Happy To Know You, Grumpy

Epilogue: Christmas Party!

The next day in Jollywood was the most cheerful day of all! People were upbeat and lively, skipping through the Jollywood park and -get this- the Queen's castle!

Yep- Queen Delightful always held a Christmas party every Christmas. Tiny Christmas trees were placed all around the castle, none of the trees held ornaments, they were too miniature for that, but they did have fake snow on the piney branches. Everyone tall and small were welcome to enter the party. Food, including cakes, cookies, chocolate fountains, different types of breads, and to Grumpy's pleasure- cheese! There were many activities held during the party. You could dance to Christmas music, trade gifts, chat and laugh with friends, or just snag all the food you could imagine at the buffet table.

Lord Starchbottom wore a funny looking hat, it was red, and shaped exactly like the green hat he wore normally, but at the top, there was a yellow bell which jingled in every step Lord Starchbottom took. It made a few on the townsfolk giggle, but Starchy didn't mind. He always wore this hat during Christmas, it was like his own personal Christmas tradition.

Queen Delightful wore a flowing red dress with fluffy white cuffs at the sleeves. Big black buttons kept the cuffs from popping apart. It reminded most people of a stereotypical Santa Clause outfit, what with the red and white colors and the way it was shaped. Queen Delightful loved the way the dress fit perfectly on her, and it looked super cute.

The 7D didn't change their attire much. They wore the hats they always wore, but Happy being Happy wanted to spice it up a bit. Instead of his green hat with pokadots, he wore a red hat with a design similar to his original hat, but instead of pokadots the design was candy-canes and white and green ornaments. 

Queen Delightful smiled merrily upon her guests. She waved over at the 7D as they entered the castle and lifted her dress to walk over to them. "How are you feeling, Happy?" She asked politely.

"Much better since we got this par-tay going!" Happy proclaimed reaching for his guitar like he was going to sing a Christmas carol.

Grumpy stopped him before he could continue. "Save it for later!" He grunted.

Happy giggled. "Grumpy sure does know a lot about saving things for later."

Grumpy facepalmed himself and forcefully pushed Happy to a different area of the room. "Why don't you help yourself to something to eat or something..." Happy shrugged and merrily jogged over to the buffet table.

"I'm glad you all could make it!" Queen Delightful beamed down.

Bashful blushed. "Aww... gosh y-your majesty... we couldn't miss it for the world!" 

Lord Starchbottom entered the room, standing next to Queen Delightful with his silly hat. Queen Delightful stole a glance at his hat and giggled in earnest. Starchy just rolled his eyes, while holding a dorky smile. "You laugh at this hat every year, your majesty, why do you still find it funny?"

"I'm not quite sure..." Queen Delightful said between contagious laughs. Her laugh was so adorable, the rest of the 7D began chuckling along. Lord Starchbottom held a sour look, but it eventually faded, and he began laughing along with them, enjoying the harmony.

Queen Delightful stopped. She looked over at Bashful then at Starchbottom. She sighed and took both their hands, to both their surprise.

"Uh... Q-Queen Delightful??" Lord Starchbottom stammered at her sudden contact. "Why... are you holding our hands...?"

"I'm also wondering that..." Bashful squeaked, his face a bright red. "...not that I dislike it or anything..."

"I uh... I really need to talk to the both of you alone..." Queen Delightful said, as she lead them both to an area in the castle where no Jollywoodians stood. Starchy and Bashful shared a nervous glare, they both gulped simultaneously.