"Aah! I think my head is going to explode!" Teana exclaimed. "Do you want this...or do you want that? Are you excited for the wedding Princess? Blah. Blah. Blah!"

"Oh Teana." Shukura sighed feeling empathetic for her friend. "Cheer up. Your mother will be coming today." 'At least that might take some stress of the poor girl.'

"WAIT WHAT?"

"Teana, your wedding is in only a couple of days. Your mother was scheduled to arrive today remember?" Shukura raised her eyebrows. If Teana forgot this then she must have really been in over her head about this wedding stuff.

"Oh Ra! I am sorry, I completely lost track of time. All this wedding stuff is making me on edge!" Teana frowned and then calmed down a little. "When will she be arriving?" She asked rather lightly.

A knock was heard at the door and Shukura went to open it. "Jono!"

"Little sister! Can you tell Teana her mother is here? I can take her th..."

"Jono!" Teana interrupted dashing towards him. She tugged Jono fiercely."Take me there now! Let us go!" Jono yelped at this.

"Alright, come!"

"Mother!" Teana rushed out to her mother as she entered the room.

"Teana!"

Mother and Teana finally met after being parted for two months as they embraced each other. "I missed you so much!" Teana cried.

"I missed you too dear. I hear someone is getting married! Could not miss my only daughter's wedding could I?"

"Oh mother!"

"Your father sends his regards darling. He did wish he could be here, but of course he cannot. One of us has to be present in the kingdom to rule it. We must think of our people as well."

"I understand." Teana agreed. She was just happy that her mother could be here. She knew that her father would not be in attendance.

"So tell me sweetheart. What do you think of Atem? He is quite the charmer is he not?" The Queen while walking alongside Teana.

Teana blushed."He is wonderful Mother."

"Of course he is." She squeezed her hand. "You two will have the most beautiful babies!"

"Mother! For goodness sake, I have not even married the man yet!"

"All in good time." She winked.

"But tell me, does he treat you right? Do you think you could love him in due time?" Her mother suddenly became serious.

"Yes Mother." She reassured. "Atem treats me splendidly. He even goes as far to spoil me with trinkets and other things of sorts." She shook her head recalling the incident at the market.

Her mother smiled. "Aah, your father tried to do the same for me when we first got married. I did not have the chance to get to know him before, like you are able to. He has feelings for you. It is good he likes spoiling you. A man who spoils his wife is a dutiful one."

"I suppose. You can meet him soon. I gave Jono word to tell Atem to come to my chambers shortly. We can meet him there." She smiled.

Atem stood outside Teana's chambers and knocked. He could hear laughter inside. Teana opened the door.

"Atem!" Her eyes lit up. "Do come in!"

Atem stepped in. He had never technically been in Teana's personal chamber's longer than just a minute before, except for the night he brought her back while she was sleeping. It was dark then though, so he did not take much notice of the appearance of the room. He cleared his throat. "You called for me?"

"Yes I did." She answered.

Atem looked around the room and saw an older woman getting off the bed and approaching him. This woman had an uncanny like appearance to Teana herself, except for some physical characteristics and the fact that she was much older. The woman had a lighter complexion and her hair, a lighter color. She was slightly shorter than Teana and her eyes were of a different shape.

"Atem meet my mother. Mother meet Atem."

"Atem." The woman smiled. She then began to speak. "I do hope you take good care of my sweet Teana. If you fail to uphold this, however, remember that Teana had been trained in combat fighting." She told him quite bluntly.

Atem widened his eyes. "I did not know that." He glanced at Teana who smirked at him.

She continued. "Also her father has an enormous army that mirrors the strength of Egypt's as well. The King is not a forgiving man when the matter concerns is only daughter and child." The Queen threatened, slightly narrowing her eyes.

Atem gulped. "I would never hurt Teana." He promised.

"Good!" Teana's mother exclaimed smiling.

Atem was surprised is the sudden change of emotion from Teana's mother. He wondered if Teana would be like this as well. Teana's mother clasped her hands, clearly this was something else Teana 'inherited' from her mother. "Now! You two, do tell me about the preparations for the wedding." She said grinning.

So Teana is reunited with her mother. This will help ease Teana's anxiety and stress concerning the wedding. As you can see the wedding is making poor Teana on edge. To elaborate on Teana's mother, she is basically taking on the fatherly interrogation since her husband is away in Nubia. She wants to make sure that Atem doesn't do anything to hurt Teana. Nothing too major happening in this chapter, next chapter...however ;) will be more interesting and then after that chapter... the WEDDING! :D

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~Startistica