As the students of Auradon Prep all filed out of their classrooms and headed to the cafeteria for lunch, Doug began searching for his girlfriend, who was further down the lunch line behind him. He moved and headed over to her, letting everyone else cut in front of him.

"Hey." He said, once he reached her.

Evie smiled at him. "Hey."

"So..." Doug began, standing next to her as the line slowly moved forward. "Our anniversary is coming up soon and I was wondering if there is anything specific you'd like to do?"

Evie thought about it for a second before looking at him with a grin. "Surprise me. I've never had an anniversary before. Maybe we can do what normal couples do?"

"So a fancy dinner and exchanging gifts?" Doug concluded.

Evie nodded. "Sounds good to me. I just need to think of a gift for you."

"Well, is there anything you'd like me to get you?" Doug asked, as he had no idea what he was supposed to get the girl who has everything.

Evie raised her eyebrow at him. "Aren't anniversary gifts meant to come from the heart? So, you need to work this out on your own. And don't worry. I'm sure I'll love whatever you get me."

Doug nodded, slightly unsure. "Okay."

Evie looked around, slowly getting impatient. "What is taking the line so long?"
Doug groaned. "Sleepy Jr must have fallen asleep again standing up again. I got this, hold on. Save my place."

Evie laughed as Doug went to wake up his cousin. She loved that boy, as dopey as he could be sometimes.

Finally, they managed to sit down to their lunch, their friends all sitting with them. They talked and laughed and enjoyed each other's company for a while until the bell went, signalling classes beginning again. Evie dropped a kiss on Doug's cheek before hurrying off to Magical History. Doug smiled as he watched her go before heading off in the opposite direction for Advanced Mathematics.

After school Doug quickly headed over to Evie's dorm and knocked on the door.

"Come in." Someone said. Doug walked in to see Mal lying on her bed doodling while Dizzy sat at a desk with a glue gun and some pieces of jewellery in her hand. "Oh, hey Doug. Evie has extra classes today, I thought you knew that."

"I do." Doug replied. "It was you two I needed to talk to actually."

Mal and Dizzy exchanged looks, before turning to Doug, one eyebrow raised on both faces.

"I need help with Evie's anniversary gift."

Mal groaned while Dizzy clapped excitedly. "What are you planning? Do you want me to make her jewellery? I know the best thing to make her! She loves jewellery. Or maybe you want to do something else? Are you going to take her out for dinner? Are-"

"Dizzy, breathe!" Mal exclaimed, laughing at the excitable eleven year-old.

"Actually, jewellery is a good idea. Evie does love-"

"No." Mal cut him off. "Jewellery? Really? I mean, come on. She has loads."

"I know." Doug replied. "But she loves it. Maybe I can get her something she doesn't already have."

Mal shook her head again. "Okay, what part of 'from your heart' didn't you understand?"

Doug gave her a confused look.

"I was behind you in the queue." Mal said, answering his unspoken question. "Besides, your thinking with your head. It's meant to be from your heart. Don't think. Feel."

"I feel like I should get her jewellery?" Doug said, looking at Mal questioningly.

Mal closed her eyes and let out a long sigh. "Fine. If you say so." and with that she returned to her drawing.

Doug stood there for a few seconds before heading over to Dizzy's desk to see what he could. After about a minute he stood up straight and looked at Mal.

"Okay, so this doesn't feel right. What do I do now?"

Mal looked up with a smirk. "Well, at least you know how to feel. Diz? Any ideas?"

Dizzy looked thoughtful. "I don't know. You could get her a new purse or something."

Doug shook his head. "If it was her birthday or Christmas, that'd be a good idea. But the anniversary is different. It's needs to be something incredibly special. Especially seeing as it's the first."

"Oh, good. The dwarf has some sense." Mal said getting up from the bed. "Look, what do you think will make Evie happy?"

"I don't know." Doug said truthfully. "What do you get the girl who has everything?"

Mal looked thoughtful. "Something that has sentimental value." She decided.

"Like?" Doug prompted, almost desperate.

"I don't know. Something that's important to you maybe?" Mal suggested, shrugging.

Doug sighed. "Why is this so hard? What did Ben do for your anniversary, Mal?"

Mal raised her eyebrows ever so slightly. "He took the day off and spent it with me. But how is that supposed to help you?"

