Rose's POV
The next morning I wake up to someone shaking me. I open my eyes to see Theo. "Morning honey, time to get up for school," he signs. I grin and sit up, kissing his cheek. "Good morning," I mouth. "Come downstairs when you're ready," he signs, before walking out. I climb out of bed and head to my closet. I grab the outfit I bought and slip it on. I put on light makeup, and my new jewelry and shoes before skipping down the stairs. I skip into the dinning room and take my place at the table. "Morning sweetheart," my dad signs to me. "Morning dad." "Hurry now honey, you'll be late." I eat my breakfast at lightning speed. Then I say goodbye to my dad and follow my brother out to the garage. We hop in my car and head to school.
When we pull up in front of the school I gulp nervously and look at my brother with wide eyes. "You'll be fine sweetheart, don't be scared I'll protect you." I smile and squeeze his hand. We step out of the car and walk towards the entrance side by side. We walk to the main office and get out schedules and locker numbers, then he walks me to my first class. English my favorite subject. When we get there he takes my hands and kneels down to my level. "I have to go to my class now ok I'll see you at lunch ok Princess?" "Ok." Then he kisses my head and disappears into the sea of students I gulp nervously and walk into the classroom. Not wanting to draw attention to myself I quietly walked to a desk in the front row so I could read the teachers lips. I don't want to tell everyone I'm deaf because once people find out they treat me differently, like a lost puppy. I fold my hands in my lap and wait till the teacher comes in. "Good morning class, today we'll be reading. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin. The books are on your desks please start reading." I open the book and start reading. I've already read it but I don't want to draw attention to myself so I read it again .
When the bell rings, I quickly grab my bag and walk out of class. Surprisingly the next two periods go by super fast and pretty soon it's lunch time. I wait for Theo outside my Biology class like he told me to cause I don't know where anything is yet. When I see him walking down the hall I grin. "Hey Princess, how was your morning," he signs, once he reaches me. "Good, all my classes are really easy." " Of course they are my little brainiac." I laugh and follow him to the cafeteria. I don't talk but I laugh all the time. I just don't know what it sounds like. When we get to the cafeteria he grabs my hand and leads me towards a table. "Rose, these are the guys. That's Luis, Deven, Zach, and Tobias," he signs, pointing to each boy. "Guys this is my sister Rosanna, she's deaf so try to look at her when you talk." I reached up and hit his arm. "What?" "Why did you tell them I'm deaf, now they're going to make fun of me!" ( AN: Just assume that whenever Rose says anything she's using sign language, not talking.) Whenever I yell or get angry my sign language gets really fast. "Oh Rose no they won't, their good guys. And if they do say or do anything to hurt you I'll beat the shit out of them." "Don't curse!" He laughs and pulls me down so I'm sitting at the table in between Theo and Tobias. "Hey Rosanna," one of them says. I wave and smile at all of them. They all go back to their conversations and I take this moment to take a good look at all of them. They all look about eighteen years old, and they're all taller than 6'0. Making me feel like a dwarf. Luis has blond hair and brown eyes. Devin has brown hair and brown eyes, and Zach has brown hair and green eyes. I can't deny that they're all extremely attractive and I can tell they're the bad boys of this school. Finally I look at Tobias only to find he's already staring right at me. I blush and look at my hands. Tobias is probably the most attractive boy I've ever seen. He's tall and broad shouldered with midnight black hair and stormy blue eyes. I look up through my eyelashes and see that he's still staring at me. I feel someone poke my shoulder and turn to look at Theo. "Eat," he mouths. I nod and start eating my lunch.
After a few minutes I look at the clock and see I need to get to class. I poke Theo and tell him I'm going to go to class and that I'll meet him by the car after school. Then I grab my notebook to write, "Bye guys, nice to meet you all:)" They all smile and say you too. Then I grab my backpack and head to class. As I walk down the hall I smile. It feels so good to be in an actual school. I was about to turn into my history class. Someone grabs my arm roughly and throws me against the lockers. I gasp! "What the hell is wrong with you, don't you dare ignore me," the boy in front of me sceams! My eyes widen as I grab my notebook and flip to the first page. I turn it around and show him. "I'm so sorry I wasn't ignoring you! I'm deaf, I didn't hear you!" "Deaf oh my God, what I freak," he sneers. I blush and drop my head cause this is exactly what I was afraid of. Before I could do anything I felt a hard slap across my face. "Freaks like you don't deserve to live," he screams in my face. Tears well in my eyes and I grab my face in shock!
