I parked my truck in the back garage. I turned off the keys, and sat there. Not ready to face my fake family.
"Ella!" Dana, my adoptive mum, yelled. I sighed, and grabbed my purse. As I was stepping out, the mirror on my truck fell. And shattered all around me. I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and headed for the house. "Ella! Get in here! We have guests tonight!" I walked to the back door that led to the kitchen. I put my stuff in my room, and headed to the kitchen to make dinner. I got out all our pots and pans out, and began to bake.

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Two Hours Later
I set the table, and add the finishing touches. Dana-I refuse to call her mum-walked into the room in a red party dress that looked ridiculous on her. She examined it closely. Squinting her eyes when she saw my decorations. She looked at me.
"Good enough." Good enough? "Now go get into the outfit I have laid out for you. Go!" She pointed her finger to my room. I turned and ran into my room.. I looked at my bed. A note was laying there, ready for me to read.
You will not be attending tonight's dinner. Instead, you will be serving us the main course. Do not act as if I'm your mother. Even though I know you look at me like one.
I tried not to choke.
Once that job is completed. you will come straight here until our guests leave. Then, you will clean up. And dinner will be the leftovers. If you fail this, your dinner will be suspended for a week.
I laid on my bed. And groaned. I went through my closet, and got out my waitress dress. I slipped it on. And pulled the pins out, letting my wavy blonde hair fall down my back. I looked in the corner, where a picture of my real mum was. I looked like her. Same hair, same eyes, and even same nose.
"Ella!" Kayla yelled outside the door.
"Open up! They're here!" Bailey yelled back. I looked at the picture one last time, and walked to the door. I held my ear against it.
"What do you want?" I yelled.
"Anger issues, much?" Kayla said. I rolled my eyes, even though they didn't see it.
"We need our waitress!" Bailey squealed. I opened the door. Kayla and Bailey wore their usual party dresses . "Ugh! You look...hideous!" I pushed past them as they giggled and whispered to each other. I stopped, and turned to face them.
"Not as hideous as you do!" I turned and ran. I waited for them to call for their mum like children. But, instead, I heard squeals. I turned around to see what all the commotion was about.
"They're here! They're here!" They jumped up and down. I looked at the door to see the guests coming in. One of them took off their hat, revealing who our special guests were. "Its One Direction!"

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