Welcome everyone. I bring the new OC Niall Warburton into my fan fics with this story. Niall will be in many of the chapters with most of it being from his point of view without it being in first person. Enjoy.
Speak, man! Speak!
Niall Warburton was fourteen years old. He had red hair and grey eyes, was thinner than Randy Cunningham and shorter than Howard Weinderman. In fact he only came up to Howard's chin! Niall liked Randy, he didn't like Howard and that was because Howard had a tendency to make fun of a problem Niall had.
What was his problem? Niall had trouble speaking to people. He'd try talk to people. Niall would open his mouth and… nothing! Just silence! Often Howard would start asking Niall questions. It was obvious how that turned out. Actually, Niall's parents and older brother would do the same thing. His teachers too!
Niall wore a red flat cap, a blue golf shirt, a pair of yellow pants and green shoes. There was some question about why Niall wore these colors but these questions only lasted a minute.
Today, Niall was trying yet again to talk to someone. He walked right over to Randy during lunch and swallowed nervously.
"Hey, Niall, what's up!"
Niall opened his mouth but he could not get any words out. He tried again but still no words!
Howard walked over to the table and sat down next to Randy. He gave Niall a cruel look causing the shorter boy to swallow nervously. "What's the matter, Niall? Feeling speechless?" Niall remained calm. He was always calm but a lot of the time he was crying a river inside. "Speak, man! Speak!" Howard laughed a bit as Niall walked away with his head down.
It was at this point that Ken Finlayson ran into the cafeteria.
"News! Big news! Big yipping news!" Everyone looked at Ken. If it was from Ken then it must have been news… Provided it wasn't something boring. "Fifty killer chimpanzees have escaped from Norrisville zoo!" Everyone gasped. That was news! Niall then walked over to Ken and tugged on the sleeve of his jacket. He opened his mouth to speak but once again nothing came out. "What's the matter, Niall? Chimp got your tongue?"
Now that really hurt! Niall just stuck out his tongue and walked away while Howard laughed at Ken's joke. It was a cruel joke. It wasn't that Niall was mute. He just couldn't get a single word out because he had trouble talking to people. It was that simple!