Bodyguard's Heart

Chapter Eight: Lucy's Past

~ Lucienne POV ~

Rayne Caswell has given me so many memories in ways that I will never forget them.

When I lived in the streets, he seemed to be the only one there, the only one who protected me from all the other older children who wanted to pick on the weak. He taught me how to protect myself, he taught me how fight back.

He taught me my whole life.

But Rayne was also a person who gave me so much pain, so many bad memories. Someone who stripped me of all emotion, a person who turned me into an android for years.

He was confusing, but just one of many things in my life that had me struggling on who I really was. Was I just a peasant girl who stole food everyday or was a princess who had everything?

Damn, this is confusing.

- Fourteen years ago... -

I would say that most eight year olds weren't smart as I was. They wouldn't understand the terrible situation your whole family was in no matter who obvious it was.

My noble family plunged into debt. My father started gambling and got addicted while my mother was right behind him. Everyday Mommy and Daddy sent us to the castle to serve the royals even though we were nobles.

Later on, we got kicked out of luxury life style and into the poor sectors, but Penny being the influential person she was, she and Leon (who she favored more) got into the palace whenever they wanted. Mother and father always hated how I couldn't be like Penny, how graceful she was, how beautiful she was. Everyday, when my siblings left, my parents beat me and beat me.

I was upset. I was mad.

I wanted to make my parents approve of me, so I stole things. I got better at it; making my hands become more nimble and becoming faster so I could outrun shop owners who chased me with their brooms.

I made the mistake of not going my usual route. And it gave me a beating that I would never forget from kids that wanted to show their power.

As I lay there, I remember someone asking me if I was alright. I remember seeing the unconscious bodies of the older kids laying around me.

"Hey, are you alright?" I remember hearing a blue eyed, black haired boy asking over and over again.

And this black haired, blue eyed boy happened to be Rayne, my savior.

- Ten years ago... -

"Hurry up, Luce!" I heard Rayne call, his voice loud and clear. I grumbled as I walked out of the bathroom just getting done.

"I'm here, I'm here, Rainstorm," I sighed. At twelve years old, I was just starting middle school while Rayne was starting his first day of high school. I usually stayed at Rayne's house so I could avoid my family.

Rayne's mom and dad were like the parents I never had. They were always nice and caring even though they lived in the poor sectors.

"You better hurry, you two. You're going to be late," his mom smiled at us and we waved good bye.

Luckily the middle school and high school were right next to each other so Rayne could protect me.

Rayne was still teaching me how to protect myself from the older kids. He used be beat up all the time until he finally got the hang of fighting the streets and I was finally going to protect myself.

I loved Rayne just like I would Leon, if Leon actually paid attention to me. Rayne was like the brother I've never had; he protected me, he taught me, and he cared for me.