Jazzy smiled at me, And gave me another big hug.
"It's so good to be back!" she sighed
"Are you staying?!" my attention was drawn back strictly to Jazzy, I had forgotten about Ethan.
"Yes!"
"That's amazing!" I pulled her into a hug and she laughed. I heard someone clear their throat and I looked at Ethan.
"I'll a see you at home Jez." he told her and walked off.
"Did you make friends with him?"
I shook my head, not him. Never. He was 'higher up' on the scale.
"Hey Jazzy I have to head home to my mom I'll see you tomorrow?" she laughed
"Ah the step witch."
"I wish, then I'd know I'd have a prince waiting for me." she laughed at my lame history joke and we went our separate ways for the day.
Mom wasn't home when I got home, figures. Lena, my mothers boyfriends daughter was sitting on the sofa when I walked in.
"Lena?" she smiled and came to hug me. Lena was maybe 12 and she had no problem with me. She did have a slight problem with my mother, couldn't blame her.
"What are you doing here?"
"Oh your mother-" I interrupted her, I didn't want anything to do with that woman at the moment.
"Never mind. I'll be upstairs if you need me Lena." she nodded and sat down on the couch again.
I changed into sweatpants and baggy shirt, and put my hair up in high pigtails. It didn't do much considering my hair is too short for pigtails. I lay on my bed staring at the cracked ceiling, we lived in the 'bad side' of town or 'dirty' side. I honestly don't know how my mother pays the bills when she goes out every night to get drunk somewhere. I was interrupted from my thoughts when I heard a knock on the door.
"I got it Lena" I called down as I slowly made my way to the door. I opened it to find Jazzy, Ethan, Ariel, Miles, Khira ( pheasant like me) and Sam her boyfriend.
"Whats up guys?" I felt Lena standing behind me.
"Babysitting?" Miles asked.
"I have no clue. She was here when I came home." Jazzy looked confused.
"This is Lena, my moms boyfriends daughter." Lena waved to my friends.
"Lena this is Jazzy my best friend, Ariel my other best friends, Miles her brother-"
"Hey!" I gave him a bite-me look and he laughed.
"Miles, Khira my other best friend and her boyfriend Sam. And um uh Ethan, he's Jazzy's cousin." she waved at them.
"Emma lets go!"
"Go where?"
"Explore crazy!
"Emma, I think I'm going to walk home. I don't know when your mother will be back."
"No it's fine Lena, you can come along." Jazzy smiled at Lena, and she slowly started to nod at Jazzy.
The air was cool on my skin, I had changed back into my red skinny jeans and black tank, but I kept my pigtails in. As we walked I braided Lena's hair, Ariel was talking animatedly with her. Miles and Sam were talking about the high schools last football game, while Jazzy and Khira exchanged pictures on their phones. Leaving Ethan and I to have an awkward conversation.
"So uh how long have you lived here?"
"All my life." I have him short answers every time he asked me something.
"That's cool I guess."
"Not if your family's bloodline is full of peasants. Then your considered dirty folk."
"How so?"
"Many residents in this town are royalty descendants. Khira, Sam, and I, we weren't born from a royal bloodline. Nobody likes to fraternize with us."
"I do Emma-bear." Lena spoke up, that was a nickname she had given me not too long ago. I smiled at her and Jazzy distracted her again by talking about something I could care less about.
"Is she royal bloodline?" he nodded towards Lena, and I nodded my response to his question.
"who's family?"
"Cinderella."
"And Miles and Ariel."
"Ariel."
"Ya what family?"
"No Ariel as in little mermaid."
"Oh." I nodded.
Lena's phone went off and she pulled it out.
"Emma-bear it's for you. It's your mother."
"Crap." I took the phone from her.
"Hello?"
"Where are you!? I left you to take care of Lena and you both disappear!?" she shrieked into the phone.
"We're fine mother, we're just walking around the town." the group had stopped and listened to me arguing with my mother.
"I want the both of you back here now!"
"Fine. We're on our way."
"I want you here NOW. You ungrateful little brat." I hung up I her.
"Oh I'm ungrateful considering I take care of you." I mumbled, my friends looks away. I sighed
"Common Lena moms mad at me, gotta head back." she nodded and I said by to my friends. Jazzy gave me a sympathetic smile and I just waved bye to them.
We made it back home in ten minutes maybe, considering Lena looked terrified and decided to run back home.
"Where were you?" my mother shouted
"Walking" I replied back. Her boyfriend went to sit next to her.
"Now Macy, relax they were just having some fun."
"They could've been hurt. Emma only cares for herself and Lena could have been hurt."
"That's not true Ms. Macy, Emma takes good care of me." Lena spoke up, I put my hand on Lena's shoulder to silence her. Mom can be a raging bear if someone crosses her path.
"You spoiled the night Emma!"
"Now Macy, maybe you're overreacting." he would be the only one who would ever get to say that. If I did I would dead within seconds of speaking the words.
"You're right." wow, such true words I would never get to hear directed my way.
"Now girls, Macy and I have important news."
"We're getting married!" mom shrieked with joy.
I stood in place, in shock really. Her? He was going to marry her? How the hell did the prince of this kingdom decide to marry my mother.
"You're going to be princesses!" she shrieked again. I started to shake my head. No, not happening. This is all a dream it has to be. Lena looked at me with a mixed look of worry and joy. I took off out the house, and I ran as fast as I could away from the house.
I knocked on Jazzy's door and she answered.
"Oh, Emma are you ok?" I shook my head.
"She's marrying him." she stood in front of me trying to figure out what I meant. When it clicked she pulled inside and into her room.
"So you and Lena will be sisters." I nodded
"You're going to be a princess." I nodded again.
"I don't want to be. I was happy living my life with a mother who left me alone and didn't give a shi-"
"Emma." she warned. I sighed, I couldn't deal with this. I didn't want change, I was happy being the pheasant who lived in the 'dirty' side of town. I heard the doorbell ring and she got up to answer it.
A minute later Lena came in.
A week later we had moved into the castle.