A/N: Sorry that I haven’t updated in forever. I just got back from the U.K. I have been dead tired too. Hope you enjoy this chapter.

My Mother's Own Fairytale

I got out of the shower, got dressed and left my bathroom. I found Connor fast asleep on my bed. He was snoring, loudly. I chuckled quietly trying not to wake him. I couldn’t help but think how he could sleep when he is making all of that noise? Slightly amused I went over to my vanity and brushed my hair. I walked into my closet and pulled on a pair of jeans and a tank top. I walked over to my and lied down next to Connor’s sleeping form.

I just watched him sleep for about an hour before he finally woke up. “Hello,” he said to me sleepily. “Why are you so clean?”

I laughed. “I just took a shower you idiot.”

“Right,” he groaned while he sat up. “So you are how old?”

I slapped him. “You know perfectly well how old I am. I’m fourteen just like you.”

“Thank God,” he sighed. “So what are we going to do today?”

“Actually, I was planning to spend the day with my mom until the party.” I told him.

“That’s cool,” he said disappointed.

“I’m sorry it’s just that we haven’s been able to hang out in forever.” I wrapped my arms around his neck.

“I get it,” he sighed. “I guess I’ll just hang out with Joe or Nick or someone.”

“Are you sure you’re not mad?” I asked him.

“No,” he told me. “I can do without you for a day.”

“Thank you,” I gave him a kiss and went to find my mom.

It was noon when I found my parents sitting in the kitchen, eating a soufflé my dad had made.

“Hey, Lucy,” my dad greeted me.

“Hi,” I said glumly.

“Are you okay?” he asked.

“Yeah,” I sighed. “I was just waiting for mom.”

“Yeah, you two go and have fun,” he said. “I’ll hunt Connor down and get him to talk to me.”

“Okay,” my mom said with her mouth full of chocolate soufflé. She got up from the counter stool. “See at the party Nick,” she said to my dad. She went to the sink and washed her hands. After she did that she went over to my dad and him a kiss. “See you later.”

“Bye,” my dad said. “Happy Birthday Lucy,”

I waved goodbye to him and left the kitchen with my mom.

“Do you feel older, wiser?” My mom asked me.

“Not as old as you.” I replied.

“Oh, well if that’s how you feel.” She shoved me playfully.

“No,” I said. “I feel pretty much the same.”

“So what do you want to talk about?” she asked.

“Actually, I want to know how you and dad met.”

“Why?”

“I’ve know you’ve told me but I really want to know what really happened. We never went into depth about it.” I looked at her.

“Okay,” she said. “But let’s wait till we get back to the suit.”

“I can live with that.” I replied.

My mom and I walked into my parents’ suit and we plopped down on the bed.

“Honey,” my mom inquired. “Why do you want to know about this?”

“Because, I want to know the truth about my parents,” I told her.

“Okay,” she sighed. “Well, it was my twenty- first birthday party. It was right after I graduated college. I was required to dance with all of the eligible bachelors at that party. First it started off with Asana and I sneaking off to talk about whatever. With all of my clumsiness I ran into your dad and I stepped on his foot. I felt so bad. My next encounter with him was when I danced with him. He had come to my rescue from this man who kept on comparing me to forest animals.”

“That is so weird,” I said.

“Yeah, tell me about it. Anyway we danced and we flirted and it was just a jolly old time. I had fun. When I was dancing with him he had truly enchanted me. Well it wasn’t long after that when I found out that I had to be married before I could be Queen. And it was that exact same day that I found out that someone was trying to steal my Crown. I finally met that someone and it turned out to be Lord Nicholas Devereaux.”

“My dad was trying to steal your Crown?” I asked amused.

“Well, it was more of his Uncle’s doing, but yes. Grandma Clarisse invited him to stay at the palace. When I found out who he was I stamped on his foot so hard I think I gave it a pretty good bruise. I got betrothed only days later to Andrew. We got engaged too. I never really liked him or saw him as someone I could spend the rest of my life with. It was always Nick that I felt that with.”

“Aww,” I said all charmed. “That’s so sweet.”

“It gets more comedic. Well we were having a party in the gardens one day. Nick was trying to get me to admit that I didn’t love Andrew and he did. I got really mad at him that he did that. I chased him all through the hedges and tried to convince him that I was attracted to Andrew. It didn’t work in the least. We ended up kissing and falling into a fountain.”

“What?” I laughed. “You have to tell me about that one.”

