Once upon a time in the
year 2012 lived a young girl named Bella Cruise. Bella Cruise was shy and
timid, yet romantic and a daydreamer. Bella laughed at her friends joke as the
bell rang. She ran off to her next class, physics… her favorite class.
Honestly, Bella hated physics, what she liked rather was who she sat next to,
Jeff Andrews, the most handsome popular boy in eleventh grade. Although Bella
was a freshman, she had her heart set on Jeff. Jeff had sexy brown hair,
caramel skin, light eyes… perfection in Bella’s. Bella had her mind set on her
dream boy but knew he would never even look at her twice. He was muscular and
confident, while she was bashful and quiet. But a girl can dream right?
She walked into the classroom and sat at her desk. Jeff came
in her eyes glued to him as if he was moving in slow motion as he walked to his
seat jerking his head to flip his hair like skaters do. Jeff sat behind her
today and as Bella focused on Jeff she did not realize a geeky kid with duct
tape holding his glasses together taking the seat next to her. She had never
seen him before but was upset he took Jeff’s seat. She hurried up to the desk
and asked the teacher, Mr. Brennan, why the nerdy kid was sitting next to her. Mr.
Brennan smiled and replied, "That's Howie, and he’s new here. I expect you
to be kind to him Bella, make him feel welcome." Poor guy, his name was Howie.
Although Bella was shy, she was always kind. Ever since her mother
past, she promised herself she was always try her hardest to be the nicest and
kindest she could be. Of course, that was back when Bella was seven and in
second grade. Almost anyone would have broken their promise by now... but not Bella,
she loved her mother too much. And Bella loved her Grandma, her mother's
mother. Grandma was old and wrinkly, she was thin and dying. Bella loved her
dad as well. Bella’s dad owned a local diner and he never seemed to have time
for Bella ever since her mom died. Grandma said that was because Bella reminded
him too much of her mother and he didn't want to be reminded of her.
One person Bella did not like, was her stepmother to be. Bella
hated her stepmother to be. The marriage
was planned for two days. In two days, Bella would have a “stepmother,” Heather.
Heather also had two daughters, Crystal and Ruby. Her stepsisters to be looked
like girl versions of Jeff Andrews. All three were equally as mean and
coldhearted.
Math that day was hard for Bella, since she couldn't daze
out staring at Jeff by accident, since she would have to twist around in her
chair, which would be way too obvious. Instead she held her phone under the
table the whole class checking Twitter and Facebook.
School was almost over for the day, when a voice came over
the intercom: "Attention, students. This is your principal, Mr. J. I would
like to announce the dance next Friday night. Just a week away. The dance's theme
this year is fairy tales so, when you get a date for the dance, choose a fairy
tale to dress up as. Have fun!" The bell rang almost cutting off the end
of the announcement and the whole school flooded with anxious teenagers trying
to get out.
Bella texted her best friend Carly, “Fairy tales? Sounds
fun. Who r u going with?"
Bella’s phone vibrated
within seconds after sending the text, "Yeah, it duz sound fun. Ummmm, I
don't have a date yet."
Bella replies, “Come on,
Carly of course u do! U had one last week, remember? U wuldn't tell me who it
wuz!”
“Fine, I'll tell u. Michael Dawson.”
“Ooooh! Ur so lucky! Did u guys decide on costumes?
“Yeah, we're gunna b Riding Hood and the Wolf”
“Jealous”
“ Wen someone asks u, who will u want to go as?”
“ U mean if someone asks? Cinderella and the prince, of
course.”
“Really?”
“Yup.”
Bella’s phone vibrated again but it wasn’t another text from
Carly, her father was calling.
"Bella, come
down for dinner!"
Bella ran downstairs to her dad and smiled at him.
"Hey, dad, what's up? What's for dinner?"
"I'm going to order pizza. What kind do you want?"
"Pepperoni, please.”
When the pizza came, Bella’s dad opened a soda and they ate
in silence until the doorbell rang. Both confused, Bella went to the door and
it was a pizza man with two more pizzas, one with mushrooms and one with
pineapple.
"Um… we already got our pizza.” asked a puzzled Bella.
"Dad, why'd you get these? You know I hate mushrooms
and pineapple on pizza!"
“I didn’t get them, must be a mistake.”
Bella began to explain to the pizza man that these pizzas must
be a mistake as a red car pulled into the drive way. "Ah! Heather!"
exclaimed Bella’s father. "The pizzas must have been for her daughters,
they love pineapple and mushroom!" Bella rolled her eyes, put the pizzas
on the table, put on her best fake smile, and went out to see her soon to be new
family members. Crystal came lively up on the porch and gave Bella a huge hug,
a fake forced hug at that.
They all sat down, drinking soda, eating pizza. Bella was
forced to eat mushrooms because her father and Heather ate the rest of her
pepperoni. Later in the night, Bella was sent to her room to do her homework
while Crystal and Ruby were allowed to watch TV.
A couple of days passed and Bella’s father had got married. Her
father was in such a honeymoon phase that he could not recognize that his new
wife had quickly isolated Bella treating her like crap. Bella had become a
servant in the house and was expected to cater to all of Heather and her daughter’s
needs.
One day at school Bella was sitting at her desk in math
exhausted from her life at home. She laid her head on the desk and felt a nudge
in her back.
“Tired?” questioned a voice.
Bella with her hair draped over her face turned around to
see what Howie wanted. To her surprise, Jeff was sitting next to her.
“Um, no, just um resting…” Bella said flustered as she ran
her fingers through her hair to make herself look presentable.
“Haha” he laughed as he watched her troubled. “Well I was
wondering if you wanted to go to the dance with me.”
“Yes of course!” she said with such excitement. “Well I mean
I could” she said after realizing her excitement sounded a little too
desperate.
They talked and as Bella wished, they decided to go as
Prince and Cinderella.
Crystal and Ruby
desperately tried to find dates, but couldn't. They decided they would go by
themselves in old dresses they found in the attic. In between chores and
school, Bella had no time to make or find or buy a Cinderella gown. The night
of the dance came and Bella helped Crystal and Ruby into their costumes and
they took off in their car.
After they left, Bella just wasn’t up for the dance anymore.
She had no dress and was so exhausted. Bella heard a knock at the door, her
Grandma appeared on the front door step asked Bella why she wasn’t at the
dance. Bella reminded her that she had no costume, quickly bursting into tears.
But Grandma cheered her up by presenting her with a soft satin, periwinkle
gown. The top was strapless and the whole gown was covered with sparkling
beads. Underneath the skirt were about twelve skirts made of tulle. It was
beautiful, just like a Cinderella gown should look like. She pulled her hair up
and she slipped plastic shoes onto her feet. She arrived at the ball and linked
eyes with Jeff.
They had a grand time at the dance. Crystal and Ruby kept giving
Bella dirty looks. At midnight, Jeff told Bella he had had a crush on her for
so long and was too shy to admit it. He expressed how beautiful he thought she
looked and how happy he was to be with her that night. Then, Jeff asked Bella
to be his girlfriend. Shocked, Bella
stared as he admitted he had always liked her. Not sure what to do, Bella fled
the dance. As she ran out, Grandma was in the parking lot. As she jumped in the
car, a plastic shoe fell out the door. Not having time to let Bella grab it,
Grandma sped out of the lot.
At school the next day, Jeff asked Bella what happened at
the dance, and if she would go out with him. She said yes and he looked down at
his shoes because he was so embarrassed and so glad. He noticed Bella had
mismatching shoes on, one was a sneaker and one was the plastic shoe. He ran to
his locker and came back to trade the sneaker for the second plastic one.
`They lived happily ever
after.
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