Chapter 9 Believing

At least twenty minutes later her step family rings the doorbell, Bonnie being close by opens the door. Katherine plasters a fake smile on her face gushing out, "What a night! A most magnificent affair!" She says as Bonnie takes her shaw and fan. "Perfect!" Sybil says as Bonnie takes hers as well. "Just like a dream!" Rebekah says as Bonnie takes her stuff. "Hmm, did any of you get to dance with the prince?" She asks as the closes the door. "I danced about an hour with him." Sybil says with a smile. "An hour?!" Rebekah exclaims. "Didn't you?" Sybil asks her. "Of course I did, you did." Rebekah says with a smirk. "I wouldn't be surprised if the prince chose one of you as his bride." Both girls squeal. Bonnie rolls her eyes from the dining room where she placed all their stuff on.

"Oh, that sounds too good to be true did you know everyone at the ball?"Bonnie asked still in the kitchen. "Everyone who's anyone, except for some fake princess something I wasn't able to catch her name." She walks back into the living room. While getting their gloves."A princess did she dance with the prince?" Bonnie asks. In a disgusted tone Katherine replies. "I wasn't watching." Bonnie rolls her eyes when she's back in the kitchen. "Do you think he liked her?" She hears Rebekah's ridiculous laugh from where she is. "And what exactly have you been doing all night Bonnie?" Katherine asks her. Bonnie stands up straight. "Just dreaming mostly about what it would be like to be at the ball." Sybil rolls her eyes, "She couldn't know what it was like unless she was there." Rebekah smirks. "You just can't imagine it." Bonnie walks around the couch walking away towards the kitchen before stopping.

"I imagine that there's a grand staircase, candles everywhere, and an orchestra playing." Her step family looks at her slightly shocked at how vivid and exact her description of the Castle is.

Sybil:
It looks that way.
Rebekah:
The way you say.

Katherine:
She talks as if she knows.

Bonnie:
I do not know that this is so
I only just suppose...
I suppose that when you come to the ballroom
and the room itself is floating in the air
If you're suddenly confronted by his highness
you are frozen like a statue on the stairs
You're afraid he'll hear the way your heart is beating
and you know you mustn't make the first offense
You are seriously thinking of retreating
when you seem to hear him asking you to dance...

Bonnie holds her hand out and Rebekah takes it and they waltz in a circle. "And when you waltz with him, you whirl around so that your feet never touch the floor." Bonnie says to her then releases her still twirling she says. "That's right they don't!" to dance with Sybil. "And it feels like your as light as feather." Sybil nods, "That's right it does!" Bonnie stops dancing with her. Rebekah and Sybil dance with each other. "And for a few precious moments, you're the only two people in the entire world."

She walks towards the kitchen. Her stepsisters follow her and halfway her stepmother.

A Lovely night, a lovely night
A finer night you know you'll never see
You meet your prince, a charming prince
As charming as a prince will ever be.
(Opening the doors to the garden) The stars in a hazy heaven
tremble above you
While he is whispering:
"Darling I Love you"
You say goodbye, away you fly
(Blowing a kiss to Katherine) but on your lips you keep a kiss
All your life you'll dream of this
Lovely, lovely night

Sybil:
A Lovely night,

Rebekah:
How lovely!

Sybil:
A lovely night

Rebekah:
How lovely!

Sybil:
A finer night you know you'll never see

Rebekah:
How lovely.

Sybil:
You meet...

Rebekah:
your prince,

Sybil:
a char-...

Rebekah:
..ming prince.

Katherine:
As charming as a prince will ever be.
The stars in a hazy heaven

Rebekah:
tremble above you

Katherine:
While he is whispering:

Sybil:
"Darling I Love you"

Bonnie:
You say goodbye, away you fly

Stepsisters:
but on your lips you keep a kiss

Katherine:
All your life you'll dream of this

Bonnie:
Lovely,

Sybil:
lovely,

Rebekah:
lovely
Stepsisters & Bonnie:
Lovely night!

"Enough of this! Worst nonsense I've ever heard. Rubbish and dribble." Rebekah comes from behind the rail. "But mother." Katherine ignores her. "And you two listening to her hanging on her every word." Sybil moves closer, "But mother!" Katherine slightly upset says, "Enough, go to bed it's late." Bonnie's stepsister give her a sympathetic faint smile before running upstairs to their rooms. Katherine lifts her dress a bit walking past Bonnie saying, "And the thought of you dancing with the prince is preposterous." Bonnie looks up. "Why is it so hard for you to imagine?"

Her stepmother turns. "Because! You're a commoner Bonnie, your mother was common and so are you. You can clean your face and put on a fresh dress, but underneath it all your still common. To think that the prince would actually consider you for his bride it's laughable!" Bonnie's eyes start to water she chokes out, "My father-" Katherine cuts her off, "Your father was a weak filling your head with silly hopes and dreams that will never come true. Now clean this place up it's a miss." Katherine turns on her heels and walks up the stairs never looking back.

Bonnie walks down the few steps heading towards the kitchen. She stops looking at their things before going outside to the garden. She sits on her knees looking up to the sky saying, "Father I know I promised that I'd never leave, but after what happened tonight I don't see how I could stay. If you only knew how much she's changed you would understand. I deserve better. I deserve to be loved. That's what I learned tonight and that's all that matters."

My dream came true away I flew,

but on my lips he left a kiss all my life I'll dream of this lovey

lovely night.

"Bonnie if you truly love him why don't you let him know?" Bonnie looks behind her to see her Fairy Godmother Sheila. "How can I? Look at me." Bonnie says tears running down her face. "Do you honestly think he fell in love with your fancy gown and pretty braids?" Bonnie shrugs, "I don't know anymore, and if you hadn't help me." Sheila shakes her head. "You didn't need my help, but you thought you did. Believe in yourself Bonnie, and trust that he will love you as you really are." Bonnie nods with a slight smile before getting up. She hugs her Fairy Godmother before going back into the house to get everything tidy. Once she's done she changes into sleepwear and heads to the shack little Terry follows her and she lets his sleep in the shack with her, hoping tomorrow will be a better day.

It's almost over... or is it? Let me know what you think should I give this story a few more chapters of just end it? Until next time...