#717 in Teen Fiction 8/26/17
People say that love is blind... But it's also deaf.
When Holland meets Aaliyah he's blown away by her talent and beauty. When he finds out she's deaf he's blown away. Will/can this be love? Will they accept eachother?
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I wake up to my alarm going off. My first day at a new school. I got ready and walked to my kitchen to find my mom sitting at the table. "Good morning, honey," she greets me. I nod at her. I felt very uncomfortable thinking about the thought of going to a new school. I grabbed my black DC backpack and an apple.
"I'm gonna go, mom, I love you," I say kissing her cheek.
"I love you too, have a good day," she replies as I grab my keys. Don't count on it, I think to myself, but nod with a smile plastered on my face. I was not looking forward to this.. ------- I walk out of the office and look at my schedule.
1. Math 2. English 3. Science 4. Lunch 5. American Sign Language 6. Gym 7. Office Aid
Thank goodness that I have gym as one of my last hours and not first. Gym is literally the worst to have first hour. I am also very happy that I still have Office Aid. I walk down the hall to room 201, not bothering to find my locker first, I can do that later. I look down at the paper in my hand to make sure I was positive on where I was going when I ran into someone. "Oh my gosh, I'm sorry I'm such a moron," I hear someone mumble. I look down to see a girl with cotton candy colored hair and blue eyes.
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"No, it's my fault I'm sorry," I apologize bending down to help her gather all of the things that she just dropped. I hand her all of the papers and help her up. She straightens her white shirt and looks up at me.
"Who are you?" She questions me.
"Oh I'm Holland-"
"Omg you must be new here! I'm Gracelynn," she introduces herself politely while sticking her hand out. I smile at her and shake her hand.
"How'd you know I was new?" I ask curiously after we stop shaking hands, she laughs and runs her fingers through her hair.
"Oh believe me I know everyone in this school," she says, but I could tell there was another meaning to what she was saying. I nod, deciding not to ask her anything personal.
"Well, Gracelynn, maybe I'll talk to you later," I say nodding me head.
"Yeah definatly," she says before scurrying off the other direction. Hey maybe I would have a friend after all. I walk down the hall and finally find room 201. I slowly open the door and make my way in. I walked to an open desk and sit in it.
"Oh my gosh! Hi Holland!" I hear from behind me. I turn around and see Malory standing behind me. I smile at her, maybe I would have a friend today after all.
"Hi Malory how are you?" I ask.
"I'm good how are you?" She asks. I smile.
"You know just as good as I can be on the first day of a new school, right?" I say half sarcastic.
"Yeah true," she says pausing to think, "Hey listen I'm sorry that I awkwardly ran away from you last night, I felt kind of awkward. I mean you just kind of assumed that I was over there to hit on you..." She stops mid-sentence. I nod.
"Yeah I'm so sorry about that I didn't mean to I guess just a force of habit," I tell her. She nods and sits down in the desk behind me as the bell rang.
"No, it's totally fine Holland, don't even worry about it!" She says happily, "so I saw you talking to Gracelynn a little bit earlier," she says.
"Yeah I did should I be worried about telling her that I have a girlfriend?" I asked. Malory smiles, me knowing that I'm just kidding.
"You know I don't think you have anything to worry about with Gracelynn," she says. I say okay as the teacher walks in and waltzes the the Whiteboard. -------------------
I walk into the office for last hour. Happy that it was the ends of the day. I couldn't wait to go home and do anything else besides this.
Actually if I'm being completely honest it hasn't been as bad as I thought it would be. For lunch I hung out with Malory and her huge friend group. We ate Hawaiian pizza from Little Ceasars, which was delicious. I've surprisingly made quite a few friends today, which is nice.
I walk into the office and see Chase signing out. "Hey bro where are you going?" I ask.
"Oh it's my free hour, so I decided to leave the school. I am dying to get home!" He says after he signs the sign out sheet.
"I know I'd be dying to get out of here too. I will talk to you tomorrow," I say.
"Yeah I' catch you on the flip side bro," he replies to me before he walks out of the office door.
"So you're friends with Chase too?" I hear Gracelynn's voice behind me. I turn around and look at her.
"Yeah I guess he's my buddy, how are you Gracelynn?" I question. She shrugs her shoulders.
"I've been better, I guess, " she says.
"I know same here." I sit down in a black soft Chair by her and the secretary walks out of the back closet.
"Okay guys I will be right back I need to go run these papers to Mrs. Thompson. If the phone rings you need to answer it, okay?"
"Okay, " Gracelyn and I both say at the same time.
"So Holland, I have a question" Gracelynn says as she looks at me.
"Yeah what's up?" I ask.
"Well I was just wondering if you have a girlfriend," She informs me. I look at her curiously.
"Yes I do have a girlfriend, back at home. Sadly she lives an hour and a half away so I don't know how often I will get to see her, why?" I ask.
"I don't know, I was just wondering," she replies. I nod my head.
"Do you have a boyfriend?" I ask. She shakes her head slightly.
"No, but I do like someone," she replies. Who I question her. I hear the door chime and Malory walks in and looks directly at Gracelynn. I will go over to Gracelynn and by the look on her face I can tell my question has been answered.
