PRINCES, MAKE-UP, AND A BAD DATE
Disclaimer: The Mummy Movies belong to Stephen Sommers, and to Universal Pictures. I do not take credit for any of the characters from the movie that I use in my stories. The girls are mine and they have to stay at home.
I don’t know just who thought up nap time, but I would like to tell him or her just how I feel bout it. My daddy says princesses need their beauty rest, but I still hate it. He told us a new story today, Jack and the Bean Stock, and Jack was very naughty, even more than me and my sisters, but we are not that naughty, not all the time. I’m in my bed at this very moment, and Louisa and Rebecca went to sleep already, but I’m not going to go. I have decided that I need to dress up so that when my prince arrives I will be ready. Very carefully I got out of my bed and walked out of our room. I know that today daddy and Alex are working on things to get him ready for school, so I can go in mother and daddys room to get the things that I need. Mother has a vanity that my daddy buyed for her when we still lived in England, before me Issa and Becca were even around. I like it best because there is all sorts of very nice things for me to use to get ready for prince Albert to come find me. Becca and I like to play house, and we both are princesses. My Prince's name is Albert. Alex thought up his name for me the last time he baby-sat, but he was more interested in kissing Megan who came for a visit from Paris. After I got up on the bench that is in front of the vanity, I got out my favorite Jewelry, and put that on me. It looks like a golden snake, and mother wears it on her arm way up. It doesn’t fit me to good, but when I become a woman in a few years I will be able to wear it.
“I know someone who needs to be in bed,” I heard my daddy say.
“But I can not go to bed daddy, because if I do then Prince Albert won’t find me and take me away to live in his magical kingdom.” Daddy carefully took the bracelet off of my arm, then he picked me up and carried me over to his bed.
“Well I think I’m in need of a nap, do you mind having a snuggle with me?” he asked as he put me down, and took off his boots.
“But Albert won’t find me,” I said softly as he lay beside me. I snuggled up against him resting my head against his chest.
“I’m not going to take a nap daddy,” I informed him as I felt him start to rub my back.
“That’s alright, if you see Prince Albert you tell him I want you home for lunch,” he said. It got quiet and daddy kept rubbing my back. My eyes decided they were tired, so I closed them, just for a minute.
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When I woke up daddy wasn’t there anymore and I yawned then got up and ran out of their room to mine. Issa and Becca were there playing, and I was mad because I took a nap, and because Issa had my baby without asking.
“Hey I was just letting Adam play with Victoria,” she told me when I grabbed him.
“You didn’t ask my mission,” I said as I put him back in his bed.
“I’m telling on you,” she told me, and ran out.
“Becca lets have a tea party,” I said.
“I’m making a picture right now,” she replied. I got in more of a bad mood then because they didn’t want to play with me. As I started out of my room, daddy came in and knelt down.
“What’s going on in here?” he asked.
“Issa took Adam and didn’t ask me so I took him back. He’s my baby daddy,” I said crossing my arms in front of me. My daddy reached out and moved my hair out of my face. He does good about not getting mad at me, mother doesn’t do so good and puts me in the quiet chair a lot, which is also silly.
“Will you ask her nicely not to take your things?” daddy asked me. I looked at my feet.
“I don’t want to be nice today daddy. I’m having a grumpy day,” I informed. He picked me up and carried me with him downstairs, and sat down with me at his desk.
“What’s this stuff?” I asked, when he turned me to sit on his lap.
“Well these papers here are bills your mum and I have to pay for things like the lights and the water, and I’m just about finished with them. Will you put stamps on these for daddy?” he asked me. I nodded my head. When I have a grumpy day daddy mostly keeps me with him, because he says it keeps me out of trouble. He set me down on the floor next to his, and mothers desk and I put the stamps on the letters just like he showed me the other day when I had a grumpy day. Just as I was about to finish I heard mother call out for us, and Daddy answered her. I still needed to finish with the letters and kept at it while my daddy gave her a kiss on the lips.
“Are you helping daddy today?” I nodded my head, and daddy informed her I was having a grumpy day. Then my sisters ran in giving her hugs and kisses.
“Daddy I want to help with what Ella is doing,” I heard Becca say, and just as I was about to yell at her that I was Daddys helper, Mother took them both in the kitchen so they could help her with unloading groceries she had gotten.
“I’m all finished daddy,” I told him as I gave him the bills, and then sneezed. Daddy gave me a handkerchief and I wipe my nose on it.
“Are you feeling all right?” He asked as he picked me up again.
“Yes I’m fine. I want to go to the Pavilion today, you said once Issa’s arms were better we could go, and I want to go do that,” I told him. He stood up and I laughed as he lifted me onto his shoulders.
“Evie why don’t we take the girls to the Pavilion,” Daddy said. My sisters started to jump up and down and scream which made my head hurt, but I didn’t let them know that.
“I think that’s a wonderful idea,” mother said. After they put us in our violet sun dresses, and our special hats to keep the sun off of our faces, I ran across the hall to my brothers room and went in. He was reading and started to yell at me, but I plugged my ears and screamed at him asking him if he wanted to go with us.
