A/N: Thank you for the reviews. They were all really sweet and I so appreciate them. You have no idea! :-) Thank you 'Wins' and 'Carole' your reviews were really touching and made me really want to keep writing. It really makes me feel like I'm doing a good deed by helping you escape from the stress of the 'real world'. I actually have a lot of ideas on a 'real' fictional book. I just have to type everything I have written in my notebooks...yes, notebooks. How old-fashion of me. lol.

I've been so busy these past few days but now I can finally sit and update! Hope you all enjoy this chapter! Charlotte's in it and will be in the story a lot more. Tiana needs her bff and so does Charlotte. I do not own Disney of PATF. Enjoy and review!

Queen of Maldonia II

A Bubbly…And Pink Reunion

"How did ya'll sleep?" Eudora asked the couple.

"Good…" Tiana answered. "…to finally sleep in a normal bed for once."

Naveen frowned. "What is wrong with our bed? Is it not good enough for you?"

"Yes, but you do realize that our bed is abnormally huge." Tiana said.

"Just enough room for us, yes." Naveen responded. "And for delivering our son later next year."

Tiana widen her eyes. "Naveen…"

Naveen smiled. "What? Your mother already knows you're pregnant."

Eudora walked by Naveen and popped him on the back of his head.

"Ouch! What was that for?" He frowned, rubbing his head.

"You ruined my fun." She sat two cups on the coffee table. "I was gonna play along with Tiana."

Tiana popped him on the back of his head.

"Ouch! Why are you women attacking me?" Naveen asked, now protecting his head.

"For opening your big mouth!" Tiana rolled her eyes.

Eudora laughed. "In his defense babycakes, I found out on my own."

"You see?" Naveen pointed at the middle age woman. "Now you have to apologize."

Tiana sighed, ignoring her husband's last comment. "I should be heading to the restaurant."

"Oh babycakes wait until tomorrow morning. The restaurant is just fine now." Eudora said. "Derell has been very good at keeping everything the way you like. You did create him to be exactly like you."

"Well I would like to see for myself." Tiana got up.

"Still as stubborn as ever." Eudora shook her head. "Just like ya daddy."

"Can I go mama?" A'lia asked, walking down the stairs.

"Yes, but remember it's December so put on a jacket-

"It is eighty degrees outside today. You ain't in Maldonia, child."

Naveen laughed.

"You better stop laughing if you know what's good for you?" Tiana warned. She still blamed him for exposing the pregnancy, even if he wasn't at fault.

"A little grumpy now that we're on your soil, yes?" Naveen teased. "Your mother is right though. You should go to the restaurant tomorrow."

She sighed ouloud. "Alright! I'll go there tomorrow, but first thing in the morning."

"Good." Eudora said, sitting on the chair.

Just then knocking could be heard at the door.

Neither Eudora or Naveen left their seats.

Tiana rolled her eyes. "I'll get it." She said with sarcasm. When she opened the door a woman in a pink dress smiling from ear to ear was standing before her.

"Lottie!"

"Tia!"

Both Tiana and Charlotte embraced one another.

"Oh Tia I missed you so much!"

"I missed you too, Lottie." Tiana responded, now feeling relieved.

"So you finally decided to come here." Eudora said as the two pulled from their hug.

"Oh Miss Eudora I'm terribly sorry." Charlotte said. "But you know how busy it could be with twins."

"It's about time you let us in!" Jimmy, Charlotte's son said.

"And how!" Jane, Charlotte's daughter agreed and stopped when she saw Tiana. "Aunt Tia!" She ran over to the young queen.

"Hey baby!"

A'lia stood next to Eudora as she watched the blonde girl hug her mother.

Tiana looked over at her suddenly shy daughter. "Come on A'lia. You know who this is."

The blonde girl smiled at the princess. "A'lia!" And ran over to hug her.

"Hi Jane!" A'lia laughed.

"Your hair is so pretty and curly!" The blonde girl complimented. "Do you use princess hair products?"

James walked in the room, wiping his eyes. "What is going on here?"

Jane let go of A'lia and ran over to the prince, knocking him onto the floor. "Oh my prince has finally come back for me!"

"Get off of me!" James yelled.

Everyone started laughing.

Jane kissed James on the cheek. "We're finally going to get married! In New Orleans of all places!"

"Mama!" James shouted.

Tiana shook her head. She thought it was cute.

"Jane hold him for as long as you can!" Charlotte encouraged her daughter. "Don't want to mess up like mama did!" She then jokingly winked at Naveen.

