Chapter 1: Beginning Happily Ever After

After Evil reyna Narrisa died. After Pip published Since Isn’t Golden. After Nathaniel published his book. After Prince Edward whisked Nancy off her feet to Andalasia to wed. After all these happenings of the tale you have seen and heard with your very own eyes. You thought the tale of Robert and Giselle ended with Happily Ever after? The way Giselle always imagined it? Oh no, this tale didn’t end there. That is where it begins!!

“Giselle?” Robert sinabi gently, “Are you sure you’re alright?” He asked leaning across the cab to see if she was fine.

Giselle turned her eyes from the window to look at Robert. “Oh yes, I’m fine.”

“Alright, you just seemed a little… far off,” Robert replied.

“Oh…well, I was thinking,” Giselle told him, her eyes concentrated on the floor of the cab.

“What about, you can tell me anything,” Robert sinabi slowly resting his hand on her knee, so as not to startled her, “you know that.”

“Well, I’m not quite sure Robert. I’m feeling knew emotions. You know, like anger and happiness and sadness,” Giselle sinabi in her sweet innocent voice.

“Yeah, I know what you mean. What are you feeling?” he asked trying not to push her.

“It’s not exactly easy to explain…I’ve never felt it before…” she trailed off in thought.

Robert smiled lightly, “I think I know what your feeling.”

Giselle’s brow furrowed as she tore her gaze from the floor to look at him. “What’s that?”

“Love.”

Robert carried Giselle’s limp body out of the elevator and into his apartment. Gingerly laying her on the sopa he kissed her forehead.

“I feel it too,” he whispered in her ear.

Giselle had fallen asleep in the cab on the way back from the ball shortly after their conversation. She never sinabi anything after he told her he thought she was feeling love. Afraid he had shocked her he hadn’t sinabi anymore either. He knew she was probably deeply confused when he had sinabi it. She probably thought she had already felt love, for Edward of course. But he was almost sure she couldn’t have. She knew Edward for hardly a day. Of course she only knew Robert for almost three days, but it beat one.

Robert kneeled beside the sopa and took Giselle’s limp hand in his. Rubbing his thumbs gently over it slowly and gently he sighed deeply, “You

were right…Dreams do come true, Giselle, I met you.”

Giselle woke the susunod morning and yawned widely, stretching her arms above her head. Her hair was still damp as well as her dress, from the rain the night before. Then the confusion hit again. She sighed and sat upright on the couch. Frowning, she looked around the room wondering what she could make a dress of today.

Getting to her feet she walked across the room to a small closet where she had gotten cleaning supplies the other day. Looking up she found sheets on the very tuktok shelf. “Green with white bulaklak or light purple with yellow flowers? Hmmm…,” Giselle thought. “Green, definitely green…”

Taking the sheets she headed to the bathroom. After taking a paliguan she cut the fabric and sewed it up into a noodle-strapped baby doll style dress with a high waistband. She pulled her hair up into a twist with a barrette of Morgan’s. Prancing into the kusina she grabbed a lily and tucked it behind her ear.

morgan slumped into the kusina rubbing her eyes trying to get used to the light. She saw movement in front of her and looked up.

“GISELLE!!” she sinabi running and jumping into Giselle’s arms.

“Oh Morgan,” Giselle sinabi lifting her up into her arms and hugging her tightly, “I’m so glad you’re awake.”

“You’re here! You’re here!” morgan shouted excitedly, still shocked that Giselle was actually here.’

“Yes, I’m here,” Giselle sinabi looking into Morgan’s eyes, “And I hope I never have to leave you again!”

“What happened? I thought you were going back to Andalasia!” morgan exclaimed.

“I thought so too, but then reyna Narissa came and gave me a poisoned mansanas and I would have died if it weren’t for you father! Then she turned into a ferocious dragon and took your father up to the very tip of the building where Pip and I saved him as Narissa fell and died! Because evil people always get what they dish out. And then your father fell and we slid down and nearly fell to our deaths! But we stopped and then…” Giselle stopped and her eyes traveled to the door of Robert’s room.

