OK, so Tiana and Naveen are perhaps the cutest Disney couple EVER. Naveen is my new favorite Disney Prince (it used to be the Beast/Adam) and I've already listened to the soundtrack close to 30 times (I love Randy Newman's music, he has been there for me since Toy Story). So this is my version of how Tiana and Naveen get to their second wedding. Even though the movie shows them getting the restaurant after the wedding, I'm saying it was before. Another author on here said the same thing, seeing as how it didn't seem to take very long for Naveen's parents to get to New Orleans. Enjoy.

Tiana was nervous as she walked down the street to her house. Charlotte had promised to make up some story to tell her Mama why she had fallen off the face of the Earth for the past few days, but still. Her bayou wedding dress had disappeared and was replaced by more casual attire-a pretty green dress-not unlike her uniform for Duke's. But this dress made her look and feel more elegant, more feminine, more like a princess. Mama Odie did promise that her bayou dress would show up again one day.

Now that they were human again, the couple decided that they would have a proper human wedding with all their friends and family present. And of course, the wedding would avoid scandal among the people of Maldonia. Naveen was thinking more about his family's reputation now. The Froggi Proto himself was with Louis at the La Bouff estate, apologizing for Lawrence, explaining that the alligator with him was harmless, and promising that he would be moving out after he got a job, got married, and had a place for himself and Tiana. Charlotte would be bouncing off the walls once she found out the news. She'd hear it all tonight. Charlotte, Naveen, and Big Daddy would be coming over for dinner.

Their first order of business back in New Orleans had been to go beg for Tiana's job at Duke's back. Turns out, they didn't have to. The greasy diner didn't have a cook for the breakfast and lunch shifts and only needed one every once in a while for dinner. And if Tiana moved up to cook, that meant there was an open job for a waitress…or waiter. So Naveen got his first job and Tiana got promoted. He promised her that they would get her restaurant and they'd work at Duke's to help pay for the repairs.

Slowly, scared out of her wits, Tiana turned the handle and swung open the front door to her tiny house. Her mother was right inside, going at a men's shirt with her sewing machine. She hadn't heard Tiana over the noise.

"Mama?" she said timidly. No answer. "Mama, I'm home," Tiana spoke up. Eudora looked up. Relief and happiness flooded into her face. She stopped her sewing and went straight to her daughter, enveloping her in a hug.

"Charlotte told me all about your restaurant, baby cakes," she stated. "I can't say I blame you. I understand that you were upset and didn't feel like coming home. But I'm mighty glad you did."

So that's what she said, Tiana thought to herself, smiling. Her mother released her and looked her up and down. Tiana made sure to hide the ring behind her back. She was so glad that Mama Odie had been able to get the ring Naveen lost and that it swelled in size when she became human again, but now it was a source of even more nervousness.

"That's a pretty dress. Where'd you get it, sweetheart?"

"Borrowed it," Tiana shrugged, hoping she'd assume Charlotte was the lender. "Mama, I invited company over for dinner tonight."

"Well, I'll start cleaning just as soon as I'm done with this dress, here. Who's coming? Charlotte and Big Daddy?"

"Yes," Tiana gulped. She got the jar of rice off the shelf. She'd be making jambalaya and gumbo tonight. "And they're bringing over a guest." Tiana did not turn to see her Mama's reaction. Instead she tried to decide whether one or two cups would be enough. Two. Big Daddy could eat.

"Oh is it that Prince-something-or-other?" Eudora guessed. "I heard that there was a trouble with his butler or valet."

"Oh, yes there was. He was trying to impersonate Prince Naveen to get Big Daddy's money. The valet's in jail, now."

"Oh, well, that's too bad," Eudora sighed, sounding sincere. "There! All finished mending this shirt."

Tiana poured water in with the rice and covered the pot. Now what to do with her hands? Slice up the sausage?

"Have you met Prince…?" Eudora trailed off, not remembering the name.

"Naveen, Mama. You can just call him Naveen. Yes, I met him. I got to know him really well, actually." She turned to see her Mama's reaction to this, but she kept sweeping as if it was completely normal for her baby girl to get to know a royal.

Tiana set the sliced meat aside, quite unsure of how to proceed from there. She'd make sweet tea later. But would Naveen like sweet tea? Maybe he preferred regular tea. Maybe in his country they didn't even drink tea. Oh, dear. As if she weren't already nervous enough about having him see the tiny place where she grew up. There probably wasn't even a room in his castle as small as her house.

Tiana looked down at her hands. She saw the ring Naveen gave her glittering on her left finger. The one he crafted all by himself. He knew that as hard as she worked, she was not impressed by money and riches. He didn't go out and buy the largest gaudiest ring in the store; he made one with his own two hands. Despite getting on each other's nerves at first, he loved her. The ring proved it.

"I'll admit, he wasn't exactly charming when I first met him," Tiana admitted, while getting out all the spices she'd need. Eudora laughed. "But he grew on me. I even taught him how to mince. He got so into it he minced so many vegetables the next day just to impress me and make me proud." Eudora laughed even more. "And he actually got me to dance."

"Why, I was waiting for the day for you to finally try dancing." Tiana thought her Mama looked mighty proud of her right then.

"And he's going to be working at Duke's now. They moved me up to be a cook. His parents cut him off," Tiana quickly explained when Eudora opened her mouth to ask why a prince needed a job at a diner.

"Well, that's mighty fine of him to want to make his own way," Eudora said approvingly.

Tiana arranged the spices in alphabetical order. "Well he also…" she lost her nerve. "He said…um…" She drew in a shaky breath. "Y'see we…" The nerve was gone again. Come on, Tiana. Just do it or Naveen will say it for you and in a way that might make your Mama faint. "."

Eudora stopped sweeping. "You feeling alright, baby cakes? I didn't understand a single word you said." Tiana turned around slowly and walked toward her Mama. After taking a deep breath she drew her left hand from behind her back and showed it to Eudora. She gasped at Tiana's hand, at loss for words.

"Now you have someone else to pester about giving you grandkids, Mama," Tiana joked. Eudora cried for joy and nearly strangled her daughter for joy.

"My baby's gettin' married!" she cried! "My baby's gettin' married to a prince. You're gonna be a princess! Oh, baby that's just wonderful! The dress! I'm going to have to get started right away. As soon as your man leaves tonight we're going to be discussing the details. Oh my! A prince is going to be in my house! I have to clean! You have to cook!" She started pushing her daughter back to the stove.

"Mama!" Tiana protested. "Calm down! And please, don't call him a prince, call him Naveen. His head's big enough already!"