Hey guys, so here's another chapter. I got three reviews, and I would SOOOOOO love some more! Reviews really keep me motivated. If you are wondering what some of these signs look like, you can go to google videos and search, youtube of course, or . any of these are good sources. Hope you guys enjoy!
After watching some uninteresting crap on the planeTV, I decided to watch one of my favorite dance movies, Step Up 3, on my iPod Touch. I put on my headphones, yes the old fashioned kind, and turned up my iPod all the way. I was watching my favorite dance sequence when I felt an all-too-familiar-by-now tap on my shoulder. I turned to Justin, not bothering to pause the movie. Why bother? I wouldn't be able to hear him with it turned down anyways, after all. I looked at him expectantly.
He held out his phone to me, writing typed up on the screen. Hmm. I thought to myself he has the same phone as me. The iPhone 4.
I read the writing
You said you were deaf right?
I just looked at him funny.
Um. Yeah. Can you read yet? You're 16, right?
He shot me an annoyed glare.
YES I CAN READ! THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I was referring to the reason why you have your iPod turned on super loud.
Oh. I guess that makes sense.
Before you ask, no, I wasn't lying. I can feel the vibrations through the headphones. The louder the music, the stronger the vibrations.
I could tell he understood before he even started to type.
Oooh.
I rolled my eyes.
That it?
He thought for a moment
So. You like dance?
I smiled. You could say that. I'm a dancer.
He looked interested. Awesome. What kind?
This one took just a second for me to answer. No thought necessary. Everything. Mostly hip-hop.
Cue hair-flip and egotistical smile. Wow, just when he started to seem like a human being.
That's hot.
Oh God. Not again.
I took my hand made a fist and tapped it against my head (ASL for stupid), then moved my hand to my forehead and made a grabbing motion, like if I was grabbing a baseball hat (boy). The man sitting next to Justin, with dark brown hair and a baseball hat on laughed at that. Justin just looked confused.
I turned to the man. I pointed at him (you), then brought one of my hands to my temple (know), and took both my hands and made 'a's with sort of a grabbing motion (ASL).
He nodded. He pointed to himself (Me or I) then finger spelled the acronym CODA (stands for Child Of Deaf Adult, basically means any hearing kid whose parent(s) are deaf. The term is also sometimes used for people with a deaf sibling.). I nodded. Good. We now have an interpreter. He explained that his name was Scooter, and that he is Justin's manager.
Please tell him stop bugging me. I signed.
He laughed again, then turned to Justin and started talking.
I smiled to myself, satisfied, then started to watch my movie some more, getting into the beat that I could feel.
I would just like to explain right now that deaf people don't communicate sentences the same way hearing people do. Instead of saying, for example, "I will go to the store", they might sign "I go store later". So that's why I won't be using correct grammar all of the time when Akia is either signing or writing into her iTouch. Just thought I'd make that clear. Anyways, please review! It gives me more motive to update soon
