AN: Well, I have another chapter ready (finally), and I am a very bad llama
(as my English teacher would say) for making you wait so long. Anyway, as
my geography would say, enough yacking and get on with the chapter. So I
will. Here it is, and I hope you enjoy it.
Chapter 14
A couple weeks had passed since Mia's first trip back home. She was doing well, and starting to get back into schedule. It was she who suggested she should start school again.
"It's your choice Mia." Her mom had said, "I just don't want you to rush into things when you aren't ready."
"I'm fine Mom. I'm really doing great. I think it'll be a good idea to start again." She had insisted.
"Okay then. I'll talk to your father tonight and we'll figure out the security plans." "Okay. Thanks Mom."
"Sure dear."
Mia ran back up to her room and grabbed the phone.
When she phoned the Moscovitz apartment, Lilly was the one to pick up.
"Hello?" She said
"Lilly! It's me!" Mia said
"Hey Mia, how you doing?" Lilly asked
"I'm doing great. Guess what?" She didn't give Lilly a chance to guess. "I'm coming back to school!"
"That's great Mia! But are you sure you want to? No one's pushing you."
"Lilly, you sound like my Mom. I'm fine. I'm getting so bored at home. And it'll be great to see the rest of the crew." I tell her truthfully.
"Okay. Just, are you going to be picking up Michael and me still? I was just wondering, but you know you don't have-" But Mia stopped her
"Lilly," She said, "You're starting to scare me. This is so not like you. It's just plain weird."
"Oh, yeah, sorry Mia."
"Lilly can I talk to Michael."
Lilly sighed then yelled, "Michael! Your love is one the phone!"
Mia smiled. Yep, Lilly was back to normal.
When Michael got on he was panting and out of breath.
"Lilly...told me...you were...on the...phone." He stumbled
"Michael, don't kill yourself running to the phone." Mia said
"Are you okay?" He asked
"You know," Mia said, "Someone seems to say that every time I open my mouth to speak. I'm just fine Michael. I promise I'll tell you when I'm not."
"Oh sorry, okay." Michael said, starting to catch his breath. "So what did you call for?"
"I'm coming back to school!" Mia told him
"That's great Mia, really great. Listen, I gotta go, but I'll see you tomorrow then for school I guess."
"Oh, okay, right. I'll see you tomorrow." Mia said, a little disappointed he had to leave.
"Mia?" He said
"Yeah?"
"I love you."
"I love you too."
"Bye Mia." Michael whispered
"Bye Michael." She said back and the phone went dead.
'Well,' She thought, 'Now that I have so much extra time I might as well figure out what I'm going to wear tomorrow.'
Monday
Mia arrived at school at exactly fifteen minutes before the first bell rang. Lars and Joe (Her new bodyguard)[Yes, I got the name from the movie] escorted her to her locker along with Lilly and Michael who rode with her in the limo.
During the limo ride when Lilly had first gotten in, she had started to fish through her bag.
"Where is it?" She grumbled to herself.
"Um, Lilly?" Mia said, stretched her neck out to see into the bag. "Are you looking for something?"
At that moment, Lilly's head shoots up and Lilly exclaimed, "Ah, here it is."
It was Mia's diary. She hadn't seen it since before her kidnapping. She had been looking all over the house for it, but it never showed up. Mia decided not to ask her mother, 'cause she didn't want her to think that she was having a sudden nightmare "vision" and needed to write it down.
Lilly handed the diary to her cautiously and said, "I haven't looked in at all. Well, other then the time when it just fell open and I happened to see my name in it while I picked it up."
Mia laughed. "It's all right Lilly. Thanks, I've been looking for it."
Now, as Mia and her escorties (Including Lilly, Tina, and Michael), all eyes were on her and when she passed people they all of a sudden fell silent as though any words at all heard, would harm Mia.
All over her locker were cards, messages, tiny teddy bears saying, "Get well soon", and flowers sticking out.
Mia leaned over to Lilly and whispered, "I could have used this all lot more when I found out I was a princess."
The first chance Mia got during her first class, she opened her diary and skimmed the pages until she got to the last page she had written it. It had been the night of the winter dance when she had written, "I lived happily after all".
