The Princess Diaries, Vol. X: Forever Princess

**The Princess Diaries, Vol. X: Forever Princess** is the tenth volume of the Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot. It is the final volume of the original series documenting Mia's high school years.

It was released in 2009.

## Book Description

What's a princess to do?

It's Mia's senior year, and things *seem* great. She aced her senior project, got accepted to her dream college(s), and has her birthday gala coming up... not to mention prom, graduation, and Genovia's first-ever elections.

What's not to love about her life? Well...

* Her senior project? It's a romance novel she secretly wrote, and no one wants to publish it.
* Prince Phillipe's campaign in the Genovian elections isn't going well, thanks to her totally loathsome cousin René, who decided to run against him.
* Her boyfriend, J.P., is so sweet and seemingly perfect, but is he *the one?*
* And her first love, Michael, is back from Japan... and back in her life.

With Genovia's and her own future hanging in the balance, Mia's got some decisions to make: Which college? Which guy? How can she choose? Especially when what she decides might determine not just the next four years, but... forever!

## Opening Quote

*"It's exactly like the ones in the stories," she wailed. "Them pore princess ones that was drove into the world."*

A Little Princess, *Francis Hodgson Burnett*

## Timeline

Begins on Thursday, April 27, 2007 and concludes on Sunday, May 7, 2007. It is the only novel to occur during Mia's senior year.

## Plot Summary

Mia gives an interview with teenSTYLE. She is now a senior in high school preparing for her 18th birthday, prom, and graduation. Her father, Phillipe Renaldo, is losing in the polls in a race for Prime Minister against Prince René who would like to turn Genovia into a tourist trap and have a bunch of chain restaurants like Applebees open up. Mia is engaged talking about the election, but the reporter tries to talk more about prom, so Lars abruptly ends the interview. Mia gets in to every college she applies to, but receives multiple rejections the romance novel she wrote for her senior project, Ransom My Heart, which she sent out to publishers under the pseudonym Daphne Delacroix. However, Mia has lied to all her friends, telling them she didn't get into any colleges and that her senior project was about the history of Genovian Olive Oil Pressing. Mia has been casually e-mailing Michael back and forth a couple times a month since their break up. He asks to read her senior project, even though she assures him it is a boring, 400 page history paper, but he insists, so Mia stops responding to his e-mails.

Lana Weinberger invites Mia to go prom dress shopping, but she turns her down to help J.P., her boyfriend, with a play he has written for his senior project. Tina and Mia text and Tina tells her that she knows she isn't allowed at J.P.'s play rehearsals and wants to know why Mia won't come prom dress shopping so Mia tells her she might not be going to prom. J.P. has not yet asked her and Mia does see the allure to it that she once did. Tina hints about their agreement to lose their virginities on prom night. J.P. sees Lana, Tina, Trisha, Shameeka, and Mia after school and asks them where they are off to and the girls tell them they are prom dress shopping and stare at him expectantly, but he just tells them to have fun.

When Mia gets home J.P. calls her and asks how dress shopping went and if she bought one. Mia is surprised that they are going to prom and J.P. tells her he has had tickets for weeks. J.P. pauses and clarifies that they are going and Mia tells him that she wasn't sure because he never asked. J.P. didn't think he had to ask, as they have been together for nearly 2 years, but assures her he will ask and promises not to embarrass her.

Helen asks why they are getting mail for a Daphne Delacroix and Mia explains that she sent her book out under a fake name to get published. Phillipe calls after dinner and gives Mia until graduation day, which is also the day of the election, to choose a college. He also sends Mia an e-mail and tells her to check it, which reveals that Michael's invention, the CardioArm, is now a major success with a long wait list and a $1 million price tag. Michael has returned to New York to donate one to his alma mater, Columbia. Phillipe tells Mia he wanted her to know so she isn't surprised if the paparazzi asks her about it.

