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10:04pm Jan 7 2012
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I was surprised when I felt her grab my shoulder, even more so when she stood in front of me and asked me a question.
I sighed, wondering why she was asking that question. Afer all, most people would know that someone who's deaf can usually read lips... Or would they? I guess I wouldn't really know.
''I read lips. It's fine, most of the time, I just sometimes don't know someone's speaking to me. Most people make it perfectly clear, though.''
'Most people' would likely smack my head as that other guy had done, or pinch me, punch me, or pin me to the wall. There were other methods, but very few were pleasant.
Well now. I should... Probably put something intelligent here. At some point. Eventually.
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... Screw it. HYE. ♥
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10:06pm Jan 7 2012
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I frowned, searching his eyes for a long time. He truly wasn't kidding about this, which was scary. "Reading my lips? How...?" I found myself smiling in amazement at the possibility. If I just read someone's lips, I'd be confused after the first syllable. "So you don't need to know sign language?"
[[/fail.]]
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10:12pm Jan 7 2012
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I shrugged, wondering why she seemed so amazed. It wasn't that hard.
''You just pick it up, I guess. I don't need to know sign language, but I do. I used to not be able to read lips, and it's a lot easier when you can.''
I sighed, attempting to walk around her.
''Can I please go outside now?''
Well now. I should... Probably put something intelligent here. At some point. Eventually.
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10:18pm Jan 7 2012
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I was smiling at him as he spoke, still trying to figure out how I was talking to someone deaf, and yet you couldn't even tell... When he completely blew me off. My smile slowly faded to frown. "What? Oh... Oh yeah. I'll... I'll see you. I'll leave you alone..." I said, wondering what happened. I had to admit, for someone who had no friends, he seemed to push people away pretty easy too. That was probably half the reason. I held the rude comments in before 'leaving him alone' and going back to the table where I was sitting before, sitting down, and going back to my sketch book. I couldn't help the irritated feeling blocking me from my concentration. Even a deaf guy didn't want to be around me. Was I that bad? Maybe I was a little too friendly. I bit my lip in the thought as I kept going with the drawing.
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10:32pm Jan 7 2012
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I'll admit it, I never was the best at making friends, and I probably had been a litle rude back there. But I had my reasons.
To begin with, I hadn't had much practice being around other people, and was a little unsure of what to do.
Even if I did have any social skills whatsoever, I'd have made her leave me alone somehow. She was the new girl, and even if she was the first person to pay any attention to me at all, I couldn't allow myself to be the reason she'd get bullied.
Because, if she was friends with me, she would indeed get bullied.
Walking outside, I headed over to the tall oak tree down by the wall, and sat round the back of it, so I wasn't visible from the doors.
That was why I liked that tree; the thick trunk made it perfect for hiding away from the world.
Well now. I should... Probably put something intelligent here. At some point. Eventually.
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10:33pm Jan 7 2012
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[[Time skip? :D ]]
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10:44pm Jan 7 2012
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[[Shur. End of teh day or back in class or whutever. |D]]
Well now. I should... Probably put something intelligent here. At some point. Eventually.
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2:06pm Jan 15 2012
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The rest of the day went by quickly, mostly because my mind wasn't in the information the teachers lectured on, but on what was up with that kid at lunch. I couldn't help but feel a little hurt and irritated by the situation. When the bell rang, signaling school was over, I was more then grateful to get up from my Economics class and leave. Grabbing my things, I dashed out the door and too my locker.
[[Lalala. Fail. ]]
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4:25pm Jan 15 2012
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I had spent the day watchng the teachers' words, but not really paying any attention to them. I was too busy wondering if I'd done the right thing to learn anything.
Who was I kidding? Of course I had. Even if she wanted to be my friend now, she wouldn't for very much longer.
When the bell rang, signalling the end of the school day, I headed to my locker. After putting my books away, I remembered the lads from that morning. They'd said they'd see me after school... Didn't take much guessing to figure out what that meant.
So, I decided to walk the long way home, round the back of school and through he park. Of course, I didn't realize until I pushed the door open and was grabbed by the collar that they expected me to do that.
The next thing I knew, I was pinned up against the wall, the same group of boys from before standing around me.
