She opened her eyes to white walls
White sheets
A pain in her jaw that felt concrete
She couldn't feel her face
Her jaw was filled with an empty space
Then she remembered
The bullet that was meant to ****
Missed its mark as if it was aimed with skill
A shattered jaw
restrains her maw
All she wants to ever do
Is scream her problems away
Her Mother shattered and broken hearted runs to her bedside
She hears her Father was at work as usual
He nearly lost one of the greatest blessings this world has to offer
But he's to busy making money and making offers
She goes to the therapy
Mental and physical
She hears she may never be able to eat or speak the same way again
The therapy doesn't help
She feels like a floating piece of kelp
She feels she has no purpose in life
No reason to exist
So if living hurts
Then why live at all?
Then one day
She hears a knock on the door
She opens it
There she sees that girl in the hall she always avoided
That girl who tried to tell her about God and Jesus
Before she thought her and her God were silly
But now she feels chilly
She lets her in
She tells her about a God who loves her
A God who gave her a reason to live
She realizes the futility of the atheism she grew up with
She goes to church with her friend
To her surprise people welcome her
Although she looks different with her deformed jaw
They welcome her and seat her in the front row
She hears more of this God
To hear it sounds kind of crazy
Then she hears about the evidence of his existence
Her heart immediately becomes whole
She accepts Jesus as her savior
She feels love like nothing this world ever promised her
Then she gets to know that guy in her youth group
Shes been burned before
But every time before
They always wanted something
All he wanted to do was give her something
He gave her kindness and respect
He gave her love
Whenever they talk
All he cares about is her dreams and what she wants
He talks about himself only when she asks
As she grows older she prays and prays
That God would show her if he is the one
On her twenty third birthday
He brings a gift
A ring
She knows immediately
He's the one
You see when she listened to Jesus
He led her to a husband who loves and honors her
When she followed the world
She settled for thieves
And boys who claimed to be men
If only every American Teen Romance had this ending
Unfortunately they end up worse