Stone Cold Heart

♡ Chapter 1 ♡

2 years ago,
Some people who have stone-cold hearts weren't always this way. Well, not me. That all changed when I married Scott Hughes three years ago. But let me tell you things aren't always what it seems and it hasn't been since an event happened that caused him to be aggressive and possessive. He was not always like this. When we first met, he was prince charming, but that all changed when his true colors started to show which turned him into a monster. I should've walked away when I had the chance ten years ago that he is like this. He says doesn't mean to hurt me; I want to believe it but I just can't. But I love him too much to see him go. I don't want him to leave me stranded like my father did when I was only five. Besides all this chaos my favorite moment was when we first met, back on February 30th, 2012, my junior year of high school. Back then he did make me feel like a princess.

It was two weeks before my sixteenth birthday. I was with my friend Chassidy at lunch, working on my homework and studying because I had midterms soon and I didn't want my mom to be on my ass about my grades. He came out of nowhere from a different table and sat next to me.
"Hola chica, whatcha doing?" he asked.
"None of your concern," I said rejecting his flirt.
"Rude"
"Look I know who you are and I know what you do," I said smartly after I slammed my pencil onto my book.
"Oh, you say?" he said sliding over to my side, bumping my hip. I put my pencil down yet again and pushed him away from me. "My friends tell me about you, you're a player"
"Well you can be the one to judge"
"No thanks, I don't want a player"
"Come on Mami, how about I take you to my junior prom and prove to you that I can treat you like a princess"
"Don't call me that" I said rejecting the "new nickname". In which I would know that in a few months that will be my nickname for him. This boy was so stubborn and didn't want to give up at all so I finally said "I'll tell you what, I'll think about it"
The next day I saw him at the school park playing basketball with his friends. When he saw me glance at him, he stopped playing and gave me a little cute smirk while waving at me. I hid my smile behind my Physics book. He almost got hit with the ball from not paying attention to the game. I giggled at his goofiness. On prom night he came to my house. When my mom opened the door, that dashing 5'11, Scott Hughes with a rose in his hands. I tried not to squeal at the deep bass in his voice. "Hello ma'am is Marie Martinez there?" he asked my mom.
"Marie you have a prince charming at the door" Mom then responded. "Mother" I whined as I came to the door and she gave me that 'be safe' look. When I looked up at Scott, my eyes scanned his body. Mom wasn't kidding. He looked so dashing. He had a black and red velvet outfit on, that same colors that matched my knee-length dress and high heels. The suit made his crystal blue eyes pop and his slicked-back dark brown hair match.
He flashed his smile at me while giving me the red rose. I blushed at his gentleman-like behavior. Before heading out, he grabbed my hand and put the red roses wristband on me, then kissed the surface of my hand. I was in awe. It almost felt too good to be true. Mom asked if we can take a picture. She and dad took three or four, then we headed out to the prom that was nowhere near the school. We were escorted to his prom, in a beautiful limousine. The theme was Great Gatsby so many people had the typical costume, but Scott and I wanted to make it a little modern. When we got there, there were drapes on the entrance. We were greeted by my reading teacher; she did the search for drugs or anything like that. Scott paid for the admission it was about $60 for each person, he sorts of forgot to pay for the tickets so he just paid at the door and we got checked then got passed through. When we got the pass to go in, I saw some of the 10th graders I knew, then I saw my best friends, Jess and Chassidy there with their boyfriends. I gave them a hug and I asked them who were they with Chassidy had her friend Rocco, who later after high school became her baby dad.
Chassidy had her boyfriend Nico. They were shocked to see that I was with the one guy, she knew I didn't like.

Then because these heels were killing me, I took them off and sat down at one of the tables. Scott offered to go get me juice and chips. Fifteen minutes after enjoying the snack we went to the dance floor once again. He grabbed my hand to invite me to slow dance with him. I got up from my seat and he led me to the dance floor where he held me close to him by wrapping his arms around my waist. I hooked my hands to his strong broad shoulders and focused on his eyes as he looked into mine. We danced to "Endless Love" by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross. It felt over his. We looked at the camera and smiled.
Later in the night, it was time to announce prom king and queen, it was Scott and the School captain of the cheerleading squad, Melonie. When I saw him up there with her getting their crowns, I was a bit jealous. I walked out of the dance room and while I was going to the bathroom to sit there and cry because I thought my night was ruined, I felt a hand grab mine. I jerked back and saw Scott. He asked out of breath "Why did you leave?"
"Look Scott I don't deserve you"
"Why not?"
"Look at me! Do I look like a type of girl that would be with someone like you?!" I didn't even realize that I was crying, I knew that my mascara was going to be printed on my cheeks.
He lifted up my chin so my eyes met his. He wiped off the tears on my face with the crease of his thumb and said "Please don't cry... I don't like her, why are you jealous?"
"I'm sorry, it's just that I couldn't see you dancing with her"
"I wasn't going to actually I was going to dance with you, dee I'm sorry I upset you...I didn't mean it"
He took off his crown and put it in my head and said "You are my princess, and I say you are my prom queen" That's when we danced to the music that was heard from the distance. When I looked into his eyes, I felt a spark between us. This giddiness was forming in my stomach. This was something new to me and I loved it. Later that night when we got home, he walked me to my front door and said "Good night Marie"
Just like in the movies, he gave me a kiss goodnight. But this one lasted a bit longer than that. As I wrapped my arms around his neck, I came closer to him. I would say, that those five seconds on cloud nine was one of the best moments of my teenage years. I just knew that from that moment when our lips touched for the first time, it was the beginning of something beautiful for both of us.