Twist of Fate

Chapter 15 - At the kiddie table

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Twist of Fate.

Chapter 15 – At the kiddie table.

Tori's POV

It's been over a week since Jade came over for dinner and things have gone well. She's come over a few more times and we hung out. I've since discovered that Jade, though she can no longer see the screen, does enjoy TV. Though our tastes are radically different, we both enjoy Game of Thrones. Jade likes it when I describe the action going on the screen.

She's still a very angry and frustrated person. I know she tries to hide it and not show her anger, but I do try an encourage her to express it in constructive ways.

One other thing I needed to do was to try and integrate herself back into normal society. While she and I get along fine, she still doesn't do well with others. While she's cut back on purposely annoying people, she still has this wall around her. A lot of the time, she just keeps to herself.

Rolling into school in the morning I found her at her locker. I noticed right away her scowl was a bit more distinct than normal.

"Hi Jade, How are you today!" I said trying to be cheerful.

"Still blind, so everything is just as shitty as always."

"Stop that!"

"Stop what? If you mean being blind, I've tried. Hence my terrible mood." Jade said acidly.

"You know what I mean Jade. Come on what's bugging you? For real."

Jade took a deep breath and closed her locker. "You know I have the special website reader so I can surf the web. I was on last night and found out they're making a sequel to the scissoring." Jade paused while she clenched her fists in anger. "I won't even get to fucking see it."

I had to reach and grab her arm before she slammed it into the locker. She just let her arm hang there for a moment before she relaxed and dropped it.

"Look I don't like horror movies, but if it will help. I'll go with you. I can describe what's going on. I know they have descriptive services available in any case. Please Jade, calm down."

"I hate this. I feel so trapped some days." Jade said in a hushed tone.

I could hear the pain her words. It was pain I was all too familiar with. "I know, I'm trapped in this thing and I'll never get out of it."

"Shit happens, right? Life comes along and dumps misery and pain on us."

"Pretty much."

Jade seemed to tense up again. "It's all like SpongeBob."

I was very confused by her remark. "Huh?"

"My sister was watching SpongeBob this morning while I was eating breakfast. Listening to it, made me think. SpongeBob is one sadistic motherfucker. Look at Squidward. All he wants is to be alone and enjoy his art. But SpongeBob and Patrick mercilessly torment him with their stupid shit. Not to mention poor Mrs. Puff. She didn't do anything to deserve the misery that SpongeBob heaps on her every day. That's all he pretty much does, dump misery and pain on people who don't deserve it."

"I like SpongeBob." Cat said as she came by.

"You would Cat!" Jade snapped. I quickly put my hand on her arm again.

"Jade, be nice. You're only allowed to make Cat cry once a week and it's only Monday."

I then turned to Cat. "I like SpongeBob too, Cat. Thank you."