Mia skips her meeting for the Atom in the morning, as Lilly is the editor and she fears she will assign her to cover the CardioArm story. Tina tells Mia to skip class and warns her about Michael being back, but Mia tells her she already knew. Tina is surprised that Michael didn't tell Mia about being back in town and has a theory about why, but Mia tells her she doesn't want to hear it. At lunch Tina tells the rest of the girls about Michael and Lana decides that they should go to his CardioArm donation so Mia can see him. Mia is opposed, but Lana goes to her sister, Gretchen, who was assigned the story for the Atom and takes her press passes. Mia tells them all she doesn't want to go, but they make a plan to meet up the next day. Tina texts her later to find out what she is going to wear but Mia tells her it doesn't matter because she isn't going.

Grandmère ambushes Mia before her therapy session and Mia thinks it is about the party, which Grandmère has been texting Mia about, but Grandmère tells Mia she is there about Michael. She wants Mia to ask Michael for a CardioArm for Genovia to help Phillipe in the polls. Mia is appalled and tells Grandmère to leave before going into her therapy appointment. Mia asks Dr. Knutz for advice on J.P., prom, what college to choose, and what to do about Michael being back in town. Dr. Knutz tells her a cryptic story about a horse he owned named Sugar who looked perfect on paper but he could never get in a groove with before ending their session.

Mia and J.P. go out to dinner, but J.P. spends the whole date complaining about his lead actress, Stacey Cheeseman. As they go to walk home the paparazzi hounds them and one asks Mia how she feels about the fact that her father is losing in the polls and implies that it is her fault. Mia decides she should try to ask for a CardioArm as it might help Phillipe in the polls.

Mia arrives at the event the next day and immediately realizes it was a bad idea. Mia sees Lilly, Kenny, the Drs. Moscovitz, and Nana Moscovitz together looking happy. Michael comes out onto the stage and Mia realizes that even though she is happy with J.P. there is a part of her that wishes they had never broken up. Michael receives an honorary masters degree and brings his team out onstage, including a cute Japanese girl named Midori in a miniskirt. Mia decides to leave and goes to the bathroom to wait for the rest of the girls to sneak out, but she runs into Lilly in the bathroom. Mia manages to convince Lilly that she's covering the story for Gretchen, who couldn't make it. Lilly questions Mia's story but after checking to see if her nostrils flare Lilly tells Mia she should say hi and get a direct quote from Michael for the story and drags her by the wrist. Mia gets up towards the stage and is unable to say anything until Lilly pinches her and Michael jokes that Lars is probably around somewhere. Mia asks how Michael is doing, but Lilly suggests they set up a private interview so that Mia can write a good article for the Atom. Michael suggests they meet the next day and tells Mia to bring her senior project so that he can finally read it. Michael leaves to do an interview with the New York Times and Lilly asks Mia if she's ok. Mia asks Lilly why she's suddenly being so nice and Lilly starts to answer but Kenny interrupts to ask if Mia is still dating J.P.. Mia says that she is and Kenny steers himself and Lilly away.

Realizing that she can't bail on Michael the next day Mia decides to come clean about her senior project and e-mails Tina and then J.P.. Tina is super excited that Mia wrote a romance novel and tells her she has to talk to her on the phone. J.P. calls and is surprised that Mia wrote a romance novel and is somewhat judgemental. He tells Mia that she could do better than writing a romance novel and is selling herself short.

Mia arrives to her interview early to get rid of any paparazzi but is surprised that there is none. Michael arrives and Mia records their interview. Mia asks what inspired him to build the CardioArm and he tells her it was because he saw the need, but also because of Mia and a need to prove himself to her family, but he tells her she doesn't have to include that in her interview if it will embarrass her. Michael thanks Mia for the invite to her party and Mia realizes that Grandmère invited the entire Moscovitz family without telling her. Mia continues the interview and asks Michael what he missed about the U.S. and he tells her he missed her. He asks to read Mia's senior project and she admits to him that her senior project is a romance novel and not a history paper. Mia e-mails it to him but as soon as he sees her pen name he starts to laugh and Mia changes her mind and tells him to delete the file. They squabble and fight over his phone and Mia ends up spilling hot chocolate all over him. Mia extends her hand to shake after the interview but Michael asks for a hug and Mia accidentally smells his neck and all of her feelings start coming back.

