sorry it's been so long for an update guys! I went on an unexpected holiday with no wifi so I couldn't update, and this has been my most interesting chapter yet. Aurora's Party's here, So there will be some guaranteed drama! Hope you enjoy and I will update again as soon as I can! Enjoy :D
Aurora's Party comes around quicker than expected. The next days until the party flow by and before I know it I'm knocking at the Tremaine house. A mean looking woman with grey hair on her head and a red dressing gown on opens the door. I look at my clock, and it isn't even six yet.
"Yes?" She snaps impatiently. Two… um, non-pretty girls stand behind her, and look at me with disgust.
"I'm here to see Cinderella," I say.
"She actually has a friend?" One of the two girls snorts, the other laughing with them.
"Cinderella has lots of friends!" I argue.
"Well she isn't coming out; she has lots of chores to do. You will have to see her some other time." The lady slams the door in my face.
I turn around and begin heading up the path away from the house, wondering why Cinderella isn't coming. And why was that lady so rude? She could have just said it politely. I am nearly at the gate when I hear something in the bushes. Something or someone, I'm not sure. I head over to the green leaves and look around to see who it is. It's Cinderella, and she looks scared.
"Brie, I thought you were my stepmother," She sighs in relief.
"I'll try not to take that as an insult, Cinders," I laugh.
Cinderella covers my mouth with her hand, and listens around. I also listen, trying to see what's wrong. "We have to go… My stepmother said I'm not allowed to go to the party, but I had to! Henry's going to be there!"
We run away from the house and past about twelve other houses before Cinderella says we can walk again. Belle's meeting us at the party because Adam's giving her a lift straight from their revision. I only hope she's got changed.
I'm wearing a red top with a blue skirt and matching red shoes; flats, because I knew I'd be walking. My hair is curled with half up and half down, a blue ribbon tied in the hair. Cinderella's wearing a blue dress and a pair of blue shoes with little bows on them. Her hair is up in a bun with two little ribbon earrings in her ears.
"I can't wait! The party of the year… Except for prom, of course!" I laugh.
"I know, everyone's going to be there. I heard Flynn's bringing some girl with him from another school." There it is again – a hint that maybe that other girl from another school could possibly be… No, no way.
"I'd like to meet this girl," I say.
"Stick to the plan, Brie. We both get our dream dates for prom,"
"I already told you, Cinders, I can't! I promised Rapunzel I would take her to get her dream!"
"What about your dream? Don't you have a dream you want to come true?"
If only she knew how much I wanted to have a dream! I'm quite possibly the only girl in the school who doesn't have one! Even Tiffany has her dream of ruining my life, but me… Maybe I'm not meant to have a dream. Maybe I'm just here to make sure that other people's dreams come true, never actually getting a dream myself.
"Cinders, I-"
"No; no excuses. Now, if we're going to do this we're going to do it right."
I nod along.
"Do you remember what you have to do first?"
I nod. "Find Stephen,"
"And then you…"
"Then I hint about prom, make sure he realises that I don't have a date to prom, but do have to take Rapunzel and then try to ensure that me and him are all go whether we're going together or not." I smile. The plan seems so fool proof I can't believe I never thought of it sooner. "Anyway, what's your plan of action?"
"Me? Oh, Brie, I'll be lucky if I can even find the courage to talk to him. So that's my plan," She smiles nervously.
"You'll talk to him?" I try not to laugh. "And then what?"
"Um… I'm going for the more spontaneous path," She says before laughing. "But I'll think of something! I mean, hopefully,"
As we walk along the path towards Aurora's house I start to get a bad feeling about the party. Everyone knows that any of Aurora's parties are rarely ever with permission from her guardians, but then again what they know won't hurt them… as long as they don't know.
Aurora's house itself is very pretty, and as every house in the town it is identical to the rest of the houses on its street. The only difference with Aurora's house is that it's not exactly on the same street because there is a long path leading down towards the house, almost as if they forgot to place the house down so they just moved the house behind the others and added a path towards it. It has a white picket fence and there is a little bit of ivory running along the large white bricks of the house, or cottage as it seems. The house looks very old fashioned and cosy as Cinderella and I made our way up. You couldn't even tell if anyone was home because the curtains were closed, hiding away the faint glow of light that you could vaguely see.
