PARALYZED: Us Against The World

-Ten

I woke up to joyfully, feeling ever glorious than ever. Yesterday was fun, wasn't expecting same with this one but then, if things were to go down well for me, wouldn't that be nice?

Did my usual morning routine and had breakfast from the best cook in town, my mom. None like her, none before her and probably none after her; she's absolutely the best there'll ever be.

Dad Steve drove us to school, coz mom had to go run some test on an elderly patient that was bed ridden.

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Everything seemed fine until I got out of the car, men, from crowd on the walkway, the students and the creepy genitor staring at me,the feeling I thought I'd gotten over was beginning to cling on to me once more.

"I can do this. Just another day. Another usual day." I say encouraging myself.

The walkway was the one place in the entire school I'm sure not use to. It's like it's the only place in the whole block students felt idle to shed gossips. I use to think gossips where things done in secret and then carried by the wind like weed seedlings spreading to wherever the wind blew.

I manage to survive the awkward stares as I always do, every single day I'm present here.

Walked into class,made it to my desk, didn't take long for Esther to join me. It took about five to ten minutes after my arrival to get the class completely filled. Everyone came in early enough, well it was so I thought but well, the guy from the next row, the one the class teased of being the man that wrestled with a rat, as usual he came in a bit late.

He did this slow motion walk as he walked to his desk,I couldn't help but stare.

"Don't stare at him that much, he doesn't like that." I was startled, I definitely felt like my heart hooped. Esther took me unaware; I was kinda lost in thoughts, definitely not admiration for the guy.

I looked away. The teacher came in to do the business of the day. We had lengthy note to write down and well, while we were doing that, I was tempted to stare. His nice black V-neck sleeveless sweater made him look a bit more decent than other days.

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I spent lunch break in the cafeteria with Esther, James, Stephen and Andy( a shortened version of Andrew, it sounded a bit cool than his original name anyways and suited him even more. He was even cool with the fact I called him Andy and not Andrew).

From where we sat, I could see him sitting all by himself. He seemed to be busy with this book that had him lost in the clouds. I couldn't resist starring at him. It wasn't his all cute face that made me stare to his face, it was something else.

At some point, I could tell he was fully aware I was starring at him, felt he was gonna walk up to me and say stop looking at me but well, he didn't.

"Is he always like that?" I ask as I gaze at him.
" Lambert?" Andy asks.
" So, he has a name." I whisper to myself. No one heard me for sure.
"Yeah." A quick response from James.
"Always like that." Esther's words backs James.
"He wasn't always like that." Andy said.
"What happened?" I become inquisitive to know more.
" Not entirely sure, but then, they was this fire accident, more like an explosion that happened to him and his brother, his bro went into coma and since then hasn't woken up and well, he's been like this ever since."