Lilly was at the palace, taking a walk. Michael was at the parlor, writing another song for his band. As Lilly was near to the parlor, she called up her best friend. "Hey, Mia! What's up?!"
"Well, I'm inside the limo on my way to meet the PM of Japan," Mia replied. She still used quite a lot of acronyms, not that people minded.
"Ohh…" Lilly sighed. "Well, Michael and I are very much comfortable here. Although it'd be better of you were here. But I understand."
"Aww, Lilly, as much as I want to be there, I couldn't just cancel this kind of parliamentary business. I'm so sorry I couldn't spend as much time as I want to with you guys. If it makes you feel any better, I feel so stressed already. My wedding is fast approaching and I haven't done anything."
"I see. Well, why don't you take time off tomorrow and Michael and I will help you plan this crazy event? What do you say, huh?!" Lilly was already inside the parlor. Michael looked up as he saw Lilly talking to someone on her cell phone. "Ok, bye! Take care!" Lilly hung up.
"Who was that?!" Michael asked.
"Mia," Lilly answered as she sat next to her brother. Michael sat up.
"Ohh…" Michael slightly nodded. "So…?"
"So?" Lilly answered, confused.
"What did she say?"
"She's tired from all her government work. That's why tomorrow, we will be helping her arrange her big event," Lilly replied.
"What big event?! She's having a party," Michael asked, looking all confused.
"Her big wedding with Nicholas. Duh. Look, I gotta split. I have to call David and ask him how he's doing. I haven't talked to him for ages."
As Lilly left the room, Michael thought of Mia's wedding and how stupid Lilly is to actually invite him to help fix their matrimonial vows. As he was walking at the garden of the palace, he remembered how he and Mia were when they were together- their happy times and their plain crazy moments. Michael loved how Mia batted her eyelashes, how her eyes sparkled when he made her laugh, how Mia smiled whenever he smiled at her. He loved Mia's courage to take up her throne and how she stood for what she believed in. He thought of how they'd be if he hadn't walked out of her life on the evening of January 9th. He sighed as he tried to gulp his feelings away, and try to face what's in store for them right now.
Mia let a relief sigh when Lilly offered to help with her wedding preparations. She smiled until she thought of how awkward it'd be since Michael will be around tomorrow. But she quickly thought that it'd be nothing- that Michael is nothing but the man from her past and that Nicholas is the only guy she wants to spend her whole life through.
As the limo strolled through the roads, Mia looked outside her window and saw a little girl holding a white rose. She remembered something…
I strolled through the park, waiting for Michael to arrive. He sounded quite serious on the phone. It was 9 pm and it was unusual for Michael to call me up that late to meet up with him. It was urgent so I went there.
When he finally arrived, I hugged him tight. But he quickly, yet gently, pulled back.
"Mia, we need to talk. Can we sit," Michael looked pale. I was worried to hear what he was gonna say. Worried and afraid. When we sat, he faced me and looked into my eyes.
"Mia, whatever it is that I'm gonna say to you, please believe me that I care for you so much. And that is the reason why I'm gonna do this."
"Ok, Michael, you're scaring me. What's going on," I quickly asked.
"I can't see you anymore," Michael said, looking at the ground. His voice was shaking. I could tell because it sounded just the same when he just watched the last episode of 7th heaven.
"What? Why? Don't you like me anymore? Am I not that attractive or smart for you? Is it because I can't clone fruit flies like Judith can? Or because I'm just a freshman? C'mon, Michael, I don't understand any of these?" Tears were flowing from eyes like a stream to a river.
He looked at me and wiped my tears gently. He got up and picked a white rose from one of the pants at the side. It was the most beautiful rose, and it brought the most painful memories.
"Mia, if only I could tell you everything. If only this night wouldn't end, if I didn't have to leave tomorrow.," Michael said as he gave me the rose.
"You're leaving tomorrow?!" I asked.
"Can we just stay here the whole night?"
I followed him to the nearest tree and there we lied down next to each other, crying. Then I couldn't remember anything anymore. The next morning, he got up and just stared at me.
"Hey," I smiled as I got up, too.
"Wait, before we officially, you know, I want to give you something first," he said as he got something from his pants' pocket. They were two rings. He gave one to me and kept the other one for himself.
"This will remind you that I will always be with you and that once in your life, a man named Michael Moscovitz thought you were the greatest thing that ever happened to him." Then he leaned over to kiss me, passionately. The he walked away from my life, forever.
"Queen Mia, we are already here," the body guard said as he opened the limo's door.
Mia wiped the tear from her cheek and breathed deep. She looked at her necklace with the ring Michael gave her. She sighed again then got up and went inside Hallward Inn, trying to forget what she just reminisced.
