Chapter 7: The Restaurant

She didn't have a care in the world anymore. It was now summertime, approximately four years since Geoff's rooftop party. He was having another one tonight, but she would have to miss it. Everyone had decided that after they had all finished college, they would all move to the same neighborhood. The local papers stated that New York was renovating a new lot full of empty houses instead of apartments, maybe 30, which would be plenty for everyone. Even Chris and Chef would come to live on the same street. Sure, it was weird and all, but they all felt it was weird not seeing each other. It would only be about 2 more weeks until everyone would be settled in their new cul-de-sac.

She skipped up the stairs and flopped down into her beanbag chair. She pulled up a small brown bag and peered inside.

Today was Courtney and Duncan's 5th year of dating. It had seemed like forever since when they first met. Duncan was planning to take Courtney out to her favorite restaurant, Norma's. She pulled out a pocketknife, a new chocker, and some silk boxers with her name on them that were in the brown bag. She laughed a little to herself, for if her father saw these 'presents'—uh oh.

She gently wrapped them in some green, blue, and navy wrapping paper and went over to her closet. He would be knocking on her window any minute.

She started to thumb through her dresses and skirts, frowning. She slipped a beautiful turquoise, strapless, and velvety dress off of the hanger and slipped it over her body. She smiled, and then gingerly put on a pair of silver ballet flats. Surprisingly, ten minutes later, she heard the doorbell ring. She quickly said goodbye to her parents, then she bounded down the steps and opened the door.

"Duncan! I wasn't expecting you of all people to ring my doorbell." she said sarcastically.

Duncan looked very handsome in his black tuxedo. He had his hair in his usual manner and had a white flower in the pocket of the front of his suit. He smirked in his usual smirk-y way.

"Oh, I know. Shocking, isn't it? A guy like me, in a tux, ringing doorbells. I seem out of character, do I not, Princess?" he said with an English accent.

"Are you SURE that was apple juice you had this morning?" she said as she rolled her eyes.

"Can you smell it?"

Courtney laughed as she linked her arm with his. As they walked over to his motorcycle, she lifted her dress up so it wouldn't get caught in the wheels. Duncan noticed this, which led to him to make very inappropriate whistles and noises. Courtney smacked him, but she liked the attention.

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"So, what catches your eye?"

"Only you do, babe."

Courtney blushed and hid her face behind the menu that was placed in her hands. Duncan sat across from her, gazing more into her direction than at the menu. He knew what he had to do. He knew he had to do it tonight. And he had to make sure she said the magic word.

They were seated at the center table. The candlelight made the scene more romantic than words can handle. There was a dark purple tablecloth underneath the table, along with silverware and silver plates. A single rose that Duncan had bought for her was in a small vase in the middle of the table. A wine storage shelf was near their left.

Courtney started to hum the tune 'Yesterday' as she looked over the menu. Soon their waiter had taken their orders, and they were left alone with their thoughts and each other. A serenade guitarist walked by and started to play to the people next to them. Duncan laced the fingers of his left hand with Courtney's, the other rubbing her leg softly. They didn't even touch their food, they had just mumbled 'thanks' to their waiter and kept gazing at each other. Courtney snapped out of her fantasy.

"I almost forgot, I have something for you." she said as she pulled out the presents.

"You're enough, sweetheart." he mumbled. He unwrapped the pocketknife and chocker and thanked her for them. As soon as he saw the boxers, he had a strange feeling he'd be seeing those later.

Courtney noticed he hadn't given her anything yet, but she didn't pay much attention to it. They just continued to gaze at each other until the waiter almost kicked them out for not answering him.

Duncan had also almost forgotten his present for her. He stood up on his chair, ignoring Courtney's rapid questioning, and loudly called for everyone's attention.

"Ladies and gentlemen, if I could have your attention please," he boomed, "Thank you. Courtney, my Princess who I have wanted for SO long... I have an important question to ask you." he asked as he bent down on one knee.

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"Geoff! GEOFF!" said Bridgette as she desperately searched through the crowd of people for her boyfriend. She made a loud whistle, and all of the Total Drama contestants turned her way, including Geoff.

"Guys! Guess what? Duncan proposed to Courtney! They're getting MARRIED!"

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Those boxers really did come in handy later that night.

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A/N: Well? Did you like it? Did you get the last line? ;) I'm not stopping here, 2 more chapters to go! ;)