'I spoke too soon.' She thought to herself now.
The next page was clean, and Mia took out her pen, thought for a moment and started writing.
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Monday, Homeroom [If this is not Mia's first hour class, please let me know so I can change it]
It feels strange writing in my diary again. Since I have already explained the details of my captivity more then once, I don't feel like writing it down. So I'll just skip to the part where I finally start to become me again.
Here are the number of times people have come up to be and said how sorry they are: 87
Here's how many people hoped I would feel better soon: 54
Here's how many people have asked me if I was scared while being kidnapped or anything else about my kidnapping: 89
The total of people talking to me today: 230
Out of those people were people I knew (or have talked to me before): 33
Funny how people think they've known you all your life, come up and start talking to you, when they've never done so before.
There's one episode of Buffy when she can hear minds and she hears someone saying, "By tomorrow, they'll all be dead" and both her and her friends think it's this quiet, weird kid (It turns out to be the cafeteria lady poisoning people with rat poison) who's got a gun, but it turns out he just wanted to kill himself. He could have just been kidnapped, 'cause he would have gotten more attention. [I'm really sorry if I have insulted anyone with that last sentence; I didn't mean too.]
Anyway, to add to the attention, Principal Gupta even said something about "how grateful we all our that our own Mia Thermopolis is safe and now back in school". Great, that helps.
Still Monday, G&T
During G&T Michael noticed how uncomfortable I was having people come up to me, that he gave me a sympathetic smile and had Lilly go tell the people to "piss off". Well, he didn't tell her to say that, but Lilly said they were starting to irritate her.
So now that I finally have some peace and quiet, Michael's now tutoring me all the Algebra that I have missed. Which was quite a bit, despite the fact that Mr. G. started to help me at home too. Speaking of homework, you would think I have a lot, considering I was gone for a couple of weeks. But the teachers haven't given me much. Just maybe a few pages to read, or a worksheet to do. But that's it.
I think I'm going to go talk to Principal Gupta.
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Mia walked (with Joe and Lars behind) to Principal Gupta's office. There were a few lingering in the hallway, but they just stared.
When Mia approached the secretary, the secretary stood up.
Mia looked at her strangely, then figured out what she was doing.
"Oh, no. It's okay; you don't need to do that. I just need to talk to Principal Gupta. Is she here?"
"Yes, go right in Princess." The secretary replied
But Mia knocked on the door just in cause she was on the phone.
"Come in Amelia." Ms. Gupta said
Mia entered and asked, "How did you know it was me?"
Ms. Gupta didn't look up, just simply said, "Is anyone else addressed as the Princess?"
Mia blushed. "No, I guess not."
The principal finally looked up, smiled, and gestured to a chair.
"What did you want to talk about Amelia?" She asked
"Um, I just wanted to take about everyone's attitude around me." Mia said, taking a seat, with Lars and Joe standing behind her.
"I thought everyone was acting extremely polite around you today."
"Well, yes, but that's just it: there acting to polite. I mean, before the whole kidnapping, nobody really talked to me, or was even nice to me. Now they're all "Oh Mia, I'm so sorry." Or "I'm so glad your okay, it's great to see you again." "
"Ah yes, you did mention something about people not liking you in that interview a couple months back."
"Yes, I guess I did." Mia said, "But the point is, I just want people to be normal around me. I don't want people addressing me as "the Princess"."
"I understand Mia." Ms. Gupta said, "Tell you what, I was going to be holding a assembly tomorrow anyway, but would you like to take about your concern."
"I don't know, I'm ah," Mia trailed off as she remembered everyone being so sincere. "Sure Ms. Gupta, I'll try."
"All right then. Come down to the gym ten minutes before your first class lets out. I'll let your teacher know."
Mia got up, and collected her stuff. "Thanks Ms. Gupta."
"No problem Mia, see you tomorrow."
"Well, that went well." Lars noted after they had walked out, past the secretary (who didn't stand up bit did look up from her work to stare).
"Yeah, I guess it did." Mia replied but now she had two speeches and two large crowds listening to her, coming up.
