We Meet Again

Ch. 5


Excitement filled up Shenzi's heart as she browsed through her closet. Halloween and Thanksgiving passed by very quickly, and before they knew it, their school was hosting a Christmas party. Christmas had always been her favorite holiday, along with Halloween because of dressing in costumes, but for some different reasons than you would expect. Since she was a baby, she would watch her father do his job for the holidays, as a tradition, while she'd be held onto by one of his friends. After the trip to Paris, Felicia did this with Frankie assisting her. He recalled times when she escaped from their care, and ran up to him after she had started walking, amusing all the guests. It was an adorable sight. Now, she had a lot more self-control, but she still enjoyed watching him. She felt like she appreciated going to church for the holidays more than her friends did, even Frankie, somewhat. Was it because she practically grew up in one? Maybe.

From her closet, she finally settled on a black lace embroidered dress, a green tank top to go under it, red and green plaid knee-high socks, black Doc Martens with red laces, a black tattoo choker with beads and crosses dangling from it, and stud earrings and a necklace each with a black cross on them. She couldn't decide between an extension that faded from black to green, and one that faded from black to red, so she chose both, clipping them side-by-side. After plopping a black Santa hat on her head, she smiled at her reflection.

"You ready to party Christmas style, sis?" Frankie asked her from the door, festively dressed as well. She was in a long-sleeve shirt with snowflakes on the sleeves, and a Santa-like design on the front, a green tutu with fake ornaments, and a red bow on the waistband, black lace-trimmed bike shorts, light green Doc Martens with black laces, red, green and silver holiday bow dangling earrings, a red and green glittery present ring on her right hand, and a ponytail band with a large, red chiffon bow. Hooked on her left elbow was a green Christmas tree hooded scarf.

"Yep," Shenzi smiled with excitement, "You look great; Really festive."

"Thanks, you do too," Frankie smiled back, "Come on, let's wait in the living room!" And they did just that; They waited until it was time to head over to the school, but it felt like ten holidays were passing by. Their parents waited with them, Felicia complementing on their outfits, and Friar Tuck worrying about how "mature" their outfits were, and Felicia assuring him that they were fine. They then told their daughters a bit more about the little fiasco in Manhattan, which had occurred almost nine years ago on the dot. He and Felicia were in disbelief at the reality; A year later, it would be ten years after the incident.

When no words were exchanged, Frankie absentmindedly looked at the party invitation in her hands. It was then when she noticed something. "Hey! The kids can bring their parents!"

"Really?" Shenzi smiled with joy.

"You guys can come with us!" Frankie told their parents, "Will you?"

"Please?" Shenzi smiled pleadingly.

The two parents glanced at each other, before making their decision. "We can't say no to you two," Friar Tuck smiled at them, as they perked up.

"We're in," Felicia decided.

"Yay!" Shenzi cheered.

"I'll go get dressed." Felicia quickly stood up, and bolted out of the room eagerly.


Meanwhile at the Finster household, Chuckie and Kimi were preparing themselves for the party. Chuckie settled on a red tank top, his lime green t-shirt, dark denim jeans, black and lime Converse high-tops, and a red belt. A while ago, Shenzi remarked that she really liked his green t-shirt, and he didn't know why, but he felt obliged to wear it a lot more often than usual after that moment. He didn't dare speak of it, knowing that Kimi would tease him about "Sheckie" some more, and his parents would ramble about how he's growing up so fast, and already has a girlfriend. Chaz and Kira agreed to accompany them to the party after learning that parents were allowed to come. He waited with them in the living room while Kimi was getting dressed. Kira was in a calf-length green dress with long sleeves, a black waist belt with a gold buckle, and brown ankle boots. Chaz was in a black tuxedo with a white shirt, brown buckle shoes, and a red bow tie.

"So, Didi is bringing cookies to the party?" Chaz asked Chuckie after some awkward silence.

"Yep," He nodded, "Tommy and Dil told me that they're supposed to be amazing. Plus Shenzi's mom is bringing cupcakes. Charlotte is bringing a cake."

"Ooh, that sounds good," Kira smiled.

"I'm ready!" Kimi exclaimed as she ran down the stairs, and into the living room. She was in a black strapless Santa costume dress, a black, short-sleeved button-up bolero, black knee-high canvas boots with green laces, red velvet Mrs. Clause gloves, red Santa boot cuffs, a black and cream knitted Santa jester hat, a holiday glitter treats necklace, seven matching rings, and sequin Christmas tree stud earrings. She had two black chiffon bow barrettes and one red clipped on her dress, and her hair was fully down. "Sorry I took so long."

"It's alright," Kira assured her, "We're not running late anyway."

"Oh come on, Chuckie!" Kimi exclaimed playfully at her brother, "Where's your Christmas spirit?" She grabbed a red Santa hat off the couch, and plopped it on his head. "There, much better."

After a few minutes of mingling, they left for the school.


After a few minutes of driving, the Tucks arrived at the school, which was decorated to the gills for the holidays. Felicia had changed into a Santa tunic dress, black snowflake leggings, black 4 ½ inch Santa high heel ankle boots, Christmas tree dangle earrings, a shiny green Santa hat, a festive charm bracelet, and a green and yellow glittery present ring that Frankie lent to her. They brought a container of homemade cupcakes, and a Christmas tree display stand for them.

The cupcakes had red or green frosting, festive sprinkles, and icing decorations that Shenzi and Frankie loved decorating with, ever since they were toddlers. After they finished decorating, they would eat up the rest of them. It was a big part of their childhood. After they parked, Shenzi and Frankie hopped out of the car, with their parents following.

Shenzi was eager to get in the building and to the gym where the party was at; Not just for the party, though. Throughout Christmas break, she and Chuckie didn't have any time to hang out with each other and their friends, due to running errands for the holidays. Truth to be told, she missed him.

After what seemed like forever, they arrived at the gym, which was decorated quite impressively. Students, only some of which were accompanied by their parents, were doing their own thing; Dancing, eating, talking, playing games, or just mingling.

"Wow," Felicia looked around the room, wobbling on her boots, "Whoever did this place sure has an eye for festive decorating." There were decorations that looked to come from Party City; There was different kinds of garland, Santa suit print tablecloths on the picnic tables, matching napkins, plates and paper cups, a "Merry Christmas" pennant banner above the doors, lit-up balloons, festive confetti sprinkled on all the tables, candy cane swirl decorations accenting the ceiling, a green tinsel wreath, and a 7 ½ foot fake Christmas tree with color-changing lights. There was also multiple glittery mistletoe dangling above the dance floor.

"Hey guys! Over here!" Tommy called out to them. Dil, Stu, and Didi were with him. Tommy was wearing a red Santa-like sweater, brown jeans, black Converse low-tops, and a red Santa hat with the pom-pom hanging on a short string. Dil was in a black Santa Kong style sweater, black jeans with a green skeleton design, lime green Converse high-tops, and his Sherpa hat, which had a festive star keychain replacing the joke teeth. Stu was in a light green tuxedo with a a white shirt, brown shoes, and a red bow tie. Didi was clad in a red dress that almost reached her ankles, with white fur trimming the sleeves and collar, brown flats, and green Christmas tree dangling earrings.

Angelica, Drew, and Charlotte were with them too, with Angelica looking like she wished that she came by herself. She was in a green, expensive-looking sweater dress with red sleeves, a black belt with a gold buckle on her waist, rose pink bow ballet flats, a red glitter poinsettia headband, red and green jingle bells hoop earrings, a dark grey diamond Christmas tree necklace, green eyeshadow, and an expensive-looking festive charm bracelet from Juicy Couture. Charlotte was in a pink, ankle-length dress with a light purple long-sleeved bolero, dark purple high heels, and red jingle bell earrings. Drew was wearing a black tuxedo with a raspberry-colored dress shirt, brown shoes, and a light purple bow tie. On the food table, they were close to a festive-looking cake that read "Merry Christmas" in red letters, with green trees all around.

Susie had arrived earlier than all of them, because she was planning on singing for the dance at the party. For her performance, she was wearing a red strapless costume corset, an elf skirt, an elf hoodie, black bow ballet flats, red tights, a ponytail band with a large, red chiffon bow, a green bandana, red and green striped furry leg warmers, a green glittery holiday bow ring, and red, green, and silver star dangling earrings.

"Hi Tommy, Dil," Frankie smiled at them as they joined them at the food table, "A-and Mr. and Mrs. Pickles."

"Please, call me Stu."

"And me Didi."

"Oh, okay," Frankie nodded. "Mi- no, I mean um Stu, you and Goofy were the ones that found us in Manhattan all those years ago?"

"Yes we were," He nodded; The memory was still fresh in his mind. The sheer joy that he and Goofy felt that night was hard to forget.

"Well, this is extremely late, but thanks for finding us," She giggled.

