You're Mute?

Chapter 1

"She has made no progress since we've even started these meetings. I don't think I can continue them when she won't even speak a word to me." Mr. Johnson said.

Just because I don't talk, doesn't mean I'm not making any progress. The questions he asks me I repeat to myself every night. How are you doing today? How was school? Did you get teased today? Did you meet anyone new? Do you want to talk about that night? No, I never want to talk about that night.

"Please, we're just trying to help her." Martha told him.

Help me? How are you helping me? Maybe I like being this way.

"There is no point in helping her. She obviously doesn't want to change."

I might want to be able to talk again, but that doesn't mean that I want to share every single detail of my life with you.

"I'm sorry, but from now on, I suggest that you wouldn't schedule anymore meetings."

I could hear his footsteps as he walked away.

"Ana, I know you could hear that." Martha said.

I slowly walked around the corner and into the view of my foster parents.

"We are very disappointed in you, Ana."

"Stewart!" Martha looked at her husband in shock.

"What? We've been doing counseling for over a year and it's all been a waste." He threw his hands up in the air and walked out of the building.

Martha glanced at me and I could tell that she was disappointed too, but I knew that she would never say it out loud. She quickly walked out after Stewart and I knew that they expected me to follow them.

That was a few months ago. They had eventually learned that I wasn't worth it, and they gave me back to foster care.

Surprisingly, another family adopted me soon after and I just recently moved in with them. The parents were very strict and they had a son a year older than me who loved to tease me, but it wasn't the worst home that I've been in.

I start at my new school today, I thought as my alarm clock blared in my ears. They were nice enough to get me some things for my room, since I don't have any belongings.

I walked over to the box of clothing that they had given me last night and chose a random outfit. I brushed my teeth and my hair.

I walked down the stairs and entered the kitchen to see the rest of the family eating some breakfast. Jim, the dad, tossed me an apple, and I caught it effortlessly.

"You're to walk home right after school. Don't go anywhere else unless you tell us first." He told me. I nodded and then walked out of the front door.

I didn't exactly know where the school was, but there were some other people in our neighborhood who walked there too and I just followed them.

Once I entered the school, I immediately started to look for the front office. Good thing it was actually in the front of the school otherwise it would've taken me forever to find it.

I went in and walked up to the desk. The secretary didn't notice that I had walked in so I had to knock on the desk to get her attention.

She looked up, "Oh, hi. Are you Ana Rogers?" I nodded. "Ok, well, here's your schedule and locker combination. I hope you like it here."

I nodded again and then walked out the door.

406... 406... Here it is, locker 406. I quickly deposited my bag and started looking for my first period.

After walking around the building twice, I was finally able to locate Mr. Strong's room, just as the bell rang signalling the end of the period. A girl about my age came running out of the room and crashed right into me. All of the books in her hands fell to the floor and I immediately started picking them up. Once she noticed what happened, she picked up the rest of them and then thanked me.

"Hey, I haven't seen you around," she started, "you new?' I nodded.

"That's cool, do you want me to show you around?" I smiled and nodded again.

She was able to show me to my next period which we apparently had together.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Becca." I quickly grabbed some paper from my notebook and wrote my name.

After showing it to her, she said, "Ana?" I nodded.

"You know, you don't talk much." Becca noticed.

I wrote down on the paper again and showed her.

"You're mute?"

So, what do you guys think? I haven't done a mute story yet, so I'm not really sure if it's good or not...

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