Signing Love (#Wattys 2018)

Chapter 14

Three months later

Sami POV

About a second before my alarm started to ring, and make my day miserable, my eyes fluttered open. I was sure that I was mostly in a good mood. And how is that possible? Wednesday is the most miserable day of this whole week; at least it is for me. Why you ask?

Well, let's just say that I had a test yesterday for Biology with Mrs. Onyx Grudge, and it seems like I didn't do that well. And that is not a good thing, especially when you have her as a biology teacher. And I also heard that today, we would be assigned a partner project, not being able to pick our partners.

I know that I wouldn't obviously be with either my brother or Ariana. I mean, my brother would barely talk to me, only for the project. Other than that, he wouldn't. Remember? I brought up the topic about Charvi twice in a month, which I never did before. It's not my fault that it happened in the first place. It was just my existence that came in the way of him and Charvi being happy together.

I neatly folded the blanket, and I didn't forget to do my bed. I fluffed the pillow at the end, which I usually do. I went into Noah's bedroom to wake him up. After he woke up, I went into Nathan's room, and I knocked on the door three times to wake him up.

Using the blow horn is not my thing anymore to wake him up. I mean after about two months, I stopped doing it. I started getting bullied, and I stopped talking to Nathan. After another week, Nathan wouldn't let me get out of bed unless I would have to take a bath, or go the bathroom.

Then after that, I used it again, for about a day or two, and then, the topic of Charvi came up. After that, Nathan stopped talking to me, and I stopped talking to him. It's just that I couldn't help but notice that he was feeling down every day. I know that she is in the back of his mind every day, but he has to move on.

I understand that he lost the one person who was willing to spend the rest of his life with, but that doesn't mean that he could block all the girls in the world out forever. I just wish that he could understand.

I brushed my teeth with my favorite mint toothpaste, and I took a shower with my favorite lavender soap, which made me calm my nerves down. I really needed this.

As I went down the stairs for breakfast, I smelled some pancakes. Of course, Mom made them. And that is because I could clearly smell the cinnamon in the air. I know that Mom puts a lot of cinnamon in the pancakes. And of course, Nathan starts sneezing when he is around powdered cinnamon; it's like dust to him. But he still eats them because they taste awesome.

I sat down on a bar chair right by the counter, and Mom handed me a plate of pancakes. These were my favorite ones.

After I quickly gobbled up my breakfast, I was about to exit the house, to go to school, all by myself.

"Hey, Sami. Why not wait for Nathan and Noah?" Mom asked me.

"No thank you. Nathan wouldn't want to talk to me. He hasn't since the past few days."

"Why not?"

"I brought up the topic of Charvi."

She gave me a concerned look, and I dashed out of the front door, thinking if I have all the stuff needed for this school day. Even though I divert my mind to think of something else, I still think of life before what happened.

I huffed in frustration, knowing that I can't do anything but have Nathan stay mad at me. I started to walk at a brisk speed to school, almost the fastest that I have walked (to school at least). My pace slowed down as I heard someone call my name.