A/N: The title speaks for itself. If you don't want to read Charles' part then skip over it. He's grown quite coo-coo for CoCo Puffs now that Tiana is engaged to Naveen anyway...

The Prince And The Waitress

Loving Myself

Charles stormed back into his home that was left to him after his grandfather's death two years ago. He promised on his deathbed that he would go to college and live a life that is more 'worthy' than being a farmer. He wanted to be a doctor and study the human heart.

His life was basically all planned out after the money his grandfather left him and that included selling all the farm animals. So he was financially stable enough to live a comfortable life, but he was a man who always stuck by his word when it came to getting what he wanted. He actually hated New Orleans and everything about it. The only reason he was still in the city was to be with Tiana who never seemed interested in him as the other women did.

He sighed as he made it upstairs to his bedroom and went over to his easel where it held a painting of a very nude Tiana who was laying on silk purple bedsheets. He painted several paintings of Tiana but found the one he just finished as his most remarkable. Every detail was on point from the shape of her eyes to the curves of her hips. He had an idea of how her breasts looked through her waitress dresses but got lucky when he accidentally walked in on her changing out her waitress dress that got soaked from a pipe bust in the beginning of the year. To his surprise her breasts were fuller than he imagined and it made it easier to accurately paint her for his own pleasure.

He took several steps away from the painting without leaving his possessive gaze on it and sat right on his bed where he cupped his hand over his very erect member. He released a sigh as he kept staring at the painting. In his mind Tiana was his and only his. She would always obey every word he wanted her to follow. Just like the good housewife that she is.

He imagined her having his breakfast ready every morning before leaving for another busy at the hospital, and once he got home she would be standing in the livingroom holding his slippers, today's paper and a cigar before greeting him with a kiss…

"Mmm. Dinner smells good." Charles moaned, rubbing his hand over Tiana's lower back. "You always look good for me."

Tiana kissed him once more before handing him his newspaper. "Dinner is almost ready." She held his hand, leading him to his recliner where he sat.

Charles grinned as Tiana down on her knees to take off his shoes and replacing them with his slippers. "You put on shoes so well."

Tiana gave him a lustrous gaze while running her hands up his thighs. "I can do other things well, too."

"Mmm." Charles moaned, reaching out to cup her face.

"Father!"

The two children interrupted, Tiana stood and was greeted by a boy and a girl.

"Now what did I tell you two about running down the stairs?" She rested her hands on her hips.

Charles hugged their children. "They just wanted to see their father."

"Good evening father." They both said.

"I'll check on dinner." Tiana said before returning to the kitchen.

()()()()

Later after dinner and tucking the children in both Charles and Tiana retired in their bedroom for the night.

"What a day." Said Charles now in his sleepwear. "Four doctors called off so I was left dealing with their patients and…" He stopped when he saw Tiana in a white transparent nightgown.

She slowly climbed the bed and rested her hands on his chest. "You eventually got home to me."

He grinned and ran his hand over her sides. "You're right about that." And started kissing on her neck…

…

He moaned as he finished off in his hand and opened his eyes to the painting of Tiana. He grunted and stood to wash his hands in the bathroom, looking at his reflection in the mirror. He wondered why Tiana didn't want him. He's a very good looking well-build man. Wore nice clothes and could afford nice things. He even worked at Duke's diner without pay just to be close to her and still got nothing. Yet she fell for Naveen…

"Damn prince." He cursed before going back into his room where he sat on the bed and thought. "How could I get Tiana to see that Naveen isn't the one? I can't kill him." But the devious thought did come to mind. "If I could just wrap my hands around his neck…" Sure it would be difficult since Naveen was just as strong as he was. "I could always hire a hitman on him." But that wouldn't be like him to hire someone to fight his battles. His pride prevented him from going that route which frustrated him. "Damnit!" He looked back at the painting. "How could you give up yourself to that guy? I'm suppose to be your first and only. Not some spoiled rich kid." His eyes slowly moved to another painting that had him and her on it as a couple on their wedding day in a garden full of sunflowers. "You will be mine again Tiana. No other man is good enough for you but me."

