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Doug paced the floor of Ben's bedroom in the castle, a look of worry and frustration on his face as he thought about his girlfriends birthday. It was only a few hours away and he still had nothing to show for it, sure he could always make something or perhaps take her out on a romantic date but all of those ideas had been done in the past and Doug didn't want to be just like all the other boyfriends in Auradon.
"What am I going to do for Evie!" Doug said flailing his arms in the air
Mal smiled at him and placed a hand on his shoulder "whatever you get her she will love, because it came from you." Doug sighed and nodded,
"I guess your right Mal, I just…this is Evie's first birthday in Auradon since you all came here and I want it to be perfect."
"I know you do, and thats why we are here to help you… do you have any idea at all about what you may want to get her?" Doug looked at Mal and sighed before pulling out his phone and scrolling until he stopped and showed Mal a blue glitter crown necklace.
Mal's eyes lit up "Oh Doug she will love that!"
Doug put his phone away and frowned causing Mal to tilt her head "I can't get it.."
"Well why not?"
"It's a one of a kind necklace, made of real gems and jewels…"
"That sounds amazing!"
"It's also $500"
Mal's eyes widened and a look of sadness filled her eyes "oh Doug, I'm so sorry"
Doug just nodded and shrugged "I guess I will just have to find something else to get her."
"Let me ask Ben something first okay? I will be right back." Mal said as she ran downstairs to find her boyfriend.
Mal smiled as she ran down the steps seeing her boyfriend talking to Belle, "Hi Ben, Hi Belle"
"Hi Mal dear, I will leave you both alone." Belle said hugging the purple haired fairy. Once they were alone Ben looked at his girlfriend,
"Hey Mal, whats up" he said kissing her gently on the cheek
"Doug needs our help, but I honestly don't think he will let us.."
"well what does he need, he's your best friends boyfriend so I will help anyway I can."
"Doug wants to do something special for Evie, for her birthday. He found a beautiful necklace that would be perfect but it's a bit pricey.." Mal said holding Ben tightly around the waist and smiling up at him.
"We should help him, don't you think?"
"how pricey are we talking?"
"Five hundred dollars…"
Ben's eyes widened "five hundred bucks?! for a piece of jewelry?"
Mal lowered her head and sighed "Evie and Doug would do anything for us, they would give the clothes off their backs for the sake of friendship.. couldn't we repay the favor by giving him a loan?" Ben looked down at his girlfriend and smiled "I suppose we can help Doug out."
Mal squealed with delight clapping her hands together as the two ran back upstairs to where Doug was waiting anxiously.
"Doug!" Mal said running into the room and hugging him tightly "Ben has something to tell you"
Ben cleared his throat as Doug looked at him, "It has come to my attention you want to get something for Evie, but it's a bit pricey."
Doug nodded and looked at Mal slightly embarrassed. Ben smiled and pulled out his check book writing a check for the full amount and then some and handed it to Doug, "get Evie that necklace" Doug flushed with embarrassment, "I can't accept this Ben, I'm sorry.. I just can't." He handed the check back to the teen King and sighed.
"Doug, you do so much for all of us. You are also Evie's boyfriend and I want you to be able to make her happy. Please take it."
"I can't Ben, thank you so much for the offer but I just can't take it."
Mal and Ben shared a look and nodded understandingly "We understand Doug." Suddenly the bell Chimed signaling that it was not midnight and officially Evie's birthday.
"I have to go help Lonnie and Jane set up for the surprise party, I will be back soon" Mal said as she rushed out the door.
"I should get going as well, Lumiere needs to fit me for some new cuff links." Ben said as she smiled and walked out.
Doug sighed once again as he sat on the edge of Ben's bed, he wiped his eyes and sniffled. Who was he to think he could have someone as beautiful and smart as Evie, Belle walked into the room and saw Doug sitting alone on the bed. She smiled as she sat down beside him placing an arm around the boy,
"Whats going on Doug?"
"I can't get Evie what I wanted to get her for her party. What If I get her something and she hates it, or what if she doesn't appreciate the time or effort." Belle could only chuckle at what the young boy was telling her, she lifted his chin with her finger and brushed the hair from his eyes
"Doug, do you truly believe that Evie would ever be ungrateful, or that she would really mind what she got as a gift."
"I don't know Belle, I just don't want our relationship to be based on expensive gifts and such."
"Has Evie asked you for something expensive?" Belle asked questionably
"Well, no not exactly.. I want to buy her a new necklace but it's to expensive."
"Mhmm, I see.. well the way I see it is. That no matter what the gift is whether it's big or small, wrapped up tight with a big bow or simply in a note, it's whats comes from the heart that means the most. And something tells me Evie loves you for you, and not because you buy her expensive things."
Doug nodded and smiled at Belle "You're right! I just have to think with my heart and the idea will come to me. Thanks Belle your the best!" Doug grinned hugging the former queen before bolting out the door "I know what to get Evie."
Doug walked up the pathway to his fathers house, he fixed his glasses before walking inside.
"Dad?"
"Doug, your home! Nice to see you my boy" Dopey said with a big smile, he pulled his son in for a hug.
"So what brings me the honor of my son's visit today?"
