I thought the fic needed a little prologue/summary thing. This explains everything that happens before the first chapter. Hopefully, no one will be confused anymore. And I purposely didn't say any other character's names. The rest of the chapters will be told in first person from the pov of the main character, except for maybe the epilogue. No more author notes, I think. And the italics throughout the fic are just some poem lines meant to be translated as what the main character is thinking. And just to clarify, everything that happens in the fic occurs over a period of one day. Please tell me what you think. Much love!
Disclaimer: I own nothing related to Jimmy Neutron.
Heart of Stone
Prologue
Our main character, Rose, has had a horrible life. She has never had any true friends and her family mistreats her and beats her severely. When she was about thirteen her family decides to move to Retroville, Texas. She has nothing to leave behind and embraces the movement as a way to create a new start, but little does she know of the upcoming events in her life that will soon take her over the edge...
Not long after she arrives and finishes moving in, a nice family introduces themselves to her family and the young boy befriends her. He treats her kindly and is very gentle. And for the first time, she is actually treated as a person and begins to feel better about herself. No one has ever cared for her and this boy quickly fills the yearning in her heart. Well, not much time passes and she soon falls in deeply love with this boy. But she is scared to death of rejection and before long discovers the boy is in love with another girl. And with her screwed up life and crazy complicated emotions she cannot handle it and begins to cut herself and try to commit suicide to end her cruel life...
One rainy night, another boy, a friend of the boy she loves, comes across her bleeding to death in the park. He rushes her to his house and using an invention of his friends, heals her just in time. When she recuperates, she makes him swear that he will not tell anyone what she has done. He agrees to keep her secret, but she has to allow him to help her from harming herself again. So she accepts and finds herself spending a lot of time with this new boy. In no time at all, they form a bond, but she is still madly in love with the first boy. And as they spend time together the boy discovers an interest in her and after a year or so of a strong friendship, falls in love with Rose. She simply has a brotherly love for him, but the more time spent with her the more her new found friend falls secretly in love with her...
Over the next few years, her feelings for her first love never dwindle, and she is still having trouble coping with the heartache. At the age of fifteen, she is found almost bleeding to death again in the girl's bathroom, despite her friends overprotectiveness. Quickly, the news spreads that she is a cutter throughout the school and her life only continues to grow worse. Teachers question her, but when examined cannot find a single scar. The students know the truth about the invention the boy uses, but the staff has yet to hear a word. And her life goes ever further down hill when the girl her love is in love with accuses her of trying to steal him from her and the girl, who is the most popular girl in school, soon brings everyone to hate her even more. But the boy assures his lover that Rose was not trying to steal him and that they are merely friends. The girl slowly accepts the fact while Rose's heart shatters even more. So, her friend comforts her and mends her heart as he continues to hide his love for her...
Can Rose ever confess her love? Will it be her downfall if she ever does, the final blow to her fragile psyche? Can a hidden love save her? One day can change your entire future. But for the good, or the bad? Only destiny knows...