A/N: As promised, here's the full story i'm working on. I know the chapters are really short right now, but hopefully they'll increase as I get more ideas. This is sort of based on "Cinderella", but not really...just kind of drawn upon I guess. Anyways, hope you enjoy. Please R&R!

Disclaimer: I don't own "Hairspray", except for the movie soundtrack, and the movie. If I did, I wouldn't be writing this.

Chapter 1

Penny sat on the couch in the living room pretending to be reading her Bible while her mother Prudy, sat in a chair across the room deeply immersed in her reading. Penny looked up from her Bible and sighed, she was immensely bored with reading. She especially hated reading the Bible; it was something her mother forced her to do every evening ever since she was a young girl. She glanced out the window, it was still late afternoon, she thought about asking if she could go over to Tracy's house, or maybe she and Tracy could head over to Maybelle's record shop to see if her boyfriend Seaweed was there. Penny decided that it couldn't hurt to ask. She cleared her throat.

"Mother?"

"Yes" answered Prudy without looking up.

"May I go over to Tracy's house?" she crossed her fingers behind her back and held her breath, this was a long-shot answer, but she hoped she could go anyway.

"Have you finished reading the chapter?"

"Yes."

"Have you finished your homework?"

"Yes."

"Let me look."

Penny walked over to the entry way to get her backpack. She unzipped it and got out her math book and her English book. She walked back into the living room and handed it to her mother.

"What was the assignment?"

"Page 102, problems 1-8, and problems 13 and 14. And in English page 97, Section 1."

Prudy opened the math book first and flipped to the right page and then opened Penny's notebook to the assignment. She adjusted her glasses so she could read Penny's handwriting a little better.

"Your handwriting needs work."

"Yes mother, I'll work on that."

"Good." And she looked back down, carefully going over each problem to make sure the work and answer was correct. When she was satisfied she closed the math book and opened the English book. She again looked carefully over Penny's work, making sure it was all correct. Penny watched her, expectantly. After finding nothing wrong with her work Prudy looked at her, noticing the expectant look on her face, she knew that going over to Tracy's house would make her happy, she wanted Penny to be happy, but she also did want her happiness at the same time. She thought for a few moments, thinking over her behavior of the week, thinking that she had been good enough.

"Will you go to the 7:00 service with me on Sunday?"

Penny hated going to the early service on Sunday, but she wanted to go see her friend.

"Yes."

"Okay, you can go, but you must be home by the time it gets dark. If you're home after dark you'll be severely punished. Understand?"

"Yes mother. Thank you." With that Penny grabbed her jacket and re-tied her shoes to make sure they weren't going to come undone and headed out the door and down the street to her best-friend Tracy's house.