Just Another Cinderella Story

The Plan

The person in this picture is Rose! :)

I kept trying to think of ways to get back at Lily. I couldn't think of anything useful. Meanwhile, the party ended around one in the morning. Everyone went home and Kylie, Rose, and Kathryn all talked about it, not noticing that I wasn't paying attention.

I didn't have any dirt on Lily, or anything. But... I had her brother. Not Zach, that's cruel. Her other brother. The older one. His name was Mark or something like that. I don't really know what happened, only that he ran away from home at 17 and moved to Sacramento. I'd heard from town gossip that he did drugs and drank all the time.

I didn't know how I could use that against her though, because there's no proof...

I gave up and listened to what the girls were talking about. "And I'm pretty sure Zach Jacobs has a thing for Carrie." Rose said.

I whipped my head around to face her and screeched, "He does not!" and threw a pillow at her. Did I mention we were in the Land of Red (also known as Kathryn's room)?

We all laughed and started cleaning things up. Afterwards we sat down in the living room and watched T.V.

During a commercial (Get your men's lipstick today! It said.) I started thinking. I couldn't stay here forever. I had to leave sometime. Besides, this is seriously illegal. Rose, Kylie, and Kathryn are technically aiding and abetting a run-away.

"OH MY GOD I AM FUCKING STUPID!" I yelled. The girls, half asleep, suddenly woke up. "WHAT?!" Kathryn yelled.

"I need to call my mom! Or at least go on Facebook!" I said. Kylie threw me her iPhone. "Now shut the fuck up!" She said while turning over.

I went on the Facebook app and signed in. I messaged my mom, "Hey!!! Dad kicked me out yesterday!! I'm at a friend's house. I don't think me staying here would be legal, so I need to move in with you and you need to be granted custody!! PLEASE!!" She was offline, but she'll see it in the morning. Hopefully.

I went to sleep around 5 AM. I was suddenly woken up by a scream.

I leaped up from the couch. "Who's there?! What happened?! I AM ARMED WITH MY FISTS, INTRUDER!" I screamed. I turned towards the girls and they were ghost-white. I turned to look where they were looking; the front door. I saw a man and a woman, the woman wearing a business suit, the man wearing a tuxedo. "Umm... Hello." I said awkwardly.

The woman turned to Kathryn. "Who. Is. This." She said menacingly.

"My friend Carrie. She... Um... She's had a rough couple of days, so we let her come over." She squeaked.

"We forgot to tell you..." Kylie added.

The man looked at me. "Carrie, is it?" I nodded. "Do your parents know where you are?"

I took a breath and said, "You see, that's kinda the problem. My mom knows I'm not with my dad, but she doesn't know exactly where I am."

"Why aren't you with your dad?" The woman asked. Rose shook her head, trying to tell the woman not to go there, but the woman ignored it.

"It's... a long story. He kicked me out when I punched my stepmom because she called my mom a bitch, and I just met my mom two days ago, but I had a right to punch Camille, because she's constantly punching me, and so is my dad, they've been doing it for years so I left and your daughters found me yesterday and were kind enough to let me stay here until I could contact my mom." I said quickly.