Yesterday I spent quite a few hours making cake batter. I bought all of the ingredients measured them out and mixed them all together. I Found the pans and preheated the oven. I even washed up everything I used to bake the cake after I poured the batter in and placed it all in the stove. Upon the alloted amount of time given in the recipe I took the cake out placed it on the cooling rack and set off to find frosting (I just didn't feel like making that myself). Well -- when I got back it seems that someone else ate the cake. There I was, left with just the frosting....
Once upon a time there was a girl named Cinderella, she had an adventure involving a pumpkin a fairy godmother, a prince, some wicked step sisters and a glass slipper -- but all that is well documented. The real ending of the story is not as well known and actually is more poignant when told from the point of view of Cinderella's (wicked - such a subjective term) step sister.
When we last heard from Drucella (the step sister in question) she had sat rather grumpily by and watched as the young and beautiful Cinderella placed her petite and slender foot into the glass slipper revealing that she was indeed the true love of the handsome prince. At the time Drucella was a little put out about the whole situation but trust me she got over it.
Time passed, Drucella got a personal trainer and a skin regiment. She also discovered that she could not only walk in platform heeled shoes but she was really quite graceful in them. Rather than spending all of her time with her sister (blood may be thicker then water but trust me there is a lot of water in mud) she found a new group of friends to spend time with and she took up knitting (as all the really hip town folk were doing).
One afternoon while Drucella was strolling around town she happened upon her brother in law the Prince. Since Drucella and Cinderella were not really that close Dru (as she now liked to be called) had not seen the prince in quite some time. When she called out to him to say hello he was absolutely gobsmacked to find that Dru was indeed Drucella.
The two talked for some time and decided there would not really be any harm in exchanging numbers or perhaps CountenanceBook accounts. I mean they were in laws, no big deal.
They began speaking on the phone just once or twice a week, updated each others walls on occasion and a scroll message here and there but soon the encounters became more frequent and after a month or so they decided to meet for crumpets and tea.
Now it is my understanding that most of the people reading these blogs are of a mature(ish) age so I highly doubt that I need to explain what happened after the crumpets and the tea. Let's just say that the back room at the local Ale House was usually occupied on Tuesday afternoons or anytime the Prince had a late Round Table meeting that he needed to attend.
After a while Dru started to wonder where it was all going, this affair she and her brother in law were having. She stared to fantasize about what it would be like to spend time with the Prince at night or even alone in the castle. She found that she really liked the prince, and not just for his jousting skills. She wondered what it felt like to ride on his horse or have dinner with diplomats as the princess as opposed to just the sister in law.
Finally Dru's curiosity got the better of her and she sent a messenger over to Cinderella herself claiming that it had been too long since the two had spent time together and requesting an audience with the princess.
Cinderella replied to Dru's request sating that the two should meet and mentioning something about the aforementioned Blood Water ratio.
Off Dru went to the castle - this time through the front door. Dru's mouth dropped in shock when Cinderella walked into the entry way to greet her. Cinderella had put on some weight (and not the healthy kind).
The two made idol chatter for a while but as time went on the conversation became more sincere. Dru talked about all the positive changes she had made in her life and Cinderella talked about diapers, bottles, kinder-care, spelling lessons and potty training. Dru mentioned that she had taken up knitting and Cinderella mentioned that her eldest daughter had volunteered to keep the schools Hog for the summer.
Finally Dru asked Cinderella if she was happy?
"I am happy" Cinderella said.
"Really" asked Dru, "You seem so tiered and all of your time seems to go to the castle and the kids"?
"You are not wrong said Cinderella, but I love the life that I have. I adore the kids and the castle and I sleep well at night. Sure I have put on some weight - now don't pretend you didn't notice, but heck I have enough food to eat so why not eat it. I have a warm bed to sleep in so why waste a bunch of time running around searching for something else. I have found everything that I want, and I love my life, I really do" Cinderella said with a smile, and Dru honestly believed her.
"Well, I guess everyone has a different fairy tale ending in mind...." Dru stated, and with that the two sisters continued on their visit.
When it was time for Dru to leave she said to Cinderella "I do have one more question for you"?
"What is that?" Cinderella said.
"Well, I was just wondering what ever happened to the glass slippers?"
"I still have them - but I can't wear them anymore because Prince Gary cracked the heel on one while he was playing dress up" Cinderella replied.
"He dresses up in your clothes" Dru asked?
"All the time" Replied Cinderella, without too much concern. The original stories were not wrong about Cinderella being a good person and she was going to support the young prince in what ever choices he made in life.
With that question answered Dru left her sister to her castle and her little princesses and princes.
Upon hearing what occurred when Dru and Cinderella met one might think that Dru called off her affair with the Prince immediately after leaving the castle - not the case at all.
Dru who really did like the prince continued the affair until his death in a terrible horse and cart accident at the age of 68 (and considering the prince was twenty years older then Dru and Cinderella his untimely death left both women plenty of time to enjoy middle age with other men).
Cinderella never found out about the affair (becuase neither the prince nor Dru were stupid people) and she too lived happily until the Prince's death (and after it as well). Cinderella's children made her a grandmother many times over and she was always surrounded by love and family. In fact Dru and Cinderella remained friends as well and were often spotted together at the local horse races.
They all lived happily ever after, they all just happened to have a different kind of happily.
The End
So what came of my cake escapade you may ask? Well, I have no idea who ate it but I bet it was delicious and you do not have to worry about me - I ate the frosting; on a Ritz Cracker.
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