Day 2

I wake up to my annoying alarm clock at 7:00am. Sheree is knocking on my door, so I stumble to open it. 'Good Morning Cinderella, your mother wanted me to let you know, that she will be leaving at 2:00pm to go to the Charleston's dinner party and you will have to clean the pool and mow the lawn because the after party is here,' she says. I sigh. 'Alright, thanks for the heads up.' 'Your Welcome,' she replies, and hurries off to cook mother breakfast. Sheree has been around for not too long. Mother hired her after father died, because she got too lazy to do anything. I feel bad for Sheree, I'd quit if I were her.

After hearing the news of having extra chore's, I go to brush my teeth. I then go and eat some jam and toast. I put on some sweatpants and a sports bra and walk outside. im only 11, i have too many chores. i go and get the mower from the garage and start mowing. It takes me 2 hours. my back aches with pain. I walk inside my room, and sit down. I just needed to relax. Twenty minutes pass by, and i'm feeling decent. I walk outside to the backyard, and start cleaning the pool. I'm interrupted by mother. 'Were leaving, make sure you have the buffet filled by 6:00pm, thats when we'll be back,' she says to me. 'Yeah, and don't forget to clean my room! Prince will be coming up there to play, and we dont want it to be a mess,' my sisters say in sync. 'Alright, will do. Have a good time,' i say, and turn around to get back to work. I finish the rest of my chores after I finish the pool. I make it to my room by 3:00pm. I rush to my dresser to find something decent to wear when Prince comes over. i dont want him not liking me just because i have hand-me-down clothes. I finally find a pretty hot pink and white dress. I then take a shower. When I'm out, i glaze at the clock to see its 4:30pm. I put my dress on and then rush to mothers room. I use some of her mousse. My hair falls down with waves. i actually look pretty. I then ate real quick, brushed my teeth, and waited for everyone to arrive.

Mother was right on the dot, with tons of people following her. 6:00pm, everyone was there. I had made sure the buffet table's were full, and I turned the sterio on. I also did a little extra work and vacuumed because I was really bored. Then, I saw prince. you can say i almost died. I was just standing there staring at him, and then Alexandria came up. 'BACK OFF! Prince is MINE. He doesnt like you, wierdo.' i could've died right there. I didnt know what to do, so I just went and sat down. An hour passed, and all I saw was Alexandria bugging Prince. You could tell he was annoyed. Then the most amazing thing ever happened, he walked up to me. 'Hey, you look lonely. Want to dance?' He said with a big smile on his face. I was so happy, I jumped up and said, 'Of course.' We danced for over an hour! I had a blast. Then they had to leave, and he hugged me. HE hugged ME. 'I'll see you tomorrow at school. Bye!' he said as he walked out the door. 'Bye!' i said, and ran to my room with the biggest smile on my face.

Day 1

I woke up this morning to the chore's stuck on my door, just like everyday. I take the note off, and throw it in my cheap garbage can next to my cheap dishwasher that continues to break, and costs me more to fix it then it did to even buy it. Yeah, mother makes me pay for everything, even when my stuff breaks. I pay for it. Not an easy life, to live off of $5 a day. Its Saturday, so no school. But, it does mean I have to go grocery shopping. Mother gives me $1000 to use at the grocery store, and she gives me $1000 every other Saturday to spend on books. She only does this, cause she doesn't want me to grow up to be an idiot. I have to support her one day, or so she says. After I throw away the sticky note, I hop in the shower. Then I pour myself some cereal and then brush my teeth. As im about to call a cab, I realize I cant spare any money, so ill walk. As I walk outside my door, Alexandria and Anastasia turn to meet me. 'Your hair looks ugly,' Alexandria says. its not the worst thing she's said to me. 'Yeah, I agree. You should really put a bag over your face,' Anastasia chimes in. Whenever Alexandria says something, Anastasia has to comment on it. 'Leave me alone guys, I have to get to the grocery store before mom gets angry,' I say. 'Have fun...loser,' Alexandria yells as I run to the sidewalk. They both laugh in the distance. when will things get better?

After I visited the grocery store, and book store, I took a stop at the park, across he street from the shopping area. Mother lets me out on the weekends, but if I'm out past curfew, I can say bye bye to freedom. I bought a logic book, for $500. I am saving the other $500 for when I need it. Mother will get the money back from the grocery store. I was almost done with the book, when Prince walked up to me. 'Hey, I've seen you around. Do you go to Jackson Elementary School?' i sit there frozen, no words coming out. i've loved prince all my life, i was so nervous. I manage, 'Ye...eee..aaaa....h. I'm Cinderella.' He replies, 'Well hello there Cinderella, I'm Prince. But I have to go, so say hi to me at school on Monday? Bye.' And he hurries off. I rush home.

I get home at 4:00pm. I run inside mothers home, and put the groceries away. Then I rush into my room and start to write in my diary that my dad bought me before he had died. I've wrote in it ever since he's been gone. sometimes i think he reads it, while he's up in heaven. I finish writing at 4:30pm and get to doing the rest of my chores. I run out front, pick up the newspaper and run it inside to mother. 'Where are my groceries?' Mother screams at me. 'I put them away mother.' she insists i call her mother, i hate it. 'Alright, and the leftover money?' 'Here.' I hand her the rest of the money. 'Thanks, now get back to work. I want you in bed by 9:00pm. Oh, and let Sheree know I'm expecting dinner anytime now' 'Alright.' As I finish my sentence, I pick up the old newspaper off the counter and run it to the recycling bin. I find Sheree sitting on the bench outfront. 'Mother wants dinner,' I say. 'Alright, thank you for letting me know,' she replies. 'Yup.' I then run upstairs in mothers home and make hers, Alexandria's and Anastasia's beds. I run into the bathroom, and clean it all. it smells like old urine in here. I then leave there disturbing bathroom, to my little home in the backyard. I read a little of my logic book, and then set it down. I go and take a shower, and its freazing cold. cheap shower. I get myself a canned soup, and I eat it while watching some tv. I put my bowl in the dishwasher, and rush to brush my teeth, and use the restroom before I head off to bed. I lay down at 8:59pm. Mother would be proud.

The Beginning

I'm Cinderella, Ella for short. Its what my mom used to call me, or so my dad would tell me at night. My mother passed away when I was still little. I dont even remember her, yet I cry almost every night. Shortly after my mom died, my father met another woman. In the beginning, she was nice, like a mother figure, bringing into the family two other children my age, both girls. But after they wed, she cut the act. Her, and her daughters began to treat me wrong behind my fathers back, and he was too stressed and ill to realize what was occurring. I wish he would've realized. After 3 years of living in a hell with my new mother, and sister's, my dad suddenly passed away. I felt as if my life was over. I had no one. I was forced to move into my families guest house. They wanted nothing to do with me. I was also forced with doing everything for the family. I wasn't a family member, I was just the free maid.

I miss my dad, alot. He was my everything. He was the only reason I wasn't being tortured by Gertrude. But all thats over now. That's my 'family'. The one on the left, in the cutest $3000 jacket and dress i've ever seen, is my sister Alexandria. The one on the right, is my sister Anastasia. The girls argue so much, and usually its because Alexandria makes fun of Anastasia by saying she's older than her. She's older than her by 2 minutes. And finally, my stepmom, in the middle, Gertrude.

Everyday when I wake up, 6:00am, I get a list on my door. This list, includes my chores for the day, which is the same, almost everyday. I also have to go to the grocery store, but I guess I don't have to today. That's a relief. After I finish all my chores, I end up not getting my homework done until 9:00pm, then I have to eat, and take a shower. And then its off to bed for me. I wish things were different. One day.