The aquarium was more wonderful than Ella could have imagined. At the entrance was an entire wall of fish, swimming under soft blue light. There were dog sharks you could pet, a tidal pool to explore and otters to watch. Seals sunned themselves on rocks, occasionally scowling at their spectators. Cinderella watched in awe as a scuba diver dove into clean the tanks as fish serenely swam by. They'd even gotten to watch the octopus. Stepmother let Cinderella see every exhibit she wanted and even bought her a book at the gift shop. It was one of the best days of Cinderella's life.

Ella lay on the bed looking at the ocean life book her stepmother bought her. She was deep in thought about her future and didn't even notice when Lady Tremaine walked over to the bed until she was right in front of her.

"What are you thinking about?" her stepmother asked her.

Ella shook herself out of her daze. "Nothing."

Lady Tremaine snorted and scowled. "Don't lie to me, child. You were obviously deep in thought. What were you thinking about?"

Ella looked sadly out the window. The storm from the morning had blown itself out but it was still quite windy. She looked down at the wild waves and shook her head.

"Nothing, really. I was just thinking about today and-"

Her stepmother's blue eyes narrowed dangerously. "Something is going on in that little head of yours. And if you don't want your old stepmother to return, you will tell me what. Now, young lady."

Cinderella shuddered at the thought of the old, cruel Lady Tremaine and sighed. "I was thinking about the future. About how if I really do want to become a marine biologist, I have to go to school for years and years. That will cost a lot of money and if there is any point to even thinking about it. But mostly I was thinking I'm not sure if I even want to go to college, because...because I don't want to be away from you."

Lady Tremaine sat down on the bed. She had a look that Cinderella couldn't quite decipher, which made her even more nervous. She desperately hope the old Lady Tremaine wasn't going to re-surface.

Her stepmother took the book out of her hands and set it on the nightstand. Ella hid her hands behind her back so Stepmother wouldn't see them shaking.

"You don't need to worry about that today," Stepmother said evenly.

"Is there any point in even thinking about it?" Cinderella asked hoarsely.

Stepmother's blue eyes narrowed. "Do you really think I would keep you from going for your dream? Do you really think I am that cruel?"

You used to be Cinderella thought. Indeed, it would be a very Stepmotherish thing to do, to dangle a dream in front of her and then yank it away when she reached for it.

"N-no," she answered. "But I don't want to be away from you either. I love you. Je t' amie. »

Stepmother nudged her so she slid over on the bed. She rested her head gingerly on her stepmother's chest. Stepmother put one arm around Cinderella's waist and the other protectively on her head.

"I love you too, but if you think I am going to let you sacrifice your future for me, you are very wrong. "

Cinderella looked up into stern blue eyes. "I might change my mind, you know. Teenagers are known for being unpredictable."

Her stepmother snorted.

They lay together like that for a while. Lady Tremaine propped herself up against the headboard and held Cinderella tightly. Cinderella greatly enjoyed her stepmother holding her, her long fingers caressing her back and stroking her hair.

"What was your favorite animal you saw today?" Stepmother asked after a while.

Cinderella thought a minute. "The octopus was my favorite sea animal, and the otters were my favorite land animals."

Stepmother smirked above her head. "Ah, le a pieuvre et la loutre. Bon choix."

Cinderella smiled.

"I like the octopus too, "Stepmother continued as she began to run her long fingers all over Cinderella's body, "because they have so many arms."

Cinderella stretched up and pressed her soft lips against her stepmother's cheek. "You know how you've been teaching me body parts? I have an idea of how to practice."

She trailed hot kisses along her stepmother's neck. "Cou," she whispered into her stepmother's ear.

She gently scraped her teeth on the outer shell of her stepmother's ear and hissed, "Orielle."

Cinderella slid down and pressed tiny kisses along her stepmother's collarbone. She looked up into aroused blue eyes and smiled. "clavicule »

«Très bien, » .

Cinderella looked up and smiled. She untied her stepmother's bathrobe and kissed the top of her left breast, right over her heart. The heart Cinderella was not always sure existed.

"Cœur. »

She smirked into aroused blue eyes . "Les seis," she said as she traced the full breasts with her fingers. "And mamelons," she added as she squeezed the pert nipples.

She took Stepmother's entire left breast into her mouth and held it tightly between her teeth. Her tongue swirled around the nipple and then sucked tightly, making her stepmother roll her head back and moan.

"That's my good girl," she sighed as she tightly gripped the back of Cinderella's fair head.

Cinderella switched to the right breast and kissed the pert nipple. She softly suckled it as her stepmother moaned even more.

She let the breast fall from her mouth and traced her fingers up and down Stepmother's rib cage.

"Cage thoracique," she said as her fingers stroked them up and down.

She slid lower and pressed open mouth kisses on Lady Tremaine's stomach. Her stepmother groaned.

"Estomac," she murmured as she flicked her soft brown eyes up to look into her stepmother's aroused blue ones.

She kissed the top of Lady Tremaine's right thigh, then pushed her stepmother's legs up to press soft, tender kisses along the sensitive flesh.

"Jambes," she whispered.

"Les cuisses," Lady Tremaine corrected as she moaned.

Cinderella looked up. "You know how you make me write my mistakes to learn spelling? I have thought up a much more fun way than using pen and paper."

She brushed her finger against her stepmother's clitoris. "Your favorite," she smirked as she gently stroke the engorged tissue, "le clitoris."

Cinderella traced a line horizontally across the top of her stepmother's clitoris with her tongue, then vertically with a slight hook. She slid her tongue around in almost a complete circle with a horizontal line in the center, causing Lady Tremaine to scream. She pressed a kiss on the entire tissue, then one line straight down and another vertically with her tongue. Lady Tremaine gasped.

Cinderella slowly dragged her tongue around the entire clitoris with a slightly longer line down the left side. Her stepmother began to pant. She slid her tongue down the clitoris with a kiss at the very top, then traced two small hills across it. She finished with another half-circle and and vertical line as her stepmother came.

She crawled up her stepmother and collapsed into her arms.

"What did you write?" Stepmother asked when she regained her speech.

Cinderella looked up. "Je'taime." She blushed slightly. She had written je'taime on her stepmother's clitoris. With her tongue.

"Je t'aime aussi," her stepmother replied as she tightened her grip around Cinderella's waist and head.

Cinderella kissed her stepmother's shoulder. "We are like Ruth and Naomi. May God strike me down if anything but death takes me from you."

Lady Tremaine kissed the top of Cinderella's fair head. "We will figure something out. I will never let anyone or anything take you from me."

"I love you," Cinderella whispered as she drifted off to sleep.