Alan and his best friend Ellie are enjoying being able to hang out on their summer break. Ellie has known about Alan's desire to be Allie for several years, and they plan one of their many shopping trips to the mall while their parents are at work. Little does Allie know that her simple day of secretly being out with her best friend would suddenly spiral into a whole new life!

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The Legal Stuff: Suddenly Royal © 2020 By Tiffany Shar
 
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2020 By Tiffany Shar. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission.
 
 
Preface

I saw the announcement for Erin's Reluctant Princess Contest and immediately had an idea, but with everything going on in the world couldn't get much energy to write it. Since my last book that I posted on here it's been a really busy time in my life, but I really wanted to get a chance to put this story out there! Since I've procrastinated beginning to post there will be some days I'll throw another chapter up in order to make the deadline there. I have eleven chapters written and plan on two to three more for this part of the tale. I hope you enjoy!

Chapter 7:

MORNING CAME WITH Mom prodding me out of bed way too early after our late night. My new clothes weren’t there yet, so I picked out one of the shortalls I’d bought the day before last and a top. I initially walked downstairs without a bra, “Alexandria Leonora Alessi Nelson, you are a young woman now,” I looked at her in surprise, “go back upstairs and put your bra on!”

“Bu…” I started to argue and saw Mom meant business… of course the full name thing should have clued me in! When I came back downstairs with it on, I noticed that in the reflection of a picture frame it made me look slightly older again. ‘Probably thirteen at the most…’ I thought. ‘Still old enough to be stuck dealing with boys…’

She had a cup of coffee doctored and waiting for me, along with a plate of fruit and some toast. “Allie you can’t keep dressing younger than your age now…” she told me.

“I don’t have anything else right now?” I told her.

“Not the shortalls, the no bra attempt there.”

“But Mom I don’t even…”

“I don’t care. In fact, because of that it’s even more important.”

She passed over the Chronicle and I gasped… “What the Hell?” I asked. There on the lower part of the page was a picture of me and Grandma coming out from dinner the night I met her, alongside another of me at dinner the night before sitting next to her.
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Princess Fairytale Come True
Houston (BCN) – Houston today has learned one of its teens is no longer the ordinary little girl she was the day before. Fifteen-year-old Alexandria Leonora Alessi reportedly is now being named as the heiress to the throne of the small island country of Osané in Europe. Reportedly she was unaware that her father was the Crown Prince of the country and next in line for the throne. With his recent passing…
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I turned white then, “Do they know about…?” I asked Mom.

She shook her head, “Not as far as I can tell. Your grandmother is pissed right now and trying to learn of who leaked the story.”

“I can’t believe someone would just put that out there like that…”

Mom came around and gave me a hug, “At least it’s a nice article. They didn’t pick on you…”

“No, but they keep losing our last name of Nelson,” I complained.

She sighed, “That’s because legally I never had your name listed as Nelson.”

I nearly spit out the bit of grape I had just placed in my mouth, “What?!? I’ve gone by Nelson all the way through school…”

“But your birth certificate doesn’t list Nelson… it was something your father asked for.”

“Can he mess up anything else without me ever having met him?!?” I complained.

The doorbell rang right then and I started to get up, but Mom said, “Stay there and eat sweetie.”

I turned and watched her at the doorway and was relieved when it was Ellie that came through a moment later. “Already in the spotlight, huh Princess?” she teased me while pointing at the paper.

“Not funny…” I complained to her.

“You know this is like that Princess Diaries movie…”

“I am so NOT going out with some jerk that has ignored me and learning he only loves me for being rich…” I told her with a glare. “And you better not start ditching me because of my new hair!”

She laughed at me, “The book version was better… Is your grandmother like a witch, or is she kind of nice like Julia Andrews was in the movie?”

I shrugged, “Honestly I don’t know that much about her yet Ellie. She kind of came off as a witch at first, but then she kind of behaved nicely yesterday.” I frowned and looked at Mom, “Does this mean I have ‘Princess Lessons’ I have to deal with now too?!?”

She smirked at me and didn’t answer. I managed to get a few more bites in before the doorbell rang again. I looked at Ellie, “No one ever visits us normally!”

She laughed and started to say something when I watched Giuseppe come in the door. He looked at me and I waved, “Hi.”

“Good morning Princess,” he said to me before turning to Mom. “No one has come by yet?”

“No, Allie having a different last name than mine may help us for a while.”

He nodded, “We don’t expect that to hold forever though. I’m going to stay here with you all today and take you anywhere you want to go.”

Ellie giggled and I glared at her. “Something funny?” Mom asked.

I groaned, “He’s just like the guy in the movie we were talking about Mom,” I told her.

“My daughter always loved that movie when she was little,” he answered, apparently understanding the reference. He wore a bemused expression on his face for a moment.

I turned my attention back to the one normal thing in the room, my food! When I was done Mom sent Ellie and I upstairs with trash bags, “We need to get all of your boy clothes out of here before they get here with your new clothes.”

My eyes opened a bit at that and nodded. It was more than a bit nerve-wracking to throw out all of my guy clothes. I was convinced I was a girl, but deep down a part of me feared the moment I was fully Allie. Well… I guess fully Princess Alexandria now!

Mom had us go stuff the bags of things in the spare bedroom for the moment. She found some bedding she had for the guest bedroom that looked more feminine to replace mine. I was still lacking any real decorations for a girl’s bedroom, but at least it looked just barren… not like a boy had been living there.

