The Couple Shopping

Dia's POV

"Come on, come downstairs , I want to hug you ," said the old woman (Phoenix's false mother's mother). I came down and Phoenix also came down stairs after a few seconds. Then, they started to get their lunch and I didn't want to sit down in the royal table, but Phoenix managed to get me to sit down, and at that time I ate very decently because I was well fed at the time. So, I ate very modestly and slowly and as Phoenix also knew my little secret he looked at me several times, during eating while smiling. At last to stop his these pervert smiles, I kicked his leg hard as I finally had no choice left to stop his smile.

Suddenly his smile stopped, as I thought, and he looked at me sympathetically because of the pain, but instead of saying anything I also looked at him sympathetically imitating him. However, after lunch we went out for couple shopping, but honestly I wondered if this was not a couple shopping but a family shopping as not only the family members but also the maids participated in this trip.

After two fat maids got into the same car as me and the phoenix, there was no more space even to breath, so the phoenix tried to get out of the car but the driver started driving before he getting out of the car. So we had to be pressed to each other in the car, until we got to the shopping mall. I came out from the car as we came to the shopping mall and I also wondered why that I am not dead after choked to two fat maids and to Phoenix.

But, after we entered to the shopping mall, they all went to buy their clothes as if we were not there. I felt like I was lost in the middle of a big crowd, but the phoenix seemed to be the happiest,He said, " Don't You need to get out of this death trap? " I tried to look at him blankly but I knew his look. He seemed to have an idea! So I shook my head to indicate" yes " without hesitation. Then, he drag my hand and ran to upstairs. I followed him for fear that I would be lost in the crowd. However, after we came in to the correct place. He did the amazing thing.

He rang the fire alarm!!! Even though before he rang the fire alarm, it was full of people but was a little bit calm. The calm in the shopping mall was shattered and people started running outside after ranging the fire alarm. Phoenix suddenly, took two diving suits from a rack . People started to run away from there and phoenix and I too, walked slowly out through the crowd. Some of the maids and guards who were outside tried to find us, but we sneaked out happily. "Hey what are we going to do now?" I asked and he said, "let's go to the beach " As he have brought money when he went to his room, this time we didn't have to walk to the beach. "

While we were going to the beach, "Why did those maids get in the car to trap us like that?" I asked him,

"It's a family ritual, I did not think it would be done so soon."

" Ah,What ritual, please?" I asked him in a funny, decent way.

"Two maids are stuck like this until the wedding couple gets to the palace from the wedding car after the gets married", 

"How do you know about wedding customs so well?" I was just kidding.

But, so suddenly his face changed in a way that I did not expect.

"My dad married my mom after I met him." he said. 

"What?" I asked at once. I'm not saying that, but who's expecting such an answer?

"Before my father met his mate, he married my real mother, the Queen. My father had given up hope on his mate. Then, they had me and we lived as a family without any problems for full 7 years. but, unexpectedly my father met his mate or my mom during a family trip of ours to our summer vacation palace. Then as she was his real mate, he had to marry her too. So I know the wedding rituals well because I attended their wedding,too" he said without any emotions in his face.

Seeing that he was embarrassed by it, I asked him at that moment the question that was bothering me, though I did not want to hear any more about it. "Why do you call the luna or your stepmother the "mother" and the real mother the" queen "?"

As I thought, he was worried about it. But, as soon as the bus stopped where we were supposed to get off, he avoided my question and said, "We'll talk about those things later," and pulled me off the bus. Well I know what you think, did you think me and phoenix would be sad even if we went to the beach? Oh no, that's when I realized that for what really, the diving suits were stolen by phoenix from the shopping mall, and we went diving into the sea wearing diving suits. We watched coral reefs, different kinds of fish while we were diving. This was the first time I've dived so, I was so much happy.

Then we ate too much ice-creams. (If you have dived, you should know after diving that you will be hungry).

He immediately hit me in the face with the ice-cream in his hand and started running on the beach. I took the ice-cream in my hand and started chasing after him. Finally I grabbed him and smeared ice-cream on his face.After that we played some kid games too.We were really enjoyed like kids.

One time, I covered the phoenix with sand and instead of getting him out of there I then poured water on to him. However I finally picked him up. (I just can't keep him under the sand forever ) After that, we made sand castles for the competition like little kids and as My sand castle was so beautiful that stupid phoenix broke mine. Because I was not an easy cry, I bite his hand hard for revenge by my sharp teeth.

Honestly, I haven't had so much fun for a long time because I had done several part-time jobs on every day of the week except Fridays since I was just a 7-year-old child. So, I enjoyed as much as I can to get the maximum  benefit from this opportunity specially, because I didn't wanted to miss tis opportunity. I was so much happy and, Phoenix was also happy as much as me.

Then we went to a film hall and watched another horror film. When we came out of the cinema hall, I saw a helpless band singing in the streets was sad that they could not collect even a little bit money. I did not want to be a Rapunzel, but when a little kid in that group asked for money, I looked at Phoenix but, phoenix told me, "The money is finished." So I couldn't  help to them as we were too, ran out of money. So when I approached to the band while pulling phoenix as he started to scream," I can't " like a baby. I realized that they could not play the band without their guitarist. So I made phoenix want to be a guitarist and they started playing with Phoenix as their guitarist.From the beginning, no one even looked at the band, but after a while, a lot of people came to see it. That band also got a lot of money.

They even offered to pay us for our help, but we refused. Then an old lady came up to me and said, "little girl, do you know someone called Diana Radolf?". I was surprised to hear her, but without showing it, I asked her, "Yes, aunty, I know. What needs to be done?" Then I was shocked by her answer. "Ask her if she remembers Sindey," she said with a laugh. "Oh, Riana, is this you?" I hugged her.

"huh, you forgot me, but I did not forget you Dia ,So, aren't you with that old witch now? " she asked me and said, " who's that cute boy?" while showing me Phoenix.

"Hey, guys, this is Dia." She reminded me to the team. Then one by one started talking to me. They, told me how much I have changed. They invited  us to the caravans where they were staying now. Phoenix didn't like to that idea much, but he came with me because we had nothing left to do. The caravans were parked near a meadow ,a short distance from where we were. On the way there, Sindey told me about some of the changes that had taken place since I left the band.

The little boy we met was his son. His name was, Robinson. Then her husband (sam) or guitarist of the band's hand was injured. That's why he couldn't  play. She said I would be able to meet him too. As we approached the caravan station, a familiar face came out and I needn't any memory to remember that face. I hugged him without a second's delay

"Then finally you came," Patrick said.