Chapter 7 Now More Than Ever

Michael and I walked to the zoo in silence. Well, maybe not in silence to me since I was kind of crying. When we got to the Penguin House at the zoo, Michael asked," So whats the problem?"

"Everything in my life."

"Everything?"

I didn't say anything.

"Mia, I'm sure whatever it is, it's not going to affect everything in your life."

"Well if you call my dad just barging into my life and tell me that I'm a princess and I have to move to Genovia not everything in my life, then I guess so."

"Well I- what!"

I sighed and repeated slowly, "My dad is the Prince of Genovia. Since I'm his child, I am the legal heir to the throne, meaning I'm the Princess of Genovia. In conclusion, I have to move to Genovia and learn how to be a proper Princess and how to rule Genovia one day.

"You're a Princess?"

"Yeah I know, surprise, surprise."

"Well, didn't you ever wonder who your dad is? Didn't you ever ask your Mom? I'm mean, it's not like you could be born without the help of some guy's sperm."

"Ugh, Michael, too much detail. Of course I asked. I asked my Mom like a hundred times who my dad was supposed to be. But in the end, she just told me that I'll find out when I'm ready for it. At one point she even lied to me and said my father died! And now just out of the blue, they think they could just barge into my life and tell me what to do."

"Mia, I'm sure your father didn't mean it like that. There must be a reason he wanted you to grow up not knowing you're a Princess. Why don't you ask him or your Mom?"

"Okay maybe you're right about the Princess part. But having my own mother lying to me and saying that my Dad died! I'm sorry but that's just a bit too much. Do you know how miserable it is to know that my dad died at the festival every year after seeing all those other kids so happy? How hard it is to go through another of Lana's torment just because I don't have my dad with me? How hard –"

I couldn't continue. It was like all those memories ripping through me. I was crying again before I knew what was happening.

"Mia, please don't cry."

"I'm sorry Michael, but I can't help it. He's my own dad for goodness sake. How can he let me live through all those times. Did he even know I existed?"

"It's okay Mia. It'll be fine. I'll be here to go through it with you."

"Really?"

Now that really cheered me up. I mean, come on, the love of my life just said the most precious thing ever.

"Really. Do you want to go home now?"

"No."

"Well that's obvious. Want to hang out at my house? You can call your parents to at least tell them that you're safe."

"Sure I guess. I have no where else to go."

"What about Tina's?"

"We had a fight."

"About what?"

"Please don't tell anyone about this."

"Okay."

"Well you know your new best friend Felix? Well Tina kind of has a little crush on him. Since he was in my English class, and we had to do an introduction about ourselves, Tina asked me to tell her about him. I drew up a small list and she kind of got mad at me because it was kind of ...short."

"Tell you what, we go to my house right now and when you call your parent's house to tell them where you are, I'll write out a long list of Felix do and likes. Then you can call Tina and say you're sorry and make up. Sounds good?"

"Sounds great."

Then I couldn't help myself. It was kind of like my invisible assertive self took over and I hugged him.

"I'm glad you're here Michael. I don't know what I'll do without you."

"Me too Mia. Me too."

So now we're on our way to the Moscovitz apartment building. Michael said now I can meet his annoying older sister Lilly. I laughed when he said annoying in an annoying kind of way. It was so cute that I couldn't help myself.

I just hope Michael's right. I really hope I could make up with Tina. I really need her support now more than ever.

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