“And then what?” morgan asked curious as to why Giselle had stopped.

“Oh, well, then we got back inside and came back here,” Giselle sinabi looking at the floor knowing that she was leaving out their kiss, both of the kisses that is. Giselle set morgan on the floor and combed her fingers through her hair.

“Oh,” morgan sighed.

“What Sweetie?” Giselle asked knowing the little girl was disappointed.

“Well, I was hoping that…,” morgan trailed off too embarrassed to say what she was going to.

“Hoping that what?” Giselle inquired tilting her head slightly.

“That you and Daddy would have…,” morgan leaned in closely and as quickly and quietly as she could whispered, “kissed,” into Giselle’s ear before drawing back quickly blushing.

Giselle smiled, “Why would you hope that?”

“Because I want you to be my mother,” morgan sinabi her face bright red as she looked at her shoes.

“Well I’ll tell you what,” Giselle sinabi laying her hand on Morgan’s shoulder, “We did kiss, and I would pag-ibig to be your mother.”

Morgan’s face lit up with a smile as she looked at Giselle again, “Really?”

“Of course, Sweetheart,” Giselle sinabi drawing herself back up to her full height and lightly pushing morgan back toward her room , “ Now you go get dressed now and after school we’ll do something together! I promise.”

“Okay!” morgan sinabi running off to her room..

Giselle turned back around beaming to herself as she began to wash the dishes again.

Robert woke up, the sunlight flooding through the window. Blinking several times to get used to the light her rolled out of kama and started for the door. Turing the knob her pushed the door open and headed straight for the kusina silently.

When he reached the kusina he saw Giselle in her dress washing dishes. Smiling, he silently crept up behind her and slowly slid his arms around her waist.

Giselle gasped at first when he touched her, for she hadn’t known he was there. Robert pulled her toward him a little bit and kissed her cheek, with his grizzly cheek, from not having shaved yet, against hers.

Giselle wasn’t sure how to react, but out of instinct turned around in his arms to face him. She touched the bit of chest hair ipinapakita where his magsuot ng bata wasn’t completely drawn up at the top.

He leaned in and kissed her forehead lightly, then her nose, then her lips. Laughing a little he said, “I hope you had nice dreams.”

Giselle laughed at his attempt to imitate her and kissed his lips lightly. Though she knew nothing about being in love, or what to do, this came to her naturally. And it felt so right. She seemed to just melt in her arms.

“Yes, yes I did,” she leaned into him and rested her head on his shoulder.

“What do you want to do today?” Robert asked her as she rested her head on him.

Giselle leaned out again to look him in the eye, “Oh, it doesn’t matter to me, but I promised morgan we would do something after school.”

“Great, you two can hang out and I’ll… find something to do. Sounds wonderful,” Robert sinabi halik Giselle again on the lips.

“Ewwwwww!” morgan sinabi in disgust as she stood looking at them in the doorway.

Giselle pulled away so fast in embarrassment, her face red, she looked purely flustered.

Robert did the same and grabbed onto the kusina counter to steady himself. “I’ll go change and then we’ll go to school!” He sinabi briskly walking out of the kusina and down the hall.

morgan looked at Giselle and caught her eye. “You weren’t kidding.”


Chapter 2: Love?

“I don’t understand, Robert, why do you always tell me I’m wrong?” Giselle asked as they walked along the sidewalk together eating giant pretzels, having dropped morgan off at school about and oras and a half ago.

“I do not always tell you you are wrong!” Robert retorted.

“Oh yeah! What about when you sinabi Edward wasn’t coming! He came, didn’t he?” Giselle exclaimed.

“Okay, one time. And you proved me wrong!” Robert said.

“Then why do you insist I’m wrong this time? I was in pag-ibig with Edward!” Giselle sinabi to him angrily, well as angrily as Giselle can get, which isn’t very.

“You knew him for a day! He whisked you off your feet to his kastilyo to get married. His evil stepmom almost killed you! And would have if it weren’t for me thank you very much. Then whisked my ex-girlfriend off her feet to Andalasia to get married without saying a word to you!” Robert exclaimed. “And now you are trying to tell me you loved him?”

