"Whaaaaaaat! Disconnected? You can't disconnect me! Connect meeeeee! Please, I love you my laptop, please! Won't you connect for your friend Daphne? COME ON!" shouted Daphne; she couldn't afford to be disconnected now! She clicked on the "connect" button and waited. A slight knock on the door made her rush towards it. It was James. Clearing his throat the old butler stated:

"Miss Blake, I believe Mrs. Blake is looking for you, she is currently in the living room and would be glad if you could be present. Now." The way he emphasized the "now" was quite clear to what would be her fate if she didn't go. So Adrien would have to wait. "Oh and Miss," continued James "Your friend Mr. Norville is-" A clearing of throat coming from behind the old man stopped the butler from saying more. "I was saying, your friend Mr. Shaggy" he rectified "Has come to visit you." Shaggy jumped from behind the grey-haired butler and hugged Daphne, like he always did.

"Hey Daph!"

Chuckling a little, Daphne hugged him back. "Hey Mr. Norville"

Taking a James Bond expression he said:

"For you It's Rogers, Shaggy Rogers and if you keep calling me Norville, its gonna be Mr. Shaggy"

Laughing, Daphne excused herself and went along with James to the living room, leaving Shaggy alone in Daphne's room. Shaggy heard Daphne say that when she got back, she had a surprise for him, Might be some Scooby snacks! Shaggy casually went up to her laptop and clicked on the "connect" button and guessed it had been connecting for long. Less than a minute after having clicked the button, Daphne was signed in. He knew he wasn't intruding in any of her personal things, he knew everything there was to know about her and so did she; he knew her password, so did she. They had been friends since they were 4 and that had not changed even until now. As Daphne's msn signed her in, an instant offline message appeared.

"Hey Princess, I'm sorry I have to go now but see you at prom, hopefully. Tell me what color dress you are wearing so I know which corsage to buy you. Au revoir et bon après-midi for now,

The one who knows you watch Barbie movies ;]"

At the top Shaggy saw the email address of the one who had sent her this message. And wasn't he shocked! He was more shocked by the identity of the person who was to be Daphne's date to prom than the fact that all the asking had been done online, he'd guessed. "Now for a surprise..." he murmured, ruffling his caramel-colored hair with streaks of darker brown. He distanced himself from the laptop, not because he feared Daphne would catch him red-handed, anyway if she did it wouldn't be a great deal, but because he wanted Daphne to give him the surprise even though he already knew. He wanted her to see the surprise on his face, so she'd be able to brag about her being able to surprise him, for once. She was like the little sister he never had, he thought wryly. The fact that they were both an only child to their parents was one of the rare things they had in common. Though at times, because of their very differing personalities they'd had to compromise. For example, when they went to the movie theatre, It was always a scary movie Daphne would want to watch, whereas Shaggy would have been happy by a simple cartoon featuring a black mouse and his fiancée and their duck and dog friends. So they'd always gone for a romantic comedy, in the end. But when Daphne felt mean and really wanted to watch a horror movie, she'd just make him watch "titanic" or "Rainbows and Butterflies" but now they'd discovered they both liked action movies, the torture had stopped. He really did a lot of things with Daphne, thought Shaggy and not a minute had he seen her in any way but in a friendly and even brotherly one, how was that possible?

Daphne was one of the most beautiful girls he knew existed, there was something fresh about her features, about the way her nose would turn red when there was just a little bit of sunshine , or the way he had never seen the littlest imperfection on her face. She was really something, just not physically, she was so head-strong and adamant it was rather irritating at times but well it wasn't a simple little thing like that that would stop Shaggy from being her best friend. He was grateful to her; after all, she was the one who'd helped him when he was at his worst. After a bad breakup with what he thought was the love of his life, he'd let go of himself more than he used to. His hair had grown past his shoulder, his eyes always swollen and his beard was nothing humane.

He sure did have guy friends and they hadn't let go of him, but try as they might, they couldn't understand how it really felt, being rejected like that. Enter Daphne, like a breath of fresh air in the monotony of his life; she used to make him smile with her grimaces and then she'd make him laugh with her silly jokes and then came the total change. After some scissor action, he was a completely new and VERY good-looking someone. She'd helped him now, he smiled he'd return the favor, only a hundred times better... Now he needed some help...what was the name of that new girl...? Something like Velma Dunkley...or was that Dinkley?

Long chapter, ain't that? Yeah I know and Idk where that part about Shaggy being heartbroken and all came from, I mean it wasn't planned. Idk if you people will like it, well if not just review and tell me what's wrong. Chapter 5 in preparation! And thanks Rabs for the support ;] By the way Scooby-Doo doesn't exist...yet, I'm planning on introducing him in some.