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BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP

Mia rolled over and groaned at the sunshine, shining directly in her face, and slapped her alarm off.

When Mia sat up and looked down trying to find her slippers, she saw that Fat Louie was awake and glaring at her from atop his bed.

"Sorry, Louie. You go back to sleep. I don't want to get up either, but today's shopping day with the Grandma. And you know what, Louie?" Mia continued as she got up and walked over to her closet to pick an outfit out for the day.

Louie just stared at her.

"Lily and Michael never called me back yesterday. Don't they miss me at all?" Mia moaned, pouring her troubles out to Louie.

Louie didn't make a sound and when Mia turned back around she saw that he had went back to sleep.

After a soft knock, Alison opened the door and smiled. "Whom were you talking to?"

Mia blushed. " Fat Louie."

"Oh." Alison nodded as if she did not find this the teeniest bit strange.

"Don't you think it's weird that I talk to my cat, when he can't even talk back?" Mia asked with a small smile.

"No. Sometimes you need to talk to someone that won't talk back. They'll just listen and not have an opinion." Alison said with a nod.

"Yeah." Mia said.

"So, I came to tell you that your Grandmother wants you to come down for breakfast in thirty minutes and you will leave in about an hour."

"Ok. Thank you." Mia said.

"Your welcome." Alison answered and then left quietly.

Mia liked that she was given her space even though she was Princess Mia. The staff was there if needed, but otherwise Mia could just be Mia.

Mia finished getting ready and then immediately went to the breakfast room and took her seat. Settling in, she took in the view outside the bay window. The breakfast room faced one of the many extensive flower gardens. This garden was mainly a rose garden with a rainbow of colors adorning it.

A minute after Mia had arrived at the table, her grandmother showed up, followed, a second later, by Helen.

"You're early." Clarice commented with a small smile on her face.

Mia nodded and studied her Grandmother. Although her grandmother was not exactly a spring chicken, she still looked fairly young, she wore tastefully chosen clothing, and her makeup was just light enough to look nice.

"So, where are we shopping at?" Helen asked Clarice.

"At my own private shop. We have clothes flown in from all over Europe and from America, from the best designers in the world.

"We will look over what is there and if they do not have your sizes we will order whatever you decide you like." Clarice explained.

"Oh. That's cool." Mia exclaimed.

Clarice smiled at her and turned to her breakfast. "We will leave directly after breakfast." Clarice announced.

"All right." Mia and Helen agreed.

After breakfast was finished, they were ushered out to a waiting limo, which took them directly to the store where the clothing collection was kept.

Mia immediately saw things to her liking and was soon loaded down with things to try on.

Helen was more reserved and took her time looking through the selections.

Mia tried on outfit after outfit, and modeled them for her mother and grandmother. Some she like and they didn't. Some they liked and she didn't, but many she liked and they also agreed so those went on the list.

Some of the clothes were only a little bit to big, so Clarice decided that their seamstress would take them in, so that they didn't have to order a lot and wait a while for them.

Almost everything Helen tried on, she liked and it fit her, so they were soon finished.

Clarice announced that if they wanted they could go back to the castle and look through a catalog she had with suitable evening gown or they could go to the designers shop and pick their dresses out.

"Why do we have to have evening gowns?" Mia asked.

"Because there is a party in your honor tonight, so that the rest of our diplomats and such can meet the new Princess." Clarice answered.

"What do you want to do?" Mia asked Helen.

"Whatever your Grandmother thinks is fine." Helen answered.

"I think we should go in person." Clarice answered.

"All right, then let's go." Mia answered and they headed off to the designers.

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