()()()()

Tiana and Naveen walked hand and hand back to her mother's house and found a letter on the coffee table.

"Hmm." Tiana picked up the note and read it. "My mama is staying the night at my auntie's again."

Naveen didn't think that was at all good. Concerned, he asked. "Are you sure you'll be alright by yourself tonight?" He wrapped his arms around her waist.

"I'm sure." Tiana said before pressing her lips on his.

Naveen couldn't let her stay at home alone. The way Charles manhandled her before came to mind. "I will stay here with you for the night."

"No Naveen..."

"It's my job as your future husband to always protect you from harm, even if it may not come your way, Tiana." Naveen said, letting her go.

Tiana smiled. "You're my knight and shining amour now?"

"I'll be anything you want me to be." Naveen said, meaning every word.

Tiana knew he meant well and found his protectiveness very romantic. "I'm flattered that you feel that you have to protect me, but I would rather we spend the rest of our night talking about our future." She caressed his face.

Naveen closed his eyes at her gentle touch.

She leaned over to press her lips onto his. "Wouldn't you rather do that?"

He nodded his head, taking a seat on the couch then pulling her on his lap before pressing his lips onto hers in a deep kiss.

Tiana moaned, feeling herself growing aroused. She loved the way Naveen held her, the way his hard chest pressed onto her breasts, his arousing member growing under her hip. The way his tongue would dance in her mouth. All her morals of waiting until marriage meant nothing to her at the moment. Her body was ready to step into that next level in their relationship but did her mind agree?

"I love you." Naveen said on her lips, running his fingers up and down the soft skin of her arm. He noticed the way she was moaning through the kisses, how her tongue was dancing in his mouth, how her soft breasts were pushed onto his chest. He wanted her bad, but knew that she was very close to her beliefs on saving herself until marriage. So he had to stop before he went too far.

As he was slowly pulling away from the kiss, Tiana pulled him back in by moving forward. "I don't want you to stop." She breathed.

Naveen was surprised to hear her say it and wondered if she meant it. He didn't want her to do something that would eventually end in regret for her.

Tiana quickly pulled from the kiss and got off Naveen's lap. "Let's go in my room." She took his hand.

Naveen saw the lust in her eyes as they both made it to her room where she locked the door, returning in his arms.

"Are you sure you that really want to do this?" He asked, still unsure on bringing her this far.

She nodded her head before reuniting her lips to his.

Naveen brought them over to her bed, laying side by side. He pulled from the kiss and rubbed a hand over her cheek, looking into her brown eyes. But this time she looked like she had some hesitation in them.

He closed his eyes and sighed before sitting up. "I can't do this. Not here, not at this moment."

Tiana was shocked that he was the one who pulled away and now a feeling of shame took over. 'Did he change his mind because he thought I was being loose? What if he changed his mind on wanting to marry me because of this?'

She sat up beside him and decided to not say a word as she didn't know what to do next. So she covered her face into her hands, more embarrassed than anything else.

Naveen didn't exactly know what to say himself as he looked at his fiancée who now had her face in her hands. "Tiana, the reason I stopped was because…" He sighed. "…I had a feeling that you weren't ready to go to that next level and trust me, once you step there there's no reversing."

"I don't know what's gotten into me." Tiana admitted with her face still covered.

"I understand-

"No you don't understand." Tiana shot up to look up at him. "I was raised to believe that premarital sex is wrong and only sinners would think of doing this, and here I am about to do just that."

"There isn't anything wrong with lusting for someone you love, mi benita." Naveen tried to reassure her by gently taking her hand to his. "You did nothing wrong."

"We would've had sex if you didn't stop me. I could've forever cast a sin upon myself and-

"That sounds ridiculous." Naveen laughed.

"I don't know…whenever I'm around you I get these feelings. Feelings I've felt whenever I'm on a bicycle or riding over a bumpy road." She admitted.

Naveen smirked. "Did you ever enjoy those feelings?"