AN: Phew. I guess I'm going to have to update faster so I can finish this story and my new story (if I do get a chance to put it up) before I leave for my trip. Anyway, enough about my life; go read some more about Mia's life in someone else's stories. Have fun!
Chapter 14
A couple weeks had passed since Mia's first trip back home. She was doing well, and starting to get back into schedule. It was she who suggested she should start school again.
"It's your choice Mia." Her mom had said, "I just don't want you to rush into things when you aren't ready."
"I'm fine Mom. I'm really doing great. I think it'll be a good idea to start again." She had insisted.
"Okay then. I'll talk to your father tonight and we'll figure out the security plans." "Okay. Thanks Mom."
"Sure dear."
Mia ran back up to her room and grabbed the phone.
When she phoned the Moscovitz apartment, Lilly was the one to pick up.
"Hello?" She said
"Lilly! It's me!" Mia said
"Hey Mia, how you doing?" Lilly asked
"I'm doing great. Guess what?" She didn't give Lilly a chance to guess. "I'm coming back to school!"
"That's great Mia! But are you sure you want to? No one's pushing you."
"Lilly, you sound like my Mom. I'm fine. I'm getting so bored at home. And it'll be great to see the rest of the crew." I tell her truthfully.
"Okay. Just, are you going to be picking up Michael and me still? I was just wondering, but you know you don't have-" But Mia stopped her
"Lilly," She said, "You're starting to scare me. This is so not like you. It's just plain weird."
"Oh, yeah, sorry Mia."
"Lilly can I talk to Michael."
Lilly sighed then yelled, "Michael! Your love is one the phone!"
Mia smiled. Yep, Lilly was back to normal.
When Michael got on he was panting and out of breath.
"Lilly...told me...you were...on the...phone." He stumbled
"Michael, don't kill yourself running to the phone." Mia said
"Are you okay?" He asked
"You know," Mia said, "Someone seems to say that every time I open my mouth to speak. I'm just fine Michael. I promise I'll tell you when I'm not."
"Oh sorry, okay." Michael said, starting to catch his breath. "So what did you call for?"
"I'm coming back to school!" Mia told him
"That's great Mia, really great. Listen, I gotta go, but I'll see you tomorrow then for school I guess."
"Oh, okay, right. I'll see you tomorrow." Mia said, a little disappointed he had to leave.
"Mia?" He said
"Yeah?"
"I love you."
"I love you too."
"Bye Mia." Michael whispered
"Bye Michael." She said back and the phone went dead.
'Well,' She thought, 'Now that I have so much extra time I might as well figure out what I'm going to wear tomorrow.'
Monday
Mia arrived at school at exactly fifteen minutes before the first bell rang. Lars and Joe (Her new bodyguard)[Yes, I got the name from the movie] escorted her to her locker along with Lilly and Michael who rode with her in the limo.
During the limo ride when Lilly had first gotten in, she had started to fish through her bag.
"Where is it?" She grumbled to herself.
"Um, Lilly?" Mia said, stretched her neck out to see into the bag. "Are you looking for something?"
At that moment, Lilly's head shoots up and Lilly exclaimed, "Ah, here it is."
It was Mia's diary. She hadn't seen it since before her kidnapping. She had been looking all over the house for it, but it never showed up. Mia decided not to ask her mother, 'cause she didn't want her to think that she was having a sudden nightmare "vision" and needed to write it down.
Lilly handed the diary to her cautiously and said, "I haven't looked in at all. Well, other then the time when it just fell open and I happened to see my name in it while I picked it up."
Mia laughed. "It's all right Lilly. Thanks, I've been looking for it."
Now, as Mia and her escorties (Including Lilly, Tina, and Michael), all eyes were on her and when she passed people they all of a sudden fell silent as though any words at all heard, would harm Mia.
All over her locker were cards, messages, tiny teddy bears saying, "Get well soon", and flowers sticking out.
Mia leaned over to Lilly and whispered, "I could have used this all lot more when I found out I was a princess."
The first chance Mia got during her first class, she opened her diary and skimmed the pages until she got to the last page she had written it. It had been the night of the winter dance when she had written, "I lived happily after all".
'I spoke too soon.' She thought to herself now.
The next page was clean, and Mia took out her pen, thought for a moment and started writing.