“Well…I suppose…well I thought I loved him…,” Giselle sinabi slowly, deep in thought.

“Do you feel the same way about me that you felt with Edward?” Robert asked trying to prove his point.

“I’ve only known you for a few days also! But no…I…I don’t. I feel… something else…,” Giselle sinabi in thought again.

“Were you in pag-ibig with Edward?” Robert asked again.

“I guess not…,” Giselle sinabi looking at the cracks in the sidewalk as they past each one.

Robert smiled and put his arm around her waist pulling her to his side.

“I don’t understand, do people that have only known each other a few days live together here?” Giselle asked.

“Well, no, but it’s different with you and I. You have no where else to go and… I like you staying with me. And morgan adores you. You are the best thing that has ever happened to us,” Robert said.

“But does that make it okay?” Giselle wondered aloud.

“People that are going out and are in pag-ibig sometimes live together, but not all the time,” Robert answered after a moment of thinking.

“Good,” Giselle smiled over at him.

“Why’s that good?” Robert asked.

“Because I pag-ibig you Robert,” Giselle said.

“Good,” Robert sinabi smiling sweetly at her.

Giselle looked at her feet smiling a bit to herself. “And why’s that good?”

“Because I pag-ibig you too Giselle,” Robert sinabi pulling her in even closer and halik her temple.

“Do people that have only known each other a few days fall in love?” Giselle asked.

“Well, I suppose they do, don’t they. Otherwise I don’t see how I could pag-ibig you right now. Oh wait, maybe it’s because you’re beautiful, your voice is beautiful, your kind, your ca-.”

“Alright, alright, I get it,” Giselle sinabi cutting him off short.

“So this is normal?” Giselle asked.

“So what is normal?” Robert asked back.

“You know, this, us…” she trailed off her sentence.

“Yeah, this is normal. As normal as having a girlfriend from a whole different world gets!” Robert added laughing.

Giselle’s smile faded, “What’s funny abut that?”

“Nothing! It’s just that, well, normally people don’t just come across people from other worlds and fall in pag-ibig with them,” Robert sinabi assuring her.

“Oh,” Giselle sinabi just studying the cracks in the sidewalk again.

“Are you alright?” Robert asked, concerned.

“Oh, yes, I’m fine,” Giselle sinabi her gaze never leaving the ground.

“You sure?” he could tell she wasn’t telling him something.

“Yeah, I’m great,” she sinabi looking at him and giving him a fake smile.

“Alright, just making sure,” though he wasn’t sure of anything at all.

“Are you and Daddy getting married?” morgan asked as she and Giselle walked down the sidewalk together holding hands as they went from store to store. Only this time stores that morgan wanted to go to instead of stores for Giselle.

“Oh, I don’t know, he has to ask me first,” Giselle answered as morgan led her into another toy store.

“Do you think Daddy will ask you to marry him?” morgan asked.

“I’m not sure, maybe, someday,” Giselle answered again.

“Do you know when?” morgan asked again.

“I have no idea. Why are you so interested suddenly?” Giselle asked her face scrunched up at the little girl.

“I don’t know, I want you to get married! Then you can be my mom! And you’ll stay with us forever!” morgan sinabi excitedly.

Giselle bet down to get on Morgan’s level and tucked a strand of her brown hair behind her ear for her, “I can’t imagine ever wanting to be with anyone other than you and your father! Morgan, I pag-ibig you, don’t ever forget that.”

“I won’t Giselle, I promise.” morgan said.

Smiling, Giselle stood up again only to have morgan tug her hand. She looked down at her to ipakita she was listening.

“I pag-ibig you too Giselle.”


Chapter 3:New Ideas

“Robert?” Giselle asked after she shut Morgan’s door quietly after tucking her in.

“Yeah?” he sinabi looking up from a news paper he was pagbaba on the couch.

