Chapter 4 May 11th, is when I regret to inform you that Ben knows my middle name.
(Picture. Ben and Narrie were in the town center park after school.)
"Cinderella? That's your middle name?" That's... Ben, he, WAS, a friend, and he had been a really good friend too, up until about now...
"Yeah... It's, kinda funny."
"Why?" Ben looked at me, "Narrie, I never would have guessed."
"You didn't..." I was getting up anyways but I was still, VERY, upset..! "You asked. And I told you that I want no fuss, and you fussed, so I am leaving thank you very much!"
I played that stormy character because when my mom used to get stressed out she would have that "snappy turtle" attitude sometimes. I'm really happy that she doesn't seem to ever be stressed out anymore ever though. But... I'm kinda afraid to forget who she was before I made a wish upon a star like in the Cinderella story either, I just...
"Narrie." Ben got up, "I'm very very sorry, but I did not think it would bother you... I mean..."
WELL!!! I huffed and if Ben wasn't cute, he'd be an idiot..!
That's another thing that Mom gave me, something that I'm kind of embarrassed to let her know even though my cousin Anita says that I should let her know for some reason is that...
I like geeks. Those glasses, that fun nervous demeanor, always practically, happyish, and really..?
There is a surprisingly few number of geeks in this town!
I'd think a small town out of the way with lots of clubs and stuff to do would just welcome geeks..! You know, those behind the scenes people would flock to a town where we film 2 TV shows!
A silly 10 minute reality show about Zany Lainy, and a 30 minute skit comedy show that Mandy sometimes has to edit out on Utube because they say a bad word.
But she always hangs up the good Q-code link at the town bulletin board, not that anyone actually cares bu, "Hey... "Wait! Why are you scanning that?"
"To see what new thing Mandy posted."
Stolen novel; please report.
"She's just some old cat lady you know!" I shouldn't, she's pretty nice... But still! She is an old cat lady!
"Well..." Ben explained, "She is cool, and even pays us to be in her plays!"
"I..! Ben..." I threw away my trash and thought about that... Okay, Momma Lauri is "rich" right? She must be, they somehow afforded not only the house, but to rebuild it and Mom even got to quit her job! So, yeah... She's rich.
(Picture of piggy bank in a tv.)
Well... Know what's in my piggy bank? Several quarters, the new dime series and a couple of the Lincoln pennies that,
"WERE EVERYWHERE before everyone wanted them..." That's what Mom said.
Then Momma Lauri laughed and does a quick auction search and says, "A dollar, free shipping."
And Mom said the most important thing of all..! "It's not as fun!"
"Well... We can still get some rolls still at the mint."
"That, is, cheating..."
WELL! You know what I say? "Mom! That's how to spread them around! Beef up the market!"
Well anyways!
It is my birthday and I AM, GOING, TO... Get Momma Lauri to add this into my re-negotiating contract because Mom feels so badly about having mothers day on my birthday anyways!
"Well," I started to brag to Ben, "I'm going to have my birthday party on TV."
"Really? That's like in two days."
"Yeah, mothers day." I know, honestly I'm kinda proud that I get to celebrate my birthday with my parents. But I also know that Mom feels bad about it for some crazy reason that I can't really put my finger around.
"So they're going to put you on?" Ben looked at me like I was as crazily stupid as I felt... "I mean... Yeah, they're usually at town events and stuff."
"EXACTLY!" (I did not let him finish because what he was going to say was, "They are probably back in the city right now, at least that's what the Utube post says.")
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Well... It is a few days later, and I was not on the video, AT ALL!
The only other lesbian parents that I have ever met was there alright. But I, the girl who's fortunate enough to always get flowers for her birthday, (Sunny does too, but I'm certainly not bringing her into this mess!) And anyways... I don't think that I even WANT to be a mom. Was NOT..!
"I was not on TV..."
I mean, We looked with a fine tooth comb on every single scene! And...
"I wasn't even a pixel!"
"I'll make it up to you Honey." I honestly don't think she tried. I certainly didn't actually even expect her to look for myself with me.
Well..! I mustered the energy when I got off the couch and shouted to Mom, "You better! We re-negotiated!"
"..." You can tell that got her blood moving because, "WELL!!!" She hallowed at me because I, Narrie Cinderella Alexander Middlecreek did NOT get a wicked stepmother.
Nope. No sirree-bobbin-thread, I got a wicked MOTHER!