Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot Read Free Book Online Page B

the scene above because there is no way you could have known what the girl on the swing (if you can even see swings from your window, which I doubt, since I happen to know you live in NoHo and there are no swings there that I am aware of ) was thinking unless that girl happened to be you, in which case you could not have seen her because you cannot see yourself, except in mirrors. Please redo this,actually following the assignment this time. I make these assignments for a reason, and I expect you to complete them AS WRITTEN.
     
    —C. Martinez

Wednesday, September 8, English
     
    Mia!!! I heard. Are you all right????
     
     
     
    Honestly, T. I just don’t know.
     
     
     
    But you realize it’s a GOOD thing. I mean, for Michael.
     
     
     
    I know.
     
     
     
    And you can always go visit him! I mean, you have your own jet!!!
     
     
     
    Oh, right. That’ll happen.
     
     
     
    Wait—are you being sarcastic?
     
     
     
    Yes, I’m being sarcastic. My dad is never going to let me go to Japan, Tina. Not to see Michael.
     
     
     
    Well, then get him to let you go to visit the princess of Japan—you’re friends with her, right? I mean, you really like her kid. And then while you’re there, you can see Michael.
     
     
     
    Thanks, Tina. It doesn’t actually work that way, but it doesn’t matter anyway. Because whenever I get time off from school, I have to go to Genovia. Remember? Besides, the truth is, even if I went to Japan, I’m not sosure Michael would want to see me.
     
     
     
    What? Of course he would! What are you talking about?
     
     
     
    He’s not JUST going for his robotic arm thingie. He’s also going to get away from me.
     
     
     
    What? That’s crazy! What makes you think THAT?
     
     
     
    Because he SAID so. He said it’s really hard to be around me so much and not…you know.
     
     
     
    Oh. My. God. That is the most romantic thing I have ever heard in my life!!!!!!!!!!
     
     
     
    TINA!!! It is not romantic!!!!
     
     
     
    He LOOOOOOVES you! You should be GLAD!!!
     
     
     
    Glad that my boyfriend is moving to another country because he’s tired of taking so many cold showers? Yeah. Right.
     
     
     
    You’re being sarcastic again, aren’t you?
     
     
     
    Yes.
     
     
     
    Mia, don’t you see? The whole thing is SOOOO romantic: Michael is just like Aragorn from The Lord ofthe Rings . Remember when Aragorn was all in love with Arwen, but he didn’t feel worthy of her, because she was an elfin princess, and her dad wouldn’t let him marry her until he’d reclaimed his throne and proved he was more than just some mortal guy?
     
     
     
    Um. Yeah.
     
     
     
    MICHAEL IS RECLAIMING HIS THRONE SO HE CAN PROVE HE IS WORTHY OF YOU!!!!! JUST LIKE ARAGORN. And, okay, he’s doing it by inventing something none of us understand except him. But that doesn’t matter. He’s DOING IT FOR YOU.
     
     
     
    And the thousands of people whose lives might be saved by it. And the millions of dollars he could potentially make if it works.
     
     
     
    But don’t you see? All of that is part of what he’s doing FOR YOU.
     
     
     
    But I don’t care about any of that stuff, Tina. I mean, I want him to be happy, and all. But I would be happier if he’d just stay here so I could smell his neck every day!!!!
     
     
     
    Well, you might have to sacrifice neck-smellage for a while in order for Michael to find self-actualization. I mean, in the long run, what he’s doing now will guarantee you constant neck-smellage in the future. If he becomes a millionaire, or whatever, there’s NO WAY yourgrandma or anyone else could stand in the way of the two of you being together, because you could just run off with him, even if you get cut off from your Genovian fortune or your dad makes you abdicate the throne, or whatever. See?
     
     
     
    I guess. I just don’t see why he can’t achieve self-actualization here in AMERICA.
     
     
     
    I don’t know either. But I do know that Michael loves