A/N: The song featured on this chapter came out in 1991 (62 years after this story is suppose to take place) Yes, random information there. The song is on my profile page if you would like to listen to it. I think that any couple in love (or anyone who wants to be in love) can relate to this song. Naveen and Tiana would agree, at least hope they would. Anyway, I do not own Mariah Carey's 'So Blessed' or PATF. Enjoy the TiaNaveen fluff! R&R!

Because He Loves Me

Romance On High Seas

Naveen and Tiana rode on the ship after bidding a long farewell to their son. Tiana was okay with it on day one of the ride, but as day two was coming to an end she was really missing her little boy to the point where she began feeling guilty. Her husband tried to reassure that everything is alright and that Marcel is enjoying his grandmother but she wasn't convinced.

Now in her room alone, she looked down at the locket Naveen gave her as a gift on Valentine's day where it had a picture of her, Naveen and Marcel together and one of Marcel by himself. She kissed it and said, "I miss you so much." And sat the locket on the dresser.

She then took off her lavender silk robe revealing her equally beautiful night gown that reached just above her knees. She gave herself of glimpse of her beautiful appearance through the mirror and brushed her hair that fell past her shoulders before going to bed. Just earlier this evening she shared a dinner and dance with Naveen which was one of the most romantic evenings she shared with her husband so far…

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"…I've never seen anything like this before." Tiana said as she and Naveen watched the orange sun setting down in the evening sky. She wore her hair up with a red flower in her hair and was wearing ruby red sun dress that flowed beautifully on her body.

"We've watched the sun set into the Mississippi river millions of time together back at home." Naveen reminded his wife, looking out at the sunset. "It is very beautiful, but I would rather look at the vision in front of me." He flashed Tiana his famous smile.

Surprisingly, it made her actually blush a little. She didn't know what that was about. Usually she rolls her eyes and mock her husband's romantic gestures.

Naveen noticed her blushing and figured that it was just the romantic setting. So he took her hand and kissed it.

The two remained silent as they gazed into each others eyes. Reading each other without saying a single as the artist on stage performed in the background.

As on cue, Naveen rose from his seat, helping his wife up before wrapping an arm around her waist and taking her free hand with his. Tiana looked up into her husband's honey coloured eyes and felt as if she was falling in love with him all over again...

Adrift in the moment
So sacred and pure
Alive for you only
I am yours...

Naveen leaned over until his lips touched her left cheek and trailing over to her ear where he whispered. "Tiana?"

"Hmm?" She asked.

"I love you." He whispered, softly kissing her neck. "Mi benita..."

Tiana closed her eyes and shivered at his sensual kisses...

As you touch me so sweetly
And you whisper my name
I feel how you love me
We are the same...

She then opened her eyes and pressed her lips onto her husband's. Her knees beginning to weaken…

Precious one
Don't ever leave me
Forever need me
This way...

Tiana rested her head on Naveen's chest as they continued dancing. She felt as if she was in heaven in her husband's arms…

So blessed
Amazingly
Touching you now
Awakens me
You are my heart
My everything
Feeling you now
Is all I need…

As the singer finished, Naveen and Tiana gazed into each others eyes before sharing another kiss…

…

Tiana fell back onto the bed as she wished that moment didn't have to end the way it did. Just as they were talking about missing their son, Kabir had to interrupt. He needed to speak with her husband on some 'political-related discussions' as he called it.

"Ugh." She groaned. Very aware of her father-in-law's selfishness, even to her own husband.

Naveen walked into the room they were staying in with a bottle of champagne and two glass flutes.

"Tiana! How about some champagne to temporarily fix your baby blues?" He joked.

"Isn't it illegal to have alcohol here?" She asked.

"Of course it's illegal, mi benita..." He answered. "...but it's a gift from my father. Maldonian champagne." He popped the cork from the bottle.

"And nobody tried to stop you?" She asked with raised eyebrows.

"Eh." He answered before pouring the alcohol into the cups. He then handed a glass to his wife.

"You know that I don't drink." Tiana said, taking the glass.

