Home Sweet Home

I turned to Lilly and Michael. They looked really upset, too.

"So, what should we do? He wants us to be witnesses. The police can take forever to arrive anyway." Lilly closed her eyes for a minute, a sign that she's thinking. Her eyes then opened wide and she practically shouted her idea.

"Why don't we just call your dad? I'm sure he'll come and get us out of this mess!"

"That would probably work if him and Grandmere weren't at a play. You have to turn off your cell phones there."

"Well, what about Lars?"

"He's on vacation now, so I don't know what he's doing. I'll try and give him a call, though. Hand me your cell." After she gave it to me, I punched in his number. I waited and waited, but no one ever picked up. Why wouldn't he pick up? He always does.

"He didn't pick up for some odd reason. So, Michael, do you have any ideas?" He looked at me for a minute and then grabbed the cell from my hands.

"I'll try and call mom and dad. They might be home now. I would think so, at least." He waited for a while and finally some one answered.

"Mom, we're in a very weird situation. Yes, I know there wasn't a note at home and I'm sorry you were worried. Listen, Mia fell in the kitchen tonight and broke her arm. Yes, broke her arm. We took her to the hospital in an ambulance and got a cast put on it. So, now we're in a taxi, but it got rear ended and we're waiting on the police. The driver wants us to be his witnesses but I think Mia really needs to get home and rest. So, you'll come down here, right? We're in front of that clothing store you like. I forgot the name, but…yeah that's the one! I think we'll be here for a while. Thanks, Mom. Bye.

"Mom and dad are coming as soon as they can. They just got in. They sounded really worried about you, Mia. They'll probably give you special treatment when we get home." He smiled at me and I felt my face turn red again. Lilly saw this and snorted. She raised up from her seat and poked the taxi driver in the shoulder.

"Hey, mister! My parents are coming to get us, so we don't really need to be witnesses do we? I mean, it's obvious that it's not your fault. The guy rear ended you. I'm sure the police will understand all of that." He turned around and glared at us.

"Don't you realize that the police don't believe hardly anyone these days? A person has to have witnesses!" I just had a great thought!

"Well, do you have a piece of paper or something?" He looked a little confused, but got some out of his glove compartment and handed me paper and a pen. I wrote down something and handed it back to him. He read it out loud.

"This taxi driver was rear ended two times tonight. I know because I was one of the passengers. I'm Princess Mia Thermopolis, so I'm not lying. I know you probably don't trust this, since you didn't see me writing this, but I'm really telling the truth. My friends are with me, Lilly and Michael Moscovites. If you need another witness just get a hold of my dad. Artur Christoff Phillipe Gerald Grimaldi Renaldo is my father. Just call him and he'll tell you that this is my writing. Thank you very much,

Princess Mia Thermopolis." I know, it's not my best idea but I am desperate. The driver looked at me.

"You think this is going to work? I just told you that the police don't trust anyone!"

"Well, I am the princess and I was a witness, so it's going to work, okay?" He just turned around in his seat and started hitting his head on the steering wheel. Talk about stressed out! So, we sat there for about 10 minutes and then finally Lilly's parents arrived. We got out of the cab and went over to their car. Their mom hugged them both and then turned to me. She looked at my arm and reached out to put her arm around me.

"I'm so sorry this happened, Mia. I'm also sorry that we weren't home to help you guys. We'll get you home and put you to bed. Oh, by the way, do we need to help this taxi driver? You said that he got into a wreck." I gave her a tired smile.

"Don't worry, I helped him out. Let's just go home."

(Author's Note: Well, I was debating on whether to add a chapter or not, since I've been so busy but I decided I would. I probably won't be able to update tomorrow, though. Sorryལྒ Please Review!)