One Rose for Roze

A rose: any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa. Now a new gene was added to a normal rose and it is now poisonous. A Roze: A 15 year old girl who is lonely and depressed. A blue eyed, brown hair, normal height girl who is clueless about a boy named Cody.
It was an average day and Roze was once again philegmatic. She was just another kid going to high school. Her mother and father were separated, she hadn’t seen her dad sense she was 3, and her mother was in an asylum. She lived with a foster family because she never knew her godparents. They lived in a place called Bluestone. It was cold and snowy and almost February. Even for the temperature the new type of rose was out and it was the most beautiful sight because of its genes it was around all year and it was the most beautiful flower, yet the most deadly.
It was Monday and just about every kid could concur that they hated Mondays. Her school was pretty big with about 800 kids in it ranging from 9th to 12th grade. And a lot of those kids were malefactors. They teased and hurt many kids but the most favorite girl to pick on was Roze. She was teased about how she looked and the way she acted. And just about every day they had something new to say to her. Roze tried her best to rebuff them but sometimes it was harder than others. And this was part of the reason she was morose.
Everyday was the same for Roze. She would wake up lethargic and end up thinking to herself why do I even bother; it’s the same thing every morning. Then she would get dressed and grab something, anything she found to eat and left for school. At school she was laconic and everyone around her would begin to talk about her behind her back. And she would hear some of it and think to herself again don’t they have anything better to do then bother me! Even the teachers thought she was vapid.
Days passed by and soon it was February. She loathed this month the most. Mostly because she hated how all these people had someone to love and she never did. And people always provoked her more during this time because she was so lonely. On the 14th some people would pass by her saying “Where is your boyfriend this time?” or “You see that guy over there he told me he loves you so why don’t you go over and tell him how you feel?” This just got Roze madder each time. And there was always this one guy who had his eye on her which made her to think that he was planning on saying something mean too.
On that day she was more doleful than normal. She tried to ignore all the comments she got and couldn’t wait for the day to be over with. By lunch that very eccentric boy who watched her each year was doing it again. She just ignored him too but after lunch she found in her locker a rose. The most beautiful, redolent rose she had ever seen. She wished it was from someone who was real and that it was not a joke. And just in case she decided it would be best to just throw it away. But as she turned around he was right there.
It was the boy who watched her each year. And his name was Cody. He was tall, blond hair and blue eyed. Roze couldn’t help but to stare because she couldn’t believe it. It must be him; why else would he be here? She thought as she was just about touching his blue button up shirt he had on. Then he started to smile and by the look it looked like he was about to speak.
“It was me.” He said flat out.
“Really? I mean why did you buy such a beautiful rose to just waste it?” She said kind of upset.
“I didn’t waste it because I got it for you. I have been watching you, and had liked you for a while ever sense we were in the same class in the 6th grade. I just have been too scared to say something.” He said smiling and proudly.
“Wow….I can’t believe it, I mean like someone who actually likes me. I don’t understand...”
Cody cut her off by asking “Would you be my valentine?”
She had not been so happy in her life that without pause she said “Yes!”
By the end of the day it had gotten around the school and everyone was talking about it. After school she waited to see him, they planned to go hang out at her house and she told him about a special spot that she loved to go and wanted to show him. She had told him where it was but just in case he wouldn’t be able to find it she was going to walk with him there. She had the biggest smile on sense after lunch and all the other kids were freaked out to see her smiling.
As she waited by the front door his friend Matt showed up. He was giving her a message from Cody.
“Cody has to stay after to make up a test so he will meet you after.” Matt said.
“Ok then thank you for telling me.” Roze said with a smile.
Matt decided he wanted to get to know a bit more about her so he stayed to talk.
“So Cody had said many things about you and one thing I know is that he likes you a lot.” Matt said.
But then those certain words popped into her head. She had heard them before. When other kids played around they would say sardonically that some guy liked her and all and then madness came over her.
“You’re just like the rest of them! I should have known it! You are all jerks!!” she yelled as tears filled her eyes and she started to run.
Matt was completely confused and figured that it was a really bad thing. Something he said made her think the wrong way. He went off to find Cody to tell him so he could fix it before something really bad happened. When he did find Cody he was in the middle of the test so he had to wait. As Matt was waiting Roze was on her way to the special place she loved to go to get away. She had the rose he had given her in her right hand and she griped it very hard and blood dripped from the thorns that pierced her hand.
The sun was setting as she sat down in the open field and she could see the moon and stars. She knew what type of rose it was and she made up her mind as she thought that that was so truculent and she was so mad and upset. She didn’t want to go through any more of the cruelty that people gave her and she never wanted to hurt anymore and the heartbroken feeling was just too much. She gave one more look back to see someone running toward her but she didn’t care even if it was Cody for all she knew he was just going to make it worse so she quickly plucked off one very soft rose petal and placed it in her mouth as the very odd taste was strong she swallowed and could feel the poison right away. And as she laid down Cody had got there to see what has happened. His eyes filled with tears then rushed by her side to tell her before she left to a better place
“I love you Roze, it wasn’t a joke, you misunderstood and I sorry for all that people did, but I finally got you and now you’re leaving me.” He had said it with all his might trying to fight back the tears.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t know but from what people have always done to me I just couldn’t trust you and I wanted it to all end, but before I go there is one last thing I want you to know….I thank you so much for giving me the happiest day of my life even if it was for a couple hours you will always be I my heart.” She said with a whisper as she was slowly slipping away under the stars.
He couldn’t live knowing that he finally got the one he loved and then she had died. It was from all the people who were mean and from the ones who never helped. Too bad they never thought of what would happen from their hurtful words. He decided he wanted to still be with her so he took the rose from her hand ever so gently and took a petal off so he could meet the same fate that Roze had given herself. He laid next to her as the moon and stars slipped away into a blur. And now she was finally in a better place with someone who loved her too.