"A couple of sips won't hurt." He said, sitting beside her on the bed.

"No…" Tiana stood up and put the cup on a table. "I don't want any alcohol."

Naveen sighed, also standing back up and sitting his cup beside hers. "We are almost in Maldonia. Once we are there things will be less hectic between us." He wrapped his arms around her from behind. "And I would to spend time with you before things get crazy there."

Tiana frowned in confusion. "Crazy? You just said that things would be less hectic once we're there."

He shrugged. "Okay, I lied. It will get somewhat crazy. My father's meetings are nothing compared to the other stuff we have to face while we're there."

"Such as?"

"Press conferences, meetings, special appearances…you know, stuff us royals do." He explained.

"Actually I don't know." Tiana then rolled her eyes. "I thought we would be spending most of our time together and around the towns. Where did all this extra stuff come from? Your father?" She asked, crossing her arms.

"Yes, but you will also take part in most of them, and we will do the couple stuff in between." He started kissing her neck. "I will always have time to spend time with my baby."

Tiana couldn't to help but to laugh at her husband's attempt at trying to sound like the men in New Orleans by using the word baby. He had the charm, but he couldn't say it right with his Maldonian accent. "Just stick with mi benita." She turned around and wrapped her arms over his broad shoulders.

"Making fun of my accent?" He asked, holding a fake serious expression.

"No, I just think that it's best you use words that suit you." She said.

Instead of continuing the conversation on his accent, he changed the subject to Maldonia. "Our stay in Maldonia will be remembered, mi benita." He caressed her face. "Just you wait."

Tiana noticed how relaxed Naveen was right now. He was always relaxed at home, but with them coming to Maldonia she saw another side of him and it made her smile. He looked to almost be glowing. "You seem so different now that we are away from New Orleans."

"I love New Orleans, but there are times when I get a little homesick." He explained. "You know that I've always wanted to take you back to Maldonia just to see where I grew up."

"Mmm-hmm." Tiana caressed his face. "I know."

"And I look forward to showing you just that. Breathing the same air I breathe for twenty years." He smiled as he thought about it. "Seeing the beautiful villages, rivers and the oceans that surround Maldonia. The beaches are beautiful and if you thought the sunset at the Atlantic ocean was beautiful this evening, then you'll be blown away by the sunsets in our kingdom."

"I can't wait to see everything." She gazed into his honey coloured eyes. Seeing how excited he was about his home country.

Naveen looked down at his wife's loving gaze and felt his heart beating extra faster. It was as if he was falling inlove with her all over again. Just as that moment her eyes glistened to his under the stars in the bayou. "Tiana..." He started as his eyes trailed down to her body in the night gown. It hugged her curves perfectly. His eyes then slowly moved back to hers.

Tiana saw the lustful fire in her husband's eyes and knew exactly what he wanted. She wanted the same and inched herself up to him until their lips touched. Their arms wrapped around one another as they deepened the kiss.

Naveen scooped Tiana into his arms, carrying her to the bed. As he was about to lean forward to kiss her, Tiana moved her and ended up on top of him where she pressed her lips to his. Moaning escaping out of their mouths as they began undressing. Just as Naveen was unbuttoning his shirt he watched as Tiana easily slipped the gown right off of her. She looked him up and down before un-doing his trousers. Naveen's hands rubbed up and down the sides of her body as he was so aroused by his wife's naked body that and how she was taking charge that he rolled over them over with his wife now under him, between her legs. Tiana took her husband's face with her hands and hungrily pressed her lips onto his. Naveen easily kicked his trousers and boxers off before pulling the covers over their nude bodies. While they were still kissing, he reached over to turn off the lamp. The moon's glow being their only light...

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"Tonight has been an amazing night." Tiana said, with her head on her husband's chest. "I don't think I've ever felt so, so…"

Naveen ran his fingers through her hair and found it cute that she couldn't think of any words to describe her feelings. So he decided to tease her on it. "I think the word is speechless, mi benita."

