Tiana (More Than a Story Book 1)

MAKING DEALS

(Naveen's P.O.V)

I stood at the front of the incredibly small cottage, and rung the doorbell. I waited for a while until I herd the unlocking of a door chain. An older woman with shoulder length hair and glowing brown skin opened the door. She was beautiful even for a older woman, and I knew just by looking at her she was related to Tiana. "You must be Auntie Eudora." I smiled.

The woman smiled and pressed her hand to her chest, laughing to herself. "Thats what my baby's call me. And who might you be? Wait. Your that prince from the newspaper. Uh, Prince Raheem?"

"Naveen." I replied.

"Oh yes, I'm sorry honey. Are you here for Tiana?"

"Yes ma'am. Is she home."

Her eyes lit up. "Yes! Yes she is. Come inside, she'll be right down." She led me to there country style kitchen and I sat down at there wooden table. It was quite homey but of course nothing close to what I was used to.

"Tiana! What are you up there doin'?"

"Curling my hair, Mama." She called out.

"Well, will you be done anytime soon?"

"Not really. Why?"

"There's someone down here to see you."

We heard some shuffling upstairs and then footsteps down the stairs. "I'm Coming." She came from around the corner in a orange tank top that said "hollywood" in rhinestones and some nike basketball shorts. And half her hair covered in ugly, tiny bantu knots and the other side hung down in her natural curly hair pattern. She was looking down at the phone in her hands. "Travis, I didn't know you were coming over today. Why didnt you text me ?" She looked up and saw me. Her jaw hung open and her eyebrows shot up on her face.

I laughed so hard at her reaction and she looked so embarrassed. Thats what you get for talking to me like a commoner.

"What, huh? Mama! I didn't know it was him."

"I can see that" Auntie Eudora was laughing too.

"Well you could have told me so I could done something with my hair."

"That's exactly what you get for not telling me about your boyfriend."

"No, no ma'am were not dating."

"Mama please, that is not my boyfriend." We stumbled to say at the same time.

"Ohhh." Eudora looked at both of us. "Well...Tiana I have to run some errands tonight and wont be back for a while. Make sure you feed that baby before he leaves my house."

"Yes mama."

"And make certain you straighten up this kitchen. You made this mess fixin' jambalaya and didnt bother to clean it up."

"But I gotta do my hair."

"Then do it after honey." She gave her a kiss then waved goodbye to me. "Lock this door behind me." And Tiana did.

She turned back around to me and tying a hair holder around the frizzy- curly side of her head and left the other one up in knots. "You still look just as crazy."

To prove my point she threw me a crazy- person glare. "Boy, why are you in my house. And at 8:00 on a Saturday? Who gave you my address anyway?"

"Ray and Louis."

She rolled her eyes. "Im gonna kill them...so what do you want."