Violette's POV
The entire season passed so quickly that I guess the old saying 'time flies' does happen. I assisted my parents in cleaning, tidying, trimming, replanting and watering the new garden throughout the entire month, with help from Sherlock, Watson and Elizabeth. Springtime had finally arrived, and the garden looked so wonderful. You can find it hard to imagine it was once an overgrown and ugly plot, but it had transformed into a beautiful garden bursting with colorful flowers and freshly trimmed bushes, all thanks to our hard work.
"What a perfect spring day," Grandma Bluebury told my mother and father. "The garden looks absolutely glorious."
"It truly does," agreed Grandpa Redbrick, as he came over to give mother a hug. "Juliet, I'm so proud of you."
"Thanks, Dad," said Mommy. "But there is another thing I did learn that every leader must remember."
"And what is that?" Grandfather asked.
"A good leader must put her family first." Mommy glanced over at me and Daddy, smiling hugely.
All of the gnomes, including the rescued gnomes from every garden in London, gathered around for the ceremony. I was so glad to see Taio again, he sat in the front row with his parents, and he waved at me and I waved back. However, I was super glad to see Irene attending the ceremony, escorted by Teddy Gregson and Big Teddy. My mother nodded in greeting her, and Irene nodded back, and it looks like the start of a good friendship between the two women. I waved at Irene, and she gave me a friendly wave back. I watched her walk past Elizabeth, Sherlock and Watson, all three standing in the back of the garden.
"Watson!" Irene greeted the doctor, who blushed. "Hey Elizabeth," she said to my former nanny, who smiled in greeting. But when Irene noticed Sherlock, she dryly turned her nose up at him. "Oh. Sherlock. I didn't see you there."
"Yes. I suppose I deserved that," Sherlock mumbled, and his two companions nodded in agreement.
Several lucky cats from the Chinese Emporium were also attending the ceremony. They said something in cat language which I didn't understand. But enough of that, my grandmother started the announcement.
"On this day, the first day of spring, we are here to celebrate our new leaders, Gnomeo and Juliet," declared Grandma Bluebury.
Benny and Nanette, both whom stood by our side, handed my parents a single, delicate seedling flower. There was no mistaking its colors and species of what flower my parents are going to plant.
"Is that what I think it is?" Daddy asked.
"A Cupid's Arrow Orchid," Mommy replied. "Our flower."
Holding hands, my parents planted the little seedling together in the dirt.
"So, I guess this is officially our garden now," said Daddy.
"It is. And I'll never forget the most important thing in this garden is you and our little girl," Mommy said tenderly.
"Ooh, that was super cheesy," Daddy teased.
"No, it was extremely romantic," Mommy protested.
"Grade-A cheddar," Daddy pronounced.
"Will you shut and kiss me?" Mommy grabbed Daddy by the collar and pulled him into her embrace, where they kissed passionately.
The crowd cheered loudly and thunderous applause sounded throughout the garden. I heard an Elton John song playing on a radio Featherstone had playing to celebrate the ceremony. My grandparents nodded approvingly at my parents romance, Benny cried on Nanette's leg who comforted him, and I snuck away in embarrassment. I met up with Taio and we started to dance to the rhythm.
"Now this was a great ceremony, wasn't it?" I told him.
"You said it. And the best part about it is that I get to see you," Taio said, and he suddenly looked embarrassed over his choice of words.
I didn't mind what he said. To tell you the truth, I actually like Taio. And our parents agreed of arranging playdates for us so we can spend more time together, yet Daddy said kept complaining I wasn't ready to play with a boy, and Mommy constantly argued with him that there was nothing wrong with me and Taio being together. I think Daddy has been given lessons on being an overprotective father from Grandpa Redbrick.
Barry jumped off his plastic toilet to dance, only to expose his rear end to the crowd. "What?" he asked, confused.
In the back of the crowd, Elizabeth, Sherlock and Watson watched my parents, Gnomeo and Juliet, in astonishment.
"Watson, Elizabeth, do you see how they look at one another? Recalculating likelihood of breakup at zero percent." Sherlock mused. "Could that possibly be right?"
"Elementary, my dear Sherlock," said Watson. "Elementary."
"And that's exactly what's happening to us as well, darling. Our likelihood of breakup is zero percent," Elizabeth chuckled, giving the detective a quick smooch on his lips.
This took Sherlock completely by surprise, not expecting his girlfriend to kiss him so suddenly before leaving. Watson sniggered quietly at the detective's reaction. Shaking his head to snap his thoughts back to reality, Sherlock smiled affectionately at Elizabeth.
Then the two gentlemen gestured for Elizabeth to go first, but she rather that they go together as a team. With Watson and Elizabeth's support to lean on their shoulders, Sherlock limped out of the garden and toward home. Their relationships have gotten stronger and more closer than ever to make up for lost time.
As I watched them leave the garden, I knew that this won't be the last time I see them. I would see them again whenever there's a case involved, or that time of Sherlock and Elizabeth's upcoming wedding where I got to be their flower girl and Taio got to be their ring bearer.
Just like Watson said earlier, this adventure was quite elementary.
THE END
