A Series of Unfortunate Events One Shots

Anniversary

It's a special occasion tonight; begin!

Universe*

~Normal POV

Six year old Nikki Quagmire rolled over in her bed staring up at the ceiling in mild frustration.

"I hate not being able to sleep," She muttered quietly.

She glanced at her alarm clock; just past midnight. She was supposed to be asleep an hour ago. Her parents would be upset if she woke up late tomorrow. She wondered if her cousins were awake too in their houses. Lizzie was probably up reading again with a flashlight under her pillow. Sam was most likely out cold by now; it never took long for him to shut down for the night. Nikki sat up in bed clutching her Winnie the Pooh doll to her chest. She grabbed her nearby bathrobe off the wall hangar and put it on over her pajamas. She slipped out of bed and stepped lightly across the room and out into the hall.

She looked down the hall to see her parents' bedroom door was open. Perhaps they're still awake, she thought briefly. She tip-toed down the stairs and went into the kitchen for a drink. As she sipped her small glass of water quietly she noticed the light in the living room was on. She could also hear something from the room causing her curiosity to rise. Stepping carefully into the doorway, making sure she wasn't able to be seen just in case she got in trouble, she peered into the room.

Her parents, Duncan and Violet Quagmire, were slow dancing in the room to some soft, instrumental music playing from the nearby stereo. The lights were dimmed as the two adults swayed together romantically. Nikki felt a smile cross her face. Unlike most kids her age, she rather liked seeing her parents show each other affection. It was perfectly normal for grown-ups to do stuff like that. Kissing, hugging, saying "I love you," it was all par for the course for a married couple. Seeing how much her parents loved each other often made her wonder if she would ever have that kind of love someday. Before she could think about it further, she heard her parents start talking.

"You know we could've waited until tomorrow," Violet said as she stared into her husband's eyes.

Duncan shrugged, "Why put it off? I wanted to celebrate while we're able to be alone."

Violet giggled and gave him a soft kiss, "You dork."

"Hey last time I checked, I was your dork thank you very much!"

"I know, but you're still a dork."

"The dork you married."

Violet grinned, "My dear journalist."

"My lovely inventor."

There was a pause in the conversation for a moment as the two shared another kiss.

"So, do you think Klaus and Isadora are celebrating right now too?"

"Hey, she's still my sister! I don't want to think about what they're doing for this special occasion."

"It is a special occasion indeed."

"Special occasion," Nikki wondered internally, "What are they celebrating?"

"I did get you something though," Duncan said with a charming smile, "Would you like to open your present now?"

Violet gaped at him, "Yes!"

Duncan let go of her and strode over to the back shelf and pulled out a small box covered in messy red wrapping paper. He handed it to his wife who sat down on the couch and eagerly opened it. Duncan sat down beside her; staring at his wife with his charming smile as she opened her gift. Violet's jaw dropped when she opened the box.

"It's beautiful," She pulled out a sapphire pendant necklace, "Is it one of yours?"

"Yeah; look in the box," Duncan said.

She looked back inside and pulled out a small, decorative, metal plaque that apparently had words carved into it, she read them aloud, "For sapphires we are held in here. Only you can end our fear."

Duncan ran a hand through his hair, "I know it's Isadora's poem but-" He was interrupted as Violet grabbed him and kissed him passionately.

When they pulled apart she grinned at him, "It's wonderful, Duncan! I love it!"

He smiled, "Yeah well I had to give you something special. After all you did end my fear. There's something else on the back of that pendant."

She turned it over and smirked, "D.Q+V.Q."

He wrapped his arm around her, "Just like the engravings on our wedding rings."

Violet's cheeks turned a little pink, "You thought of everything didn't you?"

"Of course I did, love. You're worth it."

She kissed him again before bending down and pulling a small box out from under the couch, "I got you something too."

Duncan opened the gift eagerly; he pulled a small red key chain out of the box and smirked at his wife, "A red herring chain?"

Violet giggled, "What do you think?"

He set the gift aside and pulled her close, "I think you deserve to be punished for that one," He started kissed her neck affectionately causing her to laugh more.

The two set aside their gifts and wrapped their arms around each other tightly.

"We found the red herring statue in the saloon so we knew you were close."

"Uh, you didn't happen to see anything written inside?"

"Didn't have time to examine it closely."

"Happy anniversary, Duncan."

"Happy anniversary, Violet."

Nikki's eyes widened in realization as she watched the scene between her parents; today was the anniversary of when her mother saved her father from being kidnapped. It was the day that they united to go on the rest of their past adventures together. The day that marked them vowing to stay together forever, and the day that they say they truly started to fall for each other. She briefly wondered if Uncle Klaus and Auntie Isadora were celebrating right now too, as they had the same reasons to do so. The small girl smiled brightly. Her mother had been right earlier; it was truly a special occasion indeed.

And the next day Nikki would catch her parents giving each other small secret smiles in front of her that they thought she wouldn't notice. She also saw how her Uncle Klaus and Auntie Isadora smiled knowingly at each other. Isadora seemed to be very into her poetry that day and Klaus hung on to every word she said; looking at her as if she were an angel. Nikki explained to Lizzie what she had seen her parents doing the previous night and Lizzie told her how her parents celebrated a very similar way; with gifts and poems and all kinds of open affection. That day the two sets of parents left their respective daughters to stay with Uncle Quigley and Aunt Fiona while they went out to a special dinner for just the four of them to celebrate this very happy, special, anniversary.

Strangely enough, this anniversary also fell on Uncle Klaus' birthday.

~The End

This one is much simpler than my last. I think I over saturated it with fluff, but I love these couples so much it doesn't matter!