Chapter 2 - iHave her over
disclaimer - I do not own iCarly
Tasha's POV:
Carly and Freddie are so nice to me! Almost the only nice people in this school! Some people here were actually rude when my cane bumped into them by accident. I mean, I can't see them, so how can that not happen, if they don't move out of the way? The cane is a symbol of blindness, and they should know that! Not all of them were rude, of course. Some of them apologized and moved on. But they're not really nice. They don't help me , they don't try to make friends with me, they just don't care abut me! The only person who does, besides Carly and Freddie, is principal Franklin. He's almost the only nice teacher I've met at this school so far. He's awesome, and he always makes sure that I have everything I need! But Carly and Freddie, they're really great! They like me, they think I'm nice, and they feel like they're friends with me! How great is that!
So anyway, Carly invited me over today, and she also helped me figure put where all my classes are. So at the end of the day, I went to the entrance of the building, and waited for Carly there. She finally came by, and told me that she is by my side. She told me that aside from Freddie, there is also another girl walking with us, another friend of hers, named Sam. She introduced me to her, and I introduced my self. Sam promised that although it's really unusual for her, she won't hurt me in any way, and to not worry about that. Do we started walking home, and I made sure I was always by their side. We talked a little, Sam hurt Freddie for no apparent reasons, and Carly tried to stop them, although, according to her, it never really worked. Then, according to Carly, we arrived at her building, and went inside. I heard a man whine. "This is Lewbert, our horrible doorman. You're lucky you can't see his wart." We climbed up some steps until we reached Carly's apartment, and Carly twisted a key in the lick and let us in. "Hi! Hey! Hola!" Carly, Sam, and Freddie said. "This is my brother, Spencer." Carly introduced a man who was apparently in the house. "He's an artist, and he once went to law school for three days. Spencer, this is a new friend of ours, She's new at our school, she's blind, and she's really cool." ""Hi Tasha!" Spencer replied. "Can you help me here with something? I'm working on a new sculpture, the sculpture of hearing, and I hear that blind people can have really enhanced senses. So if you have an enhanced sense of hearing, can you play a few notes on the mini-piano on the sculpture?" "I do," I replied, "And I play the piano. So sure!" Spencer then guided me to his sculpture, told me where to put my fingers, I felt little piano keys. "Just play whatever pops to your head." Spencer said, and I did so. I played a little melody I learned in my last lesson with my piano teacher. "Wow, you're great!" Carly and the guys said. and then, I felt some warmth, and realized that the sculpture set on fire. I quickly took a few steps back, while the guys put out the fire. "Of course..." Carly sighed, "Electrical wiring really isn't Spencer's thing. Almost all of his sculpture set on fire." The fire was successfully put out.
"So Tasha, you wanna play the piano on iCarly this week?" Carly asked. "Sure! I love iCarly! I've watched every single webcast!" "Then come, I'll show you around the studio, and then we'll hang out." We walked to a flight of stairs, and I went up them, making sure I don't go ahead or behind Carly. I followed her footsteps with my hearing. She opened the door of the studio. "OK, this is the iCarly studio!" she announced. "There's a car prop as your 12 o'clock, and we're gonna place a piano to its left, at your 10 o'clock. I'll ask Spencer if he can have his buddy Socko het us one.". She called Spencer and asked him that, and after a few days, the piano was placed in the studio. I was really excited about my upcoming piano concert on the web show! Finally, everyone in Ridgeway high, where I now go to school, will witness my skill, and realize that just because I'm blind, that doesn't mean I'm an idiot, and that they can be my friends!
After the short tour around the studio, we went to Carly's room - Carly, Sam, Freddie, and me. Carly described the room to me a little. "In front of the wall that's at your 12 o'clock, there's a bed. There's an ice cream sandwich couch at your 12 o'clock, closer to us than the wall. You can sit on the couch or the bed if you want to." I sat on the couch, folded up my cane, and placed it by my side.
Sam hit Freddie "because he's nerdy", which I think is stupid and not true, but as Carly told me, she has never been able to stop sam from thinking so or hitting Freddie, even though she agrees with me.
We hung out a little more, and talked about life, iCarly, and some other stuff.
"So Tasha," Carly said, "If you don't mind that I'm asking, how did you become blind?"
"Well, I was born early, and that can cause a condition in which the retinas detach, and that's what happened to me. No retinas - not vision."
"And what was it like in your hometown in Illinois?" Freddie asked.
"Well, not everyone were nice to me, but some were. I had some really good friends, I watched iCarly with them every week, and it was really sad to leave them. But I really love adventures and trying new things, so I was really excited about moving here to Seattle, meeting new people, and all. But almost no one cares about me here, but some do, although not as much as you guys. Principal Franklin is awesome, though!" "He sure is.", they all said. "He's the best. He gets us out of trouble, he's not even a little as tough as the other teachers, he's almost like a teenager himself! He was even on iCarly once. He popped out of those huge jeans." "Oh, I remember that!" I said.
After a while, I looked at the time on my talking phone, and realized that I really have to leave, or else I won't be home in time for dinner. I stood up, picked up my cane, and unfolded it. "Want me to walk you home?" Carly asked. "No, it's OK, I know the way there.", I said. Luckily, I have quite good memory, so I remembered the way down, where to take a turn, where the stairs are, etc. So I walked home.
"That was so much fun! I think this is gonna be an awesome friendship!" I thought as I was walking.