A/N : Thanx to the wonderful reviewers - stargirl888, nala315, ndblue123, sapofbks2002, Ali Simmons, little-princess, swimcc, jackie, Meg*. Apologies to those who I made cry - I hope they were tears of joy! I'm so glad you are all enjoying this fic but I should warn you that the next chapter (14) will be the last. It should be an ending you all approve of though (at least I hope so)

Now on with the story...

Disclaimer : Phillippe is my character, Meg Cabot owns the rest.

"You did great Mom" Phillippe told his mother after the interview. Mia sighed, she wasn't so sure she had done well.

"I just froze" she exclaimed, "and you saved me Michael, thankyou so much"

Michael put his arm around her.

"You don't have to thank me. I love you and I wanted to help explain that to the people"

"They have to listen" Lilly smiled, "You guys were awesome"

"We'll just have to wait and see now" Mia sighed, hoping against hope that the people of Genovia would support her desicion to marry the man she loved.

"Your majesty" Lars swept into the room, where Mia, Michael, Phillippe and Lilly sat talking over the days events. It was several hours since the interview but it was still the soul topic of conversation.

"I think you may want to see what is going on downstairs" the bodyguard continued.

Mia excused herself and stood up but Lars suggested that the others come too. The four people followed Lars out of the room and down the staircase to the main entrance hall. Their eyes met an amazing site.

Row upon row of bouquets, cards, teddy bears, and all manner of gifts filled the hall. Mia was astonished.

"What is all this?" she asked.

"They appear to be gifts from the people" Lars smiled, "to congratulate you on your engagement"

"But..." Mia opened her mouth to speak again but did not really know what she wanted to say. Tears of joy filled her eyes as servants brought in more and more gifts and cards. Phillippe moved from behind his mother and picked up the nearest bunch of flowers. He read the card aloud.

"To our beautiful queen and her future husband, congratulations on your engagement"

Lilly moved to pick up another gift and she too read the card allowed.

"We support you, Queen Amelia, in all you do. Good luck with your marriage"

Michael now joined in picking up cards and reading the messages. Some said 'good luck, others wished the bride-to-be, 'congratulations,' some said simply 'we understand'. Phillippe, Lilly, and Michael continued to read aloud until they all began to realise that Mia had not moved from her current position.

"Mom, are you okay?" Phillippe checked as Michael went to his fiancee's side.

"Yes" she managed to say as her tears overcame her, "I've just never been so happy in my life" she concluded, wrapping her arms around Michael and crying into his shoulder.

Lilly put her arm around her nephews shoulders, fighting back tears of her own and if any of them had been paying attention, they would have seen Lars rub over his eyes with the back of his hand.

Today the palace was full of tears from many different people, but they were tears of joy, and there were more to come.

"Your majesty, I have one more piece of news for you" Lars spoke suddenly.

"Yes, Lars, what is it?" Mia turned to him.

"We have received a telephone call from your mother"

Mia's expression changed suddenly.

"I haven't told her yet!" she exclaimed bringing her hands up to her face, "She's going to go crazy!"

"Oh no, rest assured your highness," Lars spoke quickly, "she is not at all upset. She was of course a little surprised to hear of your engagement via the television as opposed to the telephone but she was not at all angry. Her phone call was merely a way for her to pass on her congratulations and to ask me to warn you..."

"Warn me? About what? Oh no it's going to be something awful isn't it?" Mia interrupted and then rambled for a few moments. Michael could see Lars was impatient to finish his sentence and so told Mia to calm down and let the man finish as it probably wouldn't be bad news.

"Go on, Lars" Michael urged.

"To warn you that her plane lands in the next hour or so and that she brings with her your step-father, half-sister and your future in laws" Lars explained. Mia let a smile spread over her face.

"She's coming here?!" she asked pointlessly, "They're all coming here?!"

"Yes, your majesty" Lars couldn't help but smile too.

"And Mom and Dad are coming?" Lilly verified.

"Yes, Madame, and your husband and children too, I believe"

Lilly ran over to Mia and Michael and a group hug ensued, however Phillippe did not move.

"Phillippe, aren't you happy?" his mother asked him.

"Of course!" Phillippe smiled, "I just can't believe I'm going to meet the rest of my family!" He joined the hug as more gifts were brought in and laced on the floor around them. They were all to be a family at last, and Mia couldn't wait for the day of the wedding so that it was official.

A/N : Please remember to review and I will have the final chapter posted tomorrow (hopefully!)