Tiana blushed a little before answering. "It felt...nice."

"You know that I have no shame in telling you how I feel when we're together." Naveen said.

"We shouldn't be speakin' this way…" She began feeling uneasy on the topic.

"Why shouldn't we? We're getting married and should share our desires with one another." Naveen didn't have a problem with the topic.

"But we aren't married…yet." Tiana reminded him. "And why are we still talking about this? We should be talking about our future-

"But this is a part of our future." Naveen laughed a little and noticed her not laughing in return. "I guess we can change to something more safe for you, yes?"

"Safe?" She frowned. "It's not that I don't feel uncomfortable—well I do feel…" She sighed. "I don't know how to handle the urges whenever we're together. Even when I'm alone in this room I have these thoughts about us. And a simple thing as a kiss or hug sparks something. I want to make love to you but at the same time I don't feel ready and…" She closed her eyes and let out a nervous laugh. "I probably sound like an inexperienced schoolgirl rambling along this way."

"No, you don't." Naveen appreciated her honesty. It was what he wanted from her. "You have every right to feel this way, but what I don't understand is why do you not know what to do on it? Have you ever loved yourself?"

"Loved myself?" She gave him puzzled look.

"You know, touched yourself?" Naveen hinted on.

She raised an eyebrow.

"Masturbation?" He finally said.

"Oh…" Tiana's cheek flushed as she thought about a similar conversation she and Charlotte shared on masturbation. While her blonde friend was very comfortable on her sexuality Tiana felt embarrassed and to this day at age nineteen her feelings never changed. "I've heard about it but always been told that it isn't natural for a young woman to think such thoughts until marriage."

"Is it now?" Naveen raised an eyebrow. "Does your beliefs state this as well?"

"Not exactly and that's what confuses me the most about it. I can feel this way for you once we're married yet it is a sin to feel this way for you now, even if we're going to end up married anyway."

"You should do what satisfies your desires, Tiana." Naveen advised.

"Do you…love yourself when you think of me?" She asked.

"Yes." He confessed. "You are everything I could ever desire for a woman. You're beautiful, smart, sexy…you look delicious in everything you put on. Even that faded dress you wore when I came to see you that day before confessing my love for you. Tiana, you are my fantasy." He smiled. "Am I yours?"

"Yes." Tiana admitted.

"Then share with me your true desires, your fantasies. What do you want when you think of me?" He asked, his voice growing husky.

Tiana's pearl twitched at the thought of what she wanted from the prince. "When we're kissing I feel myself getting warm and...moist. And when you're holding me, I noticed you love resting your hand right on my hip. I would hope so badly that you would run your hand up my thighs, rubbing over my…" She exhaled. "…it drives me crazy." She admitted. "Tonight I felt you grow hard under me and I didn't know what to do. All I knew was how much wanted you at that moment."

Naveen grew aroused while listening to her timid confession and was proud at how open she was slowly becoming to him. "I guess all you can do when you're alone is to close your eyes and touch yourself...pretend that I am doing just that to you."

Tiana studied Naveen's eyes and saw no shame in what he was telling her. "How can you be so comfortable and open about…this."

Naveen shrugged. "I guess it was how I raised? My parents, well my father always encouraged me to love myself before being intimate with a woman. But once I master that, which was very simple for me, find that one woman who is worth pleasing." He laughed a little. "I thought he was lying to me when he said that there would be a lot of donuts before I find that one woman who is worthy of what I'm capable of. That being loving you."

"Your father told you this?" She found it a bit odd.

"It may sound strange to you, but in Maldonia we take sexual pleasure very serious. It's very important for both people in an act of intimacy to fulfill their deepest desires. I will show you that on our wedding night." Naveen had a smirk on his lips.

Tiana couldn't help but to blush at his promise.

"And you will do the same for me." He added.

"Oh..." Tiana didn't even think about that. "I don't even know how to."

