Once Upon A Bad Influence

"Why me?" I shouted, sobs following soon after as well as the harsh, uncontrollable, hiccups that I hated with a passion. "Why would you pick me?"

Alex sits in front of me, his legs crossed with neatly tucked hands. His eyes are wide and fearful, something I haven't been able to see. I always thought he wasn't afraid of anything, but now I notice something. Everyone has at least one fear. Even him. The rebellious mystery guy.

He stares at me for the longest time, hurt and pity fulfilling them. When he doesn't reply, I continue, "I'm boring, ugly, selfish, stupid, ignorant, annoying-"

"You are not any of those things, Rose!" he suddenly explodes, the anger in his eyes burning like fire. "You're funny, selfless, caring, smart, and honestly, the most beautiful girl I had ever laid eyes on." I look down, the tears staining my face. "You are just like HIM. HE used to say those things. I believed HIM. Until HE hurt me. HE hurt me, Alex. And that's exactly what YOU'LL do!"

The last words I said to him before I walked out the door was, "I hate you."

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rosalie Storm has always been alone in her mind. She never came out of the house, other than to go to school. She stayed at home, rotting like a dead corpse for hours at a time. All thanks to that one devastating secret that scarred her from ever doing anything she ever dreamed of. She was captive in a cage of no hope. A cage of depression and desperation. When Alex Carter, the mystery guy, offers her a chance to live, she willingly takes it without another thought. But is this rebellious faze the best thing for her? Even if she risks her life everyday doing so? Well.. Once Upon A Bad Influence.. (Cover By Jenny20)