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Authors notes: Hey guys it's me thank you kindly for all the reviews. School is about to go back into session. Anyways I thought I would add this chapter to the song of " Chattahoochee" by Alan Jackson because it pretty much is the dukes of hazzard and 'cause I think it describes me but I don't think about women.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of characters or the song "Chattahoochee" by Alan Jackson.
Chapter 4 : Just regular
Days passed and Jesse noticed Katy's behavior changed slightly. She wouldn't sit still for more than a few minutes.
One day he finally decided to ask her about it at breakfast.
" Katy… I've noticed that you've been having a hard time sitting still and paying attention" Jesse said as he served Katy her breakfast.
" Finally someone notices this besides myself " Katy thought.
" Yeah, I know" she replied simply.
" Are you nervous about something? because you've been talkin' more than usual and the fact that you can't sleep very well" Jesse asked.
All eyes were on Katy. The room became very tense. If someone dropped a pin, they would've heard.
With a grin on her face she turned to look at Jesse, not making direct eye contact.
" Are you implying I talk too much?" she said with a small nervous laugh.
" Well, your behavior has changed since the first day you've been here" Jesse stated.
" Well … I can't really control the sleeping problem because I've been a night owl since the day the I was born and the fact that my father may have passed those genes right down to me. The paying attention part is something I'd like to control but I can't" Katy said.
" What do you mean you can't control your attention span?" Jesse asked.
" Well in my time they have discovered a mental disability called Attention Deficit Disorder or also know as ADD. It makes it very difficult to learn and it makes it so you have an urge to not pay attention and it gives you a lot of energy. I take medicine to control it but I don't think you have the certain type of medicine I'd need for and besides it can only be prescribed by a psychiatrist" Katy explained.
" Psychiatrist? You mean a shrink?" Bo asked.
" Yeah" Katy said simply.
" Are you nuts or something?" Bo asked.
" Yes, I am… in a good way but I also have depression and anxiety" Katy said as she took a bit of her breakfast.
" You can't be depressed, you're only a kid" Daisy said.
" Ummm actually anybody can be depressed" Katy said as she didn't make eye contact with Daisy.
" That's another thing, you don't make eye contact very much" Jesse said.
" Okay I can explain that one but listen up 'cause I'm only gonna say this once. I have several things wrong with me I have a liver disease that has a very long name but is initialed OTC, it affects my liver and when I too much or too little protein in my system it sends out large amounts of ammonia in my blood and that intoxicates me, so it makes me feel like I have the king of all hangovers, although I've never experienced one but if it's as bad as people say it is then I know. The disease is so rare that old Roscoe has a better chance of cuffin' and stuffin' ya in stead of getting this.
I've also had a stroke which caused brain damage, nerve damage and muscle damage, how much it caused I don't know.
Now what causes that indirect eye contact is called Aspergers syndrome-" Katy was cut short.
" Asper- what?" Bo asked.
" Aspergers syndrome is part of the autism spectrum, and that is a developmental disorder. I don't know what that is but I know that Aspergers effects your senses and how you socialize, it also makes it hard to understand other peoples and your own emotions, we may know the emotions but sometimes we get the signals crossed. I don't officially have it but I have most of the symptoms of it so we're not sure if I have it or not" Katy said.
She explained all the other stuff that effected her.
" Why didn't you tell us about this before?" Luke asked.
" Because of 2 things. 1 : You just found out about me, I didn't think you wanted more on your plate. 2: Because I don't want you to pity me or treat me any differently than you would yourself, I don't like it when people think I'm too disabled to do anything like you can. People don't understand people who have mental or physical disabilities, they think we can't think or do anything for ourselves or that we can't have a normal lifestyle" Katy said.
" So what you told us is that you're mentally retarded?" Luke asked.
Katy visibly shuddered and her face fell into a frown. She looked over at Luke with a very angry look on her face.
" Do not abuse that word! Do you even know what that means!" Katy asked with anger her voice.
" Sort of" Luke said.
Katy's muscles relaxed a little. She expected that in a way.
" No, that's what I figured. Mentally retarded means mentally or emotionally slow. To have mental retardation you have to have an IQ of a little over 70 and under 70. I have a mental IQ of 100 something. Although I may have 5th grade math level I excel in reading which could qualify as an early college students reading ability" Katy said.
" Whoa" Luke said.
