Snapback Cinderella

Chapter 1:

Ellie's (POV)

I sat curled up on my window seat. My legs were folded into my chest. My chin rested on my knees. It was raining and I loved the rain. I watched as tiny water droplets rolled down my window. I used to go outside and play with my parents in the rain. But that was before they died. After they died I just couldn't bring myself to go play In the rain anymore. So here I am. Watching the rain sprinkle down. I smiled remembering all of the good times I had with them. The happy thought was interrupted by my grandma. "Ellie! Come down here and wash the dishes! They need to be cleaned!" She bellowed. I sighed. This is nothing new. My grandparents reluctantly took me in after my parents died. They only did so because it was what my mom, their daughter, wanted in her will. My grandparents never treated me nicely. Never gave me love. Especially when I needed it the most after my parents passed. I had no one really. All they did was yell at me and make me do chores. Shout at me if it wasn't good enough for them. And that's what I was. Not good enough.

"Yes Ma'm!" I shouted back respectfully. I got up and hurried down stairs. I walked into the kitchen where my grandma was waiting with both hands on her hips. She looked displeased. "Ellie. You will clean all of the dishes in the sink. Then you will sweep the floor until there isn't a speck of dirt anywhere. After you will take out the trash. Understand?"

She said speaking with authority.

"Yes ma'm." I replied without hesitation.

"Get going." Was all she said before leaving the kitchen. Why was she so cold? The way my mom talked about her she seemed to nice and caring, but this woman is everything but that. I sighed and walked to the sink. There was a huge pile stacked of dirty plates. Yay. How fun. I got started and halfway through washing them, a plate fell out of my sudsy hands and broke on the floor. I gasped in horror. I quickly bent down to pick up the pieces, not caring if I would hurt myself. I had a handful of glass when I turned around a saw my grandma standing their looking quite angry.

"Ellie you klutz! Look what you did you stupid girl!" She screamed at me. I winced afraid of what would happen next. As I feared her hand slapped my face, and it stung. Tears brimmed my eyes, but I didn't cry. "Clean this all up, and maybe stop being so bad at everything and screwing things up." She said rudely before storming off. I cleaned everything up while tears silently dripped down my face. I'm such a mistake. No wonder my own grandma doesn't even want me. No one does. I finished the dishes and swept the floor, and grabbed the big heavy trash bag out of the trash can and walked out the back door. I threw the garbage bag into the trash bag and then examined my hands. They had a couple scraped and some were bleeding but I was okay for the most part. I walked up the stairs and back into my room. I sat down on my bed and buried my face into my hands. What did I do to deserve this? I quickly grabbed the necklace around my neck. It was a locket. Inside was a picture of me and my parents. I smiled and a salty year ran down my cheek. I took a deep breath. "Mom. Dad. If you can hear me, it's me Ellie." I spoke to the locket like they could hear. "I hope you guys are good. But mom? Dad? Please let something really good happen to me? Just once? " I said quietly. "I love you." I told the picture and then closed my locket. I held it to my heart and began to close my eyes. Soon I drifted off to sleep.

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A/N: whatcha guys think? Comment! Love you guysss

-noelle.