Uncovering History: Turn Of A Rose

Chapter one

I grabbed my bag and headed out of the classroom. Walked down to the end of the hall to my last class of the day, study hall with couch Lared. He's our football coach as well so we call him coach. walking quietly and fastly so I don't get hit by any jock horseplaying between classes I made it to my set. first one as always.

             I pulled my bag off my shoulder and took out my book. only got an hour before I have to work and I'm almost done with the last chapter. It's called Enchanted. I've read this book over a thousand times. I just love the ending, being and middle. my favorite part is when she gets to stay with her prince and they get married.

Then I felt someone sit beside me. I look up to see my best friend Lotty.

"Rosey!" Lotty says

"Hey!, Girl whats up?" I asked looking down at my book.

"nothing much," She says, Then I heard her gasp. "Rosey look! it's him"

I looked up to see Ronnie Sullivan, the baseball pro. not only is he good on the field but he has a good looking face. at least that's what everyone else says. Iris is convented he's head over heels for me. But I'm not Interested in him. I mean yeah he's cute but not my type. she started hitting my leg with her hand under the table as Ronnie made his way over to us.

"Hey lotty, whats up Rosey," he says looking at me.

"nothing," I say shrugging my shoulder as I grabbing Lotty's hand so she doesn't hit me anymore.

"Hey, Ronnie " Lotty smiles at him. see every girl is like head over heels for Ronnie. And I just don't know, I mean why would he want me when he can literary have any girl he wanted. He's also a little stuck in his own head.

"Rosey put your book down, you read it about a thousand times already" she whined grabbing my book and starting to pull it out of my hands.

"Lotty!" I say thou grinned teeth. "Please! let go of my book!" I asked. Her eyes widen and her hands let go of my book."Thank you" I say "I'd like to finish it by the end of the class," I say leaning back in my chair.

A few pages later, I reached the end of the book.

"Finally done" I sign right as the bell rang.

Lotty looked at me with a glare as she packed her bag up. "Lotty I'm sorry," I say as I grab my bag and put it on the desk. "Lotty!"

"Sorry for what Rosey," She says in a hushed tone. "When are you gonna grow up and realize there's more to life than just reading the same book over and over again."

"Lotty..I...I"

she cut me off. "No! save it Gypsy" she says and walked off.

possibly just lost my best friend. i can't believe she uses my first name Gypsy. no one calls me that anymore besides my mother. I've always gone by Rosey. It's weird hearing it from someone other than my mother.

I zipped up my bag and walked out of class. where I met Lotty in the hall.

"Are you still going to the game tomorrow night?" She asked.

I nodded "are you still coming with me," I asked and she nodded. "okay, pick you up about six" she nodded again. "see you then"

"see you then Rose," she says as she turns and walks away.

I turned my way and walked out of the door. I decided to walk home instead of taking the bus. it'd be a good chance to clear my head and think about things. I have been in this school district all my life and the only friend that I have been able to keep is Lotty. I've always been shy due to my different color eyes and my taste in music. But she's always been there for me when I needed her the most. Like when I lost my father a few years ago. she was right there with me every step of the way. I was really close to my father. I used to help him make, table, book shaves for mom and fix cars. My dad loved building/fixing things. loved making home made tables and restoring cars or trucks, pretty much anything with wheels. I would go everywhere with him. did everything with him. when he died, I didn't know what to do, if it wasn't for lotty I possibly would be just like my mother. shes so lost that she hardly comes home. I never know where she is anymore. I mean she calls me from time to time and often comes by to check up on me. But it's not the same. I mean I'm used to being alone. Its crazy but I don't have to worry about trying to please anyone or hurting them.

I got to my house, open the door and walked straight to my room, laid my bag down on my bed without turning on the light and walked back out. I went into the kitchen where I found a note on the Refrigerator.

"Rosey,

I made some mash taters, gravy, and some fried chicken just the way you like it.  I left a plate in the microwave to heat up. I will be back later, I have something I want to share if you, figure its about time. I miss you and will be home when you come home from work. I love you Baby Girl.

love your, momma"

"Okay," I say laying the note on the counter and walked over to the microwave that's on the opposite side of the refrigerator by the sink. I set it for a minute and thirty seconds.

As the microwave turned on I walk back to my room. As I opened the door I notice a light glowing from my bag. The glow was worried wasn't what I've seen before. "What the Jesus," I say walking over to my bed. My book 'Enchanted' was just laying there on my pillow. it was open or anything but glowing. it freaked me out a bit because i know I didn't take anything out of my bag. I looked around my room. "Who's in here" I called out. I reached for the screech to turned on my light witch just flickered and went out. "Shit," I say. "well here's go nothing," I say leaning over my bed and reached out my head to grabbed the book when it shoots across the room.

My heart started beating harder, it felt like it was gonna explode out of my chest. I walked over to the other side of my bed. The glowing book was laying open on its back. I reached out both hands so if it tried to get away from me, I could still get a hold of it. when I touch the book it didn't shoot across the room like it did before. The pages just started flipping, until it got the end of the story. as the pages turned there was a gold bell outline behind the words, on every page, I've never seen this before. it got to the blank page before the back cover. words started to appear. It's not in my mom's handwriting.

"My Dear Child,

I love you, my sweet little girl, I hate leaving you like this, but there nothing else I can do, I want you to have a better life. I don't want you to see the things I've seen and gone thru what I've had going thou. Maybe 17 years from now, I will see you again! but only a tale as old as time will bring us together.

Your father and I love you Gypsy Rose Kingson.

love Your mother Bell and Father Beast."

"what," I say rereading the later again. 'your mother bell' it kept repeating in my head. my mother bell? my mother is named Ellen I've never heard of anyone called Bell. As my eyes moved down the end of the letter 'but only a tale as old as time will bring us together'

what does this mean!!?? it felt like the room started to spend. my knees grow weak and my head started to hurt. I held the book against my chest until I felt my knees give out amd I went crashing down to the ground. Then everything went black.