She walked across the room and sat down on the sopa susunod to Robert. “I was wondering, and excuse me if I’m prying, but morgan sinabi while we were shopping together, that I shouldn’t wear too much makeup or else the boys will get the wrong idea. Because they are only after one thing.”

Robert eye’s widened, “What did she say that was?”

“She sinabi that no one would tell her,” Giselle said, her face scrunched up in concentration.

Robert sighed with relief. “Oh, gee, Giselle…I don’t know how to tell you this.”

“Tell me what?” Giselle asked, her eyes widened with curiosity.

“Wow, this is awkward…” Robert sinabi mostly to himself, because its hard to give a fully grown woman the talk. Especially if you are in pag-ibig with this particular woman.

“What is awkward?” Giselle asked.

“This! I’m sorry Giselle, but I’m not the person to ask this sort of thing,” Robert sinabi trying to back out of this situation.

“Oh, but I don’t know who else to ask. I don’t know very many people here, and well…you’re the person I most pag-ibig and trust,” she reached for his hand, “And if its really this serious than I definitely want you to be the one to tell me.”

Those big blue eyes, her hand in his, that perfect red hair, he couldn’t say no to that. Sighing he started off. “Well Giselle, when two people pag-ibig each other very much sometimes they want to do something very special to ipakita it to each other.”

“Really? What’s that?” Giselle asked her face lightening up with excitement.

Giselle stared at the floor, her eyebrows raised. “Robert?”

“Yes Giselle?”

“Would we ever do that?” she asked.

“I don’t know, maybe, someday…” he answered.

“Is it a very very special thing to do?” Giselle asked gripping his hand tighter.

“Yeah…it is,” he answered again.

Giselle stared at the floor for what seemed like forever, she couldn’t look at Robert, it was too weird. Things were starting to come together now. Things were making sense. Why Nancy had been angry when she found herself and Robert on the floor. Why it was so important to Nancy that Giselle was staying with Robert, or why shouldn’t be staying with him that is. But that didn’t matter anymore, Nancy was with Edward. And Giselle had Robert all to herself.

“Is something wrong Giselle?” Robert asked rubbed her hand with his thumb.

“Oh, no, I’m fine,” she assured him.

“Are you sure?” he asked again.

“Oh yes, I’m wonderful.”

“Well I’m going to go to kama then, goodnight,” Robert sinabi and kissed her goodnight.

Giselle leaned back into the sopa and sighed, watching him walk down the hall and out of sight.

A week flew sa pamamagitan ng so quickly and Giselle, Robert, and morgan were so happy. Robert quit his job as a divorce attorney because it was such an unhappy place and wanted to spend madami time with Giselle who made him happier than anything else in the world could.

“Robert! The…ummm…tele…the tele…telephone is ringing!” Giselle shouted down the hall as she poured Robert’s coffee into a mug. All the names of things were so hard to remember here.

Robert came out of his room pulling on a t-shirt as he walked. Picking up the phone he answered, “Hello?”

“Hi, Robert?”

“Yeah, this is him,” he sinabi into the phone.

“This is Mia, Nancy’s assistant,” Mia said.

“Oh hey, yeah, I figured you’d be wondering where she was. She moved, unexpectedly.”

“What am I supposed to do with the studio then?!” Mia half yelled on the other line.

“I…,” Robert started then looked over at Giselle pouring the coffee, she looked up and smiled back at him, “I think I have any idea.”

“Robert I’m scared,” Giselle sinabi holding tight to his arm as they walked down the sidewalk.

“What for? Your dresses are great! All you have to do is ipakita a few to Mia and I’m sure she’ll pag-ibig them. Then the studio will be yours! Don’t worry!” Robert sinabi then kissed her temple.

“But what if she doesn’t like them?” Giselle questioned.

“She will! Stop worrying about it, everything is going to be fine,” Robert assured her rubbing his hand up and down her arm.

Pulling the studio door open he held it for Giselle and followed her in.

“So you’re Giselle,” Mia sinabi coming up to greet them.

“Yes I am, It’s very nice to meet you,” Giselle said.