"I'll teach you." He smiled and kissed her hand. "I know how important it is for you to save your virginity until we're married and when that time comes, it will be one exciting night for the both of us and I promise to make you feel as comfort as I possibly can. Until then, I will leave you here in your room while I go sleep on the couch." He started to stand.

"Oh no." Tiana stopped him and gave him a small grin. "I want you stay in here with me a little while longer."

They lay back on her bed and cuddled before switching their discussion on their future together.

"I can't wait to meet ya parents." Tiana played with the collar on his shirt.

"They'll be pleased to meet you." Naveen said. "I haven't spoken to them since I left so this will come to a surprise for them."

Tiana snorted. "You must've had some life in Maldonia."

"It was very wild I will admit and I might have exaggerated with the thousands of women I've had. It was more then a hundred thousand. Or was it two hundred thousand? I forget." He laughed, obviously joking.

Tiana knew he was joking and had to roll her eyes at his arrogant way of stating it. "I'm surprised that you didn't catch any diseases?"

"Eh. We don't get those kind of diseases in Maldonia. Especially a handsomely amazing man such as myself" Naveen said proudly.

She ignored his arrogance. "Right and the Easter rabbit is sleeping under my bed."

"Really?" He asked in sarcasm. "Then we better catch him before he hops away."

She playfully slapped him on the chest. "You're like a big kid."

"But you love me for it, right?" He smiled.

"I suppose." She playfully rolled her eyes.

"Oh you suppose, yes?" He tickled her side.

"Stop it!" Tiana laughed.

"And what do I get if I stop?" He asked.

"A kiss!" She screamed before feeling her fiance's lips on her.

He stopped his tickling and deepened the kiss, pulling her on top of him.

Moaning escaped from both of their mouths as hormones began rising.

Tiana was the one to end the kiss this time and rested her head on his chest. Her heart was racing, regretting to end their kiss as early as she did.

Naveen too felt the kiss was ended prematurely, but understood why she did it. So he moved on to another topic. "This bed is very cozy, but why so close to the window?"

"In case you didn't realize it gets humid here in New Orleans." Tiana answered.

"I've noticed. I guess I should only invest in some night pants."

"What? No shirt?"

"My handsome chest is much too perfect for a shirt to sleep in." He wiggled his eyebrows.

Tiana shook her head. "The winters can be unpredictable. Some mild while others are cold. This house can get pretty drafty."

"Then we will cuddle in the comfort of each others arms." He wrapped his arms around her in a hug. "Like this."

"That could be arranged." Tiana laughed.

Naveen laughed a little himself. "I really want to buy a house for us. A nice one. Much bigger than the LaBouffs. I actually saw one for sale a couple of houses down."

"I doubt you'll get it." Tiana said honestly.

Naveen frowned. "Why not? I have the money."

"True but there are certain neighborhoods that won't allow a couple like us to live in. I mean, you might get a pass but I won't because we're together."

"That's idiotic. What does us being a couple have to do with not being allowed to live somewhere. We have the money." Naveen though what she said sounded ridiculous.

"Money can only take you so far if you're coloured. " Tiana said, realizing he wasn't aware of the racism in the country. "There are certain laws that are unfair but must be obeyed. I'm coloured and while it's alright to work in a wealthy house it is impossible to live in one without getting harassed or arrested for it."

Naveen frowned. "Wait, so you're telling me that we can't live in an estate over there because of the shade of your skin?"

Tiana sighed before answering. "Yes."

"That's sick!" Naveen was really disgusted by what he just learned. "I don't want us to live around here." He said in annoyance, but quickly corrected himself. "I mean, the people here are good people, but I want to give you the best."

"Sometimes the best comes from the heart, Naveen." She said.

"I know but I want to be able to provide the best for you."

"There are very nice coloured neighborhoods, Naveen. Ones with doctors, lawyers, professors. And the homes are a lot nicer and some are as big as the LaBouffs. If size is what you want." She pointed out.

"It's not the size, okay perhaps it is about the size-

"Why is size so important? We can live your apartment." She suggested.

Naveen shrugged. "I like the apartment. It's just not big enough for us."

