I do not own She's the Man. If I did, I would be soooo happy. Oh and I credit the screenwritiers of She's the Man. I get the idea of Abigail from Monique. LOL. Abigail is just so much worse.
WELL! It's so good to hear you guys love the mother's and the proposal. I don't know where the proposal came from. It just hit me. But I'm glad it did.
Viola flat out refused to speak to her mother for the next few days. She also refused to speak to Duke's mother, Elizabeth. Daphne and Elizabeth were still angry at each other and now they were angry that Viola wouldn't speak. Viola was really excited and she didn't want them to get all fussy and angry if they were going to be in charge. Duke didn't ask Viola to cut them some slack; he agreed with her. They were acting way too selfish and childish for them to even be working on the wedding, together or alone.
Now Duke decided to tell Justin, Andrew and Toby. They were surprised, overwhelmed and speechless. They just stood there with their mouths open, in a shape of an O. Then Justin said, "Congratulations?" This led to Toby and Andrew taking his lead by also mumbling out their 'happiness' for the two.
Christmas time came and Duke was once again in panic. He wondered what to get Viola. Andrew and Toby, being lazy and bored to death with Duke constantly going, "What am I going to get her? What am I going to get her?" told him she didn't need a gift, after all she had the 850thousand dollar ring. Duke ignored this and kept thinking. He would pace around, looking, looking but never being successful. As Christmas came closer and closer, Duke still had no gift.
Viola was in the same crisis as well. She had no idea what to get him. She wouldn't need a gift, she had the ring. Viola would search and search and search even more but would never find the perfect gift. Viola had all her other gifts bought and wrapped (quite badly as well, she had done it herself and she was not very good at wrapping). She had gotten little Evie a soft, toy soccer ball made for small children as well as a few cute little outfits. She got Sebastian a CD. One of his CD's. On his card she wrote, "I just found out about this band. They're amazing! You should listen to them. Maybe one day you'll be just like them" But that was only half her gift. She actually got him a very nice gift. (Sorry I don't know what she got him!) Viola got Olivia some clothes and make up (something Olivia loved). She got gifts for Kia, Yvonne and Paul as well as Justin, Toby and Andrew. She also went to the pet shop and bought Rusty a bright red collar that would stand out from his dark black fur saying, 'My owner loves me, but his girlfriend loves me more.' sewn onto it. In addition to that, she bought him a box of dox buscuits. She aslo saw a dog muzzle which she thought would be a great present for Abigail. But she didn't buy it, but it was worth the mental image in her mind.
She had all her stuff in a pile in her apartment, yet there was no gift in the pile labelled, "Duke." Then she got this crazy idea. She went out and bought a brand new, nice, plain soccer ball. It was like an ordinary soccer ball with the pentagonal and hexagonal pattern. Nothing fancy. Just black and white. She went to the craft store and found a whole bunch of colorful, permanant pens. She stocked up on a lot of colors. She went home and spread some newspaper down on the table. The last thing she needed were permanant stains on the table. She read the packet label.
"Permanant on almost all surfaces! Clothes, paper, wood, plastic, you name it!" It then went on about how it was a poisonous product and should not be eaten or be entrusted to anyone younger than the age of 5. Viola uncapped a blue pen and in her nice handwriting that never had complicated loops or twirls, she wrote on one of the 20 white hexagons
i love you
Viola put a little heart over the I. She put the pen aside and got out a red pen. Next to the little note she put a small red heart. She colored it in before getting another pen and writing on the other side of the ball another message.
"By Viola Hastings" Viola drew a little stick figure in a dress and with long hair, smiling with her hands on her hips, looking proud.
"For Duke Orsino" Viola drew a little stick figure man with three spikes of hair on top of his head. He had a big grin and little shorts.
"Adults are just kids with money" For this Viola drew a big stick figure holding dollar signs next to a smaller stick figure looking sad.
"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present" Viola had fun drawing a little box with a pretty ribbon.
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder" Viola thought this one was the most that described how she felt during college and the years after. She drew a circle around the message.
Right below that message, she wrote "I didn't use a heart because hearts break, circles go on forever." She made a big arrow pointing to the message.
"Clever men are good but not the best" Viola drew a stick figure man who was scratching his head with a question mark instead of a light bulb.