"Faldi faldonza." Naveen didn't find the joke at all funny.

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"…And Travis' paper business is going swell! I am so proud of my Travy-poo." Said Charlotte. The two friends remained in the livingroom to catch up.

"I'm happy for you two." Tiana said before sipping on some tea. "But where is Travis?"

"Out of town in Chicago. He's been in that dang town for three weeks now." Charlotte then rested her hand on her tummy. "He needs to hurry home because I have some wonderful news to share with him."

Tiana looked down at where her friend rested her hand. "Are you pregnant?"

Charlotte smiled. "Yes Tia!"

Tiana wasn't expecting to hear such news, but she was thrilled overall. "Congratulations…um, wow. Since we're being open right I guess I should say that we'll have to suffer through the summer together." She then put her hand on her own tummy.

Charlotte's eyes widen as she noticed Tiana's hand over her baby bump. "Are you pregnant too, Tia?"

She smiled and nodded her head.

"Oh this is prefect timing!" Charlotte squeaked. "My second dream is finally happening. We're gonna have babies around the same time! When are you due?"

"Early August." Tiana answered.

"Me too! I mean the baby is coming in early August, too!" Charlotte beamed. "Have you told everyone? I want to but Travis doesn't like being the last one to find things out and-

"Naveen, his aunt and my mother only know. We haven't told anyone else yet." Tiana said.

Charlotte grew even more excited. "We should announce our pregnancies together at Christmas dinner! Do you know how wonderful that would be?"

Tiana only smiled. Her friend never changed.

"Wouldn't it be wonderful if we both had girls? If you stay long enough I can throw a double babyshower the both of us! The theme will be pink-

"Lottie, let's not get ahead of ourselves here…" Tiana said.

"Travis tells me this all the time, but I can't help it if I love being happy! And the color pink...it's the best color of them all!"

Tiana shook her head. "So are blue, green, yellow, red-

"Pink Tia! Pink!" Charlotte said. "Oh please Tia! Let the double babyshower be pink!"

"Lottie…calm down." Tiana raised an eyebrow.

"Alright I'll calm down. But we have to make sure the children don't feel at all left out. Jane and Jimmy are only four but act like they are forty."

"Tell me about it. James already thinks he's grown." Tiana said.

"Mama!" A'lia busted into the livingroom. "I don't want to play with Jane! She wants me to wear a princess dress!"

Jane busted into the room. "But you're a princess! Don't you always have to wear a princess dress?"

"No! I wear regular dresses. And I hate wearing those! I much rather wear trousers and play football."

Charlotte raised an eyebrow. "Play football? Wear trousers? But what about wearing your hair in fancy styles and wearing pretty jewelry with the princess dresses?"

"A'lia is a tomboy Lottie." Tiana said.

Charlotte couldn't help but to shake her head and laugh. "Just like you were Tia."

The young queen nodded her head before looking back at her daughter "Where's your brother?"

"He's playing jacks with Jimmy."

"And your daddy?"

"Right here." Naveen walked in the room with his ukulele.

"And where are you going?" Tiana asked.

"Out." Naveen answered.

"Out? Out where?"

"To the French quarter. Leni is joining me." Naveen explained.

"And what about the other three guards that came along with us?" She asked.

"Eh. They are playing jacks with the boys." Said Naveen, knowing his wife's hormones are the cause of her attitude.

"And you can't do that, too?"

Naveen leaned on the wall. "Nope. I want to get some New Orleans air. Hear some REAL jazz and-

"Look for Louis." She finished.

Charlotte laughed.

Naveen shrugged. "Can't you blame me? There is nothing to do here, but chit-chat. And why would I want to do that when I can share my original talent with all of New Orleans? Plus, look at this face?"

Charlotte shook her head as she watched the king talk. "Naveen you will always be a handsome man."

"I know…" Naveen said proudly.

"Don't feed his ego." Tiana said.

"No keep doing it. I barely get it fed at home." He teased.

"You keep talking and I will give you something to feed on." Tiana warned.

"Your beautiful lips?" He asked.

"My fist." She balled her hand.

"Oh you know you're crazy about me." He went to give his wife a kiss, but she turned away. "Oh you are playing hard to get now? Just wait until tonight. I will show you something hard to get."

"Ooooh Tia! You're in trouble!" Charlotte said.

"And you have to talk like that in front of children?" Tiana reminded the two.

Naveen looked over at the girls who were speaking to one another. "They didn't hear anything I said. Did you girls hear me?"

"What's that papa?" A'lia asked. "No..." Jane answered.

