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n the Sile

ct, he is as different from what

ns when he meets a boy? Will he still be able to just listen? Even when the boy urges

he sound starts forming around Elijah's mouth;

lijah has listened to but never spoke about all those years,

, since it may hav

lf-harm issues, abuse, an

ore there will be romantic actions between same sex characters. If

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splitting it open and letting it fall into shards of

still trying my best to block the irri

ot help to cringe and pull the covers up higher, hoping that they would offe

eated but still not a sin

are going to be late! Do not mak

't leave. Experience has taug

he shouted

leep is just like death, but without the commitment. I've never been big on commitment, but death seems more

t for Christmas, or the green hoodie that made its way over to me on my birthday. In the end I pick the same I wear every day. The outfit that has become my unifor

tting too much, probably an inch already. Some children get snow days. Why can I not get a dye day and stay home from school to dye my h

how I disappear and become invisible with every stroke of hair falling in front of my eyes. Covering up the green until only a slight grey tinge comes through, making them all see that I have

shing touches on the look I have had since when I care to remember. A black cross covering my lips, showing the fact that I will not speak. I will not

toasted waffle, hoping that 'she' won't notice that I'm still there, somewhere in the back, but som

e asks and I see her worried eye

no

t you tal

me. A nod just

ower so that she can take a lo

shrug

at cross over your

only thing that scares everybody enough to keep them sitting far away from

makes me sit upright in relieve. I'm spared the one question she wants to know the

looking back once as she hooted, causing me t

ger to have a little bit of gossip early in the morning. One girl actually said my name so loudly that I actually turned around to look at her, which was whe

as mostly hidden beneath the beany on his head. It was however his eyes that I fell in love with. It was warm. That is the only way

d with a smile as he

fallen down at school before, but it is the first time so

ying to make a conversation as he point

nds, not really knowing what t

my ears. It's been a while since I've spoken. I don

lake said with a smile that invited me in

st before he slipped away behind a building he turned around... An

spoke that much before the incident either, but after my twelve birthday I just never spoke again. It just happened. It was just another decision I made, almost like deciding what to wear

apped across my lips either. This morning I saw nothing until I came to a halt in front of my locker where I forced myself to look for my English book, grabbing it and running towards my English class just as the bell loudly sounded the start of first period. With The Scarlet Letter clasped under my arm I ran for all I was worth to get to class first in order to get

him as Lucy and her crowd poured through the door and took their seats right in front of the class. Lucy liked to be seen. If it wasn't already obvious by how high her blonde hair was stacked on her head, you beca

from behind me, and I prayed that h

reluctantly turned around, and w

nd for a change my lips listened. I only gave a quick nod

t?" Blake

? Did he not know the status queue or what? Cool kids never mingl

hat should be enough to keep him in his place, and just as I turned aroun

seen you around here before? Are you

e class, and she was beyond pretty, although I have always thought she would be prettier if she maybe st

stening to the conversation. They were right behind me, an

d gave a chuckle so catchy that I couldn't help but smile as well

There's just too many people. Nobody seems to care about anybody there," Alice resumed the conversation. I'm gl

to New York?" I felt Blake's h

to shake my head, but Alice jump

up all the information needed. I was glad that it was Alice telling Blake that. She still did it in a nice

ng directly at me, not mentioning the fact that I t

, exposing my left eye, but I automatic

problem. Have you been to Ne

ticed the sympathy forming in Alice's eyes. Or

like it," Blake said, although I didn'

wer to a question down on a piece of paper and show it to him from across the class. He accepted the fact that I got good grades, and further ignored me for the most of the time, accept for offering that he was there for me if e

ve a new student who has transferred here from

ave a weak smile as

d accepted here I would really appreciate it. Now, let'

the classroom as I heard Alice behind me offe

the offer," Blake dismissed her just as

le-crowned hats, inter-mixed with women, some wearing hoods, and

story, closing my eyes and allowing the scene to play off inside my mind. Seeing t

hrough twice before we started on it. Now it was nice not

ed with the chapter I fi

n the story with a reflection about the need fo

's hand shot strai

r. van Leer a

the two things every town need," Lucy said and smiled to the classroom, e

who was still trying to wave to the rest of the class. Sometimes I wondered if she even

behind me beginning to speak. I couldn't stop myself from turning around and lo

be perfect. The author however reminds us that nobody is perfect. That w

to Hufflepuff," Mr. van Leer smiled. That was just another reason why everybody like

down, making Mr. van Leer give a laugh before

e skipped over Lucy's raised hand, since we all knew she would g

st like the men did. She was exiled from Rhode Island because of it," Alice said with a smile as Mr. van Leer

Alice's direction, which made her smile drop just as fast a

Leer asked, but not before he gave a stern look towards Lucy, who surprisingly didn't put her hand up this time. Blake

Bar

ake said, which made the entire class burst out in laughter. Even though everybody thought Lucy to be dumb and mean, nobody ever said a word about i

wn smile as he turned towards the board, which was also the mo

ng, but at the same time want

irl. Neat, but with lots of curls, almost like

ease have l

n the eyes, slowly nodding, allowi

e? I didn't talk and I did not want anybody to know me at all. Why was I allow