Epilogue! Thanks to everyone who read this the whole way through. That was nice of you. Thank you for all of the reviews, too. I will now be focusing on "Baby Mine" and extending it from a oneshot. Enjoy!
The sunlight crept into the room, lighting it bit by bit. Tiana's eyelids fluttered open and she yawned and stretched a little, minding the sleeping person beside her. She looked up at the ceiling-wondering vaguely why anybody would take the time to put designs on a ceiling-and then to Naveen. His hair fell in his face and his mouth hung slightly open, but there was definitely the trace of a smile on his face. One arm was still snaked aroun her shoulders. The other had lost it's grip on her waist and was now just thrown across her stomach. She turned and snuggled up against him, resting her head under his chin.
It was nice of him to agree to a second wedding so her mother could be there. Plus the royal side of him kicked in and reminded himself that there would be quite the scandal in Maldonia if he just announced he was married without a big celebration. Then he had to consider his parents. They wouldn't have been happy if they missed the wedding either. The second ceremony, though nice, would never compare to the first one in the bayou, but having more than one human there made it special.
She was content to fall asleep again right then when she felt Naveen's arm tighten its grip around her waist and pull her in closer. His chest lifted as he took a deep breath and then went down again when he exhaled. She could feel his warm breath across her temple and in her hair. A pair of lips pressed themselves to her forehead. The arm around her waist began to trace circles on her back.
"What happened to your plan to sleep until noon?" Tiana mumbled. She kept her eyes glued shut.
"That plan flew out the window a while ago," he replied. "Plus I am very distracted by a certain someone in my bed right now." Tiana cracked an eye open. Naveen smiled at her with a dreamy look on his face. "Hello," he said.
"Hey, yourself," Tiana sighed, smiling back. He began to run his fingers through her curly hair. Her plan to never let him see her with her hair down failed on the very first night but she found that she really didn't care all too much. She liked it when he ran his fingers through her hair. After all, it was only fair since he let her do it to is hair all the time.
"Where are we?" she wondered aloud.
"Somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico," Naveen replied. He leaned over to the bedside table and opened the drawer to it, pulling out an Atlas. He flipped it open to North America and put one arm back around Tiana, the other held the book. "We are probably not too far from Louisiana, but we have gone quite a long way already. We will go southeast, then around Florida, and then to Europe. I was thinking we go to England first, then to France, and wherever you want to go to after that." He flipped the page to the map of Europe.
Tiana considered it for a while as she studied the map. "Are we goin' to Maldonia on this trip?" she asked curiously. Naveen shook his head.
"No, not a chance. I plan to keep you to myself for a while before showing you off to everyone in my country. It will build up the suspense for them."
"Well ain't that selfish of you? Keepin' your people's princess from them," she pretended to scold. Naveen shrugged.
"They will just have to get used to it."
THE END