"Yeah thanks," Shenzi nodded, while adjusting her glasses.

"So, what have you guys been up to?" Tommy asked them.

"Just what you'd expect," Shenzi shrugged, "Taking out decoratons, placing them around the house, getting a tree, decorating it, all that stuff. Shopping for presents too."

"Sorry that we haven't been able to hang out with you guys," Frankie apologized sheepishly, "We've just been crazy busy."

"It's okay," Tommy assured them.

"We've been busy too," Dil said.

"The party has arrived!" A familiar voice exclaimed following the sound of the doors being pushed open.

They looked, and to Shenzi's delight, the Finsters were there! The family ran over to the food table, where Shenzi and Chuckie shared a tight embrace. "Hi, Chuckie!"

"Hi, Shenzi!"

"I've missed you!"

"I've missed you too!"

"Aww," Kimi smiled at them, before turning to the Pickles, and the other Tucks, "A Sheckie Christmas special," She remarked, making Frankie giggle.

"A what?" Friar Tuck raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"Oh, I thought I told you guys," Frankie said to her parents, "Shenzi and Chuckie are meant to be, so we've been calling them "Sheckie", because that's their names combined."

"O-oh. Well, I don't know how I feel about this."

"Oh, we're just teasing them," Frankie shrugged.

"No, not that," Friar Tuck shook his head, "I mean Shenzi... dating."

Felicia rolled her eyes while smiling. "Oh come on; We can't keep our daughters from dating. Soon, they'll be teenagers, and dating will be the only thing on their minds." She looked at Shenzi and Chuckie as they were chatting; Her hands were behind his neck. "And now that you've mentioned it, Frankie... I can see it too."

"Really?" Frankie smiled.

"See what?" Friar Tuck furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.

"A spark between them," Felicia explained, "They are meant to be together. They have been ever since they met in Manhattan, I know it."

"What have you been up to, Chuck?" Shenzi asked the redhead, as Frankie started placing the cupcake on the display stand.

"Oh, as you would expect," Chuckie shrugged, "Stress, stress, and more stress. Did I mention stress?"

"Ah," She giggled, "My family and I have been going through the same thing." She then smiled at his outfit. "You look great." She gently played with the collar on his shirt absentmindedly.

"Thanks," He smiled back, "So do you." He prodded at the chains on her choker.

When no other words were exchanged, Shenzi noticed that the stand was now full. "Um, h-hey Chuckie, we brought homemade cupcakes for the party. You want to try one?"

"Sure," He shrugged. He grabbed one that was chocolate flavored with red frosting, a candycane decoration stuck in it, and holly sprinkles. He moaned at the heavenly taste with a smile on his face after taking a bite. "These are awesome, Mrs. Tuck."

"Thank you," Felicia smiled, "And please, call me Felicia."

"We all made them together," Frankie told him, "It's been a tradition since after the trip to Paris."

"You guys have gone to Paris?" Chuckie's eyes widened, "We have too!" As they discussed what happened with them in the city of love, the DeVilles and the Zimmeruskis arrived.

Roxy was in a blue, short-sleeved skater dress, a white lace beaded vest, blue fair isle printed sneakers, white snowflake earrings, a dark blue extension in her hair, where it reached the right side of her face, a black waist belt with a silver snowflake, a blue and white Santa hat, and was carrying a blue snowflake-printed gift bag. Bobby was wearing a blue and red Christmas sweater with penguins on it, dark denim jeans, black sneakers with gold studs, and a red and white Santa hat.

Lil was wearing a Minnie Muse style Christmas sweater, a Santa tutu, green metallic lace-trimmed cycle shorts, a red mini Santa top hat hair clip, a green extension, white socks with red and green argyle diamonds, and red Converse high-tops with red and gleen plaid laces. Phil was in a dress shirt and Mickey Mouse style Christmas sweater, red denim shorts, a black belt with a gold buckle, Christmas sweater style Nikes, and a Santa baseball cap.

Pistol eventually arrived, clad in a snow queen themed outfit, consisting of a strapless costume corset, a skirt, a hoodie, fishnet fingerless gloves, light blue Converse low-tops, over-the-knee socks, a snowflake necklace, a headband, a scrunchie, and snowflake earrings. The Goofs arrived as well. Maxie was wearing a red and green festive sweater, dark denim jeans, black Vans, and a red sequin fedora. Matt was in a black fairisle sweater, red jeans, red Converse high-tops, and his Sherpa hat, which had a yellow star keychain replacing the joke teeth. Santana was wearing a pink "Dear Santa, I Want It All" sweater, dark denim high-waisted shorts, pink flats, pink bell dangling earrings, a silver holiday bow hair clip, pink fishnet fingerless gloves, and a silver glittery present ring.

