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she stared at the plate. "jane could you try it please?" mum asked. "no." she mumbled, pushing around the steamed vegetables. "tomorrow your gonna have two cold waffles in your bag incase you dont like the school food alright?" she nodded. "alright... well you wont see me in the morning okay? do you remember the way to school?" mum asked gently. "aunt becky will be here though" she nodded. "love you." mum called out as she walked to her room.
the alarm she had on the bedside table barked. she stood up turning it off. it was raining really heavy. she really didnt want to go to school. she alreayd knew what was going to happen. the teacher would call on her, shed mumble here and then not speak for the rest of class. its not she didnt want to talk it was just uncomfortable. then some dickhead would call her a freak or ask if she could talk at all. she put on her rain coat. she didnt feel ;like eating today. she didnt want to do anything.
the roads were quiet, the only sounds about were the rain hammering down on the roads, and the sounds of her bikes chain and wheels. "hey." she turned around. there a was boy with a hideous bowl cut biking on the road beside her. she turned back to the road. "i havent seen you around before?" the boy said inquisitively, he was waiting for an answer that wouldnt come. "i used to not talk much too, names will." she sighed. she didnt want to talk to will. atleast he wasnt a dick. "..." they biked on the road for about 10 minutes, it was really awkward.. "...jane." she mumbled under her breath. "jane..?" will said in confused. "is jane your name?" she nodded. will sighed. "its nice to meet you jane." she nodded.
she put her bike in the bike rack beside wills. there were a few other bikes aswell. will walked over to 3 others boys. one of them had no teeth. "oh and i made a friend this morning.." will said walking over to her. what was he doing. they werent friends. they just biked the same way to school! "this is jane." he put an arm around her. she cringed. pulling his arm off. "are you sure the feelings mutual?" one of wills friends asked. will was nice... and maybe haveing a bigger friend group would help with being bullied...
she nodded. trying to make her fake smile look real. "can she talk?" the kid with no teeth asked, "well how else would will of learned her name, dustin?" dustin, the kid with no teeth looked really offended by that. "do you want to come my house after school to play dnd?" the other boy asked. dnd? what the hell was a dnd?? "mike, your seriously not asking this random girl we all just met to join our next campaign?" the black kid argued. "she clearly doesnt even know what it is? can girls even play dnd?" the bell rang, she covered her ears. fuck that was load. "we'll continue this discussion after class" mike grumbled.
she walked into science class with mike, will, dustin, and the other boy she still hadnt leanred the name of. "before we get started today, we have a new student." the teacher anounced... great, the spotlight on her. she could hear even whispering. "jane would you like to introduce yourself?" she looked at the desk. "no." she muttered, doodling an original species she made up in her notebook. "okay, anyways today were gonna be looking at the wormhole theory." the teacher continued. she could here some of the other kids talking about her. she drew an adolesent versoin of the creature, she still couldnt figure out a name for them. "jane. could you tell me what a wormhole is?" god damnit. there was literally one week of school left. it didnt damn matter. "..." she didnt respond. she didnt want to talk. "okayy.. can someone else tell me what a wormhole is?" dustin raised his hand. "yes dustin?" the teacher asked. "a worm hole is a thoeretical way of traveling through space and time..' she tried to tune them out. focusing on her drawing of the creature. "jane.." will whispered. "can i see...?" she passed the notebook under the table.
the bell was even louder from inside. she covered her ears as if that would help. she was gonna have a pounding headache by the end of this day. will put the notebook back on her desk. "you have to show those to the rest of the party" party? was the the party an event, a person, or thing? "theyre really cool" she smiled.
she followed will outside. "maybe we should wait before going over there.." will cringed. looking at mike, dustin, and the other boy. two boys were being reall rough and agressive with the others. "thats troy and his lacky james.. theyre really mean." will explained. troy looked over. "didnt expect the queer to ever have a girlfriend!' he mocked. they werent even proper friends yet though? let alone in a romantic relationship. "she is just a friend troy." will grumbled. "well your just a friend and a freak who cant talk!" james laughed ta troys disrespectful words. "dickhead." she grumbled under her breath. "what was that? mouse." troy asked, getting up in her personal space. "you are a dickhead." she said. troy pushed her to gorund. getting mud all over her coat and pants. will helped her up. "dont poke the bear." he mumbled. "now that, that mouthbreather troy is gone." mike started. "just follow us. ill explain dnd when we get to my house." she nodded. "how is she gonna play dnd if she cant talk!?" she really needed to ask that kids names. "lucas. she can talk! i think she like me when i was younger.. remember how i used to only speak when i had too?" will explained. "mum wants my home by 6" she mumbled. it felt so unnatural to speak. why couldnt there be other ways to comunicate. "that wont work..." mike grumbled. "can you call your mum..?" lucas sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. "she can barely speak, hows che gonna call on the phone when the phone is audio only!?" dustin grumbled in agreement. "ill talk with her about it.." she muttered. "she doesnt want me biking around when its dark.." she hated talking. "you live near my house, my brother johnathan can pick you up when he picks me up" will suggested. she nodded.