" A piece of advice for all of you if you see someone with any type of disability, don't just assume they're helpless. The truth of the matter is that some people don't like to see people who function differently so they treat them with disrespect, especially teenagers. I have friends who are mentally retarded and I really don't give a hoot. They're just as smart as we are, just in a different way. I will do lots of things for those guys because they mean a lot to me. I don't see them as retarded, I see them as normal as the next guy" Katy said.
" That's very honorable of you to say" Jesse said as he took everybody's plates to the sink.
" Well you have to think about it, they're people just like us, they have emotions, wants and needs just like everybody else does. The friends I made down in room 109 are a few of the nicest people you will ever see, even though they might hit or yell at me, they are still my friends and I'm still theirs. If people saw what I see in them, then we wouldn't have so much fear or shame of people who have disabilities" Katy explained as she and Daisy started washing the dishes.
" You're are wise beyond your years" Jesse complimented.
" Thank you and you're not the first person to say that" Katy said.
" Yeah, how did you learn all the stuff you know?" Daisy asked.
" Lots of bad experiences I guess, but with those events I learned to do exactly opposite of what transpired at that event. Otherwise I looked in some books and made a lot friends from different cultures but my point is there are some things in life that, no matter how hard you try to find the knowledge I have in a textbook, it won't be there. Life has made me choose the decisions I have made, I only got most of my knowledge about people from life experience" Katy explained as she passed Bo the last wet dish.
" Hey, kid, why don't you stop thinking so dang hard and come fishin' with me an' Luke" Bo asked.
Katy's who face glowed with excitement. " Yes, I love fishing, I don't know why but I love to fish" Katy said.
Yeah way down yonder
on the Chattahoochee
it gets hotter than a hoochie coochie
we
layed rubber on the Georgia asphalt
we got a little crazy but we
never got caught
down by the river on a Friday night
pyramid
of cans in the pale moonlight
talkin' 'bout cars and dreamin 'bout
women
never had a plan just a livin' for the minute
yeah
way down yonder on the Chattahoochee
never knew how much that
muddy water meant to me
but I learned how to swim and I learned
who i was
alot about livin' and a little 'bout love
well we
fogged up the windows in my old Chevy
I was willin' but she wasn't
ready
so I settled for a burger and a grape snow cone
dropped
her off early but I didn't go home
down by the river on a
Friday night
pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight
talkin'
bout cars and dreamin' 'bout women
never had a plan just a livin'
for the minute
Bo and Luke took Katy out fishing and Katy caught the jackpot of all fish.
Katy had caught a 10 pound catfish.
" Man, I just can't wait 'til fry this guy up and eat em' " Bo said as he, Luke and Katy started walking for home.
" Yeah, good catch, Katy" Luke said.
" Yeah, sorry that you guys couldn't compete with my competition" Katy said with a sheepish smile.
" Yeah, well this here fish put up a very good fight" Luke said.
" No kidding, I wonder if Uncle Jesse and Daisy will believe our story on why were all soaking wet" Katy asked with curiosity.
" Trust me honey, when they see what you caught they won't care" Bo said.
" I've never caught a fish this big before, the only thing that was big was a very puny large mouth bass when I was 5" Katy said.
" Then will have to get a picture of that before we cook him" Luke said.
Now Friends Katy showed Jesse and Daisy what she caught and they had themselves a catfish celebration for Katy's first catfish and bringing home dinner and Katy got her picture taken with Bo and Luke and her prize winin' catfish.
yeah way down yonder
on the Chattahoochee
never knew how much that muddy water meant to
me
but I learned how to swim and I learned who i was
a lot
'bout livin' and a little 'bout love
Yeah way down yonder on
the Chattahoochee
it gets hotter than a hoochie coochie
we
layed rubber on the Georgia asphalt
we got a little crazy but we
never got caught
well we fogged up the windows in my old
Chevy
I was willin' but she wasn't ready
so I settled for a
burger and a grape snow cone
dropped her off early but I didn't go
home
down by the river on a Friday night
pyramid of cans
in the pale moonlight
talkin' bout cars and dreamin' 'bout
women
never had a plan just a livin' for the minute
yeah
way down yonder on the Chattahoochee
never knew how much that
muddy water meant to me
but I learned how to swim and I learned
who i was
a lot 'bout livin' and a little 'bout love
alot about
livin' and a little 'bout love
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