Forgetting Lenny

Chapter 11

A/N; Hey:) I decided to make the words they are signing to the italics font. I feel like this will make it easier to understand but the vocal speaking will be in normal font. Okay, thanks for reading. Have a good day.

Eliza's POV:

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I looked at Lenny with expecting eyes. He signed slowly, as if he didn't know what he was trying to say.

"When you came to me" Lenny signed with unsteady hands, "I was scared. I had just told you I liked you and you came to me with your ex boyfriend problems. I thought you would never think of me as more than a friend."

I sighed and signed back "You could have just talked to me! Instead you just left me hanging. Friends don't ignore friends.''

"I know, I know. I was an idiot and I'm so stupid. I just, I was going though a lot that day and I didn't know how to comfort you."

"You could have talked to me! But instead you let me babble on like an idiot and then made me leave. I don't know if I can forgive you for that."

I put my leg over the side of the bench and turn to get up and leave. I stand up and don't look back at Lenny. I stood still for a second and then took off running. I heard footsteps behind me Lenny clapping. Deaf people sometimes clap our stomp their feet to get your attention if they aren't comfortable speaking. Lenny once briefly told me about how he got speak therapy when he was younger, but when I asked him why he doesn't talk he changed the subject.

I ran up to my car and unlocked it. I sat in silence and watched as Lenny ran through the park, causing a few elderly people to look up at him. He walks up to my car and opens the passenger seat door and got in my car, his breath heavy. We sat in silence, my keys in my hand and the car silent. I looked at Lenny for a second then awkwardly fumbled with my keys and started the car. Lenny held up his hands and I quickly shooed away anything he would have wanted to say to me. He shook his head and started signing again. I looked at him and he signed,

"What's your favorite song?"

I signed back harshly, "You can't listen to music, why would you care?"

Lenny looked at me with the eyes filled with sadness. He repeated again, "What's your favorite song?"

I turned my head and and thought for a second. I looked back at him and signed "My real favorite song or my fake favorite song?"

Lenny looked at me and he responded with, "What do you mean?"

I decided to say this because I don't know how sign it and it make sense. I say " People want me to love artists like Katy Perry and other pop stars. So my fake favorite song is Dark Horse by Katy Perry. But my real favorite song is "Heroes" By David Bowie."

Lenny smiled and signed ''Do you have it in the car?"

I nodded yes and turned my radio dial to "Heroes".

Lenny smiled at me and signed, "Weird question, do you have any ear plugs?"

I burst out laughing and signed yes. I reached into my backseat and grabbed a small container that held a pair of ear plugs. Melody had gone to a concert and hidden her clothes and stuff from it in my car so her parents wouldn't find out she went to the concert. She had left her ear plugs in the car and I was to lazy to move them. Lenny chuckled and motioned for me to put them in. I put the ear plugs in and look at Lenny with a confused expression. He smiled and pressed play on the radio. I watched as he turned the volume dial up all the way until it wouldn't turn it up anymore. He looked at me and smiled a crooked smile. He took his hand and grabbed mine. With his left hand he put my hand on the radio speaker and he kept it over mine. I felt the beat of the music under my hand and saw that Lenny's hand was moving to the music too. He turned to me signed,

"That's how I listen to music."

I smiled at him and turned my head to look at the stereo. I closed my eyes and leaned my head on Lenny's shoulder. Lenny put his head on mine and sighed. There are the small moments in life when you are at peace. This is one of those moments.

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A/N: THIS CHAPTER TOOK SO LONG TO WRITE. But I like it. I hope you like it too.

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