The girls followed Clarisse out of the house and down the driveway.
Meanwhile, Mia was chattering on incessantly, "So, I'll be sixteen this year, and mom traded two of her paintings to get me a 1966 Mustang." She paused her ramblings and turned to look at Clarisse, "You do know what a Mustang is, right?"
Clarisse scoffed, "I raise mustangs. That is not a sensible car for a princess."
Katya snickered, "It isn't sensible for anyone. It doesn't run."
"Ah," Clarisse finally understood. She turned to Mia, "Well, I suppose I could donate something to this vehicle."
Katya looked over and smiled, "Good morning, Mr. Robutusen." She called out and waived.
"Who is this gentleman?" Clarisse asked curiously.
"He's our neighbor," Mia answered, "but you wouldn't want to meet him. He doesn't have very nice manners."
Clarisse still smiled at the man politely, "Good morning." Before guiding the girls forward, "There's someone I want you two to meet."
"Okay," Katya nodded and the girls followed her down the drive, only to freeze at the sight that greeted them. There were three limousines parked in front of their house.
"Whoa," Mia exclaimed.
"There are three Limos." Katya stated perplexed.
Clarisse nodded, "One for each of you, I figured you'd like your privacy."
"Do you raise limousines too?" Mia asked jokingly.
Clarisse chuckled, "No," She led Mia to her limo first and made sure she got in safely before leading Katya over to the other limo with a man standing in front of the door, "Katyana, this is Joseph." She introduced them.
She smiled at the older man, "Hi, nice to meet you."
He gave her a light smirk and a small bow, "Princess," and opened the door for her to slip in, closing it behind her.
Once he closed the door, Katya pulled out her phone and called Michael.
"Hello?" he grumbled into the phone, letting her know that he had just woken up.
"Hey," she smiled as Joseph got in the car and began driving; "Hold on," she took the phone from her ear, "Hey Joseph?"
He looked at her in review mirror in response.
"Can we make a quick stop on the way?" she requested.
He nodded and Katya smiled before getting back on the phone, "Hey, you still there?"
"Yeah I'm here." He answered and yawned.
She grinned, "Good, now get your cute little butt dressed; I'm on my way to pick you up and I've got a surprise."
There was a moment of silence before he responded, "You think my butt is cute?"
Katya just laughed, "Shut up and get dressed, I'll see you in a few." And snapped her phone shut.
"Hey Joseph, are the flags a necessity?" she asked curiously as she began giving him directions to Michael's house.
Joseph nodded, "Yes, the flags allow me to park anywhere. We keep the flags."
"Okay, Joseph." Katya smiled at the man
He looked back at her and smirked, "You can call me Joe."
She returned his smirk, "Okay, Joe."
"Oh my God!" Michael exclaimed, shocked, as he walked out of his house and found Katya waiting for him, leaning up against a limo.
"I know right." She smirked at him.
"Man," he chuckled as Joe walked over, "You weren't kidding about being a princess."
Katya smiled and shook her head, "That reminds me, you can't tell anyone about that, not even Lily."
Michael nodded distractedly, "Yeah totally, keep it to myself, got it."
Joe opened the door for them, "Oh, Michael this is Joe, Joe this is my best friend Michael. We'll be picking him up for school a lot so get used to his face."
The two men shook hands and they climbed into the car.
"This is amazing," Michael said as he looked around the inside of the limo.
"Isn't it." Katya grinned at him before calling out to Joe, "Hey Joe, can you park a block away from school, please?" She grinned playfully, "I don't want to cause a riot with this hearse."
"This is a non-riot hearse." He assured her, smirking, "And if it were a hearse there would be silence in the back seat."
The two teenagers were silent for a moment until Michael looked over at her, "Man, Joe is sassy." And the two irrupted into a fit of laughter causing Joe to chuckle.
After school Katya had Joe drop her and Michael off at Doc's so they could hang out for a bit before princess lessons. She had packed herself an extra outfit and had used the restroom to change.
At the moment she was sitting on the hood of Mia's car watching the band practice. Katya smirked as she watched Michael sneak M&Ms as he played
She looked over and saw Mia roll through, "Hey, baby sister!" she shouted over the music.
Mia smiled at her and placed a kiss on her 'baby'.
"You've been listening to the sounds of Flypaper. We're flying away now." Michael said as he moved from behind the keyboard and walked over to them.
Katya grinned at him, "Ya'll sounded great. Though, I think you might have a bit of an addiction to M&Ms."
Michael scoffed, "I don't have an addiction. I can quit anytime I want."
The two smirked at each other and Mia let out a groan, "Oh my God, just kiss already and get it over with, guys!" she exclaimed.
Michael blushed and rubbed the back of his neck, embarrassed, while Katya's smirk just grew, "Hey, I'm just waiting on Michael to make his move." She said as she jumped off the hood.
Michael's eyes widened and he opened his mouth to respond but was cut off as Doc walked over, "Hello girls."
The girls smiled over at him, "Hey Doc," The responded simultaneously.
"So," Mia started, "what's the diagnosis for my baby?"
Doc shrugged, "Four hundred dollars."
Katya's eyes widened and Mia accidentally hocked the horn when her hand slipped.
Doc nodded in sympathy, "Yeah, I know. It costs to be cool, huh?"
Mia groaned, "This is not my day." She turned to face Katya, "Kitty, how much do you love your baby sister?" she pouted.
Katya sighed, "I'll pay a hundred of it as my birthday present to you, but you have to come up with the rest."
"I'II do some labor free." Michael offered kindly.
Katya smiled over at him, but shook her head, "No you won't. Grandma has already offered to help out with some of it too. Mia can take care of the rest herself."
Mia nodded in agreement, "Thanks for the offer though." She then turned to Katya, "We gotta go."
Katya nodded and looked over at Michael, "I'll see you later; we gotta be somewhere."
The two girls walked out to the limo together, and Michael watched her go the whole way till she was out of sight.
"'Oh, I'll do some labor free'" Doc laughed at him, "You sweet on Katya?"
Michael rolled his eyes, "She's my best friend."
Doc shrugged, "Yeah, well that's the hardest place to be, between friend and friendlier, huh?"
Michael just scoffed and threw his oil rag at the old man.
"Between you and me," Doc started smirking, "I think little Katya's got a thing for you. Go for it."
