My Cinderella Story

Chapter 10

Riker's POV|

I walked into a coffee shop and sat down at the bar.

"One White Chocolate Mocha please." I said looking at the menu. The guy who was making coffee was probably 19 or 20. He was ok looking I guess. He had brown hair that was a little longer than military cut. His name tag said Jace on it in white letters.

"Here ya go sir that will be 6.29." I gave him his money and he put it in the register. I was feeling like something was going wrong.

"Hey can I ask you a question?" I asked Jace as he cleaned the counter.

"Sure." he said leaning back on the counter he had just cleaned.

"Have you ever felt like you did something wrong and you have no idea how to fix it?" I asked.

"Yea. Now is this about the girl and the iPod?" He asked and caught me off guard.

"Wait how do you know?" I asked.

"That girl Vanessa. She is my best friend's step-sister. Meridith is the one you danced with." He said.

"Vanessa knew everything though? She said Merideth is a liar!" I said sipping my coffee.

"Yea she switched it up on you. Look Merideth just left because you stood her up." Jace said crossing his arms.

I stayed silent.

"Dude you have to find Merideth and fix it." Jace finished going to help another customer.

Merideth's POV|

I walked in the door and was unpleasantly greeted by my stepmother and Vanessa.

"Where have you been?" Laverna asked acknowledging my skateboard.

"I went to run some errands. But I couldn't find anything I needed." I said working my way towards the stairs. I just wanted to lock myself in my room and never come out.

"Well you have chores young lady! You have to fix dinner, clean the bedrooms, vacuum the stairs, and mop." Laverna said taking my skateboard. "I don't think you'll be needing this. Your grounded until I say so.

"Oh and while you work you can use this." Vanessa said handing me my iPod. "That will show you to never sneak out!" She said picking up my skateboard and slamming it down and breaking it. She walked away laughing with her mother.

"Make sure that gets cleaned up." Laverna said walking out of the room.

I say next to the broken skateboard and cried. I looked down on the broken pieces of wood painted in bright colors. My life was turning into a living nightmare. Once I was done feeling sorry for myself I got to my chores. I took my broken skateboard and threw it in the trash, keeping the wheels. Once I finished mopping, vacuuming, and cleaning the rooms I went to fix dinner. As I cooked my phone rang. The caller I.D. said Jace so I answered it.

"Hey we need to talk."