Hello and welcome to my first Princess and the Frog fanfic. I've seen the movie 3 times already and have completely and totally fallen in love with it. 8D

It's been a while since I've worked on a story, so please bear with me while I get back into the swing of things. I really felt inspired after seeing the movie to do a story. 83

Disclaimer:

Sadly I own nothing from The Princess and the Frog, well unless you count the plushies I'm ordering off the Disney website. But I really don't think those count. XD

I do however own a couple OCs that will be appearing in this story, and would highly appreciate you asking before you use any of them. Kay?

The soft blanket of night covers the water front city of New Orleans, despite the soft hum of night the energy of the town still lingers. It was almost if the city had it's own rhythm, and was still dancing even with late evening approaching.

A cool breeze blows through the streets, despite the normally warm weather there had been an unusual cold front recently. Though for mid December the weather was far more pleasant than other areas of the world.

Glistening down upon the city are two bright stars that cast a light brighter than any street light or restaurant can. Evangeline and Ray twinkle down making the water front dance and shimmer with bright reflections.

A grand building stands out on the water front, even with the neon sign turned off "Tiana's Palace" still stands out brightly against the other buildings. The restaurant had only been open for a few months now, it had taken almost 6 months to get the place fixed up and in running shape.

One soft yellow light can be seen glowing from a window along the top of the 3 story building. A figure can be seen pacing back and forth through the light.

Tiana sighs a little and chews on the back of the pencil she has in her hand as she paces in front of the window glancing down at a yellow note pad in her other hand. The bedroom behind her is dimly lit thanks to the lamp next to the bed. After buying the building she and Naveen had agreed that instead of renting another apartment it would be just as easy to convert the top loft of the restaurant into a pent house.

Though at the moment the way Tiana was concentrating on the list in her hands, she may as well been back out in the bayou for all she cared. Christmas was less than a week away, and as par she was working herself into the ground trying to make sure things where in order for the restaurant.

"Let's see here…" She mumbles to herself as her dark eyes gaze over the list for the hundredth time. A few loose curls of dark hair spilling around her face as she lightly chews on the end of her pencil.

She was so distracted by her list that Tiana never even noticed when one of the two doors in the room opened. Naveen blinked as he excited the bathroom, his dark hair damp from taking a shower. He pauses as he realizes his wife is still in the same place he'd left her, over an hour ago when he'd given up on getting her to relax and take a break from that list.

He smiles a little to himself as he watched her, taking in the way she moved as she paced. It still amazed him ever time he saw her that she was his, and his alone. Even now when she was engrossed in her work, and her hair was a mess she still looked beautiful to him.

He slowly shakes his head a bit and chuckles quietly to himself, it would never cease to amaze him at how good Tiana was at blocking everything else out when she sat her mind to it. He smirks a little to himself as an idea came, he'd failed earlier in getting his wife's attention, but this time he wouldn't fail.

With her back to him Naveen slowly crept up behind Tiana, he smirks a little as he quickly reaches around her small figure and grabs the notepad from her hand.

Tiana blinks several times when a hand suddenly commandeered her note pad from her hand. She glares a bit as she whirls around to find her husband standing behind her, a charming smile plastered to his face, her note pad being held above her head and out of reach.

"Naveen…" She starts but is quickly silenced when he pushes his finger to her lips.

"Ssshh…you are working to hard, no?" He asks flashing her a smile at the look of aggravation she gave him as she pushed his hand away from her lips.

"No…now give me my list back," She says crossing her arms and holding out her hand for her note pad.

Naveen chuckles as he tilts his head and puts on an innocent face.

"What list? I don't seen any list," He says pretending to look around for the list which he was still holding out of her reach.

"Oh, you. Your exasperating," Tiana says with an eye roll as she finally gives up the fight for her precious list.

Naveen grinned and chuckled a bit.

"Marvelously so," He says giving her a wink as he wrapped his other arm around her waist and pulled her closer.

Tiana snorts a bit despite the smile that's tugging at her lips as she looks up into her husband's light brown eyes. She sighs a little in defeat as she wraps her arms around his neck and leant her head against his chest. She'd never admit it to him or anyone else for that matter, but she really was tired.