Harold Frumpkin arrived in an elf t-shirt, Santa boxer shorts, elf shoes, Santa mustache sunglasses, and a red Santa hat.

The party was in full swing after more students arrived, some with their parents. It was almost time for Susie to sing her song, so the students were doing their own thing while waiting until then. She was going to collaborate with Pistol in the song. Roxy set up mini blue bottle brush Christmas trees that she and Bobby made around the room, so it was fully decorated. Shenzi and Chuckie caught up on "lost time", while enjoying various sweets from the food table. In that time, Shenzi knew that she definitely missed Chuckie a lot during their school break. How did she know? Because that feeling of warmth and comfort she usually had around him was now stronger than it ever was. They admired the decorations in the room, talked about their respective holiday traditions, and what presents they were hoping to receive.

The most interesting part? They were holding hands the entire time. As they bonded, their friends and parents saw a definite spark between them, no doubt about it. They were truly destined to be together. They called that spark "Sheckie." The friends betted (without money) that when they share their first kiss, then sparks would fly, and fireworks would go off behind them by "coincidence."

As festive music played through the speakers around the room, Shenzi and Chuckie simply enjoyed each other's company; No words needed to be said. At one point in the heat of the moment, she leaned on his shoulder, but timidly pulled away after snapping out of the heat.

The girl's family watched them from a short distance, to give them a little "alone time." Even though Frankie and Felicia loved seeing them happy together, Friar Tuck still felt a bit uneasy about it. He loved seeing his youngest daughter happy, but he was just in disbelief that she wasn't a baby anymore. She was already much less dependent on him and Felicia, and before long, she was going to start... dating. She was growing up fast; A little too fast. Although one thing was pretty clear: She was going to be Daddy's little girl for life.

While Shenzi and Chuckie were playing with each other's hats, they happened to glance at the stage, and they realized that Susie and Pistol were getting ready to sing! They hastily dashed over to the makeshift stage hand-in-hand, and stood to watch on the dance floor, where all their friends already were at. After a few seconds, they started singing a duet of "All I Want For Christmas Is You", as the students boogied on the dance floor.

"Y-you want to dance?" Shenzi timidly asked Chuckie.

"Sure," He shrugged with a smile, before they started dancing in a playful, ballroom style. Shenzi giggled as she spun around before she stopped with their shoulders almost in contact. Their lips were only inches apart.

But before they could do anything, the song stopped and Susie was making an announcement in her microphone. "Thank you, everyone! For this next song, Pistol and I decided that we need a third singer. One that she recommended to me on the way here: Shenzi Tuck!"

Wait, what? Shenzi froze upon hearing her name. She couldn't sing! She never did in her whole life! "Go on," Chuckie gently urged her.

With a nervous squeak, she walked on the stage, her arms and legs trembling nervously. "Um, h-hi," She squeaked into a microphone given to her. By the food table, she saw her family giving her thumbs up of encouragement, a tree-shaped cookie with green frosting, and candy cane sprinkles sticking out of Frankie's mouth humorously. Chuckie was giving her one as well, from the dance floor. With a nervous smile, she returned one to them.

Her heart leapt with fear when the music started, but it was calmed when she realized what song was playing: Hark The Herald Angels Sing. That was her favorite Christmas song! She knew every word by heart! When their cue came, she started singing the lyrics with Susie and Pistol, still feeling nervous. But as they pulled through, her fear melted away like snow, and was replaced with confidence and joy. Before she knew it, the song was over and like for the previous song, cheers erupted from all around the room, the loudest coming from her family, and Chuckie.

She ran off the stage, and from the adrenaline running through her veins, she jumped in Chuckie's arms. "Shenzi, you were awesome!" He congratulated her, stumbling back a bit, "You nailed it!"

"You really think so?"

"Think?!" Shenzi squeaked in surprise when Frankie hugged her from behind. "You totally rocked it, sis! That was the best version of that song I've ever heard!"

The black-haired girl smiled timidly at her family from her place still in Chuckie's arms. "I was really that good?"

"Shen, you were wonderful," Felicia assured her.

"It was the best singing I've ever heard," Friar Tuck ruffled her hair, making her giggle.