"You see? Now I am about to head out to the Quarter."

Tiana waved her hand at her husband.

Naveen bend over and gave his wife a successful kiss this time. "I know it's your hormones that are speaking for you. "Gasetu denezna."

"I love you, too." She said back.

"Aw!" Charlotte said as Leni entered the livingroom. She frowned."Leni? Is that you?"

The man nodded his head.

"It's been a while."

"Yes it has." He responded.

Naveen and Tiana kissed once more. "I won't be long."

"Mm-hmm, and if you are then I'm gonna have to come out there and knock heads off."

Naveen laughed. "Attagirl! Always looking after your husband!"

"Abinaza papa!" Said A'lia.

"Abinaza for now mi princessa." He said before leaving.

"Mmm…Naveen looks good enough to eat." Charlotte said. "His muscles got bigger."

"Lottie." Tiana stood up.

"Well he's still good looking, and I know you can't resist him." Charlotte also stood up.

"No, he can't resist me." Tiana walked into the kitchen.

Charlotte followed her. "I already know that, but you're just as bad."

"Let's talk about you and Travis. And how he happens to…how do you say it? Munch your muffins?"

"Smooch my muffins is what I say." Corrected Charlotte. "And let's not get my Travis' smooches and Naveen's munchin's in a tangle."

Tiana rolled her eyes.

"Oh Tia you know I love messin' with you!" Charlotte hugged her friend. "But are you sure you can trust Naveen around all those single women? Because they are out there. Especially in the French Quarter!"

"I trust my husband." Tiana answered. "It's the women who I don't trust."

"Of course you're a queen. You're an expert, but there are voodoo women who will do anything to get your man. I know one of them got my Travis once…"

Tiana's eyes widen. "Travis had an affair?"

Charlotte nodded her head. "It was one night and I happen to catch him coming out of some whore shack."

"Aw Lottie…that's horrible. What did you do?"

"I got back at him and slept with my chauffeur. He was tall, black...and rough!"

"Are you serious?" Tiana couldn't believe what she just heard.

The blonde nodded her head.

Tiana then rolled her eyes at her friend. "Only you would…oh Lottie…"

Charlotte laughed. "When I told Travis he went bananas, but what else could he do?"

"Divorce you?" Tiana asked in sarcasm. "You know how some of these men are. One mistake and they will leave."

"But he can't because I am the daughter of Eli LaBouff. He might be wealthy, but he is number two. Big daddy is number one."

"And that chauffeur got fired, right?"

"Yes!"

"Travis didn't get him hanged did he?" Tiana was still aware of the crooked criminal system for men of color.

"No! You know Travis isn't that way." Charlotte answered.

"Well you two obviously made up. You are pregnant with his baby."

"Yep. I remember the night Travis threw me on our bed, ripping my night gown off and having me-

"Okay, I don't want to hear that." Tiana cut off her friend.

"I know Naveen had to have done that with you more than a few times. Especially with those muscles."

"Yes, but I rather I not talk about sex right now." Tiana loved her friend but ever since she got married all she would want to talk about is sex and the color pink.

"Great! Let's talk about all the money we have!" Charlotte said.

"Let's not."

"Then we can talk about our babyshower-

"Lottie." Tiana rolled her eyes.

Charlotte laughed and looked down at Tiana's ring finger. "Okay Tia. Let's talk about that VERY nice black diamond you have on that ring finger of yours."

"Oh this ole thang?" Tiana half way bragged. "Naveen wanted me to wear this JUST for the attention..."

"Well it caught mine. Where did he get it from?"

"He actually had it..."

()()()()

Naveen rode on the passenger side of the car he bought before returning to the country and was still amazed at the sight of the city, but noticed some differences.

"The depression has closed a lot of the businesses here." He said. "I don't remember the city looking so...dead."

He then saw a woman with a black eye following a man in a suit. "She looks familiar…" He also saw her holding a young boy's hand."Eni, slow down a little."

The guard did as he was told and as the car drove by Naveen got a closer look and saw that her bottom lip was also busted. He was shocked when he realized who it was

"Georgia. That's Tiana's old friend." The king said. "She looks awful."

"Poor girl." Leni said, turning the corner. "Someone gave her a shiner.

"I wonder if that fella had anything to do with it?" Naveen wondered, but that suddenly changed when he heard the sound of a trumpet playing from down the street. "Do you hear that?"

"I hear it your highness." Leni responded.

"Around here, just call me Naveen." The king instructed the guard.

