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Michael awoke in a strange bed and for a moment wondered what he was doing there. Suddenly, the memories of the night before came flooding back to him. Him asking Mia to marry him, her running off crying, him meeting his son, he replayed the whole thing in his mind. Lars had gone to Mia when she had gone to her room and she had asked to be left alone. Phillippe offered a room for the night to his father, as he did not want him travelling back to his hotel at that time of night and besides he wanted his parents to at least come to some desicion about the future. Whether Mia agreed to marry Michael or not, Phillippe was determinde that he would get to know his father better and Michael could not be more glad that his son felt this way, but he stil wanted to marry the woman he loved and if she said no now, he would never forgive himself for turning her down over sixteen years ago.

Mia had not slept well at all. She could not feel relaxed enough to sleep. Michael was in Genovia, Michael still loved her, Michael wanted to marry her. Mia knew she should be happy about all these things and part of her really and truly was but the Queen had spent the last sixteen years or more convincing herslef that she would never see Michael again and that the love between them was gone. It wasn't true. Mia loved Michael now as much as she ever had. She knew in her heart she had never stopped loving him but could she marry him?

Phillippe had not spent much time sleeping, he couldn't. He was not upset at all, he was happy if not a little confused. It had taken a while for it to sink in that Kenny was not his father and that his father was in fact his mother's ex-boyfriend Michael Moscovitz. When his real father showed up at the palace things had got out of hand, especially when he asked Mia to marry him. She had run off crying but Phillippe was not too worried. He knew his mother was emotional and prone to outbursts of tears in times of shock. He wasn't sure how he felt yet about his mother and father getting married. He did not know Michael, hardly at all, but he knew he must be a good person for is mother to have loved him so much. He was pretty sure that she still loved him and he knew that he definaitely loved her, but what would happen as regards Genovia? Was it okay for the Queen to marry her ex-boyfriend and would the popel be told that Michael was in fact his real father, not Kenny? Phillippe doubted that such information would be made public knowledge but knowing the press it would be evry hadr for his parebts to marry without them finding out the truth.

Phillippe decied not to dwell on it and picked up the pile of photos on his bedside table again. When Michael had started to tell Philippe about the famaily he neverknew he had, he was curious to know more abot them and so Michael had given his son some photographs he had brought with him, originally to show Mia, but he was glad his son was taking an interest in his saide of the family. The photos were of Phillippe's Aunt Lilly and Uncle Boris and their children, who were his cousins, and then there were some of his grandparents too. It was starnge to Phillippe to suddenly have a whle family of people he had known nothing of previously but they all looked like nice people and if they had been good to his mother when she was young, Phillippe knew he would like them.

A tap came on the door, just as Michael had finished getting dresed.

"Come in" he said, and Lars appeared in the doorway.

"Good morning, Mr Moscovitz" he said, "Did you sleep well?"

"Yeah, I'm fine, and Lars, c'mon call me Michael, we're not complete starngers" Michael replied with a smile. Lars smiled too and then continued.

"The Queen was upset last night, do you mind if I ask why?"

"I did a stupid thing. Well, I didn't think it was stupid at the time but I'm starting to wonder now..." he trailed off for a moment and straed out of the window, before turning back to Lars and continuig, "Lars, I asked her to marry me, do you think that was stupid?"

"No" the man replied simply, "it is perfectly reasonable for two people as much in love as you and she to get married"

"You think she still loves me after what I did?" Michael laughed, humourlessly.

"No, I don't think she loves you, I know she loves you" Las tld him, without waiting for a reaction he ocntinued to explain, "You did not do such a terrible thing, Michael, you were young and you did not want to be tied down, you weren't ready to be a consort to a future queen, it is a lot of responsibity. Amelai knows why you did what you did and she understands. Besides, was it not you who I let through security on her wedding day, yu were going to put things right even then.

I know Amelia, Michael, I know her as well as anyone could after all these years, I have seen her go through a lot and I have seen her come out of it stronger, but she is still a frightened girl inside, especially when it comes to love. Just prove to her you can be what she deseres and that you truly love her it is all you can do"

"Thankyou" Michael answered, "you're right, about everything, I only hope I haven't upset her too much by storming in here last night and blurting out everything I felt like that"

"She'll be okay" Lars assured him, "she just needs time and I think now we should go down to breakfsat" he continued, on hearing Phillippe's bedroom door slam and seeing the boy come practically runing towards him, "because I think there is someone here who is eagar to see you" he smiled.

Mia found she was up and dressed quite quickly, despite her lack f sleep. She only hoped she would be able to stay calm in th presence of the one she loved. She had looked at his marruage proposal from every conceivable angle and she had come to a desicion. She wasn't sure if the reaction of certain people would be good or bad, but she had made her decision and she was sticking to it, now all she had to do was tell Michael.

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