Mia goes to Washington Park to collect her thoughts. Grandmère calls her but Mia tells her she's upset that she invited the Moscovitzs and hangs up on her when Tina calls. Tina asks Mia what happened with Michael and Mia tells her that she smelled him and her feelings came back. Tina asks Mia if Michael smelled better to her than J.P. does and Mia admits that he did. Tina tells Mia that she has to talk to her but she has to do it in person. Mia asks why and she tells her it's about the book and Tina agrees to meet Mia at the zoo later while she is there with Mamaw and Papaw.

Mia separates herself from Mamaw, Papaw, Helen, Mr. G, and Rocky at the zoo to meet with Tina. Mia asks her if she hated the book, but Tina assures her she loved it. Tina asks Mia if she and J.P. have had sex, because the scenes in her book were so realistic and before she can answer Tina admits that she and Boris had sex over the summer and have been regularly having sex since then. Tina assures Mia they have been safe, but asks if Mia hates her for not waiting until the prom, but Mia assures her she doesn't. Tina asks Mia if her book is about her and Michael, with a knight returning from a time away and a girl left behind who has to care for her people. Mia is shocked and says it isn't but becomes concerned that Michael and J.P. might read it in the same way Tina did. Tina tries to ask Mia again if she and J.P. have had sex, but Mamaw and Papaw interrupt and are ready for dinner.

Mamaw and Papaw insist on going to Applebees for dinner because Papaw doesn't like strange foods. Mia is concerned that the paparazzi will show up and it will be used in a smear campaign against Phillipe. Mia calls J.P. and he still hasn't had a chance to read her book yet. Mia begs him to join her at the restaurant and meet her family, but J.P. tells her he has to work on his play and will see her tomorrow.

Mia wakes up on her birthday worrying if Michael or J.P. have read her book yet, but then realizes she has turned 18 and is probably the last virgin at AEHS, along with J.P.. Helen and Mr. G make Mia heart shaped waffles for breakfast and Phillipe calls to wish Mia a happy birthday. Mia turns in her article to Lilly before school and Lilly thanks her and surprises her by wishing her happy birthday. Lilly tells her she hopes it won't be weird if she and Kenny go to the party and tells her she has a gift for Mia but she can only give it to her if she goes to the party. Mia, worried that Lilly will try to sabotage the party, tells her she doesn't need to give her a gift, but Lilly tells Mia she doesn't want to fight anymore. Mia agrees and Lilly gives her an envelope from Michael. The envelope has a note Michael telling her he loved her book and a Hoth Leia flash drive with a back-up copy of her book, just in case, as a birthday gift. J.P., who has still not read Mia's book, wishes Mia a happy birthday and tells her he will give her her gift at the party.

Mia is called to Principal Gupta's office for a family emergency, but it is just one that Grandmère has faked to take her friends for pedicures. Lana, Trisha, Shameeka, and Tina go with Mia (Perin and Ling Su stay behind to study for finals) and while Grandmère is in another room getting a treatment the girls talk about getting hotel rooms after prom and lament that the Waldorf, where prom is being held, has been fully booked for weeks. Tina asks Mia if she can tell the group about Mia's secret, her book. Mia misunderstands Tina's hinting and blurts out that she is still a virgin. Tina explains she was talking about Mia's book and her friends are significantly more interested in the book than in Mia's virginity. Mia tries to keep the subject on sex and Tina thinks it's sweet that J.P. doesn't pressure Mia, but Lana thinks it's weird and asks if J.P. is gay. Tina asks if Mia even wants to sleep with J.P. and brings up Mia's thing about how Michael smells. Mia tells them that just because she thinks Michael smells better doesn't mean she's in love with him, but all of her friends disagree.