"I could do that." Doug said, looking like he was lost in his own world.

"But, that wouldn't mean that much to Evie." Dizzy piped up. "Not like it does Mal."

Mal nodded in agreement. "Dizzy's right. Time off is easier for you and Evie to come by than me and Ben so him taking time off for me will mean a lot more than you taking time off, considering your job is as an accountant. For Evie."

Doug groaned. "This is too hard."

"Make something." Dizzy said, finally.

"Make something?" Doug questioned.

"Make something."

"Like?"

"It doesn't matter." Dizzy replied. "As long as you did it with your own two hands. Putting hard work into something can show love."

"I have a week. What can I make in that time?" Doug asked.

"Aren't you the kid of a miner. Surely they would have taught you how to work with gems."

"But Mal just said, no jewellery."

Mal sighed. "Who said anything about jewellery? Gems can be used on other things. I think you can come up with something. You're a smart kid."

Doug sat down, thinking hard. "I have no idea."

"Well, can you go have no idea somewhere else? I think we've done all we can to help." Mal said, sitting back on her bed and picking up her pencil.

Dizzy picked up her glue gun and got back to work, humming in agreement. Doug gave them both an annoyed look before getting up, nodding.

"Thanks." He said as he left the room.

Doug sat for ages, thinking hard about what he could do before it struck him. He pulled out his box of gems which he'd been collecting from all the care packages and the one pick axe he kept. He headed out to town to buy a few more supplies and spent the rest of the week, hauled up in his room, working hard on his project.

Finally the day arrived and Doug picked up his carefully wrapped present and a bouquet of flowers before heading out to his girlfriend's dorm.

Evie answered the door with a smile and let him in, Mal having already departed for the day.

"I have booked us a reservation at Tiana's for seven o'clock and afterwards I figured a midnight stroll might be in order."

Evie nodded. "Wait, Tiana's? Wow. You really went all out."

Doug shrugged. "Only the best for my princess."

Evie blushed a little and smiled. Doug realised he was still holding the flowers and held them out to her.

"For you." he said, as she took the flowers from him.

"Tulips! They're gorgeous." She said, putting them in the vase on her desk which was always filled with flowers from Doug.

"Did you know that red tulips symbolise a declaration of love?" Doug said, coming up behind her and placing a hand on her arm while she arranged the flowers to stop them from falling.

Evie smiled and turned to him. "In that case, I love you too."

Doug smirked and kissed her briefly before holding out the package in his hand. Evie took with curiosity. She unwrapped to find a jewellery box covered in blue and green gems of various shapes and sizes.

"Wow. A jewellery box." Evie said, smiling.

"I put the gems on myself." Doug said, scratching the back of his neck awkwardly. "I know it's a bit shabby but it was the first time I tried to work with gems and it's harder than it looks."

Evie looked up, looking touched. "So that's where you've been disappearing off to all week? You were making this for me?"

Doug nodded. "There's more. Open it."
Evie opened the box, excitement filling her to the brim, to find a small heart shaped door in the lid. She gently pulled it open to see a small picture of Doug, smiling with his arm around Evie who had taken the picture. They looked so happy in that picture.

"You don't have to keep the picture." Doug said, as she stared at it. "You can change it if you want to, to whatever you want. I can show you how if you-"

Evie silenced him with a kiss. "Shh. I love it. Now, open this. It's nowhere near as thoughtful as yours but I tried."

Doug raised his eyebrow as he took the envelope from Evie and opened to find tickets to see the Dragon Slayers.

"No way." He said, staring with wide eyes. "But how? These are so hard to come by. And really expensive."

"I just happen to be a very successful business woman." Evie replied, smiling as her boyfriend stared at the tickets, obviously speechless with happiness.

"Eve, you are amazing." Doug said, looking up at her. "I can't believe you actually got these for me."

Evie smiled. "Anything for the prince of my heart."

Doug kissed her briefly before putting down the envelope and holding out his hand to her. "How about we spend the rest of the day together before our reservation."

"Or before I need to get ready." Evie countered. Doug agreed and they left the room, spending the rest of their time together. Everything was perfect and they couldn't ask for a better anniversary. They'd been together one year and they knew there were so many more to come.

Thank you Guest (30/11/17). This prompt was awesome and had me thinking for a long time. I loved it.

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