Pink rose story

(Luc) iana

I entered the new school with my new look. I catch the eye of a few people but I don’t pay attention to them as I make my way to the principal’s office to hand in my papers. I quickly leave, not having to meet with anyone to find my locker. I sit through my classes with one thing in mind, the soccer tryouts. I’m here for it this very year. It took me a year to put everything into action and now I cannot fail. I only have one chance at this. I rushed out my last class to get ready for the tryouts. I’m the first one on the court and look in awe. This school is known for their huge stadium and it’s all true. I rush to the middle of the court seeing the coach already giving his instructions. I perform the basic skills he’s asked for and unintentionally attract attention. The other guys look at me and I stop playing. The coach takes a few last notes and allows us to leave all except me. I look at him as he stares down at me. “New are we? What’s your name?“ “Luc“ I lied. He leans closer to me staring into my eyes. “Luc you were great. Be ready tomorrow it won’t be as easy.“ He tells me a little too close for my comfort. I lean back letting out a nervous laughter. “Sure coach“ I answered before running away. I change into my school outfit before running back home to meet my guardian. “How was it?“ She asks me. “Awesome except the coach seemed a little off about my performance.“ I told her. She shakes her head at me as I try to make a mess by putting my coats and school bag on the ground. “Get ready for supper“ She tells me as I pick up my vest and school bag.

Gracelynn

I watch my child go up the stairs terrified at what I’ve accepted her to do. By accepting to share her secret I have to face my own secret nightmare. Seeing her so happy will forever make me melt and do whatever she wants. I wipe my hands and serve her as she takes a seat to eat. I watch her eat only covered by her towel. “Otherwise did you make any friends?“ She looks at me, thinks for a second before shaking her head no at me. “Didn’t think one second about it.“ I laugh knowing her mind is only set on playing soccer for her last year of high school. I watch her eat until her adoptive parents call her. I turn around not wanting to break. “Hi mom! Yes school was great today.“ She says before putting her empty plate in the sink completely swayed away by what they are telling her. “No dad. No boys this years just like you said.“ She looks at me and breaks into laughter. I laugh as well as her laughter is contagious. I clean her plate, loving her silently. I could never have given everything she has. I sit in front of the television and let it play on mute while I grab a book to fall asleep reading. She wakes me up and smiles. I close the book and put it aside to walk into my bedroom to sleep. She shuts the television before going back to her bedroom. I sigh seeing the small uncomfortable bed I have to sleep on to be close to my own child yet never being able to tell her she’s mine and I love her. 

(Luc) iana

I walk silently by the group of boys that are participating in the tryouts. One of them stops me by standing in front of me. “Do you have a name newbie?“  I swallow my saliva and look into the eyes of a very tall guy. “Of course he does but he’s scared“ A guy says before they all start laughing. I take my chance as he’s distracted by his friends to run away. One more second in front of him and my makeup would’ve melted. I dry my face before stepping out of the singular washroom. I get to class on time and take my seat at the back to refrain from attracting attention to myself. My guardian walks in looking very uncomfortable. She motions for me to come out and I do so, shocking everyone. She starts panting. I brought her to the private washroom for her to calm down. She eventually tells me that I forgot my lunch and she didn’t want me to be hungry. I hug her gently and she leaves very shyly ignoring everyone. I watch her leave with the company car driver before putting my lunch in my locker. I got back in class to find we had just been handed a test. I quickly finish it before preparing my mind for the second tryouts. The teacher asks me for my test thinking I didn’t complete it but I shock him when I hand him my test completed. He clears his throat and starts to give us the outline of the day’s program. I listen as much as I can before applying myself to write out the outline of the homework giving myself more time to practice later.

