Barbie Transformation

Pathetic Girl who Cried Rape

Updating my 70th chapter at 8k :)

"Zero?" I ask and he turns to face me, "Yeah?"

"Remember when you said that you wanted to do psychology to prevent people going through what you did? What did you go through?" I ask timidly and tangle my fingers softly in his hair. Maria and Jasper have gone to bed, whilst I watch TV and Zero lies on the couch, head on my lap.

He sighs and looks up at the ceiling.

"I was in a bad place... Everyone around me thought I was a freak in highschool. I kind of was..." He ponders, looking up in a daze.

"Why were you a freak?" I ask gently, looking down at his beautiful features. His blue eyes glimmer from the warm fire's reflection and his soft, pink lips curl into a frown, "I had a mild case of Bipolar Disorder, nothing serious. But I had to take medication to control my emotions properly, and one day, Felix snooped in my bag and found them. He read the label and told everyone that I was a crazy freak." He recalls and then looks at me, sort of depressed.

Bipolar Disorder?

Oh my god, I had no idea.

"Are you ashamed of me?" Zero whispers painfully, causing my eyes to flicker to him quickly, "No! I don't care if you have a mild or a horrible case of Bipolar Disorder. It doesn't change my opinion of you, Zero. You're always going to be perfect in my eyes, okay?"

It's true what I say to him: my perception of Zero doesn't change. He could have every disorder in the world, but I'd still picture him as my knight in shining armour. He saved me when I was low in the dumps and showed me the light. And now my flower is blooming by his sunshine.

He offers me a ghost of a smile and says, "You're all I have, Emmerson. You mean so much to me." My heart swells at this sentence, I've never been told that by anybody. Not even Hunte- Don't ruin the moment, Emmerson.

"You aren't going to lose me, Zero." I smile and ruffle his hair up, causing him to grin a little.

After a few seconds pass, a thought crosses my mind "Why did you still hang out with Felix after he did that to you?" I ask in curiosity.

"I had nowhere else to go. Nobody else wanted me, you know? And then you came along..." He exclaims and examines me with such an expression that makes me blush. It's like he thinks I'm the most beautiful girl in the world.

Butterflies erupt in my tummy.

"Emmerson Rose?" Zero whispers, sitting up and facing me.

"Yes?" I whisper back, staring back into his mesmerising eyes.

"I...I,I think I love you." He blurts quickly, breathless. His face is contorted into fear.

Love?

Zero loves me? After all these years of living in a community where a Popularity means more than Loyalty and Love, I've finally found a person who is willing to experience what Love is instead of using me to increase their ranking. Not trying to brag or anything. Sunny, Carly... They didn't love me as their friend. They loved that I made them popular. Jayden loved the attention everyone gave us. Mother used me as an excuse for love because she didn't have any man in her life. Max gave up on love. James Moon, my biological father doesn't want to love me. Hunter let go of me and lost my love.

And here I am.

With somebody who respects me, adores me, loves me and wants me for me.

I don't think I've ever been happier in my lifetime. All of that heartbreak I've ever felt literally leaves me as I look at my new future. The past is passed and the present is now. I'm going to finally give myself a chance to express my love towards somebody. I'm going to take a risk; it's not like it will jeopardise my life or 'popularity'. Hell, I've already been through all that.