I knocked on the big wooden door and the whole thing changed. Loud music started blasting into the peaceful surroundings as Aurora opened the door. Red, plastic cup in hand, she smiled. "Starting to think you two weren't coming." It looked as though there wasn't any room to come into the house, what with the amount of people crammed into the tiny corridor. "Come on in,"
Cinderella and I exchanged a 'should we make a run for it while we still can?' look before stepping inside. We watched the door as it slammed closed behind us and gave each other the same look; a look that says 'too late now'.
When people said Aurora's party was the party of the year, they were wrong. It was the party of the whole school! Everyone in the school was there, except the ones that couldn't make it. The house seems to have grown on the inside compared to the small, quaint cottage it first appeared. There are people everywhere; in the living room, the kitchen, the dining room, the bathroom, the bedrooms… Even in the attic! It was as though the house wasn't even a house anymore, but a non stop party.
The thing I don't get is how the music can't be heard from outside. When Cinderella and I were on the other side of the door knocking to come in we could only hear the slightest sound of a beat, but inside the house is chaos. The music is so loud I'm scared I won't be able to hear ever again.
Cinderella taps me on the shoulder and says something. "I can't hear you," I yell.
"Belle!" She shouts, pointing across the room to where Belle is coming over.
"You guys made it then?" Belle laughs loudly.
"I can't hear a thing," I laugh as well. "You look amazing though!"
Belle is wearing a red dress with a white belt round the middle and matching red shoes and lipstick.
"Thanks," She yells back over the noise.
Belle and I feel Cinderella squeeze our arms tightly which means only one thing; Henry is nearby. We both turn and see him stood in the lounge.
"Go over to him," Belle smiles.
"I can't… I'm too nervous, I think I might throw up," She gabbles. "Maybe I should just go home, I mean, I'm not meant to be here anyway,"
Belle and I grab one of her arms each, leading her towards the lounge. "Oh, no you don't."
"You're staying here whether you like it or not."
Belle and I give her a slight push into the lounge, but accidentally push her too hard. Cinderella bumps into Henry and his friend causing Henry to spill his drink on himself. He turns around and Cinderella looks mortified, both Belle and myself frozen watching it happen. Cinderella tries to explain herself while Henry laughs, trying to clean himself up. She then starts leading him off to the bathroom. "I'm telling you; I clean clothes a lot so I know how to get a stain out of things,"
"Did we just help her?" Belle laughs confused.
"I don't know," I shrug my shoulders before we both just burst into laughter. I'm still a little bit too busy watching as Snow White goes over to start flirting with Henry's friend in her blue and yellow mini-dress. "Do you think that girl has any standards?"
"I'm sure deep, deep, and deep, deep down that is, she's in there. But it can't have been easier for her to loose her family,"
"I lost my mum and I never reacted like, well, that."
"Yeah, but she has no one. Some people search for happiness in strange ways, I guess," Belle smiles, turning around. "Adam, there you are! I don't think that you and Brie have ever properly spoken,"
"No, we haven't. It's nice to finally meet you," Adam smiles politely.
I can see where Belle is coming from; Adam has changed. The stubble he used to have growing around his chin has still gone, but I'm still not entirely sure about him. How can someone transform just like that? Once a bully, always a bully… right? I mean, take Tiffany. She's still bullying me when I don't know what I've done wrong. Still, I put on a smile and am nice, for one reason and one reason only; He's Belle's boyfriend.
"You too, you seem different to whenever I see you around school."
"Everyone does at a party like this," He smiles. "You see people's true personalities."
"Yeah, I guess," I smile awkwardly, not entirely sure what it is that he means by that. "I'll leave you two alone for a bit, have fun!"
"You too," Belle smiles, giving me a quick hug.
"Good to finally see you,"
"You too," I smile to Adam, before walking off and leaving them.
