Heart Beneath

Heart beneath

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As I walk down the halls of my school, Gelener high, Flash guides me. He barks as i get too close to a wall. My walking stick gets caught in something. As I struggle to release it, Flash barks loudly, then he fades away. My walking stick is grabbed from my hand, laughter trails to my left. "Devon." I think. Devon always teases me, and tries to take Flash away from me constantly.

Hi, I'm Kenna Marie Harnock.

And I'm blind. Flash is my dog, he helps me get around. Sometimes, it feels like he's the only one in the world I can trust. People are always teasing me and making faces, (My friends tell me, because, obviously, I can't tell.) The principal even said anyone who made life unbearable for me would be suspended. My friends tell me at the beginning of the year they did an assembly about how to help me down the halls, and punishments for not. Hmph. They think that helped.

"Devon!" I scream.

"What's wrong, sightless?" He yells back.

Just then, one of his goons comes and slams me into a locker. I feel warm blood on my face. As I slide down the locker onto the floor, nobody stops to help. I curl up, and start to cry. They know I can't get up on my own. A warm hand slips across my face, and I sit up quickly, slamming my already bleeding head against the locker. I must have passed out then, because when i woke up, someone was holding me in the sick room.

"Hello?" I ask nervously, hoping its not Devon hoping to throw me across the hall.

"Umm, hi..." comes the answer. I recognize the voice, male, but I can't pick out who exactly it is.

"It's..."

"Ren." I finish his statement. "Yeah, I remember now."

" You kind of passed out bleeding." He says.

"Hmph." I say. "I kind of figured that out."

"Oh, sorry. Well, can I walk you to class, then?"

"That'd be nice." I say. "Please."

We walk down the hallway, his arm around my waist, just like they told people to at the assembly. I was surprised anyone even stayed awake during that. As we walk into the class,I feel Jenny give me a dark look. She told me she likes him. I don't "like" anyone. They're all too cruel. I used to though, I'm bi. If you don't know what that means you're probably too young to be reading this. I thank him and he walks away. Then, Jenny gives me a speech about "Staying out of her territory." I tell her I'm not interested in him.

Then I realize that I still don't have Flash or my walking stick back, and I turn to find someone to help me. Just then, I hear Flash's reassuring bark, and then I hear Ren's voice saying;

"Hey, Kenna! Looking for these?" As he hands me my walking stick.

Maybe he's not so bad after all.

Over the next two days, Ren saves me from Devon, and other mean kids. He walks me to and from classes, and lets me feel Jenny's cold stare. I'm in tech Ed right now, and because blind girl plus deadly saw equals, well, dead blind girl, I get to sand instead. I have an interesting piece of wood, and I'm sanding it from 10 grit to 3000. Mr.Benski says it'll be soft as a blanket when I'm done. Ren is In my exploration too. After, I wait at the door for him to walk me to gym. I have to sit on the side and listen to other kids play "dodge ball" and other fun games. But Mr.Skai says I can join in when dancing comes around. Great. We approach the gym door, and of course, everyone is already inside. I hug him and thank him for helping me. Suddenly, he runs his fingers through my hair, and kisses me on the cheek. Stunned, he has to carry me through the doors and place me on the bench. Hmmm... Dancing...