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party last time I was here, we had dancing and games and
it was a very big festival. You would have loved it.” Thelma told
her.
    “So, when is the next
big blow out party going to be?”
    “ With this
winter the way it is, I am not sure. Like I mentioned, we do not
usually stick around in the winter time. I am sure they probably
schedule some sort of Christmas party or New Year’s Eve party
there.”
    “ Christmas is a
long ways off. I was thinking of somewhere I could go tonight to
dance and have some fun.” Ophelia said. “I haven’t had any fun in
decades!”
    Thelma and Ophelia
walked into the restaurant and Ophelia’s eyes immediately zeroed in
on a tall young man with blond hair and blue eyes. “Hello.” She
said as she brushed past him to get to a table.
    “Hello. Oh, hi
Thelma, this must be your cousin Ophelia.” The young man said
turning to look at Ophelia for the first time. “My name is Tom. I’m
just leaving, but Jill should be here to take your order in a
moment or two. Take care.”
    O phelia shook the young
man’s hand as he offered it to her, then watched as he walked out
the door. “O.K., Thelma, don’t tell me he is married
too.”
    “ Not yet, but I
am working on it.” Said the young lady with a big smile walked up
to their table. “Hi, I am Jill, I see you’ve met my
boyfriend.”
    “Jill, this is my
cousin Ophelia.” Thelma said.
    “ Hello, Jill,
nice looking boyfriend. I am starving! What is the special for
today?” Ophelia said looking at the menu Jill handed her and
feeling a bit embarrassed that Jill had overheard her talking about
her boyfriend.

    Thelma and Ophelia
each ordered a large breakfast and then Thelma studied her cousin’s
face. “Why the glum look, Ophelia?”
    “Enchanted just isn’t
what I expected is all.” She answered.
    “So tell me what you
expected.” Thelma questioned.
    “I had the impression
that Enchanted is a wonderful place where all your dreams can come
true and that you and Luna had a big part in making that
happen.”
    “ That is true.
But to be happy, truly happy, you have to know what you want and
understand what it takes it get it and to keep it. Nothing is just
handed to you on a silver platter here.”
    “Well, maybe
somethings.” Thelma laughed as Jill walked up with their order
which she was carrying on a large silver platter. After Jill walked
away from their table, Thelma continued. “What is it that you are
looking for, Ophelia? What would make you happy, truly happy? “
    “ I want to have
fun, I want to dance, I want all the things I have missed out on
when I was living with Mrs. Johnson and forced to be a cat all that
time. The only excitement I had there was when I would cough up a
fur ball!”
    “You had all the
dances and boyfriends and fun in the world when you were living
with your mother, and from everything I know about you, you were
not happy then either. Maybe you need to look deeper to find what
it is that you want and need. Everyone needs fun in their lives,
but Enchanted is a place for reflection and understanding
yourself.”
    “Well that sucks.”
Ophelia said.
    “I’m going to go over
to the Chocolate Shop when we leave here, you can come with me, or
if you would rather, you could explore on your own.”
    “Sebastian’s wife
works there, right?”
    “Catherine, yes.”
    “Maybe I will just
look around town on my own.”
    “When you are ready
to go back to the house, remember to ring the bell near the top of
the hill and Caramel, Ace, or Zippy will come to take you back.”
Thelma reminded Ophelia.
    After eating their
breakfast, the two women parted, walking in different directions.
Ophelia enjoyed looking into the shop windows and when she turned
the corner and saw a red building with a bright sign that read “The
Spa”, Ophelia picked up her pace and walked in the front door.
    The first thing
she saw was an almost full sized painting of a woman with long dark red hair wearing a red
evening gown