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A week later, Scott was finishing putting his makeup on. He stepped back, and admired his gown. It was the dress he had wanted to wear for the Christmas Gala. Now that it was new years, he thought it would be ok to wear.
“Scott! Are you almost ready!” His mom called.
“Yeah!” Before he left, he grabbed a small box and put it in his pocket.
“Scott, you look wonderful.” His mom said, tears forming in the corners of her eye.
“Thank you. Do you think it’s too much?” He asked.
“It’s perfect.” His dad said with a smile. They had kept their promise to be better, more attentive parents.
They got to the same place the Christmas Gala had been held two weeks earlier, but this time the atmosphere was more lively and less fancy and stiff. Scott spotted Jimmy by where Lizzie and Joel were sitting. He was wearing a green suit with a yellow tie, which perfectly complemented his cod features, which he had on full display.
“Hey Jimmy.”
“Hey Sco-” Jimmy's jaw dropped as he spun around.
“D-do you like it?” He asked.
“Like it? I love it! Where did you get this dress?”
“I made it.”
“It looks amazing. You look amazing!” Jimmy said.
Scott kissed his cheek. “So do you.”
Katherine and Shubble came over, hand in hand. “Wow Scott, that looks great! Also, thank you for helping me with mine.” Katherine said, spinning in her new dress. It was white on the top, going off the shoulders, and the skirt part was a lavender color with white flowers.
Shelby had a cute, short green dress with her iconic mushroom hat. “Katherine helped me pick mine.”
“Not just Katherine.” Joey said, walking up to them. He wore the same red suit he wore two weeks before, but now with a blue undershirt and a yellow bow tie.
“Yeha yeah, you helped too I guess.”
“What’s going on over here?” Gem asked as she, Pearl, Fwhip, Sausage, and Pix walked over. Gem had another purple dress, this one being short and sleeveless with a green shawl over it. Pearl wore the exact same dress as before. Fwhip and Sausage both had black suits with red ties, and Pix had a sandy colored suit with orange and green accents.
“Just admiring everyone's looks.” Joel said. He had on a purple button up with a green tie and many gold pins and badges. “Clearly one is far superior to everyone else's.” He looked at Lizzie, who had a very flowy white gown.
“Awwww thanks.” She said, kissing his cheek, making him blush like a madman.
“Well, shall we go dance?” Sausage asked, holding his hand out for Fwhip. Fwhip took it, and was dragged onto the dance floor. Pearl and Gem ran and giggled behind them.
“Will you dance with me?” Joel asked, bowing in front of Lizzie. She nodded, and they walked out. Pix awkwardly followed behind them.
Katherine picked up Shrub and flew, and they danced in the air together. As Jimmy led Scott to the dancefloor, he saw Joey get asked to dance by some random elf with purple hair. He looked a lot like Xornoth before they were corrupted. Scott hoped this would be the first step in Joey truly moving on.
A few hours later, it was nearly midnight. Scott and Jimmy were standing on the balcony.
“So, because everything was crazy and chaotic, I never got to give this to you.” Scott said, giving Jimmy the box. “Merry Christmas.”
Jimmy opened it, and inside was a necklace with a fish charm on it.
“Awwww, Scott! This is so sweet!” He then looked down. “I also got you something.” He gave Scott a little box. Inside of it was a necklace with a deer head. “I guess great minds think alike.”
“I guess so. Here, I have an idea.” Scott took the cod necklace from Jimmy, and gave him the deer necklace. “Now we have a reminder of each other."
Jimmy smiled. “It’s perfect.” They then heard a bunch of noise from inside.
“I think the countdowns starting!” Jimmy said.
“TEN! NINE!”
Scott thought about the past few weeks, and all that had happened.
“EIGHT!! SEVEN!!”
He thought about Aeor, and how the god had stuck by him, and continued to do so.
“SIX!! FIVE!!”
He thought about all his friends, and how he couldn't have done anything without them.
“FOUR!! THREE!!”
He thought about Jimmy, the best boyfriend he could ever have by his side.
“TWO!! ONE!!”
Scott and Jimmy kissed on that balcony as the fireworks went off behind them. Nothing else in the world mattered but each other.
The end.