Hidden Love

Chapter 1: Roses must bloom

             Rose is a young girl at the age 14. She has brown hair and hazel eyes. She attends Willow High with her best friend Derek. They met in 1st grade, and wow was it such a interesting way for them to meet. You see, Rose was picked on when she was smaller. She was very shy and believed everything she got was what she deserved, which was not at all true. Candice, Delilah and some other girls threw food in Rose's hair and pushed her down. They were about to beat her when Derek ran in between them and stood up for her. "Hey! Leave her alone!" Derek had shouted in their faces. They laughed at him and shoved him. "Why are you protecting this dork?" Derek looked at Rose and did a half smile. "Maybe I want to be the one to hurt her." The girls fell down laughing so hard. "OK, whatever.." they walked away and left Rose and Derek alone. He helped her up and they began talking. Since then, they were really good friends and they stood up for each other. During 8th grade, Rose began having feelings for him. She looked at him differently and scared herself. It was the the day of culmination but she still didn't have the guts to tell him. She thought of herself as a coward. It was the first day of high school. She was intimidated by all the other students that were so much taller than her. It was okay though, Derek was right by her side. Rose looked at her roster and frowned. "What's wrong?" Derek asked looking puzzled. Rose looked up at him and gave him her paper. "I don't know where any of these classes are, and the bell will ring soon." Derek looked at the class numbers and shrugged giving the paper back. "I think we have the same classes, c'mon let's look for them." He began speed walking leaving Rose a bit behind. She giggled and ran to his side, "Do you even know where we are going?" Derek smiled and grabbed her hand. "No, but i'm looking!" He ran down the hall and took a right. Rose ran behind him, trying not to loose grip of his hand. Rose put one foot in front of the other until she spotted her class. "Wait!" She shouted. Derek stopped running. "What is it?" Rose pointed to a door. "Room 210, here is our class. We almost missed it because of you!"  Rose laughed and gently punched Derek. He laughed and they both walked into class. As soon as they did, the bell rang. All the students were staring at them. Rose gulped and searched the room for an empty seat. "Sit down." Ms.Coronell said. She was their science teacher. Rose nodded and quickly sat down in a seat 3 rows behind the teacher's desk. Derek sat in a chair 4 chairs away from Rose. She turned around to face him and smiled. He looked at her and smiled back. "hello, i am Ms.Coronell as you should know. I will be your teacher for the year. Please don't make my year miserable." Rose thought to herself, What a great way to start the day She rolled her eyes and sighed. She looked back at Derek and saw a girl whispering to him. Derek smiled slightly and continued the conversation. "Ms.Hernandez and Mr.Garcia! Anything you would like to share with the class?" Derek and the girl shook their head to the side frantically. "Then shut your mouths and complete the assignment on the board!" Ms.Coronell shouted at them. Rose looked shock but closed her mouth and looked forward again. She opened her book to page 236 and began reading. This is going to be a long day.. She thought.