I went to St. Antony's school for the Deaf and Mute. Not because I was either of the two, but because it was a dormitory school in the middle of nowhere, and my father happened to work there. That was kind of how my life went, you see; I was the kind who was found stepping in dog poop, tripping over nothing, and being put in the worst school possible for a person like me.
You see, I'm a talkative person. I will yap all day long if allowed to. And this place? Even the hallways are quiet, and the people quieter still. Sure, I could chat in sign language, I am fluent... but the students don't quite like me. I can understand why. "Why the hell is this stupid normal girl in our school? She doesn't fit in whatsoever. She should just leave." That's how it'd been, all my school life; and seeing as I was now a legal adult (18, woo!) and a senior, that had been a long time.
That said, like any school, there were other kids that didn't fit in, either. I was talking to one at the moment, so it happens.
"Why won't you talk?"
It was a simple enough question, but Harriet apparently wanted nothing to do with me. She sped up, but I hurried along beside her. Other students glared as we passed by.
"I know you can hear me." I told her. "And I know it isn't physical."
She glared at me as we turned the corner. I took this as a license I was right. "I know, because you won't even try to learn sign language. You're in the still beginners class after a year. My dad says you could learn, if you wanted to," I said, smirking, "But you don't, do you?"
She frowned sharply, giving me a nod. It wasn't one of those hesitant "yes, you've found out all my secrets" nods, however. It was plainly a curt, "right so far, captain obvious" nod. One gets really good at body language in this type of environment. I sighed and followed her into our dorm.
Harriet was a new student here, the same age as me. She had shown up about a year ago, in the middle of the semester. Her complete lack of sign language skills left her as a total outcast, seeing as she couldn't communicate with anyone. Quite like me, she was considered a novelty – because she was a genius, probably. Unlike me, however, she wasn't resented. She was a tall, almost plain looking girl; her hair was that stereotypically brown and her face was covered in freckles. Still, there was something gorgeous about her – her elegant facial structure, maybe, or the curve of her breasts. She wasn't a DD or anything, but she definitely had something good there.
Not to be creepy, or anything. I have some pretty nice knockers too, and a pretty face to go along with it. As a member of the Busty Blond organization, in any other school men would be crawling all over me. But it wasn't destined to be. I wasted my sexual life away in dorms with other girls, bothering them to hide my own sexual frustration. Or something like that. I've just been told I'm annoying a lot, and I think that might just be the reason.
"It's got to be emotional." I theorized, sitting on the bed. Harriet walked over to the desk in the corner of the room and began unpacking her homework and books. "You're taking a vow of silence... that, or something left you so horrorstruck you won't even speak anymore."
She paused at her task for a brief moment before continuing. I smirked. "GOTCHA! I saw that. It's a trauma related thing, right?" I liked psychology, so this was my thing. Bouncing on my butt, I tried to remember the name of it. I knew there was one, but it slipped through my grasp.
She nodded once, and sat in her chair as calm as ever. She was facing away from me, which was displeasing, so I walked over to her and sat on her desk ever-so-obnoxiously. "So what happened?" I asked. "Were you raped?"
She shook her head.
"Murdered?"
She gave me a look that clearly said "What the fuck." I giggled.