text: Sucen Rodriguez A Thorn On A Rose The Series 
   
   
     
     
  Prologue:  
  Have you ever been hurt? What if there was something about you, something you couldn't accept or live with? What would you do? For Rose the options were slim. The hatred she feels, the anger and resent, eat away at her within every minute of everyday. The truth, to her, was unbearable. Sometimes she wondered why she was born like this. Maybe it's true, maybe the truth does hurt... 
  As Rose layed on her bed sleeping, under her eyelids she could feel a bright light coming through. The sun had woken her. She hated mornings but she had to wake up, it was the last day of school. She stood up and walked towards her mirror. She touched her face as if she didn't like what she saw. Rose was beautiful indeed. With light brown eyes, long brown hair, and lips so full and as pink as a flowers petals, such true beauty. But Rose didn't see that. What she saw was pure ugliness. She didn't think she was as fair or as good as the next girl. Having been bullied when she was younger, makes her believe what she believes today. 
  Rose looked at the clock on top of her dresser drawer. "Ugh, it's 7:30 a.m., I'm going to be late if I don't hurry up." She grabbed her towel and rushed in the shower. A couple minutes later, she came out and combed her wet hair. Then rummaged through her clothes to find what to wear. She picked out her favourite pair of skinny jeans, some black flats, and a fitted white shirt. She looked in the full body mirror and loved the way her figure looked in those clothes. Rose was thick in all the right places. That's probably one of the things she loves most about herself. She then brushed her hair into a cute ponytail and applied some lip gloss to her lips.  
  As she walked downstairs, she could hear it. Her parents were arguing again. You would think that a fifteen year old would get used to it but she didn't enjoy the fact that their arguing was because of her. " You should have never put her at that school!", her father yelled. "You know what, the only reason she is the way she is, is because you are so over-protective! You were the same with your sister when you were younger and what did she end up doing? She sneaked around, got herself mixed up with drugs, and got pregnant at a young age. Is that what you want for Rose?!" Rose closed her eyes. She hated being the reason behind this war. She grabbed her bag and ran out the door without being noticed. 
   As she walked to school, flashbacks rushed into her mind. The first time she had gotten herself into trouble with her father was when she snuck her boyfriend into the house. 'Rose reached for her phone that layed on her bed and texted her boyfriend, Trey. "Meet me at my house, I wanna hang out." Five minutes later, her boyfriend came knocking at her door. She reached for the knob, turned it, and as the door opened, she saw no one there. She was puzzled and poked her head out, getting scared when her boyfriend jumped out in front of her. "Are you crazy?My heart is beating so fast!" "Then I guess I scared you good", her boyfriend said with a flirtatious smile. He leaned forward and kissed her lips. Rose felt as if she were on cloud nine. Everytime he kisses her, it's like time stops and her heart dances and skips a beat. She invited him in and he looked around with curious eyes. Then he looked at her and smiled as if approving on her decour. They sat down on her bed and he placed his hand on her thigh. Rose felt uncomfortable. She looked down and gave him a wry smile. Trey then leaned over and kissed her lips passionately. To her it seemed as though time flew by. She remembered he had gotten there at 6:30 p.m. and it was now 7:50 p.m. All they did was talk for the most part but then all hell broke loose. Her father walked in and saw them kissing. 
   The following things that happened scared every cell inside of her. A rage came over her father. His eyes were so red with anger, that she thought she had seen the devil inside of them. He started yelling at Trey. Trey ran through that door so fast, that it seemed as though he left withing a half blink of an eye. Her father's eyes were fixed on the direction Trey had left. Soon enough, his angry piercing eyes were fixed on her. He walked towards her as if he were a cheetah ready to attack its prey. Rose was now hyper-ventilating, her chest felt tight, like her body couldn't take the fear her heart felt. He placed his hand on her neck gripping it hard. He slammed her on the wall and hot tears ran down her face. "What were you thinking? Huh? Look at me when I speak to you!" She opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out. It's as if her words were scared of her father's booming ones. He smacked her so many times that she couldn't feel the tears running down. It hurt. 
   
   
   Publication Date: August 9th 2011 https://www.bookrix.com/-sucen13