Kimi awoke to the sound of a knock on her door. She answered it to find a girl with curled black hair holding a long white fluffy dress. "Come in, miss," said Kimi, noticing that the servant winked at her. Kimi let her in, closed and locked the door behind her, and turned around. Lil took off the wig she was wearing and handed Kimi the dress. "Here's your wedding gown," she said mechanically.
"This is what they expect me to wear?" Kimi asked, laying the dress on her bed.
"That's what I was told."
"How am I going to be able to breathe in this?"
"I sure don't know, but you'd better find out by tomorrow."
"TOMORROW?"
"They rescheduled the wedding," Lil explained timidly.
"Oh..." Kimi said sheepishly. "I'm sorry I got so excited."
(later)
Kimi was doing her best to squeeze into the wedding gown when Angelica barged in. "That's your wedding dress?" she asked incredulously.
"Yes. Please don't laugh at me."
"Who said I was laughing?"
"Never mind."
"Are you really going to marry my cousin?" Angelica asked.
"What choice do I have? If I don't, they'll banish me for sure," Kimi answered sadly.
"Not if both of you disagree," Angelica said slyly.
"What do you mean?"
"Tommy doesn't want to marry you either, as you know by now."
"So?"
"So how can you be banished if you refuse to marry someone when you're already married?"
"What?"
"The King and Queen are very religious people. If they find out that one of you is already married, they'll cancel the wedding for sure!" Angelica was proud of herself. And I thought of that all by myself, she thought.
(elsewhere)
Tommy and Lil were sitting on the castle roof that night. Tommy's younger brother Dil was there too, but only to search for alien life through his telescope.
"Tommy, do you think that if you and the Princess don't get married, maybe we could live happily ever after?"
"Yes, but my parents will never live it down...they've always wanted me to marry a Princess and inherit the kingdom."
"But if I marry you, then I will be royalty."
"That's true..." Tommy rested his hand on Lil's and thought more about his wedding the next day.
a/n: Thanks for reading the first chapter of the last book of the Royal Marriage Chronicles. I appreciate how nice you've all been to review these. Toodles!