Yeah, I finished this today! Thanks for the reviews! I love keeping people in suspense (evil grin)
"What happened? And why didn't you marry him when you grew older?"The mother simply laughed. "I would have, my dear, if only I could. If only I could have. He was just too good for me."
The little girl widened her eyes. "What do you mean?"
"Well, after that kiss, Michael and I had a wonderful time – we were perfect for each other and there was nothing wrong with our relationship, nor there would ever be. We went to the prom together - Rocky was born that same night. I spent my summer in Genovia, then when Michael left for college at Columbia my sophomore year I did miss him, but I still got to see him on the weekends. My sophomore and junior years went by with a few ups and downs, but our relationship stayed the same. Then on a perfect fall evening in my senior year…
Princess Mia walked along the streets of New York, a young girl in her late teens. She was shopping for a new dress for one of Grandmere's balls with her two best friends, Lilly and Tina.
"Oh my, that dress looks so beautiful on you!"
"Mia! You know perfectly well that's not your color!"
"Your Grandmere's going to faint when she sees that dress! Of shock, I mean!"
Mia held the dress in front of the dressing room mirror. She sighed. Oh, well, who really cared about her dress? It wasn't like she was going to be looking for some prince – she had her own.
"Your Highness, would you be willing to try this one on?" the attendant said as she held up a beautiful royal blue ball gown.
"No, thank you. I'll buy this one." Mia had selected a sparkly turquoise evening gown with silver trim.
"That is a lovely choice, Your Highness."
"Tina! Mia! Do you want to hear the latest between me and Boris?" Lilly went as Mia's cell phone rang. "I wonder who that could be?"
"Uh, hi Mia."
"Michael! We're just shopping for that ball of Grandmere's!" Mia squealed into the phone.
"Great. That's cool, you know? Anyway, I was going to ask you if you were...free for Friday night? 7 PM at the riverside restaurant?"
"Oh, of course!"
"Cool. Well, see you later, Mia. And always know I love you."
"I love you too, Michael. Bye."
Mia grinned to herself as Lilly and Tina gossiped together. This night was going to be perfect.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to present my granddaughter, the Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Renaldo of Genovia."
Mia sighed and went up, faking a smile. She was sometimes tired of all this royal balls and stuff. She wanted to live a normal life – unfortunately she was born royal, and over the years, she had grown to accept life for what it is, but she still occasionally wanted to just break free of royalty and live normally.
She walked around the hall, forever being introduced to new people. The dancing began then, and she saw Grandmere dancing away with some baron. She wished Michael could have come, but unfortunately he was busy that evening. After a while, Grandmere took a break from dancing, and came over to Mia.
"Amelia, I wish that you dance with some of the young men here."
"But, Grandmere-"
"No buts here. A princess should never refuse a young man's offer to dance." Grandmere said, beckoning over to a young man. Mia sighed.
But then she froze when she saw who the guy was.
Kenny.
Her ex-boyfriend. Whom she had never loved.
"Um, Princess Amelia, would you be willing to dance with me?"
Mia was in shock - she just smiled rather weakly. He took her hand and they started dancing.
"Kenny? May I ask the reason for your presence here?"
"I'm a direct descendent of your great-grandmother's higher-ranking earls. So that sort of makes me one." He laughed uneasily. Mia could tell he was not very accustomed to royal protocol. Just like her when she found out about her royalty.
She didn't ask him any further questions to avoid her grandmother giving her another lecture on respecting privacy. He twirled her around, and they stepped on each other's feet accidentally, making them both chuckle.