Mia's party that night is attended by celebrities, Mia's friends, and most of the staff at AEHS. Mia is surprised by Phillipe flying in and he gives a speech to everyone about how proud he is of Mia and gives her a tiara that once belonged to Princess Amelie. Lilly is filming all around the party, which worries Mia. Tina brings Mia food and Kenny, Lilly, and Michael come to chat with her. Kenny asks why Phillipe is running for Prime Minister when he could just sit back and be prince for the rest of his life, but Mia tells him that he loves helping he country. Boris reveals that Mia is attending the University of Genovia (which is what she told her friends) and Michael is shocked, as he knows it is a bad school. Michael is surprised to hear that Mia didn't get in to any other schools as many, such as Sarah Lawrence, no longer take SAT scores into account. J.P. joins the group and an awkward tension falls. J.P. is surprised that Michael is back in New York and Boris tells J.P. that Michael is actually a huge success. J.P. congratulates Michael but a silence falls on the group so Tina tells Michael that J.P. wrote a play and Lilly has to keep herself from laughing, but Michael tells him it's great.

Mia tries to excuse herself to mingle, but J.P. pulls her onstage. J.P. makes an announcement to the group and pulls out a ring box before getting on one knee and asking Mia to go to prom with him. Due to the clapping most of the audience doesn't hear J.P.'s actual question and assumes he proposed. Mia sees Michael leave before she answers J.P. with a "Well, we'll see!" Mia tells J.P. they have to talk and J.P. explains that it's just a promise ring, like Boris got for Tina when he asked her to prom. Mia is confused why he thinks she would want that, but he assumes because Tina wanted it that Mia would, but if it makes her uncomfortable it can just be a birthday gift. J.P. reminds Mia that he's not Michael and is planning on sticking around before returning to the party.

Mia escapes to the front of the boat to write in her diary, but Phillipe comes after her. He tells Mia that she can't sulk and she can't just not go to prom with J.P. because her ex-boyfriend came to town. Phillipe tells Mia she absolutely cannot get engaged though, and Mia tells him it's just a promise ring. Mia accidentally reveals that she wrote a romance novel to her father. Phillipe tells Mia that being a princess is about fulfilling obligations and unless J.P. has done something cruel she has an obligation to go to prom with him. Mia puts the ring on and goes to J.P. and tells him she will go to prom with him and Helen gives Phillipe a furious look. Mia's friends come to look at her ring and Lilly comes up and asks if she is actually engaged. Mia tells her it's just a promise ring but Lilly rudely says it's a big promise. Tina pulls Mia aside and tells her she thinks Michael left the party because he is still in love with her, but Mia tells her she thinks it's because he doesn't care about her at all. Tina insists that's not true, but Mia asks her not to talk to her about Michael anymore.

Helen gives Mia a long lecture after the party about how she shouldn't feel obligated to get married at a young age because feminism has made it so that women can go to college and have careers. At school Mia's new ring keeps snagging on things and everyone wants to see it. Tina avoids talking to Mia all day, per Mia's request not to talk about Michael, which annoys Mia. Mia corners Tina in the bathroom to ask her what her problem is, but Tina insists she has no problem, but Mia tells her that Tina thinks that she still has feelings for Michael. Mia tells Tina that she doesn't and that she is going to get a hotel room with J.P. after prom and finally lose her virginity and texts J.P.. Tina tells her she will support her no matter what. Lilly comes out of the bathroom to wash her hands and says nothing to Mia or Tina. J.P. texts back and tells Mia that he has the hotel room taken care of.

