Hello! This is my third story, and I hope you all enjoy. It's an idea that popped into my head and I hope you'll enjoy! This first chapter contains the summary and what I'd like to call a prologue. Or like, a start-off. I haven't gotten a beta yet, so please be lenient with my mistakes! In this story, Rose turns eighteen faster that she would in the VA series, and you'll find out why. Thank you and hopefully you'll enjoy this. :]
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FULL SUMMARY: Rose Hathaway has never lived an easy life. Her parents dead, being bullied everywhere she goes, trying to make enough money to support her little sister while keeping up with the rent for their two-bedroom apartment. She works at the YMCA in Missoula as a Child Care Director, trying to make as much money as possible while also babysitting when she has time off.
There's a new guy in town who works in the Aquatics as a daily lifeguard and swim instructor coordinator, while also attending the same school as her. And of course, he's totally gorgeous. Rose doesn't waste her time chasing after him, but what happens when it's turning out to be a vice versa situation?
It's all human, and the characters WILL be OCC. Not fully OCC, they'll have some of their same traits from the VA series, but some of them won't act the same, like Rose.
"Jilly, come here." I called out to my little sister who was in the small living room, coloring.
"One second, Ro, please?"
"Alright." I tapped my foot worriedly on the ground, afraid we might not make it to school on time. She ran to the front door, her hair still in it's pigtails I had done earlier, her tongue sticking out as she used the wall to scribble something onto the back of the copy paper.
"Here you go, Rosie." She handed me the paper and I turned it over to see her and me, with blue and purple heads, brown dresses, and pink shoes.
"Aww, Jilly Bill, that's so sweet. Now put it in your backpack or your room, baby girl."
Her bottom lip jutted out.
"But it's for you, Ro…" "Oh. Sorry. Then I'll just keep it, baby girl. We need to go." A bright smile lit up her face. I picked her up and carried her out the to the car, buckling her into her car seat.
"You know you're going to go with Ms. Sage after school, right?"
"Yeah, you told me that yesterday."
"Okay. You behave, now."
"I will."
The drive to her preschool felt silent even though the radio was turned on, playing music. This year was finally the end of the life I lived now since I now had enough money for everything I need to go to college. I had been saving since I was very little, and now all I needed to do was to make sure I keep up with the bills and rent while providing for Jillian. I had turned eighteen right after my parents had passed away, so they made an exception and let me still have Jill until I became her legal guardian.
I wouldn't ever give up on Jill because she doesn't deserve a life in an orphanage. She deserves to be loved like no other, and I wasn't going to risk her not being loved by sending her away.
"Be good in school, okay? I love you, Jill." I hugged her as she stopped in front of the door.
"I love you too, RoRo. You need to be good too." she giggled, smiling. I laughed and shook my head.
"I will. I'll drop you off with Ms. Sydney after I'm out of school."
"Okay. Bye, Rosie. I love you."
"I love you too, baby girl." Even though we had already said our "I love you's" I didn't mind saying it again.
With one last wave, I was headed to school for another treacherous day of bullying and boring class lectures.
"Let me out!" I couldn't believe that they actually had the decency to lock me inside a locker. That was one of the oldest methods in the book. I banged on the door repeatedly until I finally gave up, hitting my head on the door in defeat. Two seconds later, the door popped open.
"Did they really lock you inside a locker?" the boy in front of me asked.
"Yeah." I popped out and looked at him.
"You're Christian Ozera." It wasn't a question, it was a statement. His parents had ended up killing each other right before his eyes and since everyone heard about it, they though he was going to going to turn into a psycho an kill everyone else. His appearance didn't really help either, seeing as how he wore black all the time and glared at no one in particular.
"And you're Rose Hathaway. I'm glad we're done with the introductions." His tone was bored as he spoke.
"Thanks for letting me out." He seemed surprised at that, and I could see why. It's not every day someone has a conversation with Christian Ozera, much less thanking him.
"You're welcome…"
"Anyway, I have to go. See ya around." I told him, walking off towards the library where I could eat my lunch and study.
It was the end of the day when I was called into the front office.
"Rose Hathaway to the front office, please. Rose Hathaway."
I stood up and handed Mr. Alto the assignment and gathered my things together.
As I walked to the front office, I hoped it wasn't something with Jill, because I had had to do that before. Jill had an allergic reaction to the snack they had in preschool, and I had to take her to the doctors. Jill had apologized and apologized because I had barely paid for the medicine and bill, and it saddened me to know that she was sorry for being allergic to some food. We were doing pretty well now, and if something like that happened again, we would be able to afford it without too much damage.
"Rose, the Headmistress would like to speak to you." the receptionist told me. I walked into Kirova's office and hugged my books to my chest. The two of us weren't the only ones in here.
"Rosemarie, sit." I did as she said and sat down next to the guy who was already sitting down. Kirova and most all of the staff members were nicer to me now not just because of my attitude change, but because of my parents' death. The whole staff here knew I was now Jill's guardian, and they knew how my schedule worked.
"He's new to our school from Russia, and since you know this school like the back of your hand, I expect you to politely show him around the building tomorrow and to his classes tomorrow morning, an hour before school starts."
"But Jillian-"
"Can come with you. I know she won't be a nuisance. I have already spoken to Alberta and she said she will come to get Jill a little before her classes start so you won't be late for any of your classes." Alberta, or Ms. Petrov, was the preschool teacher that used to work here at St. Vladimir's. I nodded my head, agreeing to the plan. At times like this, I was so grateful for the help they've been giving me.
Though, the only thing wrong with this plan was that if this dude and I were to be seen talking to each other, he'd already have a bad reputation, and I didn't want to do that to anyone.
"Alright, the bell will ring any minute, so I suggest you two give your introductions and I will go do the daily announcements." We both nodded and the guy turned to face me.
"Hello, I'm Dimitri Belikov. It's nice to meet you." He had a deep voice that was lightly laced with a Russian accent, and his looks were godly. His brown eyes radiated with friendliness.
"Hi. I'm Rosemarie Hathaway, but I go by Rose. It's not nice to meet me." I shook his extended hand. I peered out the door but looked at him when I realized the coast was clear. "Let me get some things straight with you. I am a bullied nerd with bad reputation, so tomorrow get here on time so you won't have to be seen with me around anyone. You're new and I don't want your senior year to be awful, and being seen with me will just be the start of it." His eyes widened at me being so straightforward. "Get here on time." were the last things I said before exiting the room and out the front doors of the building.
