A Road to Happiness

Looking Back

Roses P.O.V

I sat there going through my old yearbooks. I was wondering where everything went wrong. Where I lost all my friends. That's when I came across the picture of Alex Collins. Alex and I somehow managed to get stuck in the same class every year until she moved away. I remember the first time we met in Kindergarten.

*Flash Back to Kindergarten*

We had been cutting out flowers to put on our earth day posters. I had gotten paired with Alex. I had asked her to cut out the stems for the flowers. When I looked over she was cutting her own hair. She looked up and did a weird half smile? I had never seen her smile before. While I had been distracted she had moved the scissors to my head she then cut off a piece of my hair.

"What why did you just do that!!" I screeched.

"Haha now we match," Alex said laughing . After that I did my best to avoid her at all costs.

~1st grade~

The next time I interacted with Alex was when we were on the playground.. when I walked by the monkey bars I hadn't really been paying attention. Alex had been swinging back and forth and kicked me in the face when I walked by. I fell down and felt something warm running down my face. She had kicked me right in the nose causing it to bleed. She just stood there laughing.

~2nd grade~

In second grade I had been wearing new white pants. I was being extra careful to avoid anywhere that would get them dirty. I walked along the wall thinking. I felt something hit me in the back. I looked down and was covered in sand.

"Hey Rose come over here!" of course it was Alex, yet again.

"What is wrong with you?! Cant you just get up and walk over here to get my attention like a normal person!?" I shouted.

"Nope. To much work."

"whatever!" I then left to go get myself cleaned up.

~3rd grade~

In third grade I was seated directly in-front off Alex. Today she had fallen asleep in Math and had her textbook propped up to make sure the teacher didn't notice. I was perfectly fine with it because now I wouldn't have to listen to her complain about the other kids wrong answers. Something hit me in the back hard. It was Alex's Math book and I silently glared at her.

~4th grade~

We were in the lunch room and I had always made a point to sit on the other side of the room away from Alex. She always sat with her friend Adam Evens. Something hit me in the face . when I looked down I saw it was a hotdog. There was only one person who could have thrown it. I looked over at Alex and saw her staring back at me and did a small wave. Of course it was Alex who threw it and of course it was me who got hit. No matter how much I tried to avoid her it seemed impossible and everyone still thought we were the best of friends.

~5th Grade~

In 5th grade Alex and I were in a class together yet again. Luckily I had managed to convince the teacher to seat me as far away from Alex as possible. This teacher was new and hadn't heard from other teachers we were friends which we weren't. Plus she thought Alex was a boy and she liked to keep the boys and girls separated. We were doing Math and the teacher had wrote a problem on the board.

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Some kid ,Peter I think, raised his hand and the teacher called on him, "Four!". he was wrong the answer was 26. I raised my hand to correct the mistake.

Alex stood up and yelled "No! You dumbass it's 26!" She then got up went to the board and worked started to work the problem.

I was so fed up with her and her attitude "JUST SHUTUP AND GO SIT DOWN ALEX!". Everyone was surprised by my outburst including me. I've never done anything like that I was normally very quiet and shy.

Adam who sat in the back was laughing yelled "Yeah listen to your girlfriend Alex!"

The entire class erupted into laughter. I shrunk down into my seat wishing I could just disappear. After a few minutes the teacher got the class back under control.

"Alex and Rose see me during recess you both have detention," the teacher said. During recess the teacher made us write 300 times I will not disrupt class when her back was turned Alex winked at me. When the rest of the class came back in they couldn't stop talking about me and Alex being a couple. I hated her more than ever.

~6th grade~

In 6th grade Alex and I got stuck together for everything, but that didn't mean I had to actually be her friend. Most of the time when we had to work together I just told her I'd do all the work and then tell her to sign her name. This time the teacher assigned an in class project. Alex was hanging out with Adam goofing off spinning my pencil she stole on her finger. I was nearly done with the essay and was about to start the poster. Peter had never forgiven Alex for calling him a dumbass, and because everyone was terrified because of her they resorted to making fun of me because he thought I was her girlfriend.

"Hey NERD! How about you come over here and do my work too!" It was Peter and his crew they had been saying things like that and worse all day. Something hit him and ricocheted off hitting me. It was my pencil.

"How about you shut the fuck up, and leave her alone," it was Alex."Rose? Are you ok?"

"I'm fine thank you," I said angrily. What she did would only make things worse. She shrugged , picked up the pencil and walked back to Adam.

"You're lucky your boyfriend was here," Peter hissed.

~7th grade~

On the first day of 7th grade Alex walked in and I noticed immediately she looked more feminine and had grown out her hair. When the teacher called Alex's name her voice was recognizable as female.

"OH MY GOD SHE'S A CHICK!" Peter yelled. "THAT MEANS HER AND ROSE ARE LESBIANS! OH THIS IS PERFECT YOU FREAKS!" Him and the entire class was laughing in response. I was on the verge of tears. This was all Alex's fault why couldn't she have just left me alone!

Alex stood up and grabbed peter by the front of his shirt, "If you don't shut the fuck up right now I will beat the shit out of you, asshole!"

After the first day anytime Alex wasn't there I would be made fun of and pushed around. Even the teachers bullied me. I had no one. Halfway through the year she moved away.

*End Flash Back*

That's when everything went to hell. The bullying ,the threats, the shame. my own family wanted nothing to do with me because of it. I had always wanted to stand up for myself but I was weak. After Alex had left and I had became friends with Adam ,but no one was scared of him like they were of Alex. While she got to leave and start over I was stuck here in my own personal Hell.

A/N

Well I hope you guys liked this it's not that great but just stick with me and it'll get better. The next chapter will have more of the other characters. yay! If there are and mistakes tell me!!