Part 2

Luciana

I made the team as one of the best but couldn’t become the leader since I just came. I give my all in this practice because I really want to play our first game. The coach sends everyone on their way and I’m left alone with him again. I run to him thinking he’ll tell me something constructive or to improve upon  instead he smirks at me. “You remind me of someone I liked very much.´´ He says before forcefully kissing me. I pull on his ear for him to let go of me. I ran away from him and quickly took my bag to run home. I shut the door and found Gracelynn. I rush in my bedroom to cry, hating what just happened to me. I try to clean myself off but it feels like his lips are still on me. I cry under my covers until Gracelynn comes into my bedroom. I slowly stop crying as she gently caresses my back over the cover. I hug her, hiding my head on her chest. She feels safe and comforting to the point where I fall asleep.

Gracelynn wakes me up early like usual but she hands me my breakfast. “It’s the weekend. What do you think of going to an amusement park?´´ I smiled at her. “I’ll take that as a yes so be ready in an hour´´ She tells me before leaving me alone. I get ready and spend the best day at the amusement park. She even rides with me. I hug her before my parents call. I remember why I was sad but skip that part and tell them of my awesome day. For some reason they become angry and force me to hand the phone to speak with Gracelynn. I am sad knowing she is concealing her hurt as they are unhappy with her. I get in my study room and do my homework. She hands me the phone and I say my goodbye as I’m doing my homeworks. Gracelynn sends me the pictures we took earlier and I smile, sending her a thank you with a silly face. I hear her laugh from downstairs. I finish my homeworks and begin to study for the midterms. The next-day I woke up Gracelynn to go hiking at my favourite trail. We spend the day there until the sun sets. She makes me supper before cleaning the house. She hasn’t really eaten with me ever since I started going to high school. I finish my supper and she cleans my plate. I stay up to study a little more before falling asleep. 

I arrive at school and get a bad feeling. I feel nauseous all morning. It all comes crashing down when Gracelynn is escorted by my parents. I stop walking when one of the soccer members shows me my library card. “You’re a girl´´ He says disgustedly. I grab my card from him and run towards my parents. I try to speak but they don’t let me say a word and start grounding me. They fire Gracelynn in front of everyone and drag me away. She breaks into tears and I cry as well. She comes by a few hours later to pick up her things. I try to speak to her but she refuses. “It’s unfair. Please I forced her. If anyone should be punished it should be me.´´ I try to explain but no one listens to me. I take her luggage and Gracelynn looks at me. “Look I thought I could be good but I can’t because your parents are the best people to raise you so please Luciana don’t make this harder than it already is.´´ She tells me taking her luggage from me to walk away. I watch her walk away and close the front door.

They transfer me back to my old school where I am booked every period and am forced to ride in the limo after school. The boys have won all their games and I watch them online as they move up on the ladder to play in the regional finals. My hair has grown back very long since I haven’t been able to cut it short. My parents pull the covers off me, taking my phone away along with my earphones. I close my eyes and ignore them like I have for the past days. I haven’t been eating with them or needed a new guardian since I take part in nothing anymore. They’ll be gone for days and I can’t go anywhere without them being informed, so I don’t try. I do perform tricks in my study room to distract myself. I get a call from an anonymous number, I take the phone from the maid thinking it’s Gracelynn but I’m surprised by the boy who found out I was a girl. “Hey we have a player down. He got hurt pretty badly today and he won’t be able to play tomorrow during our final. Could you replace him?´´ I hesitate before answering. “Address´´ He gives me the address and I write it down on a piece of paper before calling Gracelynn. She picks up just as expectant of me but doesn’t sound excited to hear my voice. “Luciana you should really listen to your parents´´ I stay quiet. “Will you bring me or will you let me ride with a stranger to the game? ´´ She sighs at me. “I’ll drive you´´ She gives in. I get back to my bedroom with the paper and fall asleep ready for action. The next day I woke up, ate and got ready for my day. Gracelynn picked me up in her small car and drove me to the game. I guess the adrenaline I felt didn’t prepare me for the huge stadium and the crowd. The coach looks at me surprised and I stand away from him. He gives us the instructions and I get in position. I stretch before getting in position. The field is huge and I’ve lost some practice. I run as fast as I can with the ball until the opposing team forcefully trips me. I fall down unable to get up and they win. I’m rushed to a private room for my swelling ankle to be looked at. I scream when ice is applied on it. “I’m the mother, let me in right now!´´ I heard someone say. Gracelynn appears and I smile.“Are you my mom?´´ She laughs as I tear up in pain. “They wouldn’t let me in otherwise´´ She told me. We both tense up at the voice of my coach. “You’ll be alright it happens to the best of us´´ He says about to touch my leg when Gracelynn slaps his hand away. “She’s not yours don’t touch her´´ Gracelynn says with fear in her eyes. He caresses her face, making her tremble with fear. My parents walk in and he moves away from her. “Your daughter will…´´ The coach tries to speak but my parents ignore him forcing me away from Gracelynn. The guys try to say something but I am pulled away from them. I sit in the car with my swollen ankle right until we arrive at the family doctor. He looks at me and prescribes me a few pills. I am grounded, giving me more time to be haunted at what I witnessed earlier between the coach and Gracelynn. 

