Not Another Cinderella Story

Chapter 1 - Bumping into royalty

~ And because she always looked dusty and dirty, they called her Cinderella. ~

Fairytales are sometimes better than reality.

 Or that was just what Cindy Woods thought to herself as she dropped off table two's orders and went back behind the counter top of Tracy's Coffee shop to deliver more coffee.

 Today was a school day, but that didn't stop her horrible step-mother, Tracy, from ordering that Cindy go to work in the morning.

Cindy worked at Tracy's lovely coffee shop (Note the sarcasm). Believe it or not, it was visited by most of the morning commuters and students in the area. Even in LA, some small businesses could find a way to stand out in the crowd.

Back when her father was still alive, the coffee shop was the talk of this part of town. It was lively and even had live music by some of the best bands in town.

 Now the only band that plays is Tracy's Girls. Yes, her evil step-mother was in a band. They were horrible, the worst band ever, but you kept your mouth shut if you wanted thirty percent off on your coffee. It was the step-devil's way of getting people to see her band play.

 Thankfully, her band only played in the afternoons. She also owned the joint, which meant that surprise performances weren't uncommon.

 Cindy sighed as she remembered how great of a singer her father had been. He'd sing at the coffee shop some mornings and it actually brought more people in instead of scaring them away. She always liked to think that his good voice was also something that she'd inherited from him, but she could never even start to compare her voice to his.

 "Here's your cappuccino," Cindy smiled at the current occupants of table nine.

 Cindy already had the evil step-mother, so fate decided to gift her with the twin step-sisters as well. Ana and Drew were horrible, mean, and not too easy on the eyes. They were also the loyal dogs of Evelyn Queen, the meanest and prettiest girl in school.

Ana and Drew were only slightly popular because of Evelyn. They basically got their popularity from hers. She kept them around because they constantly complimented her and gave her expensive purses for her birthdays. Evelyn was only popular because of her parents, who owned a record label in town.

They were also sitting at table four. Cindy got the extra coffee ready for table two as the news played in the background on the flat screen behind her.

"I'm right outside of Dewar High School, where Teen pop star, Peyton Charming, fresh from his most recent world tour, is about to attend. Following a paparazzi jump where he told the public that he was going to go back to his roots for the second half of his senior year, it seems that he's actually going to do it.

"The infamous Peyton Charming will also be hosting a masquerade ball this Saturday with a lucky girl having the chance to win a date with the heartthrob himself. So, all you fangirls out there, get your Peyton t-shirts ready!

 "Also, the pop star will be hosting a music festival at the end of the year. The best performer of the night will win a record deal with Charming records."

 She looked at the TV in dismay. With an international pop star going to her high school, she knew that she'd get no peace and quiet this half of the year.

 Why did he even come back? It was already the second semester of school.

Cindy sighed before going up to the girls to get their order. This was never the best part of the day. "What are your orders?"

 "Umm," Evelyn smirked and looked her way, "Do you have anything that has no sugar, no carbs, and is fat free?"

 Was she serious?