Back at the loft Helen is sorting through Mia's college acceptance letters so Mia will pick a place and J.P. IMs Mia to tell him how stressed he is about his play. Tina IMs Mia to tell her that she thinks she is making a big mistake and that Michael is still in love with her. Mia points out that she and J.P. have been together for a long time and unlike Michael, J.P. hasn't broken up with her. Tina still thinks Michael loves her but Mia says he has her number and her phone hasn't rung, which is a pretty clear signal that he doesn't care anymore. Grandmère calls and asks if Mia has purchased a prom dress yet and Mia tells her she has not so Grandmère arranges for Sebastiano to throw some looks together for her. She tells Mia that she should have given J.P. the speech she taught her about turning down a suitor, but Mia tells her they are not engaged. Grandmère reveals she knows about Mia's romance novel but Mia tells her not to worry as no one seems to want to publish it anyway.

Phillipe calls Mia while she is having lunch at school the next day to let her know that a brand new CardioArm arrived at the Royal Genovian Hospital, courtesy of Michael Moscovitz, along with Midori the programmer to teach the surgeons how to use it. Mia is shocked, as neither she nor Phillipe asked Michael for one and Mia is certain that Grandmère must have asked him for it, though Phillipe tells her he asked and Grandmère said she didn't. Phillipe tells Mia that he thinks he knows exactly why Michael sent the CardioArm and that Mia should thank him over dinner, but Mia doesn't think that Michael still has feelings for her. Tina and J.P. ask why Phillipe calls and Mia tells the table. Everyone responds to the news calmly except for Tina who chokes on her soda. Tina texts Mia later and tells her that Michael has to have feelings for her.

Mia texts Michael to see if she can thank him in person. Michael invites her out to dinner that night, but Mia has J.P.'s play and doesn't respond. Grandmère admits to Mia that she might have been wrong about Michael and Mia asks her if she should break up with J.P., but Grandmère unhelpfully tells her she should sleep with both of them and stay with whoever is the better lover. Mia waits until just before J.P.'s play to text back and asks if she can meet him for lunch on Friday, as that will keep everything un-romantic, but Michael agrees and suggests a very romantic restaurant in Central Park.

J.P.'s play is about a guy named J.R. who falls in love with a girl named Rhea who is the princess of a small European principality. Rhea is a manic pixie dream girl character who helps J.R. discover himself. The play contains many details of Mia and J.P.'s actual relationship, including her sexy dance incident from sophomore year. Sean Penn is present for the performance, having worked with Stacey Cheeseman on a film before, and decides to option it in Hollywood.

Mia takes her psychology final the next day and realizes that her attraction to the smell of Michael's neck is because he is her genetic opposite and Histocompatibility match. J.P.'s smell does nothing for her because they are too genetically similar. Mia texts Tina this revelation, but Tina doesn't completely understand.

Phillipe calls Mia again during lunch to tell her that Lilly made him a campaign ad and e-mails her a link. Lilly used the footage of celebrities she was able to get at Mia's party along with old footage she made on her trip to Genovia to create the ad for Phillipe. J.P. leaves to take a call while Mia watches the video, but Mia shows it to the rest of her friends at their table. Tina asks why Lilly would do something so nice and Shameeka reminds her that she used to be cool before something happened and she changed. J.P. comes back and Mia shows him the video and says she has to thank Lilly, but J.P. tells her to watch her back because Lilly is "still a Moscovitz." Mia asks what that is supposed to mean and J.P. says that neither of the Moscovitz siblings have ever done something without expecting something back in return, but Boris jumps in to say that he has never noticed that about Michael and reveals to everyone that Michael is letting him live with him for free while he attends Julliard next year. Everyone is shocked by Boris' revelation, especially Tina who did not know that Boris was in contact with Michael. Boris explains his housing arrangement, but Tina asks if Boris has been in contact with Michael behind Mia's back this whole time. Boris explains that he was friends with Michael because they were in Skinner Box together and he stayed friends with Michael after he moved and he and Mia broke up. Tina is upset that Boris kept this from her and storms off, with Boris chasing after her.

