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Dawn flew through the workshop part of the Head Quarters. She passed elves and fairies alike, waving at them while she weaved in and out of the mess of Tooth Fairies returning from duty, Fairy Godmother’s discussing shoes and elves loaded with toys, some of them wrapped most of them still in the process of being finished. It was only spring after all.
She came to a stop and shrieked: “Sunny” just as she spotted her best friend carrying a wooden train towards a bench filled with all sorts of paints.
The elf jumped at the loud sound but as he turned around he saw his best friend flying towards him and braced himself for impact. And not a second too soon. Dawn tackled the smaller creature with one of her famous hugs.
“I’m glad I found you. Here.”
She handed him a small gift. It was the size of his hand and wrapped neatly in dark blue wrapping paper.
“For me?”
“Yes, silly of course it’s for you. Happy birthday Sunny.”
Sunny frowned. “It’s not my birthday.”
“Of course it is. You don’t think I remember my best friend’s birthday?”
“Dawn it’s really nice of you, but I was born in July. It’s not July,” he pointed out.
“It’s not that birthday I’m talking about silly.”
“It’s not? Well, as far as I know I only have one birthday.”
“Duh, everyone here has two birthdays. The day they were born and well, the day they became magic. You know, it’s a born again sort of thing.”
“So you are celebrating that today is the day I joined Santa’s elves?”
“Of course. If you hadn’t we never would have met. We’ve known each other for exactly 325 years today.”
“How could I forget?” Sunny slapped his forehead. Truth be told, he had tried to avoid Dawn a little lately. It’s been years since he realized he was in love with her. And Dawn had always flirted with all the male fairies, for as long as he had known her in fact. But lately her relationships had seemed to last longer and longer and it had heard. Her latest one with Nathan had lasted a whole four months. Four months with gushing about Nathan’s perfect hair and perfect teeth and perfect dancing. It had hurt too much. And in the middle of the hurt he had totally forgotten. How could he be so stupid? Dawn would always be his best friend, no matter what.
“What are you waiting for? Open it.”
Sunny obliged and opened the package to find a necklace inside. Or two necklaces to be exact. Each chain contained half of a primrose. The chains were of silver and the primrose was a pale pink. It was delicately made with great detail. It looked like something made in Santa’s workshop.
“Do you like it?” Dawn asked.
“I love it. Where did you get this?”
“I made it. Well, with a little help from Santa. You really like it?”
“Of course I do.”
“You don’t think it’s too girly?”
“Maybe it’s a little bit girly, but hey – my best friend made it for me.”
“Well, it’s a friendship necklace. Which means I get the other half.”
“Of course you do, Dawn. You’re the best friend I ever had.” He handed her one of the necklaces while he put on his own half. If Sunny knew anything about flowers he would have known the sentiment of the flowers. As it was, Dawn decided to wait to tell him the meaning. Maybe he did know but just didn’t feel the same way? Dawn stated panicking. Sunny noticed immediately.
“Hey, what’s wrong?”
“Nothing,” she lied. “Just a bit nervous about Marianne on Cinderella duty that’s all.”
“You don’t need to worry. She’s done it dozens of times before.” He took her hand and squeezed it.
“Hey, don’t worry
About a thing
‘Cause every little thing
Is gonna be alright.”
Sunny sang the words and Dawn joined him as he continued. Their voices sounded perfect together.
“Don’t worry
About a thing
‘Cause every little thing
Is gonna be alright.”
“Thank Sunny,” Dawn said. “But I got to go – it’s not all fun and games being the boss." Dawn winked at him, taking to the air once again.
“Sure, I’ll see you later? Picnic on the roof?”
“I’d love to. Bye.”
Dawn fluttered away towards her office. She might seem flighty but she took her responsibility as Chief Fairy Godmother very seriously.