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Monday, Homeroom [If this is not Mia's first hour class, please let me know so I can change it]
It feels strange writing in my diary again. Since I have already explained the details of my captivity more then once, I don't feel like writing it down. So I'll just skip to the part where I finally start to become me again.
Here are the number of times people have come up to be and said how sorry they are: 87
Here's how many people hoped I would feel better soon: 54
Here's how many people have asked me if I was scared while being kidnapped or anything else about my kidnapping: 89
The total of people talking to me today: 230
Out of those people were people I knew (or have talked to me before): 33
Funny how people think they've known you all your life, come up and start talking to you, when they've never done so before.
There's one episode of Buffy when she can hear minds and she hears someone saying, "By tomorrow, they'll all be dead" and both her and her friends think it's this quiet, weird kid (It turns out to be the cafeteria lady poisoning people with rat poison) who's got a gun, but it turns out he just wanted to kill himself. He could have just been kidnapped, 'cause he would have gotten more attention. [I'm really sorry if I have insulted anyone with that last sentence; I didn't mean too.]
Anyway, to add to the attention, Principal Gupta even said something about "how grateful we all our that our own Mia Thermopolis is safe and now back in school". Great, that helps.
Still Monday, G&T
During G&T Michael noticed how uncomfortable I was having people come up to me, that he gave me a sympathetic smile and had Lilly go tell the people to "piss off". Well, he didn't tell her to say that, but Lilly said they were starting to irritate her.
So now that I finally have some peace and quiet, Michael's now tutoring me all the Algebra that I have missed. Which was quite a bit, despite the fact that Mr. G. started to help me at home too. Speaking of homework, you would think I have a lot, considering I was gone for a couple of weeks. But the teachers haven't given me much. Just maybe a few pages to read, or a worksheet to do. But that's it.
I think I'm going to go talk to Principal Gupta.
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Mia walked (with Joe and Lars behind) to Principal Gupta's office. There were a few lingering in the hallway, but they just stared.
When Mia approached the secretary, the secretary stood up.
Mia looked at her strangely, then figured out what she was doing.
"Oh, no. It's okay; you don't need to do that. I just need to talk to Principal Gupta. Is she here?"
"Yes, go right in Princess." The secretary replied
But Mia knocked on the door just in cause she was on the phone.
"Come in Amelia." Ms. Gupta said
Mia entered and asked, "How did you know it was me?"
Ms. Gupta didn't look up, just simply said, "Is anyone else addressed as the Princess?"
Mia blushed. "No, I guess not."
The principal finally looked up, smiled, and gestured to a chair.
"What did you want to talk about Amelia?" She asked
"Um, I just wanted to take about everyone's attitude around me." Mia said, taking a seat, with Lars and Joe standing behind her.
"I thought everyone was acting extremely polite around you today."
"Well, yes, but that's just it: there acting to polite. I mean, before the whole kidnapping, nobody really talked to me, or was even nice to me. Now they're all "Oh Mia, I'm so sorry." Or "I'm so glad your okay, it's great to see you again." "
"Ah yes, you did mention something about people not liking you in that interview a couple months back."
"Yes, I guess I did." Mia said, "But the point is, I just want people to be normal around me. I don't want people addressing me as "the Princess"."
"I understand Mia." Ms. Gupta said, "Tell you what, I was going to be holding a assembly tomorrow anyway, but would you like to take about your concern."
"I don't know, I'm ah," Mia trailed off as she remembered everyone being so sincere. "Sure Ms. Gupta, I'll try."
"All right then. Come down to the gym ten minutes before your first class lets out. I'll let your teacher know."
Mia got up, and collected her stuff. "Thanks Ms. Gupta."
"No problem Mia, see you tomorrow."
"Well, that went well." Lars noted after they had walked out, past the secretary (who didn't stand up bit did look up from her work to stare).
"Yeah, I guess it did." Mia replied but now she had two speeches and two large crowds listening to her, coming up.
AN: Phew. I guess I'm going to have to update faster so I can finish this story and my new story (if I do get a chance to put it up) before I leave for my trip. Anyway, enough about my life; go read some more about Mia's life in someone else's stories. Have fun!