I don't know where I'm going, but I find myself in the kitchen and find out that I'm really thirsty. It's not any less busy in the kitchen then anywhere else but it's not as loud, which I guess is a start. I go over to one of the green counters where the drinks are and start sorting through them trying to find one I like. I pick out a beige colour drink bottle called 'Fairy Dust'. I don't know how Aurora got all of the alcohol, let alone sneak it past her guardians, but then again I'm not sure I want to. It's best not to question Aurora's actions. I look at the many bottles with other amazing names like, 'Curious Convection', 'Burly and Brawny', 'Cold front' and 'Red Queen', just to name a few. The 'Fairy Dust' drink tastes mostly like honey and leaves a sickly sweet taste. I decide to make it my last glass of it. I do not feel like throwing up anytime soon.
I am startled by feeling someone slap my arm. I turn up to see Cinderella with burning red cheeks. "Cinders,"
"You pushed me into Henry!" She mutters angrily at me.
"Sorry," I laugh. "Is he okay,"
"He's fine, yeah… I am not! That was the most humiliating thing I've ever done," She says, burying her face into her hands.
"It's not that bad," I say, pouring her a glass of 'Fairy Dust'. "Here, try this."
"Thanks,"
"So, did you get the stain out?"
"Yes," She says enthusiastically. "And I should, probably be thanking you, actually."
"Why?" I am so confused. One minute she's angry, the next she's thankful?
"Well I said 'sorry about your shirt', and he said 'not a problem, really' so I was blushing because he was actuallytalking to me, and he said 'although, maybe if you were to show how sorry you were I would forgive you more' so I was really confused and she I said 'what do you mean' and he said… 'Maybe if you went to prom with me-"
I cut Cinderella off there, squealing and hugging her tightly. We both started jumping up and down, our drinks spilling on the blue tiled floor but not caring. She got her boy; she got her very own prince charming.
"Cinderella," I laughed with excitement.
"I know!" She squealed back.
"I don't believe this!"
"Me either!"
I pulled her into another hug, this one calmer than the last. "You said yes right?"
"Oh, duh," She giggled. "And he also wants to go on a date before prom to get to know each other."
"I am so, so, so, happy for you,"
"Now all we need is to get you're dream date," Cinderella smiled.
"I know, but I can't find him."
I feel someone tap me on my shoulder to see Jasmine looking every inch the high school queen. Her shades are off and she's swapped her flats for gold heels, but other than that she hasn't really changed much and still looks awesome. "If you're looking Stephen, he's in Aurora's room,"
"Thanks," I smile. She starts walking away so I blurt out, "You look great, by the way,"
She turns and shrugs her shoulders. "I know," and as she walks off I hear her shout. "So do you,"
Cinderella looks at me. "Jasmine just complimented you; Jasmine? She doesn't compliment anyone,"
"I know, it's weird,"
"Do you not wanna go find Stephen?" Cinderella asks me.
"Nah," I say, a little too relaxed. "I'm sure he'll find me."
We go into the lounge where Cinderella is pulled aside by Henry to dance. She gives me an apologetic look as she walks with him. I smile to show her I'm okay with that. As I look around the lounge I see more and more people. Tiana is here and is talking to her best friend Charlotte La Bouff, Megara is talking to Hercules, and Snow White is making out with Henry's Friend in the corner. Aurora is talking to some guy I've never seen before and Belle is dancing with Adam. There is no sign of Stephen.
I see Anna talking to some red haired guy. Anna's hair is in its usual braids and she is wearing a yellow dress with a loose pastel pink cardigan. She's laughing and chatting and eating chocolate and looks like she's having fun. I look around and find Elsa, wearing a teal skirt with a purple, long sleeved, elegant shirt and her hair in a bun. She's watching other people dancing with a distant gaze in her eyes. I make my way over but I am stopped by seeing Anna and her new guy coming over.
"Elsa, this is, well, Hans," Anna says awkwardly.
"Nice to meet you," Elsa says.
"Uh, likewise." Hans says. "Would, you be okay if,"
"If we were to," Anna continues.
