Dead Silence (UNDER EDITING.)

3. Beautiful Silence

-Travis' Pov-

The lunch bell just rang. I'm pretty hungry but I don't feel like getting up at the moment.

Earlier I heard Sal and Larry talking in here. I couldn't bother to listen but I did get bits and pieces of it. At some point they did start talking about me though. I wanted it to stop but I just couldn't bring myself to talk. So I did the only thing I could. I hit my foot against the stall. I remember Larry's 'oh shit!' So vividly. But I kinda regret it. Because now I'm alone, it's not like they were talking to me in the first place though. I don't mind that, I'd rather them not anyways. It was just nice to have some background noise.
Honestly, I could get up right now. It would just be embarrassing to walk into lunch late. With all of their eyes on me. Disgusting. I looked back into the ground and began to zone out again. This made time go by faster.

-Timeskip-

I'm not so sure what time it is, but I'm gonna assume that lunch just ended or is atleast close to ending.

Riiinng

Ah, so lunch just ended. I heard conversation outside. People are loud, too loud. I could just block it out again. But what if someone comes in here and I'm breathing too loud. That would be embarrassing.
I heard the door open and shut. I covered my mouth as if it would make a noise. But in the process of that, I accidentally hit the wall next to me with my elbow 'oh shit!' I almost stopped breathing. "Hello?" I heard a very familiar voice say. I then heard footsteps that stopped once they got to my stall. They knocked 3 times. "What are you doing on the floor Travis?" I moved my hand away from my mouth. Still couldn't speak. I just couldn't bring myself to do it. What? How did he know it was me?? "You gonna say anything?" I quickly grabbed a piece of paper and started writing, it would be rude to not answer, plus he would probably never leave.

-Sals pov-

I went into the restrooms. I only had to adjust my mask. But I heard some weird sound. It sounded like someone hit something. To be honest, I was curious and had nothing better to do. I walked up to the stalls. I saw a pair of green shoes in the last stall. From what I could see, they were sitting with their knees slightly up to their chest. I also saw a bit of a purple sweater. Must be Travis. I knocked on the stall door and waited. No response. "What are you doing on the floor Travis?" Once again, no response. I was thinking about leaving until I heard paper being torn out of a notebook and the sound of writing. A piece of paper slid under the door. I picked it up and sat down on the other side of the stall. It read 'None of your business'. Kinda expected something different. But why didn't he just say it outloud? "Do you hate me so much that you decide not to speak to me Churchboy?" I slid the paper back underneath the stall and listened to the sound of his writing. The paper soon came back and it read 'No, just couldn't speak'. Is this insinuating that he doesn't hate me? "So you don't hate me?" I still don't understand why he won't speak to me. I don't mind, as long as he doesn't insult me through paper, that would be rude.

Once again I passed the paper back to the other side. Once again I listened to his writing and waited for the paper.

'I didn't say that loser'. Ah, there's the insults. "Wow Travis, you even insult through paper" I heard a scoff from behind the door. I'm assuming that's as close to a word I'm gonna get from him.

Travis took the paper himself this time. Passing it back shortly after. 'Shouldn't you be with your friends? Also move out of the way'. Though I was confused, I still moved without question. Once I moved I heard some ruffling from the other side. He must be leaving. The stall unlocked and I was met with Travis face-to-face. For once he wasn't trying to hit me or anything. He was about to turn around but I grabbed his arm. I didn't plan anything. So I just blurted out the first thing that came to mind. "T-Travis!" He was now looking down at me. He slightly raised a brow and I looked away, the eye contact was killing me. "Why won't you speak?" Travis grabbed something out of his backpack. It was a pen. He took my right hand and started writing on my wrist. Once he was done he immediately left. I didn't even have time to read it before he left.

I lifted my sleeve back up to see what it was that he wrote.

'Why won't you leave me alone?'

Ouch, that kinda hurt. It's not like we were friends. Heck, we barely even knew a thing about eachother, he's just some kid who bullied me. But it still hurt! I don't know why though. I pulled it back down and walked out of the bathroom in search for my friends.

"Hey Sal! What took you so long?" Larry asked "Oh I was just making sure my mask was secure" I lied again, I know me and Larry agreed that Travis isn't a bully anymore but I still didn't want him to know. "Alright sallyface." Anyways, let's go somewhere after school today, I'm bored." I agreed. "Sure where do you wanna go?" "How's the park sound?"