Bleeding Hearts

History of a broken heart

Isabella was just your average Midwestern girl, she lived in a small town on a farm where she helped her mother in the kitchen and her father on the farm. Life was good in the small town for her, she loved school and got all A's in all her classes. The dark haired blue eyes beautiful 16 year old girl had it all or so she thought. Just weeks before she was to return to school her parents were killed in a horrible fire that also claimed the family home. Devastated Isabella was then tossed into the arms of her uncle who was a raging alcoholic and ex U.S Army Sargent , he had lost his leg in service of the country and with that he lost his will to live and his humanity. Uncle Hank didn’t want Isabella and she sure as hell didn’t want to live with him.

When Isabella returned to school it was a different school in a different state and she was a different girl, her grades dropped and dropped until she was barely passing and no one cared, not even her uncle who only used her as a house slave and punching bag when his alcohol didn’t numb his pain enough. This high-school was bigger than any school he had ever been in before, she was lost in this new town and was not interested in making friends, she gave up, then Keith walked into her life only to show her just how unfair life really could be.

Keith was trouble and a year older than Isabella, he skipped many classes and was failing for it, he should have been prepared for graduation that year but he had no intention on it and in fact was making many other plans for when he turned 18. Keith had the tall dark and handsome look that caught all the eyes of the local girls, he also had that bad attitude to go with it and he noticed Isabella and her good looks quickly. Up until now Isabella had zero interest in boys, she only cared about her grades and getting into the best college she could for nursing which was her dream job. Now all Isabella co under think about was Keith and he knew it, he used his looks and his charm to get what he wanted from her and any other girl that caught his eye.

After chatting up Isabella at school for weeks Keith invited her to his birthday party, there he and his buddies got her drunk and they ruined her life even more than it already was. Her innocence was stolen and he heart was broken, she was left alone with no one to talk to. Isabella gave up completely now. She was done with life, she had nothing left to hold on to and no reason live. Once coherent and strong enough to stand she walked out of the bedroom she was left in and made her way through the home tell she found her way outside. Shoeless and cold she tried to find her way home when she came across a face she recognized, Amy, a classmate from English class.

Amy was sitting on a curb several blocks down the road crying and bruised, turns out Amy had the same bad night Isabella did that night. Together they chatted and cried, maybe…. Just maybe this night may bring something good to Isabella’s life after all.

Amy and Isabella bonded and become the best of friends, together they helped each other heal for the horror they endured and they built new lives for themselves. They each worked hard in school to graduate. After graduation the packed up and moved to California where they attended college, instead of nursing Isabella chose to major in art. A discussion she would never forget