I grin happily over at my boy friend, his hands flying around excitedly telling about something that happened in his gym class. I laughed as he recalled when a friend hadn't seen the ball and couldn't see the teacher rapidly finger spelling "Look out!" His friend had been whacked with a basketball.

Our school has a few problems. Sometimes teachers don't realize that it almost a third of the students are deaf, so when they come and are expected to sign at least important parts of their lessons they are clueless. Its always funny for the whole class. The hearing students can almost all sign. Its important in our school. Other wise you always wonder if someone is talking about you behind your back.

When I moved here two years ago I was taking Spanish and the only sign I knew was "I love you" the one that they teach in kindergarten. So I know how it feels to sit in the back corner of the class watching everyone else's hands elegantly talk as the teacher lectures.

I started to learn slowly. At the office when you transfer in they always give you this little book mark of the manual alphabet. The manual alphabet is hard to do. It means that you spell out every word with your fingers and then they reply the same way. It takes a lot of effort and its normally easier if you just write back and forth to people.

But then I saw Specs. He was so funny. He wouldn't ever write to people saying that he had a language and that was it. His parents are both Deaf and raised him with a strong sense of pride. In the deaf community there are two types of deafness. Big D deaf and little d deaf. Big D means born, its normally genetic and a family trait. Little d is more about when you lose your hearing to a dieses. Things like these culture quirks are completely foreign to most hearing people.

Specs was so great all of his friends would have these elaborate signing conversations and I would always watch them during lunch. One of his friends would notice me. A brown haired girl would talk to me after, Her name was Stage and she offered to teach me sign.

Its fairly easy. Mostly you just have to remember where the signs are placed. But Stage was helping me. Mostly I was embarrassed about making a mistake. A lot of the mistakes are really common, Drink in return for drunk. Its embarrassing but most deaf people are understanding. I was slowly realizing that I liked Specs. Stage wasn't very revealing in either Specs sexuality or his status.

When ever I would talk to him it was normally a short conversation such as "Hi" and then he'd sign Hi back. It wasn't much but I was too terrified to say anything. I felt like a little school girl. But then one day he sat next to me in the Library.

"Hey" He grinned signing.

"Hey" I gulped trying to remember to maintain eye contact even though when ever I did I would start blushing.

"Whats happening?"

"Um Studying"

"Wanna go out Friday?"

"Yes!" I smiled happily signing it quickly then blushing.

So that's why when Drama is over I volunteer to help teach new students sign. Because I know how ot feels not to… and my boy friend makes me.

Disclaimer: Duh

Author's notes: Yes I did do a lot of Deaf culture education in here. And so with that a reminder specs is D Deaf… So remember, They even have different signs… it's a biig deal… and Specs is very proud of his heritage…

Cards on: Earrings- I want to re-pierce my cartilage

Shout outs:

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B: Aww isn't he great!!