"well, I was wondering if perhaps I could borrow some of the gems and jewels from your collection?"
Dopey looked at his son and raised an eyebrow, "what do you need these for Doug?"
"For Evie's Birthday present… I wanted her to get a new necklace but it was to pricey so I was going to make her one."
"I see, well son you know even if I did give you these items you would still have to make a necklace how do you think you will be doing that?"
"I know someone, please Dad.." Doug said with sadness in his eyes.
Dopey let out a sigh and smiled before grabbing his satchel from the table, "Alright son, but just know jewels and gems will never amount to true love." he handed his son a handful of blue and red gems and jewels.
Doug placed the shiny objects into his own bag and smiled bright "I know dad, don't worry I got this all under control." He waved bye to his father and headed back to the school and went to find Jane, once he located her he pulled her aside showing her the blue and red gems.
"Can you do it?"
Jane's brow furrowed but she smiled placing the gems and jewels onto the table, "Red and Blue , Blue and Red make a crown for someones neck." she waved her hands as the gems began meting and welding into a crown shape, Doug watched in awe as the crown turned blue and in red lettering the name Evie appeared engraved in the center. Jane smiled brightly as she placed the blue glittery crown charm onto a silver chain handing the necklace to Doug.
"Its.. beautiful." Doug said staring in awe at the jewelry sure it wasn't the one he had wanted to get her, but this one was better then the other. "Thanks Jane!" he said as he placed the necklace into a blue gift box with a big red bow on top.
"Anytime Doug, hey we should get to the ballroom for Evie's party." Jane grabbed Doug's hand dragging him away to where everyone else were already gathered. Doug walked into the room and looked around, the party was fit for a princess with blues all of shades. He smiled at the five layer red velvet cake decorated with a delicate cream cheese frosting and decorated with blue and red pearls with a big 16 number candle at the top, next to it was a book and a photo of Evie who was smiling brightly. She was always photogenic, Doug chuckled as he looked at all the people here for Evie's birthday, Mal, Ben, Carlos, Jane, Lonnie, Jay, Fairy godmother and Aurora and Snow white and even his father and his six uncles. Freddie and CJ were also there as well as Jordan and Ally, This was going to be a great party.
"She's Coming!" Jane yelled as the crowd became silent, they turned off the lights and waited, the anticipation was killing them until they heard the door open.
"Surprise! Happy Birthday!" The entire room yelled out when the lights were turned on, Evie's face flushed as tears sprang to her eyes.
"You guys! Thank you so much I thought you all forgot" Evie said as Mal walked over to her giving her a hug. The party was a huge success, Freddie performed a new song written just for Evie called Princess Problems, it was catchier then it sounded so she said, Mal got Evie a friendship bracelet while Jay and Carlos were a bit more practical and got her a gift card to Belles Boutique. As the party went on Doug walked over to his girlfriend hugging her,
"Doug, you knew about this?"
"Well, of course I did princess."
Evie kissed Doug on the cheek and smiled "Thank you"
Doug blushed and grabbed her hand gently leading her out onto the balcony, Evie looked up at the night sky and back at Doug. "What are we doing out here?"
Doug looked at Evie, her hair and face were illuminated by the moonlight and her eyes were bright and full of love.
"Turn around"
"oh okay" she said turning away from him, Doug took the necklace out of the box and placed it around Evie's neck. The blue crown jewel shined as bright as the stars in the sky, "Open your eyes"
Evie opened her eyes and looked at her neck, her eyes filled with tears as she turned around to face her boyfriend. "Oh Doug, it's beautiful I love it."
Doug smiled and took Evie by the hands "I'm so glad you do, but I should tell you it's not something I bought…. I'm sorry"
Evie looked at her boyfriend with a confused look on her face, she lifted his head with her finger and smiled "I don't care if it was bought or not, I don't care about any of that. I love it because it came from you, thats all I care about."
Doug looked at Evie "So you love it because It was from me?"
"Of course I do Doug, no amount of money can be placed on the amount of love I have for you. Thank you for the gift." Evie kissed Doug on the cheek once more and smiled as Mal walked onto the balcony
"okay you lovebirds, are we cutting the cake or waiting for your 17th birthday?" Mal chuckled leaning against the wall.
Doug and Evie walked back into the room hand in hand, She smiled as she looked around the room. Friends, Family and Loved ones were all around her, She cut the cake in slices and grabbed the first piece. The cake was as delicious as it looked as Evie and Doug talked Snow white came over hugging the petite girl "Happy birthday Evie, I hope your party was everything you dreamed. And Nice necklace." Evie smiled bright "thank you Snow." Once everyone had gone and the party was over, Evie and Mal made their way back to their dorm room as the girls got ready for bed Evie took her necklace off placing it in a special case, she stood their staring at it when Mal walked over to her hugging her gently
"Happy Birthday E, I'm glad I was here for this one."
"Thanks Mal, I wouldn't have wanted it any other way." Mal gave Evie one last hug and climbed into her bed, Evie pulled out a photo of herself with her friends and placed it into a silver frame with the engraving Best Friends on the front. She climbed into bed and turned off the light "Best Birthday Ever." she whispered before falling asleep.