“Hey,” Lets not start a fight,” Daddy said as he picked me up. Alex decided to go with us only after Louisa begged him to go. He Becca and me raced as fast as we could down the beach, and I beat him holding on to Becca’s hand. Louisa walked with mother and father. She is very shy of things, I don’t know why though because being here is very fun. The Pavilion was off of the beach and we went to a gate. Daddy got something called tickets and we all went in. There were lots and lots of people and Mother took hold of my hand, while Daddy held Louisa, and Alex held Rebecca’s hand. We walked to a round circle that had horses on it, and daddy gave a man tickets, and we stepped on it. Mother lifted me up and put me on one of the horses and told me to hold on very tight. I watched daddy try to put Louisa on one but she started to cry so he sat with mother and her on a bench behind me and Rebecca. Alex stood between us and a bell rang then it started to move.
“Alex I’m riding a horse all by my self,” I said laughing as we went up and down and around and around. When it stopped I held on to the horse and hit Alex when he tried to take me off.
“Elizabeth, why don’t we go see if there are more rides,” Daddy asked. I let him take me off, and when he put me down my tummy started to hurt, but I forgot about it when we found a ride that went around a track. Alex got in a seat with me and Rebecca, and Daddy and Mother got in one with Louisa. The ride started slow at first and went fast, and when it got to the turn part it went really fast. We laughed and Alex held his hands up. When it stopped and we got off I almost fell down but daddy caught me and picked me up kissing my forehead as I rested it against his shoulder.
“Evie she’s warm,” I heard him say. Mother came and felt my head and said something about going home, and I didn’t want to, but my tummy was hurting again.
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My daddy took me home, letting Mother and Alex stay with my sisters at the Pavilion. He got me dressed in my yellow nighty with little flowers on it then put me in his bed.
“My tummy hurts,” I said. He sat down next to me, and put his hand over it and rubbed it for me.
“I’m mad daddy,” I said as I yawned.
“Shhh,” he said back kissing my forehead. I think I went to sleep, because when I woke up my stomach hurt really bad and then it went in my throat and it came out of my mouth. I started to scream and that brought mother who held me over her arm while I screamed and while my stomach came out of my mouth. When it finally stopped she carried me into her bathroom and got me undressed. Then she sat me down on the wicked chair (wicker) and she took her cloths off then she put the water in the bath tub and she got in with me.
“Do we need?” Daddy asked and mother nodded, but I didn’t really care. I felt icky, and I felt my stomach start to hurt bad again. When I told mother she stood me up and held me and I got icky stuff all over the floor. I did that so much that I couldn’t and I cried a whole bunch too. Daddy came back and cleaned that up and then he got a towel and wrapped me in it.
“Daddy my throat hurts now,” I said.
“I know angel. We will get you some water,” he said as he gotted me into another nighty. When he started to lay me in bed, I shook my head not wanting to lay down, too afraid about my tummy coming out of my mouth again. My mother and daddy have a nice rocking chair in their room, like the one in the room me and Becca and Issa share. So He sat down, and I closed my eyes almost to sleep when I heard Dr. Simons.
“No Get out get out,” I yelled. Daddy had to hold me still while he took a look at me, and I got really really mad. When Dr. Simons finished I wanted mother so she took me downstairs with her,and I was glad cause daddy let that mean old Doctor hurt me.
“It’s all right now my baby,” mother said, because I was still crying. She made me some tea and then sat at the table with me helping me drink it. I liked it because it was sweet and it made my throat and my tummy feel better.
“Hey Angel,” daddy said, and I turned away from him.
“I’m mad at you daddy. You let him hurt me,” I grumped.
“Shh, we need to get you back to bed,” mother said. In my room, she sat down in the rocking chair with me and daddy put a blanket over us, then he left. I was glad, because I didn’t want him with me. Mother sang her lullaby to me, and I let my eyes have a rest.
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In the morning time I woke up in my bed, and Nanna was sitting in the rocking chair. She had been away for a while, because she needed to go back to London and when she saw me open my eyes she walked over to me.
“My daddy thinks I hate him,” I said feeling bad for being mean to him last night. After sitting on the bed next to me, Nanna kissed my forehead.
“Your daddy knows you love him, and he knows you were afraid,” She said, which helped me to feel better. I still felt icky, nothing about my tummy but the rest of me didn’t feel so good.
“Now why don’t you rest here and I will go get you some tea, and some ice,” Nanna said. I nodded my head and when she left and rolled on my tummy, which is my best way to sleep.
“Ella we made you a card,” Louisa said.
“Thank you,” I told her keeping my face turned to the wall. I guess she left because the next person to come in was my daddy.
“I’m sorry I was ugly,” I told him turning around so he could see me. He lay next to me and I snuggled with him.
“I know that was scary baby, and I know you didn’t mean what you said,” he added. That made me feel better. Nanna brought me my breakfast, and I drank most of the tea then went to sleep with my daddy.
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I was sick for a few days but now I’m better, and I’m really cited because Alex is taking us to the big city, and we get to go with just him. I can’t wait to see what happens, but Rebecca gets to tell you about that. See you later. Well okay maybe not see you later. I’m going to wait for Albert to come visit me.
“Elizabeth it’s time for bed Baby.” Thats mother, so I guess I don’t get to wait for Prince Albert, but if you see him tell him he has to hurry up and get here or else I’ll be sleeping. Good night