"Start going out with each other," They say simultaneously. I'm a little surprised.
"Anna, can I talk to you. Alone," She says coldly.
"What, no. Anything you have to say you can say," I hear. I know I shouldn't be listening but I can't help it.
"Fine, no, you can't."
"What? Why?"
"You two barely know each other!"
"We would get to know each other, I mean, its true love!"
As Elsa stands up I begin to realise that I'm not the only person who's started to listen. "Anna, what do you know about true love?"
"More than you, all you know is how to shut people out! I mean, what are you even doing here? You won't talk to anyone and I can't live like that!" Anna yells, everyone listening now and the music turned off.
"Fine, then why don't I leave?" Elsa shouts back.
"Fine then! Leave!"
"Fine," Elsa hisses, walking to the door, all eyes on the drama that's unfolding.
"What's your problem anyway?" Anna yells.
"Enough Anna," Elsa clenches her fist around a drink glass I didn't know she had.
"No, tell me. Why don't you want any friends? Why don't you want anyone? What is your problem?!" Anna yells, trailing through the crowd until she's almost behind her.
"I said, enough!" Elsa shouts as loud as I think is possible, throwing the blue beverage into Anna's face. You can tell that Elsa regrets her actions as soon as she's done them, but it's too late. Instead of doing something she just opens the door and runs away into the night.
Before you know it the party is back into full swing, only without me in it. Having heard the entire conversation I took Anna to the bathroom to get sorted out. Thankfully, it was empty.
"Why did she react like that?" I ask her as I pass her a towel.
"I don't know… Well, I do, I guess I pushed her a little too far. It's just that," She looked at me and took a deep breath out. "She's always so distant. We used to be best friends and now we're just, not. I guess I just, miss my sister."
I put my arm around her as she tries not to cry. "It's okay; maybe you should try telling Elsa these things."
"I do. She never opens her door," She says glumly.
"Well, why don't you? Or make sure that she knows, make sure she listens. But if Hans was your idea of getting through to her I think it failed." I said glumly.
"Yeah… You know, whatever that drink was, it was freezing!" She laughs a little.
"I think I saw it out in the kitchen. I saw one the same colour, called 'Cold front',"
"Well, it was cold alright. And was, right in front of my face so I guess it's lived up to its name,"
"I guess you're right," I laugh. "I have to go and find someone now. Will you be okay?"
"I'll be fine. Is it someone… special?"
"You could say that,"
"A prom date," Anna smiles hopefully.
"I hope so,"
"Me too, for your sake,"
I make my way along the rooms to go and find Stephen. I check the kitchen and I don't find him there. I do find Hans though. "Hey, Anna's in the bathroom. Maybe you should go and comfort her,"
"Yeah, sure," He says, leaving his glass behind to go to the bathroom.
I go into the lounge and don't see him there either. People look up at me though. I'm the girl who helped Anna get alcohol off her face that was thrown at her by her sister and the girl who got complimented by High School Royalty Jasmine. I go into the dining room which isn't that busy and see only a couple of people. None of which are Stephen. I go into the first bedroom which is all red, and I mean all red. Everything from the bed, the walls to the floor and the furniture is all red. I also see that Stephen's not in there. I go to the next bedroom which is exactly the same, but all blue. Stephen's not in there. I go to the next bedroom which is also the exact same only green. Stephen's not in there either. Maybe he just didn't show up at all. Maybe he had something better to do. Maybe, he was sat somewhere thinking about me –
I open the door to Aurora's room quickly, just to check that he wasn't in there like I thought. But I am wrong. He is in there, and he's with someone. Not just with them; making out with them. I feel like my heart is breaking, breaking so badly it won't ever be fixed. He doesn't like me! Why would he? Who would ever like simple, boring, ugly me over –
"Brielle!" Stephen looks at me in surprise.
The tears are aching at my eyes are nothing compared to the anger burning up inside of me. The girl tosses her dark hair over her should and looks at me in surprise as well. Stephen wasn't making out with any old girl; Stephen was making out with Tiffany.
