𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 [𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘭]

𝒇𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒏|𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞

ʏᴇᴀʀ ᴛᴡᴇɴᴛʏ ғᴏᴜʀ ᴛᴡᴏ
ᴏɴᴇ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ

Sometimes Izzy didn't speak. She always wondered how long it would take for someone to notice, if she just stopped talking.

Only a few others knew of her predicament. Harriet, Sonya, Thalia, and Wren. They understand.

They'd only seen it happen once or twice, but it lasted for at least a day. Or longer, depending.

She was staring blankly at a maze wall, not speaking, not moving, not hearing. Harriet could tell it was one of those days.

She learned sign language specifically for her, or she also had a miniature blackboard on the worst days.

Harriet walks over to her, silently dropping on the ground next to her. She doesn't say anything, because she knows she won't get a response.

𝘏𝘦𝘺, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺?

𝘐 𝘥𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘰.

𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵?

𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺.

𝘈𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.

𝘕𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦?

𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵.

𝘊'𝘮𝘰𝘯, 𝘭𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘰.

𝘖𝘬𝘢𝘺.

Harriet gently grasps Izzy's hand, leading her back to their shared room. She helps her into bed, tucking her in.

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦?

𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘴𝘰.

𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘦?

𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘦.

𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘢', 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?

𝘖𝘬𝘢𝘺.

𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴.