"Class, this is our new student, Joshua. Would you like to introduce yourself?"
Josh bit his lip as he walked slowly up to the front, gripping his white cane.
He didn't have to be able to see to know that eyes were on him.
He could feel it.
"Um, my names J-Josh" he muttered.
"We know that"
"Dumbass"
Josh felt his cheeks go red as he pretended not to hear them. He felt like crying.
"I l-l-like music." He heard himself stutter and hated himself for it
"Aren't you a bit young to have to use a walking stick?"
He heard a boy (he thought it was a boy) ask. The class laughed.
"It's called a cane idiot." another boy yelled.
Josh paused, tugging at his earlobe
"I uh, I'm blind."