“Have you father tell you. Well as the story goes on I was reviewing the Royal Guard. Remember when you had to do that?”

“Yeah,” I said. “I had to use Herby.”

“Yes,” she said lying back on the bed. “So did I. Only my review didn’t go as smoothly as yours did. Well your father’s uncle was always trying to sabotage me. He scared my horse and Herby fell off. I was so embarrassed. Your father came into the Stable House and tried to make me feel better. Back then he was the worst at making people feel better. Whatever he said, it just upset me.”

“How did he change?” I asked.

“He fell in love with me.” My mom looked at her wedding ring. She twisted it on her finger and played with it.

“Do you know when?”

“He told me it was love at first sight.”

“So why did he upset you after that?” I was so curious about this.

“I guess he didn’t know how to not do it. He finally just saw that I really didn’t want to marry Andrew and saw that he could have a chance. It was him who I married.” My mom seemed enchanted by my dad just talking about the past.

“What happened next?” I asked eagerly.

“Well I was practicing my circle shooting thing for my coronation. Nicholas came to it because he needed to tell me something. I needed Lily to get Andrew away from that area because I really needed and wanted to talk to him. He helped me with the whole bow and arrow business. I hit the target dead on.” My mom smiled thinking about it.

“Wow,” I said. “So they trusted you with a sharp object?”

“Don’t be a smart ass Lucy,” she joked. “He told me that he was leaving. That he thought he had caused enough problems with Andrew and I. I didn’t want him to go and he didn’t want to leave.”

“Is this the good part?” I asked shifting my position on the bed.

“What do you mean by good?”

“The part in the fairytale where everything is great,”

“Well,” she hesitated. “I wouldn’t exactly call it the good part.”

“Okay,” I said quietly.

“He came to my window and told me to climb the vine. I did and it didn’t go very well. I was sneaking out. We rode our horses to the lake and told weird secrets about ourselves. Well, this is where things get more… screwed up. We stayed out all night. I woke up in his arms in the morning. When I realized what happened I freaked out.” She said this with a smile on her lips. “There was a boat across the lake and it turned out that there was a man filming us. I thought I was getting played by him, that he just wanted me to give up the throne. Well when Andrew found out about it he was not a Jolly Rancher. Even though this happened and neither of us was attracted to one another, he still vowed to marry me. He wanted to be a proper gentleman.”

“What happened at the wedding?”

“We backed out. I found out it was not Nicholas who set me up it was his uncle. When we backed out I ruled out the law that requires the future Queen to get married before she can rule. So you’re welcome. We did have a wedding that day. It was the day that Grandma Clarisse and Grandpa Joe got married. She finally got married to someone she loved.”

“Aww,” I grabbed a pillow and squeezed it. “So what happened?”

“Two weeks after the wedding was my coronation. I was sitting in the Throne Room thinking about how good of a queen I would become. That was when your father walked in. He told me that I would make an excellent queen and that he loved me. I loved him too. It really was love at first sight. I was crowned Queen of Genovia and six months after that we got married. A year after that we had the most beautiful baby girl in the world and her name was Lucy.” She stroked my hair.

“When did Lily and Kip Kelly get married?” I asked about Connor’s parents.

“Just right after your father and I did. About a month after. Connor was born first huh?”

“Yes,” I answered. “But not by much. When did you know that you actually loved him?”

“When I stepped on his foot for the first time and danced with him. That’s when I knew. Lucy, why do you want to know about all of this?”

“I don’t know if I love Connor,” I admitted.

“What?” she said surprised.

“I just don’t know if I love him the way he loves me. I grew up loving him as a friend and I thought I loved him but now I’m not so sure.” I sounded panicked.

“I think throughout time you will know for certain. I didn’t know for certain for a very long time. You will know when it happens.” My mom grabbed my arm and pulled me into a hug. “I will admit that I liked your dad so much because he was really cute. He looks the same like he did fifteen years ago. Me I had two kids so I have more curves than I used to.”

“Where’s Zen?” I asked about my little sister.

“She’s with Grandma Helen. I couldn’t handle her today because she has been so bad lately. She’s been teething and she been biting things too. Including my feet and hands. She is so bad. You were never really that bad. Zen has a little attitude. She is like Baby Diva.” My mom did look tired. “I’m sure she’s okay. We can go get her if you want?”

“Yeah,” I said. “Let’s go get her.”

A/N: Well I hope you liked this chapter. Please R&R!