Speak To Me

"Oy! What are you doing with this little creature?"

"Shut up Seth, you sound like a real creep when you talk like that."

The boy turned up to look at "Seth" with a grimace. I moved to pick up the books I dropped but paused when I noticed another set of hands doing the same. I looked up at my neighbour to see him helping me.

"Oh c'mon Oliver, she is a creature, she doesn't even speak."

"Oliver" shot up and quickly smacked Seth on the back of his head. "Dude!" Oliver said while I stood up, he handed me the rest of my books. I took them from them and looked up at him. I gave him a quick smile and then made my way towards the cafeteria. I could feel their eyes burning a hole in the back of my head but I didn't look back, I didn't care. This wasn't new, after all Seth was right, I didn't speak.
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Iris Richardson was a Senior at Wayside high school, but she didn't feel like one. She hadn't been in school for a whole year. She had been in a terrible accident a few weeks before the first day of junior year, and had been hospitalised for two months. After being released from the hospital, her parents opted to homeschool her for the rest of the year.

Oliver Ryder was the classic hot boy football player. He was also a senior at Wayside, and was know to be a semi player.

When Iris returns to life in high school, she happens to bump into Oliver, quite literally. He immediately takes a keen interest in her and makes it his life goal to hear her voice.
Will he be successful or will Iris keep him locked out like all the others?