''Thought you'd get around us, did you? Well, I don't think so.'' The same one who had done all the talking before, the one who seemed to have such a hatred for me, sneered. He wasn't one of the two holding me against the wall, and I found out why a moment later.
Shaking his head as if I was a pitiful creature- perhaps, to him, I was- he punched me in the face, and I looked down, clenching my jaw so I wouldn't make a sound.
All those years of practice I had of being soundless, and getting hurt, meant I was very good at being quiet, even as he started punching my stomach.
Well now. I should... Probably put something intelligent here. At some point. Eventually.
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4:42pm Jan 15 2012
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[[Ahhh, forgive my stupid way of her seeing him. I couldn't think of anything else. :D ]]
Though the boy at lunch was obviously quiet, I noticed him pass by me as everyone piled around in the hall way to get their home work books from their lockers. Everything in me wanted to reach out and at least try another way of being kind to him, but I didn't think it would be that smart. Seeing as I'd be the one blown off again. I sighed in confusion at the memory before grabbing my things. As I was walking away from my locker, I started to search for the front doors. Just as I was about to follow every one else, I realized that they were all going down separate hallways. This school was so big, there was more then one way out to the parking lot? My eyes widened at the thought before taking my own route. ''Thought you'd get around us, did you? Well, I don't think so.'' I heard the voice close by and I turned in another direction to see the exact same guy I saw at the lunch room, being pinned to the wall and beaten by one of those jerks. My first instinct was to run while I still could, but I couldn't help but not turn. Just because he couldn't hear, didn't mean he deserved some... Beating. Like a punishment. With anger boiling in me, I screamed, "Hey!" I screamed, feeling myself pale just at my own fear. I didn't know what to do, or how else to stop this, so I ran forward and kicked the guy in the shin as hard as I could. I was a bit smaller then average, so I hoped I could at least hurt him a little.
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4:59pm Jan 15 2012
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[['Tis fine. <3]] I was surprised when the guy had stopped punching me, and raised my eyes from the ground only slighly, in case it was some kind of a trick to get me to look up so he could punch me again.
I was even more surprised to see that girl from lunch, and by the way he was glaring at her, I guessed she'd hit him or something.
Why couldn't she have just ignored it like everyone else did?
For one horrifying moment, I thought he was going to hit her back.
''Tch. Looks like you've got yourself a girlfriend, weirdo.'' He said, turning to look at me briefly with that same hatred on his face. I realized he probably wouldn't hit a girl; at least, not while there was anyone around.
''Well, whatever. You're not worth my time, new kid. Just remember, you do something like that again, you'll be in the hospital.'' Turning to walk away, his cronies walked with him, and the one holding me let go.
He said something more after that, but I didn't see what it was.
''Just remember, kid, he ain't well-liked around here. You won't be either at this rate.''
I looked down and didn't look up, my hair falling in front of my eyes. My lip was split and bleeding, but I was just glad it wasn't worse. At least she hadn't been hit or anything.
Walking past her, I spoke, but didn't look up.
''You shouldn't have done that.'' Was all I said, walking in the direction of the back gates.
Well now. I should... Probably put something intelligent here. At some point. Eventually.
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5:34pm Jan 15 2012
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Though my anger died down slightly as the guys walked away, I still felt a bit of it at the guy with the bleeding lip. I should really get his name soon. Or, better yet, maybe I shouldn't. Seeing as, anytime I tried standing up for him, he gave me this attitude. "You know, a simple thank you is always fine too." I said, my hands on my hips. I doubted he knew I was talking to him, seeing as his back was toward me. I was just about to turn the other way, promise that I wouldn't help him next time, when I realized I couldn't just walk away from him. He could be hurt from those jerks. Jogging to catch up with him, I walked at his side. "Are you alright? You should get your lip checked out." I took off my jacket and handed it to him. "Here. It'll stop the bleeding." The blood was coming really fast, and I hoped he wouldn't need stitches; but pressing the wound with my jacket would help slow it down.
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6:06pm Jan 15 2012
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I saw a shadow on the ground next to me, and guessed it was hers. Glancing up at her, she had taken off her jacket, saying it would stop the bleeding.
Sure, I could have just taken it and pretended there was a logical reason for her behaviour, but I had to know why she was acting the way she was.
