Author's Note: I know, I know. They're very, very short. But I'm used to doing stuff like flash fiction, so it suites my style better. ^^ Plus there's gonna be a lot of these little things. As always, please read (naturally) and review.
Theme 2: Learning to Listen
The only problem with the voices is school. It's impossible to block the voices all out.
OMG. Don't let him sit next to me!
Aw, crud. I forgot to do my science homework…
Ack. I can't understand this no matter how hard I try.
He keeps on hearing the voices, and they are entirely too loud. So loud that he has a hard time concentrating on what the teacher has to say. So, naturally, when the teacher calls on him to answer a question, he is completely lost. And he excuses himself into the hallway and actually walks outside the school. Outside he closes his eyes and lets the noise wash over him.
It's funny. It begins to sound more organized and more musical the more he listens. He figures out the reason he can hear the voices in the first place is because of the pin that he found.
He figures out how to tune the voices out. It's easy. He wonders why he's never been able to before.
He just has to think of the voices as background music, and it fades.
But he also realizes that he likes to listen now. The people are always left wonder, now, why Joshua goes to the roof of the school and then closes his eyes and looks as though he's listening to some far off tune.