AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Hi guys! Happy late new year! I really hope 2017 is a good year for us because let's be honest- 2016 sucked donkeyass. We lost so many celebrities like Alan Rickman, Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, Gene Wllder and Prince, we now have a horrible human being as our president (though if you support Trump, I sincerely apologize) and Austin & Ally ended :'(. I'm 18 and graduating high school in a few months and I still shamelessly adore Austin & Ally and I can't believe Ross and Laura are 21 now :O I just hope they keep making good decisions! Oh, and onto the story, I decided to rewrite Cinderella Boy because I discovered there were a few plot holes, I felt like the story was a little shallow, I had some typos, the spacing was all over the place and I wanna correct those for y'all (Haha I'm from California and I'm using southern jargon XD). OK I'll zip my trap and get onto the story ;) :)
*The past. Austin is 9 years old.*
AUSTIN:
I was Austin Moon. My dad, Mike Moon, was killed when I was five in a horrific car accident by a drunk driver. I did miss him a lot, but I still had my mom, Mimi, who I was very close with and who I knew really loved me. For a living, she was a CEO of the most successful mall in Miami, my beautiful hometown and her tireless work made her incredibly rich and successful. Then my mom thought I needed a father figure.
My so-called father figure was Donald Coleman- who probably was just about the biggest asshole I had ever met in my entire life. I didn't hate a lot of people, but Donald was an exception. He was mean, ruthless, uncaring, selfish, greedy, shallow and narcissistic- pretty much every hideous characteristic trait a person could have. And with him came his twin sons- Bryce and Brandon, who weren't any better than their dad. Bryce and Brandon were like younger versions of Donald, but they had lower IQs than he did. Donald and my mom got married six months after they met, and ever since then, I had seen his and his sons' true colors and the only reason my mom was blind to it was because they were only nice to me when she was around.
But two years later, my mom got horrendously sick. She had breast cancer and she was sick for two years. I remember, I was in the hospital room, holding her hand. I was trying to hold back the tears in my eyes. Choking up, I said,
"Please, Mom, don't leave me. I love you. I need you."
My mom said to me,
"Austin, all that I ask of you is that you work hard, have courage and still remain good-natured."
I said,
"I promise."
My mom said,
"I love you all,"
And then she drew her last breath and passed. I remember I had cried for her every night for three weeks, and sometimes I still cried for her, and for my dad as well. As for Donald, Bryce and Brandon, none of them seemed to care about my mom's death. In fact, Donald actually took all my mom's money, totally pampered and spoiled Bryce and Brandon and they treated me way worse than they did when my mom was alive.
*9 years later*
They treated me like a slave and made me work damn near twenty-four seven- at the mall and doing housework and they'd been doing that for five fucking years. But despite Donald's abuse and Bryce and Brandon's bullying, I actually did have some positive things in my life. I had my best friend, Dez Wade, who'd been my best friend since I was five. He was everything you wanted in a best friend- he was caring, funny, loyal and always looked out for me, and he was the shoulder I cried on when my mom died. I had my mom's two best employees- John and Agnes Dillon, and their son Jace Dillon, who was one of my friends just like Jace.
I had straight As in school and I had a dream of going to NYU. I had no idea what I wanted my career to be, but I wanted to do something intellectual like teaching. I had faith that I was going to be accepted, though. I led a really sad life, but I just wanted to work my ass off to find a silver lining.
Sorry it's so short, this is just the prologue. Future chapters will be longer, I promise ;). If you like the story, remember to follow, favorite and review! Hope your 2017 is going well so far! Peace, love, hugs and kisses :) :D :*