Part 9||Dealing with a bully is easy

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A/N: I decided I'm going to have a picture and that video up for the rest of the chapters.  It's about 28 minutes long so when you have time, I actually recommend you watch it because I've cried to it multiple times lmao *adds a laugh so ppl think I'm emotionally stable*

TYLER'S POV:
Okay so I've emotionally prepared myself to get bullied, rubber band on my wrist.  
I walk out to the bus stop with Josh

"Josh, I'm really scared" I say 
"It's okay" he signs
"Is it, though? I think I might vomit" I say
"Hey, I'm scared too.  I'm nervous too.  But if we come here looking like chumps, we're gonna get walked all over.  We have to come in seeming like we're super confident and we won't get bullied all year.  Plus, if anyone makes fun of you for being deaf, I will literally beat them up.  I'm not even joking." he says
"What if you get bullied" I ask
"I'll still beat them up" he said after a couple seconds of hesitation.  
"Nah, I'll beat them up" I joke, hoping to calm him down
"Wow, thanks.  Look at you, really saving me"  He jokes back.  We get to the bus stop where a boy with dark hair is standing

"Brendon" he says, holding out a hand
"Tyler" I say, shaking his hand
"And I'm Josh" Josh says
"y'all in tenth too?" he asks
"mhm" Josh says
"Cool.  Hey, what extracurricular are you guys doing?" he asked
"Music" I said
"and Tyler?" he asked
"also music" Josh answered for me
"So am I.  I sing, what about you guys?" he asked
"I sing, play piano, play ukulele" I speak up
"I drum" Josh says
"I also play guitar and piano" Brendon says
"Oh, cool" I say
"Is everyone here so outgoing?" Josh asks
"Uhm, I don't know.  I think you forget that I'm also in tenth grade, also new" Brendon says
"Oh, duh" Josh says
"Did you tour the school?" I ask
"Uh, no.  And I'm really nervous about that.  I think I'm the only one our age who didn't tour" Brendon says
"We didn't either" Josh says
"are you guys brothers?" Brendon asks
"Oh, No.  We're best friends though.  We met a few weeks ago and have hung out nonstop since then.  Like, every day" I say
"Oh that's cool.  How'd you guys meet" He asks
"Well, I bumped into him on the sidewalk and we started talking and I had no friends so why not?" Josh answers
"That's that fairytale way to meet" Brendon sarcastically jokes
Josh and I laugh, making Brendon smirk.  He did have a really nice smile.  Almost as good as Josh's...but not quite.  I shake my head to get those thoughts out of my head
"You good bro?" Brendon asks
"Yeah, I just got distracted" I awkwardly laughed
"Ha, I do that all the time" Brendon laughs, making me ease up

Josh discreetly signs "blurryface?" to me and I do a small shake of my head.  

Brendon dropped his backpack.
"whoops" he laughed, as the bus arrived**

we all got on the bus.  It was just us three and we talked about what the school would be like.  We got there and saw a bunch of people.  I shuddered
"it's okay" Josh signs.  
"is it though?" I ask
"Probably not" Josh signs, laughing
I playfully push him
"shut up, you" I say

Brendon sees that and yells
"I SHIP IT!" making Josh and I blush

Brendon doesn't know I'm deaf because, why get rid of my friend.  


BRENDON'S POV:
I thought Josh was cute and I'd totally go out with him but no matter what, I still ship him and Tyler.  I know Tyler's deaf.  I didn't at first but I can see him watching my lips intently and Josh occasionally signing to him.  But like, I don't really care.  He reads my lips and speaks in a way I can understand him.  He isn't different.  He's just deaf.  
I'm not gonna tell him I know because like, why.  I am not going to tell anyone else either because like, why?
He's so cute.  Like a little baby.  Josh is adorable too.  They're perfect for each other.  I love hearing Josh reassure Tyler that he'll protect him.  

"Josh!" I call, making Josh stop
"I know Tyler's deaf.  I'm not gonna stop being friends with him because he's a nice guy and he understands me and I understand him but just...tell him that it's okay to remind me to slow down, sometimes I talk too fast" I say
"Thanks, Brendon" Josh says back

JOSH'S POV:
It's really great of Brendon to be accepting like that.  
"what'd he want?" Tyler asks
"He know's you're deaf and he says it's okay and you can ask him to slow down because he talks too fast sometimes" I sign
"shit" he says
"What?" I ask
"he knows" Tyler says
"Right but he's clearly planning on talking to you in the future because he also said he still wants to be your friend.  Plus he said you can ask him to slow down.  Doesn't that mean you'll talk more?" I sign to him
"Hm.  True" Tyler says

"DUMBASS!" I hear someone scream at Tyler

I sigh
"what is it?" Tyler asks
"Some idiot is coming to laugh at you" I sign
"well, you best beat them up" Tyler laughs
I pretend to square up, making Tyler laugh.  The guy is now right next to me
"Hey, dumbass, why are you talking with your hands?" he asked me.  
"It's sign language" I say
"What are you, deaf?" he asks
"Yup" I say, realizing he thinks I'm deaf, not Tyler since Tyler talks and I sign 
Tyler looks confused so I nudge his arm so he gets it.  He smiles, really wide

The guy pushes me back
"Fucking idiot" he says
"Why, because of an accident in the hospital? That makes me dumb. My voice is better than yours will ever be and I listen better than you can even imagine!" I say, just describing Tyler to this guy
"No, you're a dumbass" he says, shoving me
I knee his crotch
"But guess what...I can talk trash about you to everyone else and you'd never even know what I'm saying, you get that right?" I say, and I start signing random words.
"Grandma, orange, purple, think, know, red, son, dark" I sign, making Tyler smile, trying not to laugh

"You understand what this dumbass is saying?" The idiot looked at Tyler.
Tyler then started signing random words too
"boat, cat, snake, pink, blue, grandpa, love, kitten"
and now it's my turn to try not to laugh

"what the fuck are you saying?" he asks
"who's the dumbass now, we know TWO languages" Tyler laughs at him
"I don't have to deal with this, I'm going." the guy said, clearly flustered and angry that he couldn't understand us
"If that's dealing with a bully, that's easy" Tyler laughs


**I doubt you guys have noticed because I've never pointed it out but the bus always comes after someone says "whoops".  It happened twice in "best frens" and so far once in this story lmao


A/N: Learning a few cuss words in sign language and a couple common words isn't a waste of your time.  You can talk to friends in class.  The amount of things I've called my classmates and teachers to my best friend across the room is ridiculous.  I used to teach her more sign language every wednesday at recess in 6th grade.  
I do know some sign and every word in this story, I know.  Except blurryface because it's a name and a deaf person themselves has to give you your sign language name.  
anyway, love you all

*****STAY ALIVE FRENS*****

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