I wanted to be with you, Mimi" Robert replied. Robert was Mia's boyfriend, back in Genovia.

"Robert!... You didn't TELL me you were coming! You cannot just waltz right into Lillian's home in the middle of the night, and think you are spending the night WITH ME in MY room!"

"Oh but... it'll be fun... Come on... Just let me come in...You KNOW you want to..." Robert pushed the door open a little wider but Mia stopped it.

"Robert, I am going to ask Lillian to make a bed for you on the couch" With that, she pushed past Robert and walked down the hall to Lilly's room. She knocked on the door, and said, loudly "Lillian! Lillian! I need you to make a bed for my DEAR friend on the couch please!"

From down the stairs, Lilly called "I'm right here Mia. What do you need?"

Mia looked out across the balcony. Lilly stood in her pajama pants and tank top, with a cup of coffee in her hands, glaring at Mia. Behind her was the couch and the TV, playing the 5 AM News. Lilly was busy, and probably comfortable. "Umm... Oh... Never-mind Lillian... I can handle it myself"

Lilly grumbled and walked around the couch to sit back, and watch her morning news once again. "Ok... Robert, if you need sleep, sleep in my bed. Pilla's in there so be QUIET. Tonight, Though, you get the couch" She walked over to her clock and checked the time. It read "5:24". "Robert, Lilly's show starts in 5 and a half hours. We need to be there in 3. I will see you later dear." She leaned in to give him a polite kiss on the cheek, but he grabbed her and tried to "passionately" kiss her, although it did no more than disgust her. With that, he waltzed into the room and crashed down on Mia's bed.

Mia walked down the stairs in her silky pink nightgown and sat down next to Lilly on the couch. Lilly, being very disturbed by the interruption in her daily routine, turned to Mia and politely tried to be a "good" hostess. "Umm... do you want something to drink or something?"

"No thank you, Lillian." Mia replied. She just preferred to stay as far away from Robert as possible at the moment. He was a NICE guy and all... she just... didn't want physical contact with any man at that exact moment... yeah... that was it... it wasn't just Robert...

"Suit yourself" Lilly replied.

Mia and Lilly spent the next five minutes sitting in silence. Mia finally broke the ice "So... you met Robert."

"Yeah" Lilly said. She had wanted to talk to Mia... and she still did... but at that precise moment, Lilly was watching the 5 AM News. It was not the time.

"Well... what do you think" Mia could not believe she was asking Lilly what she thought of her boyfriend. Lilly was not her prime confidante anymore. They weren't even friends.

"Wha?... oh uhh... yeah... he seems uhhh... nice." Lilly just wanted her to shut up.

"Yeah... he is nice... Do you have anyone special in your life , Lillian?" Lilly realized that Mia was not going to give up on the idea of "talking"... she decided, if this was the time, this was the time. She picked up the remote control and turned the TV off. She could do without news for one day.

"I DID" Lilly replied.

"Did?" Mia said.

"Meaning recently, my boyfriend, Andrew, and I had a bit of a quarrel."

"Oh Lillian! That's AWFUL!"

"Not really"

"Oh but it IS! Were you close? You weren't engaged were you? Oh Lillian is there anything I can do to help!" Mia rambled on.

"Mia... I promise I will be fine. I am a self actualized individual. I do not need a man to make me happy"

"Oh Lillian..." Mia sighed and leaned back on the couch "I don't remember the last time I DIDN'T have a man in my life... I don't know HOW you do it... I always feel so... uncomfortable if I'm not involved with someone."

"well that's not very healthy" Lilly mumbled under her breath.

"I suppose not. But, there is nothing I can do about it is there?"

Lilly wanted to tell her to get a psychiatrist...but she thought that might be a little forward. "I guess not," Lilly replied.

"Precisely," Mia said, surprised that Lilly hadn't told her to go live with a group of aids victims in Africa for three months to find out what actual suffering was all about. "So... Lillian...how have you been...ummm... lately?"

"Mia, Ive been doing marvelous the past 6 years," Lilly said, realizing it was time to get the conversation on its feet.

"Oh..." Mia replied. She had hoped Lilly had been as miserable as she had been.

"How have you been Mia?" Lilly said, finding it spectacular that Mia seemed to be dissapointed.

"I've been umm... great," Mia lied. She didn't want Lilly to think she had been suffering... although she had...but that was besides the point.

"Yeah... right after the umm... incident... I moved to Europe for 6 months... Michael moved to LA... hes been living there ever since"

"Oh... that's interesting. How IS he?"

"He's wonderful...but I find it curious that you seem to care"

"Lillian..."

"Mia... don't worry about it. That was over half a decade ago. Your probably a changed person... You seem too decent to run out on everyone you love and pretend like they never existed"

"Lillian ... let me explain"

"Mia... seriously don't worry. You don't need to explain," Lilly said flatly. At that point, although pretending to smile, she was extremely irritated and angry. She stood up and announced that she needed to begin getting ready for her show. With that, she walked up the stairs FUMING.

Mia watched Lilly walk up the stairs, then laid back on the couch and gave a gigantic sigh. She was going to lay there and have a good cry.

"Eh... don't worry about her Mia. Shes the same as shes always been," a voice from behind her suddenly rang out.

