Anything italicized is someone's thought or they are singing
BOLDED + ITALICIZED = FLASHBACK/MEMORY
*=lyrics have been changed to fit the story
Chapter 4
Mark stood by the snack table, as he watched everyone else dancing with their date, or just mingling with other strangers. He saw a group of girls, one looked older than the other 2, and chuckled slightly. The one with dark brown hair had over done her makeup, as did the older woman, who he assumed was her mother. But the girl with lighter brown hair had natural makeup on.
This was what he resorted to since Morgan had to go run an errand: people watching.
After a while, Mark set down his drink and went to leave, when he stopped. There, he saw Ella wearing the gown that Morgan gave her standing at the top of the stairs, and there stood Morgan right next to her, not wearing a mask.
"Whoa." Was all Mark could say as Ella and Morgan walked down the stairs.
"Why aren't you wearing a mask, Morgan?" Ella asked.
"I'm the host, I'm not aloud to." Morgan answered, as she saw she was being waved over. "Good luck out there." She added before heading over to the couple that called her over.
"Morgan...!" Ella tried to get her to stay, but found it in vein. She sighed as she looked around, hoping her step-family didn't recognize her if they ever came up to her.
"Hi." A voice spoke, making the young singer look up to see a fluff of red hair with a white mask on his face.
"Hi." She said back, sounding a bit nervous.
"I can't find him!" Ariana yelled, which caused Ella to tense up.
"I know what I read! Markiplier has to be here!" Melody yelled in return.
"Oh, Lord help me." The man near her said.
"Wait..you're..." Ella began.
"Yeah, Markiplier. But please, call me Mark." Mark said with a grin.
"Well then you can call me E..." Ella stopped at that moment. Should she give her birth name, or the name she told everyone she met.
"Call you what?" Mark asked.
Screw it. She thought. "You can call me...Cinderella." She said with a smile.
"Cinderella? As in like the fairytale?" Mark asked.
"Yes, exactly like that. My parents liked that fairytale and named me that."
"I think it's unique. I've never met someone with the name of Cinderella before." Mark stated, making Ella smile at him.
(SONG: "So this is love" – Cinderella)
Mmmmm/Mmmmm...
Just then, a slow song started to play, making Ella look up at the band. And all she saw, was Morgan standing there with a silly smirk on her face.
So this is love/Mmmmm/so this is love...
"May I have this dance?" Ella looked over at Mark after hearing him ask that, with his gloved hand held out for hers. She smiled as she gently put her gloved hand into his. He lead her to the center of the dance floor, and almost immediately, they started dancing together to the music...as they both started feeling sparks fly between them.
So this is what makes life divine/I'm all aglow/Mmmmm/and now I know/(and now I know)/the key to all heaven/is mine/my heart has wings/Mmmmm/and I can fly/I'll touch every star/in the sky/so this is the miracle/that I've been dreaming of/Mmmmm/Mmmmm/so this is love!
(End of song)
Once the song was over, the audience that was dancing clapped for the band that played the song, where as Mark just took Ella's hand, and lead her out to the garden behind the building. What they didn't know, was the Mallory had watched them.
"Who was that?" Melody asked.
"I'm not sure." Mallory said. But Ariana knew, she just kept it to herself, and played it off as if she didn't know either.
Out in the garden with Mark and Ella, Ella couldn't believe how and beautiful it was. There was a fountain in the center of the whole place, and a clock standing not that far away from them, in the bush of roses.
Mark set her down on the bench near the fountain, before sitting down himself. "So..." He began, making Ella was looked up at him. "...tell me a little bit about yourself."
"Well..." Ella began. "...I'm an orphaned girl. My mother passed away when I was only 9, and then, when I was 19, my father passed away as well."
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that."
"It's fine." Ella began. "I'm also a singer on YouTube."
"Get out. What name do you go by?" Mark asked.
"Um, my nickname...Ella."
"Ella what?"
"Ella Monroe." And when she looked back up at Mark after saying her nickname to him, she saw a look of shock but happiness in his eyes.
"You're the girl Morgan was setting me up with." He stated, making the young singer look at him in surprise.
"Wait...Morgan was setting me up with the talented Markiplier?" Ella said back, before they both laughed at their friend's humor.
"Well, I guess, we should give it shot, for Morgan." Mark said.
"How do you know Morgan?" Ella asked.
"We ran into each other when I was heading to a store. I normally don't go to a store for a new game to play, but that day I did. How do you know Morgan?"
"High school...we were best friends back then, and I guess we still are."
"Well, it's nice to see old friends still keeping in touch."
"Yeah..." Ella began as she stared into his eyes. "...it is." As she stared, he stared as well. Sparks were flying all around Ella's heart, as well as Mark's. "W-what about...you?" Ella stuttered out as Mark placed his hand on Ella's cheek, making them both feel overwhelmed with how they felt for each other right in this moment.
They leaned into each other, and before they knew it, they shared a kiss. Morgan saw the whole thing from the doorway to the garden, and almost freaked. Her plan worked. Mark had a girlfriend finally, and it was all thanks to her.
But that was when everything changed, as the clock struck midnight. Morgan looked behind her and saw that Ella's step-family was getting ready to leave, making her run up to Ella and tap her shoulder. Ella pulled away from the kiss with Mark and looked at her friend behind.
"I'm sorry to interrupt, but Ellie...they're leaving." Morgan said, and Ella didn't need clarification, for she knew what that meant.
"I'm so sorry, Mark, but I have to go." Ella said as she stood up with Mark following afterwards.
"When can I see you again?" He asked, as the clock rang once more.
"I have to go." Ella picked up her gown and began to run out of the place with Morgan following her.
"W-WAIT!" Mark yelled as he ran after her. She ran up the stairs with Morgan following after her, not realizing that one of her glass shoes fell off on the stairs outside, before getting in the limo.
Mark ran out right as the limo drove off with Morgan and Ella inside, when he noticed the shoe on the stairs. He bent down towards it and picked it up. He looked at it for a short while, before sighing. He was starting to feel like the prince from the actual story of Cinderella...and he was going to act the part if that was the case.
"I'll find you Ella Monroe...I'll find you.
~END OF CHAPTER~