J.P. comes over that evening and Mia tries to kiss him passionately enough to feel a spark, but she is interrupted by J.P. talking about his play. J.P. tells Mia he is contemplating taking a year off to live in Hollywood and work on his movie and invites Mia to come with him and write something more substantial than a romance novel. Mia reminds him that he has not even read her novel yet and aside from that her parents would never approve of her taking a year off from college. J.P. argues that a year off could be nice, as she didn't get in to any colleges anyway. Mia and J.P. leave the loft to go to Boris' senior project concert. Mia runs into Lilly in the bathroom and asks her why she is suddenly being so nice to her and Lilly tells her that Michael is making her, as he found out about IHateMiaThermopolis.com, which Lilly admits was childish. Mia asks why she was so mean in the first place, but Lilly says she's never met anyone so dense in her life and leaves. Tina takes Mia aside after Boris' concert and tells her she thinks having sex with J.P. she is making a big mistake as it is clear that Mia and J.P. don't have any passion.

The next morning Helen wakes Mia up and tells her that someone has called for a Daphne Delacroix. Mia takes the phone and it is a Claire French from Avon Books and she is calling to offer "Daphne" a publishing contract for Ransom My Heart. She asks for "Daphne's" real name, and Mia tells her, then explains some of the numbers and dates involved. Mia asks if she can call Claire back and Claire gives her her extension. Mia hangs up and screams at the top of her lungs with excitement. She calls Tina to give her the good news and Tina is thrilled for her. After hanging up she calls J.P. but he just tells her not to accept the first offer. Mia explains that she's had tons of rejections and this might be her only offer, but J.P. tells her if she used her real name she'd get tons of offers. Mia reminds him that she wants to get her book published on its merits and not because she is a princess, but J.P. tells her she doesn't know anything about publishing and she is making a mistake. Mia hangs up the phone before she starts to cry. Mia calls Claire back and accepts the offer. Claire admits she googled Mia and asks her if she is in fact the Princess of Genovia. Mia tells her she is but that she wanted to make sure her book got published on it's merits instead of her celebrity and Claire completely understands. Claire tells Mia that the book will sell better if she publishes it under her real name, and as Mia plans on donating the proceeds to Greenpeace she agrees that it would probably be ok to publish under her real name.

Mia is stressed about her meeting with Michael but plans to just stay away from him so that she doesn't accidentally smell him. This plan immediately fails when Michael greets her with a kiss on the cheek at his arrival, which causes Mia to go woozy. Mia tells Michael that she is getting published and he is happy for her and toasts to her success. Michael sees Mia's ring and asks if she and J.P. are engaged, but she tells him it is just a promise ring and about J.P.'s plan for them to go to Hollywood. Michael tells Mia that she will do the right thing in the end, because she always does, but Mia laughs and says that he of all people should know that that isn't true as she ruined their relationship. Michael argues that he was the one that really ruined their relationship, but Mia stops him and tells him he was right to break up with her and they both needed a break. Michael agrees, but tells her it was supposed to be a break and she wasn't supposed to get engaged to somebody else in the meantime and Mia feels the room go cold before Michael laughs and tells her he was kidding and didn't expect her to wait around forever. Michael asks about Lilly's commercial and is confused that she and Mia are still not friends and Mia tells him she doesn't know what happened.

Michael asks what Mia is doing with the rest of her day and she tells him she is free until 4, so Michael invites her to go on a carriage ride through Central Park. Mia reluctantly agrees and Lars sits up front with the cabbie while she and Michael are in the back. The cart launches forward and Michael puts his arm around Mia. Mia turns to tell Michael that she is with J.P. now, but before she knows it she and Michael are kissing. They end up making out for nearly 20 blocks. When the cart stops Mia freaks out, Michael starts to tell Mia that she had to have known that he still loved her, but Mia tells him not to say it, grabs Lars, and leaves. Michael texts her and she does not open it.

