I walked into the school, my eyes flickering between each person.

I'm scared. I signed to my translator, Elijah. He was the only one who I connected with personally.

"You got this Oli. I'll be by your side nearly all day."

Nearly?

"I have a lunch break. It's only twenty minutes. You'll be okay and if you need anything while I'm gone, text me." He smiled at me and I nodded, fidgeting with my tie.

Let's do this...
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"Alright everyone, settle down. I said settle down!" Mr Herbert called and the class got silent.

I was standing in front of his desk, my hands clenching the hem of my skirt as I kept my eyes down to the floor. Focus on your breathing Oli... you're only being stared at by seventeen students... Seventeen more than need to be staring at you...

Eli gently placed a hand on my shoulder and I relaxed a bit. He gave me a small smile as Mr Herbert was rambling.

"Anyways. This is Olivia. She'll be joining us for the rest of the year in our... wonderful, Honor European History Class. Would you like to tell the class about yourself?" He gave a warming smile and I gulped, turning to Elijah slightly.

"Ready?" Elijah asked and I nodded.

I guess... I took in a breath. Hi. I'm Olivia or Oli... I'm uh... I'm not deaf so I heard the comment about my weird hair. I'm a mute. I recently... recently moved here! I'm excited to be here I guess... Elijah translated and I saw my hands shaking.

"She's a mute?"

"A mute."

"And you said she was deaf."

"Good job asshat! Great first impression on the new girl!" That last one made me giggle silently to myself.

"Language please!" Mr Herbert warned and the boy apologized.

"Well, Olivia. Or do you prefer Oli?"

"Oil" Elijah smiled and I nodded my head.

Oli, please.

"All right then. Welcome, Oli. If you don't mind you can sit next to... Hm... How about sitting next to Joseph."

"Sir Wendy sits next to Joseph, she's just at an eye appointment." The boy who got warned for his language spoke up again and I looked at him.

"S-She could sit next to me...?" He offered and I saw a light pink dust his cheeks.

"Thank you, Oscar. Oli you can sit next to Oscar." Mr Herbert smiled and I carefully made my way to my new seat.

Nice to meet you Oscar signed to me and I nearly fell out of my chair.

Holy shit!

I felt my phone buzz in my pocket and I held up a finger to Oscar as I pulled it out

Watch your language! Eli warned and I sheepishly rubbed the back of my neck.

"Oscar is doing that weird shit with his hands again." I heard someone whisper and I turned my head.

I felt Oscar tug my elbow and I looked back at him.

Ignore them. They've always been jerks to me because I was taught to sign when I was young.

I nodded my head and turned back to the board, pulling out my small black journal. I felt a small thing hit the back of my head and I turned around. Three girls sat behind me, two avoided my look but one girl stared straight at me with a smirk. I turned back around and nudged Oscar slightly.

Who're the three girls behind us? I asked him and he turned his head slightly.

Mia, Abigail and Addison. Abigail and Addison are twins. Mia is their 'Leader' in a sense...They're assholes. Rude, stingy, and are popular in our grade for no reason. They like to make fun of me for signing a lot more than speaking. Whoops. Oscar told me and I suppressed a glare.

I'm going to hurt them... I signed slowly before taking a deep breathe and moving my fringe behind my ear slightly.

Kidding... But that's unnecessary of them to be dickish when you prefer signing over-

"Mr Oscar and Ms Olivia. Please. Pay attention." Mr Herbert scolded us and we sheepishly slouched in our chairs.

"Sorry sir..." Oscar apologized and I gave him a grateful smile.

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Okay. What's your next class? Oscar and Eli asked me and I jumped back in surprise.

Holy hand movements... I have... I looked at my timetable. By the looks of things I have math...

"Follow me then" Oscar smiled at me and i nodded my head at him, following him through the crowded halls. 

"A freak!" 

"What is she? a boy or a girl?"

"Probably a boy who acts like a girl or something."

"She's just a nobody!" 

I whipped my head around and saw the three girls from before. I pulled out my notepad and started writing quickly, in neat cursive as i walked over to the girls.

Hi. I'm Olivia! If you want to get to know me better you should ask me instead of assuming things! I'm a girl but that doesn't mean I can't dress like a dude. Yes, I'm a freak and you can keep calling me that. I've been called worse before. 

Oh and Mia.

 I smiled at her before flipping to the next page

Go eat a dick!  And i flipped her off before quickly going back into the crowd, not even looking at their reactions.

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Only took me a year to get motivation to keep writing and stay on wattpad lol. HI! Hope you enjoy this... thing... folks...

Yeah...

~Dezi