The next morning, during breakfast there was suddenly a loud *BANG!* Followed by:
"Mo-ther! Knows best!"
Ethan shook his head as he sat his fork down "Guess who."
Tori quickly scooted her chair back and jumped up "Clorabelle!"
The Queen's twin sister was slowly creeping up the halls when Tori reached her.
"Mother knows best, take it from your mumsy
On your own you won't survive
Sloppy, undressed, immature, clumsy
Please, they'll eat you up alive!"
Tori rolled her eyes slightly as Clorabelle walked around her singing dramatically.
"Gullible, Naive, positively grubby,
Ditsy and a bit well, vague.
Plus I believe, getting' kind of chubby,
I'm just sayin' cuz I wuv you."
"Hi Clorabelle." Tori said as she shook her head.
"Hello Tori!" The woman sang "How are you? Good? I thought so." she walked down the hall a bit "Where's my sister?"
"Still asleep."
"Oh you're kidding!" Clorabelle clicked her tongue "Bad habit."
"Well I'm awake now." Clarabelle said as she came into the room "B.T.W, what do you know about being a mother?"
"About as much as I pick up from my rounds, dear sister."
"Fair enough."
"So, where have you been recently, Aunt Clorabelle?" Ethan asked as he joined the group.
"Oh, you'll never believe it!" Clorabelle plopped down in a chair nearby "A princess agreed to help a frog! A princess and a frog! Imagine! Well, she wasn't too happy about the agreement, but she brought it on herself. So, all day he told her what to do. Feed me. Take me to your room. I wanna play!" she huffed "Worse than a two year old! So, finally he asked for a kiss. A frog wanted a kiss from a princess!" she shook her head "And the princess picked up that slimy little amphibian and kissed him!"
Tori shivered "Then what?"
"Shazam!" Clorabelle jumped from her seat "He became a prince!" she shook her head again in pity "She kissed a frog to get her prince, and he wasn't worth the price."
"So, where do you come in in all of this?" Ethan asked.
"Oh, I was the side of her conscience that kept sayin' 'Don't kiss the frog!' and 'Throw him out the window!' ya know?"
"I thought you were supposed to help bring Happily Ever Afters."
"I do." Clorabelle crossed her arms "But I'm a firm believer in not kissing something covered in warts!"
Tori chuckled "I don't blame you."
"Good morning." Ella greeted "How is everyone?"
"Just fine." Clorabelle nodded "Fine and dandy."
Tori walked over to her stepsister "You and Andrew ready?"
"We are." Andrew answered.
"Wish I could join you." Ethan said.
Tori smiled "I know you do. And I know why you can't. I'll be back in a little bit to help."
"Take your time."
"Whoop! Turn around, children!" Clorabelle said "He's gonna kiss her!"
Ethan froze. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't keep his face from turning red.
One thing about him that Tori knew, He was extremely shy when it came to kissing his wife in front of other people... especially his aunt.
She couldn't blame him. Especially when that aunt is Clorabelle.
Tori quickly kissed his cheek "I'll see you in a bit."
Ethan smiled and took her hands "Have fun and be careful."
"I will." she slowly pulled her hands out of his "Bye." then she, Ella and Andrew left the castle.
"Boy, why didn't you just kiss her?" Clorabelle demanded "I've been in this business long enough to see when a boy wants to kiss the girl. And you wanted to!"
Ethan shook his head as he turned to walk away "See you later."
When Tori, Ella and Andrew reached their destination, they were immediately welcomed.
"It's been forever!" Bianca squealed "It's so hard having your triplet living miles away in another kingdom!"
"I know." Ella laughed "Where's Vanessa?"
"Upstairs." Bianca turned and sprinted up the stairs, calling over her shoulder as she did "Hi Tori!"
"Hello Tori." Xavier greeted "What brings you here?"
"Just visiting." Tori answered with a grin "Along with Ella."
The boy slowly looked over at his sister and let out a false gasp "Ella! I didn't even see you!"
"Yeah, sure." Ella rolled her eyes and swatted at him arm.
Several hours passed as the Chamberlain children caught up and talked. When lunch time came around, Tori excused herself.
"Are you sure?" Bianca asked "We're having so much fun!"
Tori nodded "I need to get back and help Ethan. Besides, I'm sure you would like some quality sibling time."
"Thanks for coming." Edmund waved at her "See you later."
Tori took her cape from a nearby rack and pulled it over her shoulders "Bye."
"Oh, Tori." Vanessa added "Let me know if there's going to be any little royals crawling around."
Tori rolled her eyes "We'll see, and that's all I'm sayin'." then she walked out the door.
The others looked at each other and grinned "Ooooh."
It was nearly midnight before Ella and Andrew returned to the palace for the night.
It had been so nice catching up with her family and everything.
Andrew took Ella's coat and gloves as Ethan walked up to them "Have fun?" he asked.
"Of course!" Ella smiled brightly "It was wonderful!"
Ethan nodded, then his eyes flicked from Ella to Andrew then back again "Where's... Tori?"
"What do you mean?" Ella asked slowly "Isn't she here?"
"No. I thought she was with you."
Andrew's eyebrows lowered in concern "She left at lunch time. She said she was coming back to help you."
Ethan's face was starting to become alarmed "She never came back after she left."
"What!?" Ella shook her head "Are you sure?"
"Mm-hm. I've been waiting for her." Ethan ran a hand through his hair "She's not here and she's not with you. Then... where is she?"
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