"Aww, thanks guys," She blushed timidly.

"In fact." Frankie ran to the food table, and dashed back to her sister, carefully holding a cupcake with green frosting, round sprinkles, and not one, but two icing decorations on top, one an elf shoe and one a festive light bulb. "You deserve a cupcake for a performance well done."

"Thanks, sis," Shenzi giggled as she carefully took the sweet treat in her small hands. She took the light bulb decal out of the frosting, and ate it by itself, savoring the wonderful taste. After swallowing it, she turned to Chuckie. "You want the shoe, Chuck?"

"No thanks," He shook his head, "I already have two shoes," He joked, looking down at his sneakers, and making her giggle. "But seriously, you have it; You deserve it."

"Are you sure?"

"Positive."

"Well, okay," She shrugged, before popping the sweet shoe in her mouth.

"Wait!" Chuckie laughed when she looked at him with an alarmed expression, "Just kidding," He grinned cheekily. She rolled her eyes while smiling, and laughed with him after swallowing. She dipped her finger in the frosting and smeared it on Chuckie's cheek playfully, before licking the rest off with her lips and tongue. "Very funny," He smirked as he wiped it off with one finger and licked it off.

"I thought it was," She giggled, before taking a bite out of the vanilla-flavored cupcake. Chuckie sneaked some frosting off of it, and smeared it on her right cheek, effectively surprising her. "Hey!" She laughed. "Alright Finster, let's settle this at the food table, shall we?" With a mischievous look, she took his hand and led him to their destination.

Once they arrived, she dipped all three of her fingers in the green frosting, and smeared it on Chuckie's lips and chin. He then proceeded to smear some on her right cheek. A frosting fight started between them, with a few students and parents staring at them. "Shenzi, Chuckie? What are you two doing?" Felicia giggled at them; They had frosting and sprinkles all over their faces, where their hair wasn't, and the front of their necks. "Those cupcakes are for eating, not wearing."

"Sorry," They smiled sheepishly.

"It's fine" She assured them, "Just try to avoid wearing the food, okay?"

"Okay," They nodded. Shenzi used her fingers to wipe the frosting off of Chuckie's neck and ate it up, giggling at his shoulders shrugging up, and the blush on his cheeks. He then proceeded to do the same to her, making her own cheeks heat up. She also giggled, because his fingers tickled her neck. Soon enough, they were all clean, using Santa suit napkins and water from little bottles to finish the jobs.

"Let's dance some more before it's time to go home, Chuck," Shenzi suggested.

"Okay," He nodded. As Christmas songs were now playing on the stereo, the two friends boogied together on the dance floor, along with other students. Unlike the other students, they were dancing in a quick-paced ballroom style, learning the moves from Disney movies.

"Aww." Frankie grabbed Felicia's phone and recorded her sister and the redhead, who were oblivious to the fact that no other students were on the dance floor with them. "Sheckie's first dance."

"That's sweet," Kira smiled as she watched them, "From the very moment I saw those two at the party we had in Manhattan all those years ago, I had a strong feeling that they were meant to be."

"Wow, you're a good dancer," Shenzi remarked.

"Thanks," He smiled timidly. They were oblivious to their friends and families watching, and Frankie recording them. "You are too."

"Thanks; I've learned from movies," She shrugged.

"Me too."

After a while, Frankie stopped recording when she realized what time it currently was. "Whoa, it's getting late! I'll get Shenzi." She ran over to the two friends, where her sister could see her. "Hey Juliet, you and Romeo better wrap it up, it's getting late."

"Oh, it is?" Shenzi raised her eyebrows in surprise. "I, I have to go. Bye, Chuckie." After giving Chuckie a quick kiss on the cheek, she hastily joined her family, and they left the room.

"Chuckie?" Kimi's voice snapped him out of his newfound trance, "It's time to go home." After their parents joined them, they left the building.

He didn't know why he was feeling so weird; Was it because Shenzi kissed him? It was on his cheek, not his lips. Maybe she kissed him because there was mistletoe hanging above the dance floor. That had to be it.

Right?


(A/N: Christmas in August! Not really. XD That was just when I wrote this chapter. You know the disclaimer.)


Random Fact About BxB

Even though I don't mind them, it's hard for me to imagine Chuckie and Susie or Angelica as a couple. Maybe like the kids, I'm digging the "Sheckie"? I actually am. XD But if I had to choose a canon character for Chuckie, I'd choose Lil.