“As it is to meet you! I’m looking pasulong to see those dresses you brought. I’m not sure about Robert’s fashion sense, but he says their great!” Mia exclaimed leading Giselle over to the tables.

Giselle took her bag off her should and took out three dresses that she had made for Morgan.

Mia picked one up and examined it, “This is exquisite! How did you make these?”

“Oh, I just made them with what I, I mean Robert, has. Curtains, sheets, stuff like that,” Giselle sinabi gesturing to the dresses.

“Their great!” Mia said, “Consider this yours!” Mia gestured around her to the studio.

“Oh my goodness! Thank you oh so much!” Giselle exclaimed with excitement.

“I told you she’d like them!” Robert sinabi and kissed Giselle’s head.

“Okay, so we’re gonna need to get paper work done and figure out a new name for this place,” Mia said.

“I can handle all the finances and paperwork, I quit my job so I can work all the time!” Robert said, willing to do anything for this to work out for Giselle. He knew how happy this would make her.

“And I’m sure I can think of a name!” Giselle chimed in.

“Where did you come up with these disensyo patterns?” Mia asked still in awe over the dresses.

“Oh, it’s just the same ‘fashion’ I wore in Andalasia,” Giselle explained.

“I don’t know what the heck Andalasia is but that sounds like a great name!” Mia pointed out.

“What does?” Giselle asked, confused.

“Andalasia Fashions! It sounds like some sort of fairy tale place! And these dresses are so… princessy!” Mia exclaimed.

“Oh! That’s a great name! Don’t you think so Robert?” Giselle sinabi clapping her hands happily.

“I think it’s wonderful!” Robert sinabi pulling Giselle in and halik her.

“What was that for?” Giselle gasped after they broke apart.

“I’m not sure, it just seemed like a good time to halik the woman I love, just like every other segundo of every day,” Robert sinabi laughing.

Giselle was so overwhelmed with happiness she flew into his arms and hugged him tightly. “I pag-ibig you Robert!”


Chapter 4: That Much?

Robert paced back and forth in his room nervously, mumbling to himself. He patted his front pocket several times. Yesterday Giselle had been so happy with starting Andalasia Fashions. And whenever she was happy, so was he.

Giselle knocked on Robert’s door, wearing one of her dresses, this time a lavender one with yellow flowers. “Are you ready yet?”

“Uh, yeah! One sec!” Robert shouted back taking one last glimpse of himself in the mirror before opening the door and holding his hand out to Giselle, “Are all set?”

“Did you make sure morgan had her tooth brush?” Giselle asked before taking his hand.

“Yes I did!” Robert sinabi triumphantly.

“Then I suppose we are!” Giselle said, smiling she took his hand and walked out of the apartment.

As they were going down the elevator Robert turned to Giselle and asked, “Are you sure I was doing the right thing letting her go over to a friend’s house?”

“I’m positive,” Giselle assured him.

They didn’t bother flagging down a cab, they just walked together to the restaurant where they had their hapunan together, Bella Note.

“So, how long have I known you now?” Robert asked.

“Well tonight it has been exactly 1 week and 4 days since you caught me after falling off that kastilyo billboard,” Giselle said.

“And I am so glad that I did!” Robert sinabi putting his arm around her waste and pulling her close to him.

“Me too. If it weren’t for Morgan’s disobedience we would not be together right now,” Giselle sinabi beaming at him.

Robert laughed as they walked into the Italian restaurant. “Table for two please,” Robert sinabi to the waitress not even looking at her.

Giselle sighed, “It’s been a week and 3 days since we’ve been here.”

“Has morgan been helping you with math? Or is that just another one of your many talents?” Robert inquired.

Giselle laughed, “Stop it!”

“Oh, but I can’t help flirting with you, the most beautiful woman I’ve ever met!” Robert sinabi pulling out her chair for her.

“And you are a very corny flirty indeed,” Giselle sinabi sitting down.

“Hey!” Robert exclaimed giving her a fake angry look.

“I’m only telling you the truth Robert!” Giselle sinabi laughing.

