People think when you are blind; you're helpless, poor, and weak. But those people don't know what it is like, constantly being told how limited you are to the things around you, how weak you are compared to those you look up to or even hate so much but told you can't do a thing due to one disability. Some people even say that they would rather be blind than deaf, but once you hear what everyone constantly says about you and how they treat you, then you will want to be deaf just to spare the tears that might be shed later on.
At that gloomy point, you begin to think that you can trust no one to be your friend; for they may just pity themselves to help you and act so caring like a real friend should. You become paranoid, scared that no one will really be there for you in the end. But who needs them? I can stand out by myself, I can take care of myself because i am determined to prove those who doubt me, wrong.
"Why?" Leah spoke softly. Her eyes staring off into the distance of darkness, the only thing her disabled eyes would let her see. The soft taps of her cautious feet could be heard against the sidewalk, along with her two worried companions.
"Why? Becuase you need it, Leah." The mellow british voice of one of her good friends spoke, carrying the white walking cane in her hands; trying to place it in Leah's hand only for the auburn haired girl to smack it away.
"I don't need that stupid thing, Avalon." Leah rudely snapped, before nearly tumbling over a lonesome branch on the pale pavement. Avalon sighed and kicked the branch towards a fallen tree on the grass of a neighbors home while a frantic blonde grasped her blind friends arm from tripping any further.
"This is your third time tripping, you must use the cane." The blonde female spoke fastly, eyeing her cautious friend.
"No. I will not, I can walk without it." The blind eyed girl spoke softly, regaining her straight stance and held her head high as she took a slow step, followed by another.
"-Leah!" The blonde friend caught one arm of the auburn youngling as Avalon caught the other; dropping the white walking stick in the process as the disabled teen tripped once more. With a desperate sigh, Leah pulled her arms from their grasp and composed herself. "Stop this bullshit, you need the cane!"
"No! Ellie let go of me." The blind Leah spoke, trying to pry her arm out of the newly grasped hand of Ellie.
"No, not until you take the thing." Ellie snatchd the white cane from Avalon's small hands and shoved it against Leah's chest. Stubborn, Leah resisted. With a sharp sigh in the tense air, both girls looked to the aggrivated Avalon. The brown haired girl pinched the bridge of her nose before shifting her amber eyes to the pair.
"Leah, your stubborn. This is obviously stated adn what is also stated is your virtuous act of bravery by not taking the cane. It is getting dark, and we need to get home; it is not wise to be out so late in these streets. Now, please for the love of all that is good and pure in this mad world; take the cane." Avalon's voice spoke smoothly as the two girl's listened intently. Leah opened her mouth but quickly stopped the voice crawling up the back of her throat as her ambe eyed friend spoke once more, "If you deny taking the cane then we shall pick you up by your hands and feet and carry you back to the orphanage."
With a sigh, Leah snatched the cane and began gliding it along the streets of the shy town, soon followed by her two victorious friends. "To hell with you both." Leah grumbled as she stepped over a newly detected stone.
"Such harsh words." Avalon looked up to the sky, her light brown hair highlighted with the rays of the evening sun before looking back ahead and halting her blind friend at a car lined street.
"Dont be so mean Leah. We are only looking out for you!" Ellie hugged her portrayed helpless friend only to be shrugged off as the threesome walked across the red lighted street.
"Shut up." Leah grumbled. The group glided across the sidewalk, Ellie watched a group of bikers zoom by and giggled. Leah could only pout in her loss of protest, she wanted them to allow her to do her stunt and accept the braveness she held; then again she could barely hold herself up for ten seconds before nearly tripping over an unseen object. She was determined to prove the strength she held in her heart and push it into her veins, no matter if her eyes couldn't hold as much.
A breeze swept through the bustling city, the traffic dying down with the day's light; only for the nocturnal clubbers being anxious to come out. Few pedestrians walked against the group and some walked in the same direction, Leah earned pitiful and curious looks from most people while others didnt mind her blind presence as her cane tapped the close area in front of her. The blind one knew of her earned stares, for she was used to them and those obvious whispers around her or the gloomy thoughts about her. Used to it, she brushed it off and continued down her path with her body guard like friends.
"Come on, Leah." Ellie nudged her friend down another pathway and continued their walking before halting all together to face a fairly kept building. Avalon took a breath and glided up the stone steps only to open the large wooden double doors and hold them open for her dear friends. The blue eyed Ellie patiently spotted her blind friend as she slowly made her way up the steps before stepping into the open doorway followed by the pair. The three were engulfed in a fresh cool breeze that scented of sweets while Avalon shut the doors behind them and took her shoes off. Ellie did the same and even for her blind friend too.
"I smell cookies!" Ellie rushed herself into the hallway and disappeared through a doorway. The brown haired Avalon sighed and looked at her still friend, standing silently over the dark wooden floor.
"I'm back here, so i refuse the cane." Leah dropped the white cane and carefully crawled up the nearby scarlet carpeted staircase and wobbly made herself stand up. The amber eyed girl below watched her ungraceful friend and took a breath, the light around her making the dark shadows under her eyes more noticable. She yawned before watching her blind friend disappear behind the balcony of the upstairs region and placed a fair hand up, letting her fingers count down until a loud rumble was heard from the area above. A long groan came from the above hallway, and Avalon smiled while picking up the cane resting upon the polished wooded floor and letting her bare feet glide up the stairs to her friend in need.