“I don’t know how we’re going to get all of your clothes in here…” Mom said even though the closet was almost completely empty.

“That would be a lot of clothes to fill that…” Ellie said, “She even has the two sides of clothing bars in her closet!”

I smirked, “Sorry my closet is bigger than yours… and Mom’s right, it may not fit it all.”

She stared at me open mouthed as the doorbell rang again. We walked downstairs and it appeared we hadn’t finished a moment too soon! A large white van parked in our driveway and large hanging clothing boxes began being carried into the house and we directed them up the staircase to my room. I was grateful when Giuseppe escorted the delivery guys back out and locked the door again. I noticed he looked carefully around the block before doing so.

“Are we safe?” I asked.

“You should be Your Highness,” he told me.

“Allie, please, you’re in my home?”

He laughed, “Like I said, when you become queen someday you can try that again. For now, it’s Your Highness or Princess.”

“What if we’re out and I’m trying to not be noticed…?”

He gave me an odd look, “In that case I might just go with Miss Alessi?”

I threw my hands up in the air, “I will win this battle someday…”

He just smiled irritatingly and I turned back upstairs and joined Mom and Ellie in unboxing a ridiculous amount of clothes. “You weren’t kidding…” she told me.
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THE NEXT FEW hours after hanging up everything was a forced fashion show. Ellie lamented several times that I was so much smaller than her, and that meant she couldn’t steal my clothes! Half-an-hour after the first delivery of items another delivery arrived with a box of bras for me. I switched my old one out and tried on each of the new ones. They fit perfectly on my body, and had just a small amount of padding to make it look like I at least had budding breasts. Of course, Ellie had made jokes about my beautiful training bras, so I had flung one of them at her.

Mom had not been pleased! I tried to look contrite as I unloaded a box of makeup onto my counter in the bathroom.

When the show completed, I was wearing the most casual sundress that had been picked out for me with one of my new bras making it appear like there was more than nothing on my chest. Mom’s phone rang and I found out that Grandma called and asked Mom if Giuseppe could stay at our house for a few nights until they could get a security system setup. Of course, all of my old things that had been piled into the guest bedroom had to be removed… For now, we put it all up in the attic. Someday we’d have to go throw it all out somewhere, but Giuseppe didn’t think it was a good idea for Mom or any of us to take it to Goodwill right then.

It was about three when Ellie and I went up to Mom, “Mom, can I go over to Ellie’s house and swim?”

“Try that again?” She asked me.

I groaned, “You’re the only one who cares… and my English teachers…”

“And probably your grandmother…” she told me with a smirk.

“MAY I go over to Ellie’s?”

“Is there somewhere Giuseppe can wait?” Mom asked.

“Can’t he just stay here?” I suggested.

“Where is her house?” Giuseppe asked, “Next door, right?”

I nodded.

“That should be fine, I’m more worried about the press or someone discovering your house than a problem at a friends’ house at this point.”

“Do you even have a swimsuit?”

“I showed you the one I bought the other day?”

She sighed, “We need to get some of those in a more age appropriate range too then… I guess. Make sure you don’t go back and forth between our houses in it though! And don’t forget to put on sunscreen!”

I smiled and ran upstairs really quick to grab my suit, a towel, and one of the new gaffs they’d given me. I pulled that on before I came back downstairs where Ellie was still waiting. “Ready Princess?” She asked me with a smirk.

“Why you…” I ran after her to her house.

Her mom was out grocery shopping and her dad was golfing somewhere, so I didn’t worry about us going up to her room. I used her bathroom to change into the tankini while she changed in her room. “Here, you should put your hair up in a swim cap,” she told me.

“How? I’ve never had to care before.”

She sighed, “What would my little sister do without me?”

I stuck my tongue out at her and she pounced on me and began tickling me. “No fair!” I complained a moment later.

She laughed, “Come on, sit down here and I’ll put your hair up in it. They must have spent a fortune on you yesterday.”

“Definitely…” I said, “I guess being a queen means she has money to spend though?”

“Any idea how much?” she asked.

I shrugged, “I’d assume a lot, but no idea.”

“So, you’re a rich spoiled brat now, huh?”

“I’m not a spoiled brat…”

“You are a brat though,” she told me with a smile as she finished tugging a teal cap over my head. Her own head was covered with a purple one a moment later and we went downstairs and out to their large backyard pool area. Her parents had long ago added in the pool that had a jacuzzi also built into the side of it. We took some time to help each other put on sunscreen before jumping into the pool. It was a hundred degrees outside with high humidity and the water felt so soothing and cool!

We had swam for about an hour when the backdoor opened and Ellie’s other close friend Emily came out with Ellie’s mom.

“I didn’t realize you had someone over already?” her mom asked her.

“Umm… This is my new friend Allie,” she introduced me as I swam to the side.

“Hi, I’m Ellie’s mom Susanne,” she told me. “This is Ellie’s friend Emily.”

“I guess this is why you didn’t respond to my texts?” Emily asked her.

“Umm… yes…” she told her.

“Why don’t you both come inside and get something to drink? You look like you’ve been out here a while?” Her mom said.

“Umm… sure…” I replied.

As I got to my towel and dried myself off, I saw a look on Susanne’s face. ‘Uh-oh…’ I thought to myself.

“Alan?!?”

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