The Circus

Hurt

"NOW PRESENTING, YOUR FAVORITE CLOWN, ROSIE!" Yelled the ring master at the Loverise circus. Loverise is a small town. Not many people have heard of it. A 16 year old girl with black hair (the tips died blue ,) bright yellow eyes, black lipstick, a red clown nose, red and black eye makeup ran, and white contacts with star pupils came out from behind the curtain. She had a large smile on her face. As she looked around the crowd of about 300 people cheered and screamed with excitement. The girls name was Rosie. She was the mane act and the favorite of the circus. "Hello everyone!" She yelled. "Who would like to see a trick?" The crowd yelled telling Rosie to show them. Rosie grabbed a hat and pulled a rabbit out of the hat. The crowd cheered with glee. Rosie had thrown the hat into the crowd and a little girl caught it. Rosie was going to grab something for her next trick but started to feel dizzy. She tried to ignore it and go on with the trick. "Now for my next trick-" CRASH! Rosie had passed out in front of the crowd. When she woke up her partner Ky (who was also a clown) was there sitting next to her. "W-what happened?" She said. Ky was going to answer her but the ring master interrupted. "I'LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED! YOU PASSED OUT INFRONT OF 300 PEOPLE AND RUINED THE ACT AGAIN!" The ring master (Brian) had pulled out a ruler out of his pocket. "Give me your arm, clown." "Sir please it's not Rosie's fault that she passed out." Ky said trying to protect his girlfriend. Brian pushed them out of the way. "ROSIE. ARM! NOW!" Rosie sighed, held out her arm and pulled up her sleeve. Brian continuously hit her arm with the ruler until it bled then he left. Ky ran over to her. "Are you ok?" He said taking Rosie's arm and bandaging it. "I'm fine, it's not the first time he's done this." Rosie said holding her tears back. "GOD I FREAKING HATE HIM!" Ky yelled making Rosie flinch. Ky noticed the flinch. "I'm sorry babe I forgot..." Rosie had always been afraid of yelling and loud noises due to trauma. "it's fine." Ky finished bandaging Rosie's arm and they went to their room to sleep. Rosie lied awake thinking. "Hay Ky." "What?" "What if we just left. Ran and never looked back?" Ky sat up sleepily. "Baby you know we can't do that. We're clowns, we belong here." Rosie looked at the bandages on her arm. "Ya... I guess you're right..." The next day the circus was closed so everyone had a day off. Rosie had gotten up early and went to where the animals were kept. She had went over to the tiger that was apart of the circus. "Hay pancake." She said. The tiger went up to her and Rosie petted it. Rosie hugged it. "I love you to girl." She said to pancake as she pured then her and pancake sat down on the floor. "You know if Brian caches you in here he'll kill you." Said a familiar voice. It was Mia who was another clown there. She was 18 and had long pink hair, purple eyes, a pink clown nose, purple lipstick, and blue eye makeup. "Oh hay Mia. You're not going to tell him I'm here are you?" Mia chuckled "Of course not. Anyway what are you doing in here?" "I need someone to talk to but Ky was still asleep so." Mia sat down on the floor next to her. "You know you could have come and talked to me right?" "Ya, but I didn't want to bother you." Mia looked down and her focus shifted to Rosie's arm. "Did Brian get angry again?" She asked with a concerned look. "Ya.. but I'm okay!" Rosie said trying to hide her shaking voice. "MIA!!!!!" Yelled a voice from another room. "Sorry it's my brother. Imma go see what he wants. See you later.." then Mia walked off. "Ya see ya..." Rosie said as her eyes teard up.