She sat up on the couch and looked at the tall man standing behind her. "Micheal! Oh Im sorry... no no Im not... its fine," Mia said... although it WASN'T fine... but luckily she hadn't started crying yet.

Micheal gave a small smirk and looked her directly in the eyes. "You were always a bad liar"

"But... Im not lying! Everything REALLY IS alright..."

Micheal walked around the couch and sat down next to Mia, he turned so they were face to face and he smiled, "Mia... It's over now. Lets just move on. Forget about what Lilly thinks... You KNOW how she is..."

Mia couldn't lie to him when he was looking at her like this... This was how she remembered him... In the morning... The two of them, face to face... Talking about what they cared most about... Just sitting for hours looking at each other. They were so close... She couldn't lie to that Micheal Moscovitz and she couldn't lie to this one, "I know... I know... It's fine really... Don't worry... I'll be fine..."

Micheal looked at her and remembered the time when Lilly and Mia had a fight about whether or not her Grandmere was taking over her life. Micheal and Mia sat together on his bed...the exact same way they were at the moment... Just talking the same way they were then. At that time, Micheal would have collected her in his arms and lay with her, comforting her, and telling her he loved her... Madly, deeply, and truly... And at the moment he had a humungous urge to do the same thing...but realized that was unrealistic... They weren't lovers anymore... They weren't even friends... So, he accepted her answer for what it was and stared at her for about 10 seconds. He then finally stood up and told her he was going upstairs get ready for the day. Mia lay back on the couch and let the tears fall from her face.

Lilly stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around herself. She stormed into her room and changed into one of her business suits. She grabbed a brush from her night stand and began to brush her shoulder-length brown her roughly... Mumbling to herself the entire time, "how DARE she walk in here and pretend everything is fine and good... does she HONESTLY think all is forgiven? I mean SERIOUSLY! She just WALTZES in here and is all 'ooh hello lillian! How is Micheal! Are you all DISTRAUGHT after I walked out of your lives for no apparent reason and hurt your emotional well-beings?' WELL IM SORRY MIA THERMOPOLIS! WE WILL NOT AND DO NOT CRY ABOUT YOU EVERY NIGHT! YOUR NOT THAT DAMN IMPORTANT TO US!" All of a sudden there was a knock on the door. "WHO IS IT?" Lilly snapped.

"It's Sean... Uhh... Is everything alright in there?"

"Oh! Sean! Umm...hold on a second!" Lilly began rushing around her room, putting things away and applying lipgloss at the same time. She made a quick 'once over' in the mirror and opened the door. "Hi Sean... Everything is fine. Why don't you come on in..."

"Umm... Sure. Are you SURE everything is fine? Everything didn't seem fine by what I just heard in here" he said as he stepped through the doorway and stood directly in front of her.

"Oh... That... Yeah... Don't worry... Just a little venting. Heh." I HE HEARD THAT!/I she thought.

"Oh... well as long as everything is fine, I must be going. Mia is probably awake... And I must be with her at all times." He turned to leave and then quickly turned back around, "You umm... You look very nice Lillian," He said, nervously. He then turned back around and walked out the door.

Lilly had a gargantuan smile on her face as the door closed. She flung herself on her bed and forgot all about Mia Thermopolis.

Robert walked down the stairs to find Mia lying on her side, bawling her eyes out. "MIMI! OH WHATS WRONG!" he yelped. He ran to comfort her. He grabbed ahold of her, hugged her and said, "Mimi...Something is terribly wrong... What is it darling!" He pulled her away and looked at her tear soaked face.

"Nothing Robert... Just... Nothing," she said as she pulled herself away from him and wiped her eyes.

"OH DARLING! What is it? Tell me... I love you Mimi," He said.

Mia hated it when he said that... Not that she didn't love Robert as well... But because... Because... She just hated it. There was no reason she just DID. "Robert... I have to go get ready for the day... Are you coming with to see the show?"

"Nah I don't think so Mimi... Im not much for American Talk Shows... If its alright with that Lillian woman... I think I'll just hang out here today," He said.

Mia was a little uneasy about having Robert be in Lilly's house alone...but she couldn't tell him she didn't trust him... So she let it pass... It wasn't as if he was going to steal anything. "Alright Robert, I must go then," She said as Robert grabbed her and gave her another "passionate kiss". I I REALLY hate it when he does that /I she thought. The person at the top of the stairs didn't like what he saw. He quickly turned and walked into his room before he could go down and KILL Robert. As he stepped foot through the doorway, A Red-haired woman was standing on his bed. "Micheal... I think its time we take our relationship to the next level," Pilla said.

"Ahhh... What relationship?" he replied.

"Oh COME ON Micheal... You can't deny the sexual tension that has been between us! Don't you just want to grab me right now and take me!" She yelled at him as she flung her self around 'roughly'.

Micheal went to her, grabbed her, and looked her straight in the face. He was about to say something about there being nothing between them when all of a sudden, he remembered Robert and Mia. Yes... Yes he WOULD take Pilla... Right there and then. And he hoped Mia found out about it! So, he said, "Your right Pilla" He grabbed her and lay her gently on the bed. He gave her a light, romantic kiss as he slowly began to unbutton her blouse.