Chapter 7 - Crétin
The rest of the day was just as bad. Left and right Simon could hear laughing and snickering, and he kept hearing "freak" and "cripple" in every conversation.
Finally, the school day ended. Simon left as quickly as possible, leaving his brothers and the Chipettes behind. Simon sped home as fast as he could. Right when Simon made it home, Dave was just getting out of his car.
"How was your first day back at school?" Dave asked. Dave saw Simon crying.
"Whats wrong?" Dave asked.
Simon didn't answer. Dave picked up Simon out of his chair and carried him into the house.
When the others arrived, Simon was sitting in the living room, watching TV. He was all quiet.
"Hi guys," Dave said.
"Hi, Dave." Alvin said.
"Do you know what's wrong with Simon?" Dave asked.
The others had a feeling they knew, but they didn't want to upset Simon more.
"No" they said.
"Oh..." Dave said. The others walked into the living room where Simon was.
"Hi, Simon" Theodore said.
"Hi Theodore" Simon said.
"Can we sit in here with you?" Eleanor asked.
"Whatever..." was Simon's reply. The others didn't know what to say. Simon never said anything like that.
At dinner, Simon hardly ate anything.
"Simon, are you alright? You hardly ate a thing." Dave said.
"I guess I am just tired..." Simon said.
Simon wheeled over to the staircase and then stopped. The horrible nightmare vision blew over him again.
"I am going to go put Simon to bed. You guys finish dinner and then get started on your homework." Dave said.
"Okay Dave." Alvin and Theodore said together.
"Come on, buddy." Dave said. He picked Simon up. Simon laid his head on Dave's shoulder as he walked up the stairs out of view.
Simon woke up in bed. The room was dark. On the wall where in his other dreams he had seen drawings, someone had carved the word ''Freak'' into the wood. Simon flinched at the sight of the word, but soon relaxed and examined his surroundings. Looking out the window once again, revealed nothing. Simon got out of bed and into his chair. He headed for the window. He stared out through the glass for a while, but suddenly, an image of himself appeared in the distance. It was clearly Simon. The bespectacled figure sat in a wheelchair, wearing a long, blue turtleneck sweater. A loud voice boomed across the room.
''Crétin'' the voice said. It was the same voice from the Tape they had watched in Science earlier. Bellow the figure, some letters materialized. They formed the word ''Freak''
Simon backed away from the window, scared out of his mind. He wanted to see Dave again. He opened the door to the hallway and headed out. He could hear the voices of his classmates calling him a freak, a cripple and all sorts of bad names.
''Be quiet, Hot Wheels!'' Brittany's voice echoed once again, just like before.
''Crétin'' A man's voice said.
Simon began to sob. The chair began to move on it's own again, just like the other day. This time, there was no delay. He tipped off the edge and fell for what seemed like hours. As he fell, he could still hear the voices of his Classmates. The last thing he heard before he hit the ground and the nightmare ended were the voices of all of his friends, classmates and teachers all together calling out to him the words ''Crippled Freak!''
Author's Notes: This is another short Chapter. The reason is the same as before.
