A/N: I hope that you guys don't think I would be that mean.This is the real ending, and I am so glad to finally be finished with this story!This is also the longest chapter, I think. Thank you to everyone who has been kind enough to review,You guys ROCK! Now, without further ado...
9:30 a.m. Saturday Morning.
I woke up this morning fully expecting to be lying in Lilly's bed, but when opened my eyes, do you know what greeted me??? My ROOM!! I'm not kidding! I am so psyched right now; I don't know what to do!
Last night's events happened something like this:
When Michael tapped on the door, I opened it up and got ready to surprise Lilly. When I walked into the ballroom, I asked Michael where Madam Zara was.
"She said she'll be a little late."
No! If she is late, doesn't that decrease our chances of jumping through the window into our original bodies?
I gave a Michael a worried look and he squeezed my hand reassuringly. I wasn't quite sure what to expect, so when I saw Michael and Lars sneak up on Lilly, I didn't think anything bad was about to happen.
All of a sudden I saw Michael grab Lilly from behind and cover her mouth with his hand. Lars glanced around and they hustled her out of the ballroom, and onto the sidewalk. I rushed to the door and Michael grabbed my arm, pulling me along with them. When I got outside, Lilly was thrashing around in Lars arms. Michael had taken his tie off and tied it over her mouth, so all you could hear was "MMM!!" I had to laugh when I saw the spectacle they were making.
The limo pulled up and Hans opened the door. Lars ducked Lilly's head into the limo and got in after her. Michael and I jumped in on the other side, and Hans pulled away before the people at the party even realized what had just happened. It's a good thing the paparazzi were not hanging around the entrance. I could just see tomorrow's headline, "PRINCESS MIA KIDNAPPED!! Witnesses report seeing her bodyguard and boyfriend manhandling her into an awaiting limousine".
We pulled away from the curb and headed downtown. I turned to Michael and said, "So this is your big plan"
He just grinned at me and reached over to take the gag off Lilly's mouth. I'm kind of surprised she didn't attempt to free herself, it's not like her hands were bound. It could have been the fact that she was sitting next to the business end of a gun. Not that Lars had pulled it on her, but he could have.
As soon as she was freed, I wished we could put it back on her because she started screaming, "ARE YOU CRAZY? WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM??" She turned to Lars and said, "I could have you fired for that, when my father..." only Lars stopped her before he could be fully threatened. "I know what happened." She quickly shut her mouth and sat back.
She looked at me. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WEARING? Is that PINK?" Michael grinned at me.
"Ha Ha very funny." She did not look amused. "I can't believe I'm wearing pink" she muttered. We finally pulled up to Madam Zara's shop, and she greeted us at the door.
"Welcome to my shop." I looked around, it was a pretty groovy looking room. She led us to the back room and closed the door. "Now, let's get down to business." I looked at Lilly and saw that she was rolling her eyes. "THIS is what all this is about?" I stared at her, how in the world can she be so cavalier about something so serious?
I crossed my arms in front of my chest. "Yes, THIS is what all of this is about. I know that you might have been having fun, running around in my body and trying to become the class president or whatever, but this is SERIOUS"
She just rolled her eyes again and said, "Whatever, look, can we get this over with already? I want to go home and take off that hideous pink dress"
Um, excuse me, but I think this dress is gorgeous for being off the rack, and she doesn't look that bad in it. Plus, do you know how much this dress cost?
When I commented to her about the price of the dress, she snapped, "Well, when you get your body back, then you can feel free to wear it"
"I don't have the chest to hold it up! Besides, Grandmere would kill me if she saw me running around town wearing this dress. I notice that you look quite nice though"
She glanced down at her dress. It was a Sebastiano original. She pretended to look bored, but I know she was pleased to be wearing such a beautiful dress.
"Ahem," Madam Zara interupted, "may we please get started now"
I turned to face her, she had set up some chairs for Lars and Michael. They sat down, and Madam Zara came over to us. She grabbed each of our hands and asked that we "please take each others' hand". Lilly, once again, rolled her eyes and blew out a large breath. I really wish she would stop doing that, I do not want to go to school with my eyes in the back of my head, I mean, I am enough of a freak already. She grabbed my hand and said, "Okay okay, can we please just get this over with"
Madam Zara closed her eyes and began chanting quietly, I couldn't make out the words she was saying, I think it may have been Latin. All of a sudden, her eyes flew open and she looked directly at me. It kind of freaked me out. Her eyes glazed over and she dropped her head back. A sudden heat materialized in the middle of the circle we had made, and we were thrown back. Madam Zara and I remained standing, but Lilly fell on her butt. It was almost like an episode of Buffy or Charmed maybe. I looked around and realized that I was still in Lilly's body, and she still in mine.
"That is all I can do." Madam Zara stated.
I looked at Michael, who was just as confused as I was. "Wait, that's it?" he asked incredulously, "I mean, shouldn't they be in their own bodies now"
Then she just disappeared. Just like that, POOF, and she was gone.
I helped Lilly back onto her feet and glumly said, "I guess that's it." The full shock of it didn't hit me until later, when I was alone in Lilly's room. Michael had gone straight to his room and shut the door.
I was so excited when I woke up this morning, the first thing I did was call Lilly. She answered the phone and sounded crabby though. She said she had a splitting head ache, I guess that is the slight discomfort Madam Zara was talking about.
Ten minutes after I hung up with Lilly, the doorbell rang. I ran to the door to answer it before my mom or Mr. G woke up. It was Michael!! As soon as he saw me, his eyes lit up. I wanted to rush into his arms, but he said, "Wait, how can I be sure that you are really Mia?" I pulled him to me and gave him the biggest kiss. "Well, that works for me." I grinned at him. "I have never been so happy to be myself again"
He kissed me again, and got so caught up in the moment, his hand snaked around and grabbed my rear. I broke away, "Michael!"
"What?" he grinned impishly.
"Nothing," I said, "do it again"
He threw his head back and laughed. When he looked down at me he said, "Mia, promise me you will never visit Madam Zara"
Duh, that one's a no brainer. "I promise."
