The Ball
The gym was already full when I got there. Everything was beautiful. Even better than what I saw in pictures of previous years' dances. Probably cause Char was here.
It was a masked ball, so Mandy didn't have to worry much about disguising me.
Char was standing there surrounded by girls.
He looked bored. He tried to hide it, but I could see it.
I walked across the dance floor looking in different directions and thinking. Mandy had used a spell to turn a pumpkin into a carriage and made other things, but they were to disappear at midnight.
That gave me only a few hours.
I danced with one boy from my math class who had no clue who I was. He said I was cute, but asked me a million times what my name was.
I just told him I was someone he would never see again, so stop trying.
I guess I attracted attention, because soon Hattie came over to me.
"Hello" she said giving her toothy smile and holding out her hand. "I'm Hattie, daughter of Dame Olga."
"Its nice to meet you" I said pitching my voice lower than usual. I shook her hand and she gripped mine as if I was one of her zits that she was trying to pop. Trust me, I know what it looks like.
"May I ask your name?"
"You may ask, but I shall not tell you."
Just then Olive came over dragging Char.
He smiled to me, and I could see the desperation in his eyes to get away from Olive. So he wasn't the one who was looking for Hattie for a wife.
I curtsied and said, "your highness."
"I don't believe I know you" he said looking me over.
"No, your highness. You don't."
"Then may I have this dance so I can?" he said offering his hand. I knew this was just to get away from the evil sisters.
Hattie was looking at me in shock and pure hatred as I took his hand.
We danced a slow dance as Char and I talked.
"How come I haven't met you?" he asked me.
"Because I have never been near the royal family highness."
"Please, call me Char."
"Char."
The dance ended and I pulled away from him. "May I talk to you alone your highness?"
"Of course" he said offering me his arm and leading me outside to lights and potted flowers that had been put there to make the scenery better.
"What is it?" he asked leading me away from other groups and couples that had also come out.
It was now or never.
"I have something to confess."
He looked at me questioningly. I took off my mask. I guess he must have seen the pictures of me and Arieda at her house because he gasped and smiled.
"Ella!"
"Ella?!"
The gym was already full when I got there. Everything was beautiful. Even better than what I saw in pictures of previous years' dances. Probably cause Char was here.
It was a masked ball, so Mandy didn't have to worry much about disguising me.
Char was standing there surrounded by girls.
He looked bored. He tried to hide it, but I could see it.
I walked across the dance floor looking in different directions and thinking. Mandy had used a spell to turn a pumpkin into a carriage and made other things, but they were to disappear at midnight.
That gave me only a few hours.
I danced with one boy from my math class who had no clue who I was. He said I was cute, but asked me a million times what my name was.
I just told him I was someone he would never see again, so stop trying.
I guess I attracted attention, because soon Hattie came over to me.
"Hello" she said giving her toothy smile and holding out her hand. "I'm Hattie, daughter of Dame Olga."
"Its nice to meet you" I said pitching my voice lower than usual. I shook her hand and she gripped mine as if I was one of her zits that she was trying to pop. Trust me, I know what it looks like.
"May I ask your name?"
"You may ask, but I shall not tell you."
Just then Olive came over dragging Char.
He smiled to me, and I could see the desperation in his eyes to get away from Olive. So he wasn't the one who was looking for Hattie for a wife.
I curtsied and said, "your highness."
"I don't believe I know you" he said looking me over.
"No, your highness. You don't."
"Then may I have this dance so I can?" he said offering his hand. I knew this was just to get away from the evil sisters.
Hattie was looking at me in shock and pure hatred as I took his hand.
We danced a slow dance as Char and I talked.
"How come I haven't met you?" he asked me.
"Because I have never been near the royal family highness."
"Please, call me Char."
"Char."
The dance ended and I pulled away from him. "May I talk to you alone your highness?"
"Of course" he said offering me his arm and leading me outside to lights and potted flowers that had been put there to make the scenery better.
"What is it?" he asked leading me away from other groups and couples that had also come out.
It was now or never.
"I have something to confess."
He looked at me questioningly. I took off my mask. I guess he must have seen the pictures of me and Arieda at her house because he gasped and smiled.
"Ella!"
"Ella?!"