a DVD, 'cause all through the month, you've been a true friend, and an amazing boyfriend. You were there for me when I needed a friend, and I wish I could've gotten you something better." Dixie said.
"Aww, Dixie. Having you in my life is good enough for me." Diddy said, holding the girl he loved very close to him.
"And that's why I should've done better. You make my life worth living, and you've given me a merry Christmas." Dixie said, arms wrapped around Diddy, feeling like the luckiest girl alive. Having him around helped her forget about her Cosmo and Suzanne troubles, and she was grateful for that.
They spent the next few hours together, enjoying hot chocolate and Christmas cookies, and they rocked out to a Christmas CD when they finished snuggling. It was a merry Christmas for them.
How sweet! Friendship and love are the best gifts you can give a person. Not only that, Diddy helped Dixie recover her Christmas spirit! But there's still one more chapter left, and that's the epilogue. Stay tuned!
