*Elizabeth's P.O.V*
When my eyes flutter open after my little nap, I quickly shut them again as mommy and this shop lady are having a quiet conversation about me. At least I assume it's about me because who else would mommy buy clothing for?
"Well you could get that but honestly, I recommend this thread as the better option. It's a little cheaper and might not look as nice but helps with the summer heat more than that one does. It's also thicker so it holds up to everyday wear and tear much better. Something I'm sure the sailors would greatly appreciate." The lady says, disappointing me because of course they are talking about stupid business stuff. Why would I ever think mommy would be shopping for me!?
"Sorry, give me a moment..." Mommy tells the lady and actually puts me down to stand on my own. Clinging to her while keeping my eyes closed tight so she doesn't know I'm awake, my plan fails miserably as she forces me off of her.
"You are fooling no one, child. Now stop messing around and go pick out some pacifiers for yourself. We are almost done here so actually pick some! None of that indecisive game you just love to play or you will get what you get." Mommy lectures, actually patting my bottom quite forcefully until I've moved out of her reach and in the direction of the pacifier display.
Getting there, I pout slightly because my plan to listen to their conversation while here doesn't work out as I can barely hear them in mumbled murmurs and any attempt to move closer has mommy giving me a very scary look almost instantly on attempt. So instead, I look at the many, many pacifiers and get lost in all the options until I jump in fright as someone picks me up from behind.
"So, you find any yet?" Mommy asks as she gets me comfortably on her hip.
"You scared me! That's not nice! Mean mommy!" I proclaim, refusing to wrap myself around her so she knows just how mean she is being!
"I'm sorry I scared you. I did call out to you but you wouldn't answer. Made me find you hiding all the way back here. So again, did you find any yet?" Mommy informs me and asks again. Knowing she hates looking for me and repeating her questions, I decide my best course of action is to act cute and snuggle up with her instead.
"Nice try but you are fooling no one with this act..." Mommy tells me with a chuckle, patting my bottom but in a nice way and not a mean, you're in trouble way which is a win for me!
"Done shopping? Already?" I ask, changing the subject or at least trying to.
"Hmm? Oh, yes. I tried to give you more time to choose but I'm tired of waiting at this point so I'll be picking them now." Mommy tells me, making me want to protest but she starts listing off the ones she wants before I can.
"I'll take the brat ones, definitely the quiet button one, that pink and white unicorn set, and all the mommy, baby animal ones." Mommy lists off, making me drop my mouth open in shock at how many she wants and how quickly she could decide like that!
"and you can put the pink cat with princess surrounding it, the snooze button, the nap time, and all the single animal ones with the other stuff to be sent to that address." Mommy continues, putting my pacifier back in my mouth before closing it for me like she didn't just order way too many pacis as the lady collects them all!
I mean, I can only ever use one so that means I only really need 2! One to use and one for backup! That's why it was so hard to choose because who can only choose two? If I knew I could pick as many as I wanted, it would have made things way easier! And I would have so picked them out myself without mommy's help!
"Don't give me that look. You have no idea how hard keeping pacifiers around is with you. I swear I bought more pacifiers than diapers when you were a baby and trust me, I bought a lot of diapers! You either lose them, destroy them, or no longer like what was on it. One day bunnies are your favorite animal ever and I can't get you to spit it out, the next day they are the worst and you won't stop spitting it out! So I'm stocking up while I can to prevent that. You now have plenty of options!" Mommy proclaims, booping my nose with her finger. I of course scrunch it up and wiggle it around after she does so and glare at her until I remember something!
Frantically, I squirming out of mommy's arms and fight with her to let go before succeeding to get myself free and snagging what I want from the display before mommy gets a hold of me again and not very gently picks me back up.
"Next time you ask. Don't you dare pull that stunt again or don't blame me when you find your nose in the corner or your bottom nice and red. I nearly dropped you right into a shelf! You could have been seriously hurt!" Mommy lectures me as she keeps me staring at her and from hiding by holding my chin.
"Sorry..." I tell her, teary eyed, as she lets go of my chin and I hide myself in her neck. Not wanting to show her why I got in trouble now, I hide that too in-between us so she can't see it.
"Would you like to at least show me what you almost hurt yourself for?" Mommy asks, and I shake my head no, making sure it's super, duper hidden, just like me.
"Fine. Let's see, you grabbed... ah, that. I should have known you would want that. Let's get these ones too then..." Mommy says, trying to trick me into showing her what I picked out but I'm not falling for it! There's no way she knows as it's completely hidden! It did feel like she grabbed a couple things though and I do feel her carrying things against my bottom so maybe she wasn't completely lying?
"These too. And can I get the koala, please. Thank you. Now you can have this and add it to the ever growing pile. Actually, I'll keep it. She will just look adorable with it while clutching her koala!" Mommy proclaims, stunning me into leaving my hiding spot to figure out how she knew it was a koala paci, just for her to use that opportunity to snatch it from my grip and replace it with a koala stuffy instead. Then she tries to give my new paci away before she sets me down and steals my current paci before popping the koala paci in my mouth and clipping it on with its matching koala clip!
"Awhhhh! Definitely the cutest koala ever!" Mommy proclaims, making me blush and hide myself against her as she stores my old paci away into... does she have a new bag? Since when? Wait, did that paci say napping princess!? It needs to go immediately! I will not be a napping princess! Naps are stupid and I don't want them!
Unless it's my idea to avoid work but mommy never lets that happen. She always makes naps the worst so no naps! I'm never even that tired and yet she always makes me lay there until I fall asleep regardless!
"What do I owe you now?" Mommy asks, making me look around to see what she means and finally spotting the giant stack of everything sitting right in front of us!
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Queen's Adviser
FantasyElizabeth has been ruling her kingdom for 3 years now. She's gone through countless advisors in those 3 years. When she's finally ready to give up on finding herself one, she meets Zelene.
