Withering Bud
Life isn't fair. Primrose learned this lesson at a frighteningly young age when she experienced neglect as a child. Unwanted by her parents she often found herself ignored with only the bare minimum needed to keep her alive provided. When even that proved too much for them, Primrose was dumped off in a child care home, where things were hardly any better. Contrasting her present personality Primrose was an unruly and difficult child to handle, often getting into fights with others over food or for attention, and wasn't well liked by either the staff or other children.
Feeling alone, Primrose began spending more and more time away from home, her only solace being the beautiful flower garden near the children's home. It was the only time she found herself forgetting about her worries, surrounded by beautiful blooms and lovely scents, but flowers alone couldn't change her circumstances. The neglect became worse as no one wanted to deal with her, and her behavior only became more difficult as she entered school, where she seemed to get into fights with others even more often.
The Chance to Change
Thanks to her behavior Primrose found herself getting expelled from school after school until her freshmen year of high school. She'd been warned that this was her last chance, the last school in the area, and if she got expelled again she'd have no choice but to drop out. Her reputation preceeded her, however, and on only the third day a group of seniors decided to pick a fight. Angered Primrose almost fell for their provocations, but stopped at the last moment deciding to just take the hit... only it never came. When she opened her eyes a girl she'd never seen was hunched over instead having taken the hit for her. The seniors seemed to recognize her, however, and fled quickly... while Primrose, who'd never been protected before, stood in stunned silence. When the girl asked if Primrose was okay she became even more stunned, wonder how the girl who was hit could ask her that.
Despite not asking and even trying to avoid her, the girl started to follow Primrose around, and she quickly learned some things about her. First, the girl was impossibly optimistic and second, she was the daughter of the principle explaining the seniors reaction from before. Learning this Primrose became concerened that the girl's parents wouldn't be very happy she was hanging out with a troublemaker, but the girl brushed it off with a "they'd never scold me for something like that". Slowly, whether she liked it or not, Primrose grew attached to the friendly girl who couldn't seem to give up on her. And then she discovered what the girl had been hiding.
Terminal illness. The girl broke the news to Primrose while in the hospital after, what Primrose thought, was only the flu. In truth she'd been ill for quite some time and likely didn't have long left. The news shattered Primrose and she lashed out, but the girl didn't admonish her or get upset. Instead, after Primrose calmed down, the two had a serious heart to heart. Primrose asked how she could be so cheerful when facing something so scary, and the girl smiled. What else was she supposed to do? When faced with such an insurmountable problem was she just supposed to wallow away her days in despair, or could she make the best of the time she had left? That alone seemed to resonate with Primrose, and even after leaving the hospital, she kept thinking back to her past.
There's Always Tomorrow
The girl, her first friend, changed something in Primrose. She began making the effort to change and, hopefully, change her life in the process. Even after losing her friend Primrose didn't fall into an endless pit of despair, instead deciding to find a purpose in helping others just like she'd been helped by a seemingly regular girl. "Even when it seems hopeless tomorrow will always come, and with it, the chance to start again." Those last words would always follow Primrose and she began looking forward to "tomorrow" more than ever before.
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Primrose
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