Tobias's POV
I was walking down the hall headed towards the parking lot when I saw a circle of people in the hallway. "Oh good another fight," I thought. I was about to ignore it when I heard someone say, "Deaf, oh my God what a freak!" "Deaf. Rosanna," was my first thought. Swiftly I walk over to the group and clear my throat loudly. Everyone turns and looks at me in fear. Everyone at this school is terrified of me and it comes in handy sometimes. I push through the crowd and what I see makes my blood boil! Ryan Prescot has Rosanna pushed up against the lockers, towering over her. Then he slaps her! That pushes me over the edge, how dare he hit my girl! "My girl. What the fuck am I thinking I don't like her and I do not date," I think, shocked at myself! Anyway this is not the time to worry about that. I grab Ryan's shoulder and spin him around. Before he can react I punch him in the face so hard he falls to the floor and blood spews out of his nose. I grab Roesanna's hand and gently pull her behind me before he can get up. Once I'm sure she's safe I turn back to see Ryan getting up off the floor. "What the fuck Anderson," he yells! "What are you defending this bitch for?" I growl and grab a fist full of his shirt, slamming him into the lockers. "If you ever go near her again you'll face the worst of me you bastard," I hiss. Then I punch him as hard as I can in the nose and hear a satisfying crack. I let him fall to the ground and turn around, still fuming. Everyone looks at me scared, I don't care until my eyes lock with her green ones and my heart clenches. Her light green eyes are wide, her mouth is hanging open, she looks absolutely terrified. Terrified of me. I walk towards her slowly and kneel down in front of her. I reach up and wipe her tears away with my thumb. She flinches and quickly shuts her eyes. "Hey hey everything is ok, I'm not going to hurt you," I whisper. She still doesn't open her eyes and now I'm confused. That's when I remember she's deaf and can't read my lips with her eyes closed. Not knowing what else to do I reach over and pull her tiny body into a tight hug. I feel her tense and then slowly relax. That's when she breaks down. Her body shakes with endless sobs and I feel my shirt becoming damp with tears.
"Shhh shhhh, your ok shhh," I whisper in her ear. Then I pick her up and head for the front doors. I sat down on the front steps with her in my lap. After a few minutes her sobs quite down to whimpers and she brings her face out of my chest. I continue to stroke her hair and hug her tightly. "Thank you," she mouths. "Your welcome sweetheart," I reply, kissing her forehead. She looks down a bright red blush coating her cheeks. I smirk. She turns looking around for something. "Looking for this," I ask, holding up her bookbag. She smiles and takes it from me. She reaches in, pulls out a sketchbook and begins to write. After a few minutes she holds it up for me to see. "Thank you so much for helping me! Are you ok, are you hurt? You can come back to my house and I can help you fix up your knuckles. If you want:)"
I smile, she's so innocent. She puts smiley faces in her messages and cries at any sign of violence. I place my hand on her red cheek and stroke it gently. "Sounds good sweetheart, and you don't have to thank me." She grins and writes something else. "Can you call Theo please?" I nod and pull out my phone. I dial his number, he answers on the third ring.
"Hello."
"Hey Theo, come outside I'm with Rosanna and-"
The line goes dead and I smirk. "He's on his way," I tell her. Not even two minutes later Theo comes barreling through the door at a full sprint. "Rose oh my God are you ok," he asks worriedly? She nods, giving him a smile. He kneels down and examines her face. When he sees the bruise his eyes darken and his fists clench. He starts talking to Rosanna in very fast sign language. Suddenly she climbs out of my lap with her arms open and Theo falls into them. I clear my throat and Theo looks up. "Is everything ok," I ask? He nods and picks Rosanna up. "We're going home and according to Rose you're coming with us," he says. I smirk and follow them. We stop at a light blue Lamborghini and I smirk. "Is this Rose's car?" She smiles and nods. I smile at her. They hop in the car and I hop on my bike. We all head for Rose's house.
Rose's POV
When we get home I run into the house eager to see my father. I ran into his office and opened the door without knocking. I see him sitting at his desk doing some paperwork. "Hi dad," I say happily. "Hi sweetheart, how was your day?" "It was great, all my classes are so easy." "That's great wha- what the hell happened to your face," he says angrily! "Nothing, Tobias took care of it." "Tobias who's Tobias?" Before I could answer the door opens and Theo and Tobias walk in. "Hi dad, this is Tobias, he's a friend of mine." Dad moves me off his lap and walks towards Tobias, surveying him. I begin to feel nervous, my father can be very intimidating when he wants to be. " Hello Tobias, thank you for looking after my daughter today," he says holding out his hand. Tobais takes it and shakes it firmly. "No problem Mr. Winters." "Please call me Jacob," He replies, with a smile. "Princess, why don't you go up to your room and do your homework," he signs to me. I don't actually have any homework but I know that look, dad wants me to leave. I nod and head upstairs. When I get up to my room I sit on my bed and pull out my sketchbook and think about what to draw. Finally I think of the perfect thing. I begin to draw Tobias. Tobias. I really like him. He's the most attractive boy I have ever seen. I doubt he likes me back though, he could have any girl he wants on looks alone. He'd never want to be with the deaf girl.
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