"Yeah make fun of me after you got what you wanted." She poked him on the chest.

"Don't try to make this one-sided. You wanted this just as much as I did." He patted her on the behind.

"Mm-hmm. Says the man who eats, drinks and sleeps panza." She joked.

"No, I eat, drink and sleep with you." He cupped her chin.

Tiana rolled her eyes. "I see where you wasgoing with that."

"Really?" He asked in sarcasm before kissing her again.

Tiana then pulled away from the kiss too look at the full moon through the window. "Isn't the moon beautiful tonight?" She looked up at him.

"It's okay." He said, rubbing her lower back and noticed the way his wife was looking at him. It reminded him of their honeymoon. She was glowing and innocent-like with no make-up in sight. "You're beautiful."

Tiana smiled and wrapped an arm over her husband's toned abdomens. She always loved his masculine scent, it was fresh with a hint of sweat. She then took an inhale and exhale. "I don't know what is wrong with me. First I was missing our baby and now I'm actually enjoying myself again."

"Hey, you have every right to enjoy yourself." Naveen told his wife. "You've been working so hard with the restaurant, making a name for yourself that you never really do anything for yourself. Marcel would want you to have fun with his papa."

Tiana rolled her eyes. "Papa?"

"No, papa." He corrected her with his pronunciation.

Tiana raised an eyebrow. "I just said that."

"But you didn't say it with the Maldonian accent. It sounds better when you use it. Try it." He suggested.

"Papa?" Tiana's raised both her eyebrows.

Naveen laughed a little. "And you laugh at how I pronouce baby!"

"Papa!" She tried again with the Maldonian accent and smiled "Hmm. It does sound better!"

"I told you to use it my way in the first place." Naveen kissed her on the forehead.

"Hard work and dedication always pays off." Tiana said proudly.

"Yes, yes but anyway, our time in Maldonia will be the best week of our lives." He changed the subject.

"I don't think anything can top the first week of our honeymoon." She rubbed her finger across his toned abdomen.

"Yes, that was the best week of our lives." Naveen agreed while smiling. "We shared a lot of first together that night." He rubbed her derriere.

She smiled and rested her head on her hand. "We shared a first tonight, too."

"Really?" Naveen grew puzzled. "How so?"

"Our love making felt different." Tiana said.

Naveen frowned. "Different?"

"In a very good way." She stated. "I can't put my finger on what made it different because we're always very passionate with it either way."

"Perhaps it could be our romancing on the sea?" Naveen wondered.

"It could be." Tiana laid her head back on her husband's chest and listened to his heartbeats. She closed her eyes as she thought about how blessed she was to have him as her husband. His love for her was like no other she ever felt before. Sure her parents loved her, Charlotte loved her, but Naveen's love was unique. He gave up the throne and his old life for her. It made her heart melt for him and she'd never thought she would end up being one of those women would fall hard. But she didn't care about that once it happened. Naveen is the love of her life and if she had to fall head over heels over someone, she was glad that it was with him.

"That dance we shared was something else." Naveen said, remembering their dinner earlier that evening. "It seemed as if everything was on our side for once. No hate, judging or stares. It was just us two dancing."

Tiana looked at her husband and thought of the song they danced to earlier, and how perfect it was for them at the moment. He was right, besides the romance, it did seem as if they were the only two people in the room. The way he held her in his arms, the way he gazed into her eyes. The way his lips felt on hers. She could still hear the song in her head as the words freely, but softly came out of her mouth…

Lying beside you
This joy is so deep
I reach out and touch you
Tenderly
Looking inside you
My world is complete
I struggled to find you
Now I'm free
Precious love
Burning so deeply
Shining completely
For you…

Naveen closed his eyes as he listened on…

So blessed
Amazingly
Touching you now
Awakens me
You are my heart
My everything
Feeling you now
Is all I need…

Naveen slowly opened his eyes to his wife caressing his face. "What a way to end the night. Listening to my beautiful wife's beautiful voice."

Tiana gave him a soft smile.

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A/N: The ship will aboard Maldonia on the next chapter!