Another Cinderella Story

Chapter 12 (Edited)

Ash's POV:
"Mommy and daddy told me lying is bad! You lied to me! You aren't my friend!"

"Please don't cry! I never lied to you!"

"Here . . . Read this, please."

"Don't talk to me ever again! I don't want to be friends with you anymore."

My mind had drifted while I was looking over the folktale that had fired me up. The recalling memories kept flooding my mind and they wouldn't leave me alone. Ringing, the sudden ringer of my phone snapped me back to reality. I looked upon my phone to find a message of my 'girlfriend' everything was just for publicity nothing more nothing less. Ignoring her message I got back to reading but was suddenly interrupted once more thanks to Gary and Cilan calling my name.

"Let's head to the music room, I have some things I want to talk to you about!" Cilan says as he picks up my stuff while Gary is the one to pull me out of my seat. "What would that matter be exactly?" We made it into the hidden away music room, nobody was here at the time but there was scraps of paper everywhere and the same kitten Serena was talking to earlier was laying on top the uncovered piano.

"Serena and her friends are out sneaking lunch, I wanted to ask you if you brought your notebook with you?" I nodded my head unsure of where this was going. "I know I shouldn't say this because I may end up scaring someone but can I use the notebook for a while?" At Cilans words I shook my head rapidly, work I did inside my notebook would be seen by them AFTER it was completed.

"It may end up helping you! He knows of someone who can help out with some things, you just have to hand Cilan the work you have done already!" Gary tried to reason with me but I could only raise an eyebrow at their words and how they were practically pleading for the work. "Who's the person?" Cilan bit down on his lip, I've known him for so long I was able to tell he was debating on something. "I rather not say because I don't think it's best just yet but I can reassure you that if you allow me to hand the work over to this person they will finish your work! They had the same inspiration from the same book!"

My interests were poked at this point, I cocked an eyebrow at both of them. They exchanged a small glance and Cilan could only smile at my sudden interest in what he had told me. "Even if I hand over the work, how do you know they won't steal the work I took my precious time on? How do I know they are any good?" His smile didn't fade in fact it grew wider.

"They won't steal your work, from what I can see they wouldn't even hurt a fly!" His chuckle and his choice of words confused me further, I was uncertain. My work was always kept secret until it was edited, revised, studio recorded and finally released to the public never was it shown to outsiders who weren't apart the company's chosen staff.

"Trust me when I say that her work is top notch! I only heard a bit of it but I can already tell that she puts a lot towards her own work." My eyes widen at the pronoun used. "She?" He gasped before rubbing the nape of his neck. "Did I say 'she' I don't remember, do you Gary?" Gary shook his head, avoiding eye contact. Rubbing my temples before letting out a sigh I turn to formally look at both they guys.

"Okay, okay, okay . . . I will hand them my work but if they make even one mistake to ruin the song I will make sure you two don't get any future lines." With that threat in mind I handed them my notebook from inside my book bag. They smiled as if they had just received a gift of a million dollars. "I promise you that everything will be okay with this!"

"Isn't that Serena's kitten?" I changed the subject seeing the small grey furry animal walking towards the door we had left slightly crack open. "Yeah, I think I heard her say that it got inside her book bag." Cilan spoke as he read over the lyrics inside the notebook. "Meow!" As if it was playing a game, the kitten meowed as if it were to say 'come and catch me' before we all realized the cat had escaped from where it was suppose to be out of sight.