She had the 8 messages in total. All of them except for two scattered around the soccer ball, on white hexagons. She then colored in every extra white hexagon (all 12 of them) in. She also made them all a different color. When she was finished, she had a very colorful soccer ball with black pentagons and colored in or worded and pictured hexagons. She thought it was okay and didn't realize it took her almost three hours! Now her almost dead permanant pens lay scattered around the table and the new soccer ball rested there as well. Viola decided she would wrap it later, now she had to get a bite to eat.
Duke finally found a gift! After all the searching, he had finally found something. He wrapped his gift and put it in his mini pile of gifts that he would give away. Both Viola and Duke didn't realize until they finished gift wrapping, that Christmas Eve was tomorrow! The two quickly got ready and jumped into bed, hoping the other would like the gift. The next morning, Viola got up early. She had a very busy day. She piled her presents in the back of her car. She got in and delivered them all, except the ones for Evie, Duke, Sebastian and Olivia. She would deliver them tomorrow at the annual Hastings Christmas Dinner. Daphne Hastings had a Christmas dinner each year for her family, no matter what. She even invited George, their father. She always said she wasn't going to let a divorce get in the way of a long held tradition.
Viola knew the Duke and Olivia's parents were coming. It was going to be a big dinner. Viola went to bed and woke up the next morning, ready to go. Viola had some cereal before taking a shower. She decided on these red skinny jeans, a Christmas green jumper dress that went just past her hips. She wore it over a long sleeved red shirt and on her feet she wore black flats. She was all set to go with her green headband. She was going with Duke and so she drove to his apartment. They decided to take Duke's car and Viola intructed him where to go. They got to the dinner at 4, just on time. Olivia and Sebastian were there with a very cute Evie in little reindeer ears. Her nose was still a bit red from the cold and Viola thought she looked like Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer.
Soon Duke's parents arrived and finally Olivia's parents. It was nice to have them all together for dinner/lunch. It was a very talkative meal with a lot of food. Viola mostly talked to Duke and Sebastian and Olivia. The adults were in their own conversations. Viola didn't notice her mother and Duke's mother talking. They were looking very serious, discussing an important matter. The wedding. They agreed to do everything together and share the role. They didn't want their precious children to be upset.
Well dinner finished and they loaded up the dishwasher before getting out the Christmas cookies and warm milk. They all sat in the living room where the Christmas tree was in one corner and the electric fire was burning away (artificially). They were all sitting around, talking when they were going to have present time. It was another tradition where everyone got their gifts and opened them, together having fun. Everyone recieved a gift whether it was from future daughter in law to Daphne Hastings.
Viola got a gift for everyone, even if it was small. Everyone was opening their gifts and Viola decided to open Duke's last. When she did, she found a necklace. It was a white gold chain with a silver heart studded with mini diamonds and her name engraved on the back in curly script.
"Thank you. It's beautiful. You just love adding to my jewellery collection, don't you?"
"What can I say?" He helped her put it on. "Now what did you get me?" He opened her present and found the colorful soccer ball.
"Wow. It's nice."
"Nice? Is that all I get?" Viola joked.
"It's like the best gift ever. Thanks Vi."
"Aww. Your welcome." Soon the night was over. Everyone was full, tired and had presents to take home. On the way back, Viola remembered she had a present for Rusty. She got them out and when she entered, Rusty jumped onto her, licking her clean. Duke opened on behalf of Rusty. He opened the collar.
"Ha Ha. Very funny." Duke ruffled Rusty's fur before taking off his old collar and putting on his new one. He gave him a few more treats. Rusty barked a few more times before heading over to his 'bed.' Rusty fell asleep pretty quickly.
Duke and Viola just sat on Duke's bed talking. Then Duke leaned in and gave her a kiss. It was a perfect kiss, all of them were perfect. They fell asleep together and never wanted to leave. The next morning Viola triend to get out of bed, but Duke pulled her back in.
"C'mon Duke. I need to go to the dress shop. Our moms are finally working together."
"I find that hard to believe."
"Don't worry. Olivia's coming too. She'll protect me from their evilness."
"Fine. But only because Olivia's going." Viola laughed before giving a him a kiss and cuddling back in next to him. Another 5 more minutes couldn't hurt.
Hope you liked it. No shoutouts today, I gotta go! But thanks to the reviewers!