Mia goes to her final therapy appointment and Grandmère is waiting for her, upset about her romance novel being published, but Mia pushes past her into her appointment. Mia tells Dr. Knutz about Grandmère and what just happened with Michael and Dr. Knutz asks if Mia has thought at all about the horse he told her about the week before. Mia asks if instead of horses they can discuss her college options, since she knows she wasn't good enough to actually get into any of the schools she got in to, but Dr. Knutz tells her she has no way of knowing that and has her repeat the Serenity Prayer. Mia realizes that as a princess her problems are too weird for even a therapist. Mia asks Dr. Knutz to look at a text with her and opens Michael's message which says "Mia, I'm not sorry. And I'll wait. Love, Michael." Dr. Knutz says Michael's text is very direct and asks Mia what she is going to do. Mia tells him she can't do anything because she's dating J.P., but he points out that she's not attracted to J.P.. Mia tells him she can't break up with a perfectly nice guy just because her ex came back in to town, but Dr. Knutz says she can and should if she is still in love with her ex, otherwise it isn't fair to the perfectly nice guy. Mia says she doesn't know what to do, but Dr. Knutz says that when the time comes she will know what to do and ends their session.

Tina and J.P. both call, but Mia ignores their call before eventually answering one from Tina. Tina asks Mia how her lunch with Michael went and Mia tells her it went fine. Tina explains that Boris has been keeping an eye on Mia for Michael because he is still in love with Mia and has never stopped loving her. Mia starts crying and tells Tina that it is romantic, but reminds her that she's dating J.P. and hangs up. Mia starts bawling and Helen comes in. Mia asks Helen to hold her. Rocky comes in and tells Mia that he is the baby, but Helen tells him that Mia gets to be the baby sometimes, so Rocky pats her on the head and says "good baby."

The next morning J.P. e-mails Mia that he talked to Sean Penn and he is able to get Mia a $250,000 publishing deal, which upsets Mia as she asked J.P. not to say anything to anyone. Phillipe is suddenly tied in the polls with René, due to a surge in popularity Lilly's ad and the donation of the CardioArm. Mia gets ready for prom, waiting for election results, and Paolo comes to style her hair. Mia changes her mind about having sex with J.P., but sends him a thank you back for his publishing e-mail, even though she is upset. She gives a fashion show of Sebastiano's dresses for her family before deciding on a short black lace cocktail dress. J.P. arrives, with a corsage for Mia, and Grandmère brought a boutonniere for him. Helen takes lots of photos before they leave for prom.

The guys at the prom all brag about the hotel rooms they've gotten and pull out their hotel keys, and Mia sees that J.P.'s is for the Waldorf. Mia has a realization and asks J.P. how he got a room at the Waldorf when Shameeka said they had been booked solid for weeks. J.P. tells her they must have had a cancellation, but Mia is not convinced. She goes and asks Tina and Lana, and Tina is inclined to believe J.P.'s story, but Lana tells them that J.P. obviously booked the room months ago, which alarms Mia as she didn't give him any indication she wanted to have sex after prom until the past week. Mia goes back and asks J.P. if he thinks it's weird that the paparazzi show up everywhere they go but only seem to show up when Mia is with him, but he just laughs it off and says it's weird. Mia realizes the paparazzi only started showing up the first time they went to Beauty and the Beast and accuses J.P. of being the one who has called the paparazzi on them. J.P. laughs nervously and asks why he would do that and Mia suggests that he likes seeing himself in the paper. J.P. tells her to just dance as they're probably going to be crowned Prom King and Queen, but Mia lies that her feet hurt and goes to sit down.