“Truth?” Robert sinabi twisting the salt shaker tuktok off.

Giselle tilted her head and gave him the eye.

Robert went ahead and did the magic trick anyway and ‘pulled the saltshaker tuktok out of her ear’. Giselle couldn’t help but be amused sa pamamagitan ng Robert’s trick again.

“How do you do that?” Giselle asked.

“You sinabi it yourself! I’m a wizard, isn’t that the truth?” Robert asked her doing the trick again.

“I have to use the restroom, excuse me,” Giselle sinabi standing up and pushing in her chair.

Robert quickly set the saltshaker takip down and pulled a small box out of his front pocket. Taking a deep breath he opened it and pulled out a ginto ring with three diamonds along the front. He hid it in his hand and waited for Giselle to come back..

When she sat down again he said, “Okay one madami time!”

Giselle sighed and watched him do his magic trick again, this time pulling a shiny ring out of her ear.

“Now where could that have come from?” Robert asked playfully, slipping it onto her finger.

Giselle gasped, “Oh! It’s beautiful Robert! But what is it for?”

“Well, you know about jewelry, lots of people have rings. But this ring is special, usually, when a man wants to ask a woman to marry him, he’ll give her a ring first…,” Robert sinabi getting down on his knee still holding onto her hand.

Giselle was so overwhelmed, her eyes started to tear up.

“Giselle, this past week has be-,” Robert started.

“And four days…,” she cut him off to add in.

“Has been the best I’ve had in six years…Will you marry me?” Robert asked her looking into her wide blue eyes.

“Yes!” Giselle exclaimed practically leaping into his arms and squeezing him tightly.

Robert stood up as he caught her and just held her like that for what seemed like hours, but was only a few minutes.

“Yes,” she whispered in his ear again, practically in tears. She finally pulled away slowly and sat down.

“Robert?” Giselle asked trying to blink away her tears.

“Yeah Giselle?” he replied.

“Why am I sad? I have nothing to be sad about…,” Giselle sinabi looking right back into his eyes.

“You’re not sad, you’re crying because you are happy,” Robert sinabi beaming at her.

“Do people normally cry when they are happy?” Giselle asked again wiping her eye lightly with her finger.

“Only when they are very happy, like at wedding, or when they have a baby, stuff like that,” Robert sinabi halik her forehead.

“Oh,” Giselle smiled at him.

The waitress walked up again. “Popped the question, did yeh buddy?”

“What question?” Giselle asked.

“Yeah, I did,” Robert said.

“I’m the girl sinabi yes?” the waitress sinabi again smiling a bit.

“Said yes to what?” Giselle asked again.

“Anything to eat for yeh?” the waitress moved on a bit annoyed sa pamamagitan ng Giselle.

“We’ll just get the pizza special,” Robert sinabi still smiling.

“I’ll put that in for yeh,” the waitress sinabi as she walked away scratching the order down on her notepad.

“What was she talking about, Robert?” Giselle asked, annoyed that no one would tell her.

“People refer to asking someone to marry you as the ‘big question’,” Robert explained.

“Oh,” Giselle sinabi dreamily, batting her eyelashes. Giselle sat quietly for a while, thinking this all over.

“Are you alright?” Robert asked her.

“Oh yes, I’m fine,” Giselle said, as she always does.

“You don’t have to lie to me, Giselle,” Robert sinabi reaching across the mesa for her hand.

She pulled back a bit, “How would you know if I was or wasn’t lying?”

“You always say you are fine when theirs something bothering you,” Robert explained.

“How do you know?” Giselle asked simply.

“I know because you always have something on your mind!” Robert laughed a little.

“No, I mean how do you know?” Giselle sinabi again putting extra emphasis on ‘know’.

“Know what?” Robert asked, confused on the topic.

“That I’m the one you want to marry,” Giselle sinabi quietly.

“Because I know that I pag-ibig you, and that you pag-ibig me, and that I never ever could stand to watch you leave me,” Robert said.

“You pag-ibig me that much?”

“Yes, that much.”