Naveen smiled softly as she leaned against him, he gently rests his head on top of hers as he gently begins to rub her back with the hand that was wrapped around her. His other holding the list dropping a little.

"Naveen?" Tiana asks softly making the prince open his eyes and look down at her.

"Hmmm?" He asks tilting his head again as he saw the look in her eyes change from soft and gentle to a look of triumph.

"You should learn not to let your guard down," She says quickly taking advantage of his lack of concentration to reach up and snatch the note pad from his other hand. She giggles a bit as she quickly hugs the pad to her chest and gently pulls out of his grasp to sit down on the bed.

Naveen stood a look of complete shock apparent on his face before he crosses before he holds up a finger and points at her.

"That was low, very low. But good," He admits with a small shake of his head and laugh.

"I know," Tiana admitted laughing as she gave small bow from where she was seated on the edge of the bed. Naveen chuckles a bit as he claps his hands giving her a round of applause as he strides over and sits down on the bed beside her.

Tiana smiles softly as she leans over and rests her head on his shoulder and sighs a little contently.

"You really are working to hard, my darling," Naveen says gently as he gently pushes a few bangs out of her face. A soft sigh escapes her lips as she holds up the list to look at it.

"But if I don't get all of this finished…." She trails off a bit as she bites the inside of her lip her eyes darkening a bit.

"Do not worry, everything will be perfect. I know it will be, it always is when you do it," Naveen says quietly as he gently kisses the top of her head. Tiana smiles happily, Naveen always knew the right thing to say to get her to calm down and relax.

"So, what time do we have to be at the harbor tomorrow?" Tiana asks finally putting the list down on her lap.

"Eleven," Naveen answered with a small nod. It had been almost 9 months now since he'd seen any of his family. Getting to see his younger brother made the prince excited, despite the age difference between the two they really did have a good relationship. And Naveen was excited about getting to show the child the sites of New Orleans.

"It really is a shame your parents won't be home to spend Christmas with him," Tiana remakes quietly. Naveen sighs a little as he shakes his head.

"Not really, you see when you are royalty like my brother and myself. You are used to how do you say? Your parents not being present on Holidays?" He says with a small shrug. It was true he couldn't count how many times his mother and father had been called away on duties during Holidays or Birthdays.

Tiana blinks a little, and bites her lip. Her family had been so close, to think of not having your family around during a special time such as a Holiday just shocked her. She couldn't imagine not at least having her Mother present. But then again she had to remember Naveen's up bringing was different than hers. That still didn't mean the pang of sadness for him lessened any for him.

Naveen noticed the change in her demeanor and gives a silent sigh. He was so accustomed to it that it no longer bothered him, and he wished it didn't bother Tiana.

"Do not worry, it is nothing to be upset about. Besides I have a family now to celebrate with, and that is better than having either of my parents here." He says softly as he gently wraps Tiana in a hug. She smiles softly at his statement and cuddles a little into his chest.

"Well we have a busy day tomorrow; we should get some sleep," Tiana says gently as she pulls a little out of his embrace.

Naveen grins a mischievous light coming to his eyes.

"Aye, but perhaps we should get a little more comfortable?" He asks as he keeps his arms wrapped around Tiana and flopping to the side. Tiana squeaked a little as she suddenly found herself laying on the bed with Naveen on top of her.

"Naveen…this is not comfortable," She grumbles as she laughs a bit and tries to push him off.

"It could be," He says winking at her and grinning.

"Ouch!" Was the last thing Naveen managed to say as Tiana's hand lightly hit him upside the head. Outside the window their two friends watched, twinkling their lights high above the city.

No one knew of the new adventure that would begin the next morning for the young couple.

Alrighty…well that's it for the first chapter. 8D

Please tell me what you think…the next chapter will pick up and start the ball rolling on the actual story line. I just thought this first chapter could be a nice introduction, and give some cute and fluffiness in. XD

Please Read and Review, all flames will be used to roast marshmallows!

Until next time, Happy Trails.

Dragongirl4