Just then a band featuring a chubby alligator could be seen performing on the side of the street. "Achidonza!" Naveen yelled as he jumped out of the car.

Louis heard that familiar chant and stopped playing once he saw who it was from. "Naveen!"

The two hugged just as the band stopped

"Oh man it's been a long time!" Shouted Louis

"A very long time my scaly friend." Naveen said, "How have you been?"

"Not too bad." He answered and looked at his band members. "Just felt like pouring some jazz on everyone's sobbin' moods."

"Yeah I've seen some of the town. Some in business, while most aren't. Guess the depression is still happening." Naveen said and smiled. "But aren't you going to introduce me to your band members? I don't remember these faces."

"Of course you don't royal. Louis just hired us a month ago." One of the men said.

"Royal?" A bearded man who was in the band asked. "Are you that king who took one of our girls and married her?"

"I didn't take her, but I did marry her." Naveen answered.

"My daughters are nuts about you! Ever since Tiana married you its been their dream to marry a prince." He said.

Naveen nodded his had. "Well, good luck to them."

"Anyway, the other fellas wanted to move on to bigger things." The Alligator explained. "We're still looking for one more person to join but haven't had much luck."

"Well..." Naveen smiled. "You can have an old friend who happens to be a ukulele player take cover to spot, for now?"

"What you do think boys?" Louis asked the band.

"Yeah man!"

"Come on!"

"Get in here!"

"Bout time you asked!"

"You heard them! Get in here! Let's play a lil welcome home song for our friend." Louis said before counting. "And a one and a two…"

Naveen heard the band play the song 'New Orleans'. He loved the song and joined in.

A crowd formed around the band causing Naveen to start dancing. Some people joined in on the dancing which ended up turning into a small street party.

Naveen loved the energy. "Achidonza! I'm back where I belong!"

The crowd cheered.

Young women all smiled and giggled as they watch the king dance while playing the small instrument.

"I love you Naveen!" One woman shouted.

"No, I love you!" Another shouted.

"No, I love you the most!" Said another woman.

"I love all of you!" Naveen shouted back as a woman approached him doing the Lindyhop. "Ah...I love this dance!" He joined her as the crowd grew bigger.

"I want to dance with you, Naveen!" One jealous woman shouted.

"No he said that I was next!" Another said.

Naveen was on cloud nine as the jazz music poured in more people. Soon the whole street was flooded with random people either dancing or bobbing their heads to the music to people even serving food and drinks.

Once the song ended Naveen thanked the woman for the dance and eased back in with the band.

"This is amazing! The rush I'm feeling right now is…is….ahhh!"

Louis laughed. "And look at this crowd. You did this!" He raised his claw.

Naveen slapped it.

"Man, you gotta play with us more often!" One member said.

"How bout it?" Asked Louis.

"I think you should." Answered an attractive woman in a very tight fitted floral dress.

Naveen looked at her. "You think I should?"

She shrugged. "Why not? The band needs at least one good-looking face."

"Hey!" One member said.

"He might be a pretty boy, but I don't think he have what it takes to handle a band like us." The bearded man said.

"Is that a challenge?" Naveen asked.

"If you want it to be." He said.

"Then I will play with this band and prove to you all that I am more than a pret-handsome face."

()()()()

Later that night Naveen, Leni and Louis quietly made it back to Eudora's.

"Tiana is going to chew you out for not coming back on time." Leni said.

"Eh. I can handle her. Just one kiss and she's out." Naveen stumbled up the stairs.

"And you can barely make it up the stairs. Guess the beer here is just as strong as the ones in Maldonia." Louis said.

"I will admit the your beer is good, but it will never be as strong as Maldonia's."

"I don't drink alcohol. It does things to me." Said the alligator. "Like halluchions."

"Hallucination?" Naveen laughed a little. "How could someone as large as you be such a lightweight."

"Yea well Miss Eudora will lightweight our heads if she caught us comin' in here at three in the morning." Louis pointed out.

"If she has questions then leave them up to me to answer. I know how women think." Naveen said before going up the stairs. "Goodnight my friends."

Once he made it to the room he and Tiana were staying in he slowly closed the door and took off his shoes. He saw the back of her and had to be sure she was asleep. He smiled when he saw her eyes close and lightly snoring. "My sleeping beauty."

Naveen then took off his shirt before easing in the bed and under the covers with his wife, and sighed when his body hit the soft mattress. "Mission accomplished." He rested his head on his hands.

Tiana slowly opened her eyes and thought. 'Mission accomplished? That's what you think.'

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