If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince?

After all, what did Prince Charming know about Cinderella besides her shoe size?

Because if I have a wicked stepmother and two evil stepsisters, aren't I supposed to get a prince?

Nothing. That's what happens to the stepmother in Cinderella. Nothing.

You were sleeping?" said Princess One. "No," I said. "Sometimes I just like to lie in the dark for hours with my eyes closed.

People never think things that are true are funny.

Why is it I can spend a dozen Friday nights staring at the peeling walls of my "room" without anyone in the family so much as poking a head down to see if I'm alive, while the one time I actually have plans (major plans, plans that necessitate extraordinary focus and massive preparation), my stepmother suddenly suggests we sing a duet of "Getting to Know You"?

Apparently being Cinderella isn't so bad after all.

Prince Charming was requesting my presence tonight.

Tonight was a perfect illustration of why Cinderella and the Prince get married twenty-four hours after they meet. Because when you're living with your stepmother, there is no happily ever after.