While J.P. is getting a band-aid Mia sees Lilly going into the bathroom and follows her in. Mia asks her if J.P. is a total fake and Lilly just tells her it took her long enough. Lilly explains that J.P. told her he was in love with Mia when he broke up with her and that she laughed at him, believing that her best friend would never date her ex and was she was too embarrassed to tell her at the time. Mia is shocked, but Lilly points out that she kissed him the same day and immediately started dating him, and Mia realizes that J.P. set her up. Lilly tells her he played both of them and admits that she and J.P. slept together, which Mia realizes is another thing he lied to her about. Lilly admits that she acted crazy but by the time she was over it Mia was happy with J.P. and she was happy with Kenny and she didn't know how to apologize. Mia and Lilly both admit that they missed each other and were idiots for letting boys come between them. They apologize and pinky swear never to let it happen again and cry. Lilly leaves to check on Kenny and two girls come in looking for Mia, as they are about to crown her prom queen.

Principal Gupta announces J.P. and Mia as Prom King and Queen and he dips her for a kiss on stage. Mia drags him offstage and tells him that they need to talk, but J.P. misunderstands and presses the button for the elevator and asks if she's going to send Lars home. Mia tells J.P. that it's time for them to be honest and she knows he's the one calling paparazzi and that he lied about the hotel room and violated her trust by putting personal details into his play. J.P. tries to make excuses but Mia tells him the point is that he lied, and admits that she lied too, about her college admissions. She tells J.P. that she knows why he broke up with Lilly and that he slept with her, but J.P. tries to accuse Lilly of lying and asks why Mia would believe her anyway and accuses Mia of being crazy. Mia says she is definitely not crazy and J.P. looks scared. The elevator doors open and Lars asks if they are going anywhere but Mia says no. She gives J.P. his ring back and gives him the speech Grandmère taught her. J.P. tries to explain but Mia stops him and tells him to call Stacey Cheeseman and tells him goodbye.

Mia calls the Royal Genovian Lawyers to get them to stop J.P.'s movie and as she hangs up she sees Michael. Mia asks Michael why he's there and he tells her that Lilly told him to show up at the elevators at prom around midnight because Mia might need him. Michael asks why he's there and Mia says that Lilly must have known that she always wanted to spend her senior prom with him. Michael asks Lars if he needs to go beat up J.P. and Lars says definitely, but Mia suggests that instead Lars take the rest of the night off and Mia and Michael go back to his place.

At Michael's apartment he gives Mia her snowflake necklace back, having found and kept it after she threw it when they broke up, hoping that they would get back together eventually. Michael explains that he though Mia and J.P. were totally in love because of Boris's reports, but when he saw her at the CardioArm event he started to think Boris might be wrong. Michael left Mia's party when J.P. prom-posed because he thought if he stayed he might end up punching J.P.. Michael tells Mia that if she wants he will buy her a diamond snowflake necklace to replace her silver one, and they sleep together.

The next day Mia returns to the loft with Michael, who Helen is thrilled to see. Phillipe is announced as the winner of the election, to a disbelieving René, and flies back to the U.S. for Mia's graduation. Tina texts Mia to ask what happened the night before and Mia tells her that she and J.P. broke up and she went over to Michael's. Lilly texts Mia that she saw Mia leave with Michael and she better not break his heart again. J.P. texts Mia that he's sorry about everything, but he has a new idea for a play based on him and Stacey Cheeseman.

After graduation, John Paul Reynolds-Abernathy the Third tells Phillipe that it looks like their kids won't be going to Hollywood after all, but Mia interrupts that that is because she will be attending Sarah Lawrence. Phillipe, Grandmère, and Helen are all thrilled with Mia's choice. Michael asks Mia to dance and they join Helen and Mr. G, Boris and Tina, Lilly and Kenny, and Phillipe and Ms. Martinez. Phillipe says something that causes Ms. Martinez to slap him and walk away. Mia asks Phillipe what he did and he tells her he said what he says to all women and goes after her. Phillipe convinces her to return to the party and Michael jokes that Ms. Martinez will be Mia's new stepmother. Mia reflects on the last 4 years and everything that has happened since she became a princess and decides it was all for the best as it allowed her to get a happy ending.