Tiana slapped him on the chest.

"What?" Naveen smirked. "If you would rather us live near your mother-

She put her finger on his lips. "No, I don't mind where we live. We could live in a box and I'll be happy." She joked.

Naveen laughed and gave her a kiss on top of her head. "Are you sure about that? I would think you'd want an enormous kitchen for your cooking and my mincing. A dining room for serving your best dishes, a living room to entertain our guests or we could use the den for that purpose." He smiled rubbing his fingers hand over her back.

"For a prince who lived in a royal palace, you sure know a lot about houses."

"My family owns a lot of properties around the world, and some are as small as estates." Naveen explained.

Tiana snorted. "Small as estates? How unfortunate." She said with sarcasm.

"You know what I meant." He ran his fingers on her arm. "And I'd like for us to have plenty of bedrooms. Some for guests, and in the future for our children, in he future. Unless you would rather start a family right away." He wanted to start a family and could only hope that Tiana agreed.

Tiana's eyes widen at the thought of children, and was surprised that Naveen even considered. "Y-you want children?"

Naveen heard her hesitate tone. "I mean we don't have to have children. There could be ways of preventing from happening. In Maldonia a husband and wife doesn't use any form of birth control—at least that's what my father told me. I've used plenty of times…but if you do not want children then we won't have any. It's your body, your choice."

She smiled and raised her head to look up at him. "I want to have your babies."

"Do you really?" He gave her a questioning look.

"Mmhm." She nodded before resting her head back on his chest.

"How many do you want?"

"I don't know." She answered. "How about you?"

Naveen chuckled a little. "Whatever we have I will be happy."

"I look forward to this future with you, but there will be setbacks along the way."

"I know this. No marriage is perfect but we will always find ways of compromising."

"Mmhmm." She looked up at him. "And I still gotta save up for my restaurant."

Naveen brightened at the idea. "How much more do you need? I can pay-

"No, I won't accept any handouts from you." She rested her head back on his chest.

"Why not? I'm going to be your husband soon…" He realized that they never set a date. "When do you want to get married? Because I want to marry you as soon as possible."

"Not too soon." Tiana said honestly. "You know how people judge on quick weddings. Some may think we're marrying just because you got me pregnant."

"But that's impossible!" Naveen grew annoyed at the idea of such judgmental people. "The society in this country is all kinds of loco. When people want to marry quick they want to marry quick for love, at least we are. Some could also marry for money, name. My country does this without judging others."

"The Maldonians almost sound too good to be true." Tiana said with a yawn.

"I understand what you mean. They could be too fictional for my taste. That's why I always yearned to live here! The jazz city of the world. New Orleans!" He made a fake trumpet sound from his hand. "And you should definitely add hot jazz into the restaurant."

"I always wanted to have an elegant feel-

"You should let loose and also add a dance floor for those who want to cut the rug!" Naveen moved his shoulders, making Tiana laugh.

"Hmm…" She thought about his suggestion. "I guess you're more than just a decent mincer."

"Really? You think I'm a decent mincer?" He beamed.

"Mmhm, but you're also an excellent dancer and ukulele player. I would hire your band to play at the restaurant once I talk to the owner." She pretended to think. "The owner says yes."

"Achidonza!" The prince cheered.

Tiana laughed a little. "You're the reason why I have an actual interest in dancin'. I use to be scared to death because I had two left feet."

"Would you like for me to teach you another dance now?" He asked.

She yawned again. "Maybe tomorrow."

"Then tomorrow it is." Naveen kissed her on the head again before closing his eyes. "I look forward to ending my days with you for the rest of my life."

"Mm-hm. Me too." Tiana said with her left hand on his chest, showcasing the diamond engagement ring. "Goodnight, Naveen."

Gondia-noches mi benita." Naveen said before turning off the lamp.

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A/N:

Gondia-noches is Maldonian for - 'Good night'

Mi benita is Maldonian for 'My beauty'

This chapter wasn't much but I felt that it's very important for future chapters. Hope you guys at least enjoyed some of it.