I don't take owner ship of any of these characters just my story idea.

Chapter Two

Mia woke. She was still lying under the tree, Nicholas holding her hand. There was the sense someone was there. She opened her eyes. There standing over her was her Grandmother, Joe and her housekeepers, giggling quietly amongst themselves.

"What do you think your doing? As I recall this has happened before. Would you kindly explain what is going on?" Clarice asked her granddaughter.

"We where sitting under the tree and I fell asleep." Mia said.

"Would you also like to explain why you are now on every newspaper and television station."

"May I," Nicholas said looking at Mia. She nodded bringing her hand to her face. "We went out to dinner. I set up the paparatzzi on the other side of town so we could have a peaceful dinner. But they found us, so we ran back to the palace."

"Why didn't you think to call for a car?" Clarice said trying to think of a way to get them into trouble.

"We did, Joe didn't pick up." Mia said in their defense.

There was a silence.

"Why don't we go inside?" Joe said calmly.

All of them walked inside and made there way into the entrance.

"Would you gentle men excuse us?" Clarice said putting her arm out towards Mia.

"Certainly" Joe said.

Clarice started to walk up the stairs, Mia walked over to Nicholas. "We'll tell her together, over dinner." She turned and followed her grandmother.

The two of them walked into Mia's suit. Clarice sat down on the couch.

"Your trying to keep a low profile, you're the Queen of Genovia, You're Unmarried. If the press had have found you the way you where this morning what do you expect the reports would have been like?" Clarice said. Disappointment in her tone.

"I assure you nothing happened last night between Nicholas and I." Mia said.

"Okay. Be careful the press will take anything they see and turn it into front page news." Clarice said. She looked at her watch. "Lunch will be in one hour, clean up and come down."

Clarice left the room. Mia continued to stand there looking at her ring with a smile on her face. The last time she had a ring on her finger she was happy but nowhere near as much as she was now. She knew Nicholas was the right man for her.

She woke from here fantasy and left to get ready.

Lunch was quieter than usual. There where no guests, no prim ministers, no friends, just the four of them. Joe, Clarice, Nicholas and Mia.

Everyone was quite. The only sound was of cutlery tapping the plates.

"How was the wedding?" Clarice asked Nicholas and Mia.

"Great" Nicholas said. "Really good."

Mia rested her hands on the table as she said, "It was really nice." She looked at Nicholas.

"Oh my Lord" Clarice said putting her hands to her mouth.

"What's wrong my darling?" Joe asked standing and walking over to his wife.

"Amelia when where you planning on telling me?" Clarice said. Joe's hands now placed on Clarice's shoulders.

Mia and Nicholas looked at each other. "It only happened last night."

"You promised you wouldn't bit your nails." Clarice said.

Mia and Nicholas sighed, and continued eating.

"I know, it has been a life long habit it is very hard to stop." Mia said sarcastically serious. Thought she was very relived.

"By the way we have a public meeting today." Clarice announced. "There will be a meeting with the prim minister and then a public press conference, where you are going discuss your proposal about the children's orphanage."

"Oh I totally forgot." Mia hit herself on the head.

"I know." Clarice said.

Mia not listening said. "I didn't write a speech."

"I know" Clarice passed Mia a bunch of cards. "That's why I wrote you one."

Mia took the cards with a grin from ear to ear. She stood up and ran over to her Grandmother, and hugged her. "Thank You, What would I do with out you?"

"I don't know. I have had a dress laid out for you." Clarice said a smile on her face. "You better go get ready."

Mia ran upstairs.

"Will you excuse me?" Nicholas said to Clarice.

"Yes." Nicholas started to head after Mia. "Nicholas. You should get ready too."

Nicholas turned and nodded. The continued to run up the stairs.

"That was close." Nicholas said to Mia, puffing from running to catch up with her.

"Yeah too close." Mia said sighing. "We can't tell her today. We'd risk the public and press finding out."

"We'll tell her tomorrow at breakfast." Nicholas said he sat down on the couch as Mia got changed.

"I would never have thought we would be getting married, and this soon." Mia said in disbelief.

"We're not getting married yet, we will though, in a couple of months." Nicholas corrected her.

"Yes, but I'm so happy." Mia said going over to Nicholas so he could zip her dress up at the back. She turned with a smile on her face. "I love you." She whispered moving closer and kissing him lightly on the lips.

"I love you too." Nicholas said. He moved to look past Mia. She turned and looked. The curtains where moving. "Shhhhh." Nicholas whispered, holding his hand out behind him to indicate Mia to stay where she was. He moved toward the curtains. He pulled the curtains away from the figures behind them. Nicholas jumped.

"What do you think you where doing behind those curtains, you scared us." Mia said to her ladies, Brigitte and Brigetta.

"We're sorry." Said Brigitte

"You must not speak a word of what you heard to my grandmother." She said looking from one to the other. "Are we clear."

"Yes mam" Brigetta said.

"Yes you are very clear. Are you really getting married." Brigitte said

"Yes, but you didn't here that ok." Nicholas said

"Hear What?" Brigitte replied.

"Thank you. Go on then." Nicholas said dismissing them.

"and for the last time call me Mia."

"Yes Mia." They said in unison.

"Is there any thing you want before we leave" Brigitte said.

"No, take a walk around the grounds. Take an hour off." Mia said.

The girls walked out of the room.

Mia leaped into Nicholas' arms and kissed him again, this time no one was watching them.

"I've got to get ready." Mia said.

"So do I." Nicholas said looking back at Mia.

"Where are you going." Mia asked surprised.

"You can't have all the fun around here, I'm coming with you." Nicholas said.

"My grandmother will never allow it." Mia said.

"Then why did she suggested it." Nicholas said looking very proud. Mia turned around looking very surprised.

"Really. Well come on get ready." Mia said continuing to get ready.

Mean While at the palace gates.

"Hello" Brigitte said to the press thought the gates.

"You look like two beautiful women, what's the latest with Queen Mia?" one of the men said.

"Nothing really."

"Brigitta don't lie. Her majesty is engaged." Brigitte said proudly.

"Brigitte Your not meant to tell people that." Brigitta said.

"Mia just said not to tell her grandmother." The girls began to fight.

"You heard it here first folks, from Mia's maids them selves, Queen Mia is getting Married." Said a female reporter into a camera. "And about time."

Camera's where flashing everywhere, Reporters pens writing, and Paparazzi Questioning the two maids.

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