Disclaimer: Read the Prologue for it. = P
Blablabla = song [Concrete Angel by Martina McBride]
Warning: Major angst for everyone
This takes place when the turtles are 12.
'Dreams can give wings, but if enough is enough, then they can be the gateway to eternity' --My own quote (you'll understand later.)
Many thanks to those who reviewed. I will update most of my stories as soon as I can. Right now, I need a break.
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Leo ran across the silent park of New York, searching for the place where he had agreed to meet Rebecca.
And as he turned on a corner, he saw her. Rebecca was sitting on the same bench, under the light she had been sitting on yesterday.
"Hey!" Leo called out, slowing to a walk.
Rebecca, who was wearing the same thing as yesterday, turned around and smiled at him. "Hey Leo!" She called back. "I wondered when you'd be showing up!"
"Sorry. I kinda got into another fight with my brothers and Sensei sort-of had to punish us for that."
"Ouch. I'm sorry."
"Nah. It's okay." Leo replied, sitting down beside Rebecca. "So, how are you?"
Rebecca smiled. "I'm fine...my parents were too drunk to abuse me today, so I got to sneak out early."
"That's great!"
Rebecca smiled a happy, but a secretive smile. Leo didn't notice.
"Wow! The sky's so pretty tonight!" He whispered looking up at the night sky.
Rebecca nodded. Then she turned towards Leo. "Do you know how to dance?"
"What?"
Rebecca laughed. "Do you know how to dance?" She repeated. Leo scratched his head. "Umm...no...sorry." He replied sheepishly.
Rebecca giggled. "That's okay. I'll teach you!"
Leo looked confused as Rebecca reached beside her and took out a mini-cd player.
"I kinda had to sneak this from home, but my parents won't care." She explained, turning it on. Then she held out her hand as an invitation.
Leo hesitated for a second, before taking it.
Both of them jumped down from the bench and moved a bit further away from it as music began to play.
She walks to school with the lunch she packed,
Rebecca smiled as she took Leo's other hand. "I love this song." She whispered. "It fits me so much!" [Hint, Hint]
Nobody knows what she's holding back,
Both she and Leo began to do a slow waltz (I think that's the dance when you twirl round and round, right?). Rebecca was doing the waltz in a graceful manner, and Leo trying to mimic her moves.
Wearing the same dress she wore yesterday,
She hides the bruises with the linen and lace.
Leo began to get the moves of the dance. He smiled.
The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask,
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask,
Rebecca caught his eyes and smiled as well.
Bearing the burden of a secret storm,
Sometimes she wishes she was never born.
"It's a very pretty song." Leo said.
Through the wind and the rain she stands hard as a stone,
In a world that she can't rise above,
"Yeah." Rebecca answered.
But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place where she's
loved,
Concrete Angel.
Rebecca smiled a sad smile at the last line, before twirling again.
Somebody cries in the middle of the night,
The neighbors hear but they turn out their light,
"What's wrong?" Rebecca asked to Leo. He had a faraway look in his eyes.
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate,
When mornin' comes it'll be too late.
"Nothing. I'm just thinking." Leo answered, stopping the dance. Rebecca stopped as well.
Through the wind and the rain she stands hard as a stone,
In a world that she can't rise above,
But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place where she's
loved,
Concrete Angel.
Leo finally couldn't take it anymore. "I'm sorry!" He blurred out. Rebecca looked at him in surprise before she understood.
A statue stands in a shaded place,
An angel girl with an upturned face,
"It's okay. I'm fine. I'm really glad that I've met you. Yesterday and today have been great!" She said. Leo looked at her. "Really?"
"Really."
"I'm glad."
A name is written on a polished rock,
A broken heart that the world forgot.
Through the wind and the rain she stands hard as a stone,
In a world that she can't rise above,
But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place where she's
loved,
Concrete Angel......
Rebecca smiled and plopped down onto the grass. Leo plopped down beside her.
"Are you okay?"
Leo looked at her surprised. "Huh?"
"You've got a troubled look on you again. Something's troubling you and it's not me."
Leo laughed. "Oh! It's nothing."
Rebecca sat up and glared at him.
"Okay! Okay! Maybe it isn't nothing." Leo answered smiling. Rebecca dropped her glare and quietly asked, "It's your family, isn't it?"
Leo flinched. "Yeah. Remember what I told you yesterday?"
Rebecca nodded.
"Well, it's been going on like that for the past few months. And since I'm the elder brother, I'm expected to take care of my family. Now don't get me wrong, I'm fine with that..." Leo quickly added. "I mean...Sensei spends most of his time either teaching us or looking for food. And well...he doesn't really have time to play with us or put us to bed or stuff like that."
Rebecca nodded again to show she understood.
"And, well, I'm sort-of expected to do all that. I mean, to entertain my little brothers, put them to bed, make sure they don't do anything stupid, and at the same time make sure to do all the house-hold chores. Mine, since I'm the eldest, I am usually expected to do the laundry (well, when there is any) and make the food, for Sensei isn't usually home in time to do that. Plus I have to make sure we all do our daily training and stuff, make sure all chores get done properly, break up any fights between us, chase after my brothers when they sneak off. And well, the next thing I know is that it's time for bed. And I got nothing that I wanted to do on my own, done.
"But now, my brothers have taken the bad habit of running off when chores are needed to be done, leaving me to do them. Because if they don't get done by the time Sensei arrives home, he'll blame me for not disciplining them enough and give me extra chores to do. I mean, I maybe the eldest, but I'm also expected to be perfect in everything!"
Rebecca winced. "Ouch. Must be tiring."
Leo nodded. "Real tiring."
Rebecca gave him a sympathetic look. "Looks to me like you're being mentally abused."
Leo looked at her. "What's that?"
"Mentally abused is like being emotionally abused. You know, when people expect too much of you, and force you to try to reach goals that are impossible. Like being perfect. No one can be perfect!"
Leo scratched his head. "Nah. I don't think Sensei would do that to me! I'm just being overly sensitive!"
Rebecca shook her head. "No. I don't think so."
Leo glared at her. "Sensei would NEVER abuse us!" He yelled, making Rebecca wince. "Whoops. Sorry Rebecca. I guess I just got a little angry. Didn't mean to yell like that..."
Rebecca smiled a small smile. "Nah. It's okay."
Leo smiled in relief and looked up at the sky. "Sorry Rebecca, but I've got to go. But I'll be back tomorrow 'kay?"
Rebecca nodded happily. "Same place, same time?"
Leo nodded, before running off.
When he was out of hearing distance, Rebecca's happy smile turned into a frown. "Whatever you say Leonardo. I still believe that you are being emotionally abused. No matter what you say, that is the solid truth. And nobody should be abused. Especially not a good-hearted person like you, Leonardo."
Rebecca sighed, looking up at the stars.
"Just bear with them a little longer, Leonardo. It'll be over soon."
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O.O
That girl's creepy.
Everyone: nod.
If anyone's wondering if Emotional Abuse exists, well, it does. I read it in many books and it's all there. Also, I know it for a fact, because I get Emotionally Abused by my parents. Oh, well. Life goes on.
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