Part 3

Gracelynn

I need to come clean. I call for Luciana but get the response I feared. She’s missing. They were about to call the cops. I ask them for 3 hours to search on my side. But knowing the man he will call them and blame me. I drove to her favourite hiking trail to find her at the entrance. She hasn’t completely healed from her injury. She accepted to be brought home and we stayed quiet the entire ride home. I helped her inside the house where a police officer was questioning them. He looks at me and I nod at him. “I want that coach arrested, ” Luciana says angry and moves away from her parents. “Do whatever it takes because he’s a pedophile. He kissed me without my consent.´´ I broke into loud sobs. Everyone looks at me but I run out. With shaky hands I drive to his house. The door is opened and I find him passed out on his chair. I grab a knife from the kitchen ready to hurt him. The cop stops me and I break into tears. He walks me out the house. “Listen to me we can finally get him for what he’s done. Please listen, we can get him.´´ I break down in awful tears. I got back to the house to explain myself. “Luciana I’m sorry I told you. Your parents are the best people you could ever have, they’ll protect you and keep you safe. I’m no good for you´´ But I just couldn’t bring myself to tell her the truth. 

Luciana

I built the courage to call the cop who’s helped with the coach case. He answers his phone and I take a deep breath. “I found adoption papers and I want to know my real parents.´´ He sighs. “Meet me at the ice cream parlor in three hours´´ I hang up and get ready. I put the papers away before getting ready. My adoptive parents are away for work again so I slip out the house and get a ride from my new friend. “I’ll wait for you here´´ I look at Terek and nod. He became my friend when he illegally trespassed school property to let me know the team had won because they saw that my injury was done on purpose. He parks the car and gives me a thumbs up as I walk inside the meeting place. Gracelynn looks at me in a guilty manner sitting beside the officer. “I’m your mom´´ I looked at her shocked than at the police officer. “I’m not your dad´´ I frown. “Who is it?´´ she looks all of a sudden sick. “The coach´´ She answers in a whisper before covering her face. “You were put in that family so you could both be protected from him. But a few years later he moved to the same area.´´ My eyes widened. “He hurted you like he tried with me and you had me´´ I say realizing what she couldn’t tell me. She sobs loudly. I leave them rushing in Terek’ s car. “Drive please´´ “Where?´´  He asked me. “Anywhere´´ I answered him. We arrive at the field and he pulls out a soccer ball. I follow him out of the car and we play soccer for hours until we bump into each other. He holds me against him to keep me from falling and I look into his eyes. “You’re beautiful you know that´´ I smile with a blush, until my phone goes off in my pocket. I see my parents name appear and text them that I’d be on my way. Terek drove me home and we hugged goodnight. I entered the house and looked at them straight in the eyes as they grounded me again. I told them that I knew the truth and they became quiet. I told them I didn’t hate them but that I wanted to live with Gracelynn once I was done with school. To my surprise they accepted.

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