Holding the jacket in my hand, but not making a move to do anything with it, I lifted my head enough that she could see my eyes.
''Why are you doing this?'' I asked, my voice soft and barely audible.
''He means it when he says he'll put you in hospital. Can't you understand that if you act like this, if you try to be nice to me, you'll just end up hurt?''
I was trying to help her, but she just didn't seem to be able to see that. She had to keep trying to help me, but she just didn't understand.
It wasn't just one or two jerks that hated my guts and would gladly try to make me bleed, it was the entire school. One new student wasn't going to change that, no matter how hard she tried.
Possibly the worst thing about the whole thing was that even after I'd been rude to her, possibly even cruel, she'd still stood up for me.
Well now. I should... Probably put something intelligent here. At some point. Eventually.
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6:14pm Jan 15 2012
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I frowned at his response, though the anger dissipated immediately. "Because you need at least someone..." I tried to keep the second thing he had said out of my mind. If I was put in the hospital, or beaten the way he was, I would become a mess. At least he was able to keep himself together, for the most part. "You're saying, treat you like everyone else does, ignore you, and watch you get hurt every day without doing something? That's worse then getting in the hospital, to me." Of course, that was more of a way to describe how I couldn't just stop helping him. Being in the hospital was way worse, but I didn't think he'd understand any other way.
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6:29pm Jan 15 2012
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I looked down for a moment, trying to come up with some way of explaining things to her so that she would understand them.
If it was just me being treated like this, I could cope. Being responsible for someone else ending up hurt... I don't know how I would react.
Looking back up, I tried my best to put into words why she couldn't continue acting the way she was.
''Please, just... Try to understand when I tell you you can't do this. Yes, I am telling you to treat me as everyone else does. You think doing that is worse than hospital? It's not. Believe me, I've been there. It isn't fun.''
I looked down, not sure how to say the next part without it sounding like I was just trying to get rid of her.
''You're asking me to... live with myself, after making the only person to ever show any interest in me at all get hurt... Believe me,'' I said, bringing my gaze to her eyes once more.
''There is nothing worse than that.''
Well now. I should... Probably put something intelligent here. At some point. Eventually.
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6:46pm Jan 15 2012
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I frowned, the stubborn side of me itching to fight more. "But, since apparantly I am the only person ever showing interest in you, you would be able to live with yourself while telling me to stay away?" I asked, my anger still completely gone. Now seeing from his point of view, I understood a little better. The problem was, he wasn't seeing it in my point of view.
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6:50pm Jan 15 2012
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I sighed, shaking my head. What did she think I'd been doing for the whole of my life?
''Yes. I've been perfectly fine by myself for the past seventeen years, so I should imagine I'll be alright by myself for however many more I live.''
I shrugged my shoulders, and as if that was the conversation, handed her her jacket back without trying to stop the blood, and turned to walk away in the direction of my house.
Well now. I should... Probably put something intelligent here. At some point. Eventually.
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... Screw it. HYE. ♥
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6:58pm Jan 15 2012
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[[Lololol why are some words links to this page. |D]] I sighed when I realized her shadow was still there, and looked at her with a blank ex
pression on my face when she pulled my arm. She really was persistent, wasn't she?
''Yes, I would.'' I replied, deciding to elaborate more in case she still didn't understand.
''If I have gone my whole life without something, then as I said, I doubt I would miss it much.''
I decided she wasn't going to leave me alone until she'd realized I wasn't going to be her friend, just because she felt bad.
She might feel hurt, but if I willingly became her friend, I would be more than hurt. I might just die a little inside.
Well now. I should... Probably put something intelligent here. At some point. Eventually.
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7:04pm Jan 15 2012
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[[I dunno D; ]]
I sighed, looking at him with desperate eyes. He's been so pushed around at school, he was going to be stubborn enough to take away the one chance at at least not being so alone. Finally, though, I realized there was nothing else I could do. With a frown, I looked down at my jacket and back at his lip.
"Okay." I said quietly before handing him back the jacket. "I'll leave you alone for good, this time. But take the jacket." A soft smile came to my lips before adding, "You really need to stop the bleeding before it gets too bad." And, forcing the jacket into his hands, I brushed passed him in the opposite direction.
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