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Chapter 2: The lonely girl.
Jack let out an annoyed sigh, as he was walking through the school halls with his mother "Mom, why do I need to carry this stupid stick around, I don't even need it." He could already feel everyone staring at him just because he was carrying it. "Be that as it may, but I'm not leaving you out of my sight, in a place you've never been, without it. Besides, it's only for today! I promised you that already, haven't I?" "But everyone is staring at me!" Jack whined, she looked up and to her surprise, she saw that he was right. She let out a sigh, and looked back at Jack. She really wished she wouldn't be so protective of him all the time, just because he is blind it doesn't mean he is helpless he has already proven that at home. Nevertheless, she just couldn't help it, it's what mother's do after all.
She reluctantly said her goodbye by the classroom door, she wanted to help him find an available seat, but she understood that he needed to do these kinds of things on his own now. She couldn't stay with him in school after all. Besides if she did, she would only alienate him from his new classmates, and he didn't need that.
Jack, while he loved his mom, he couldn't help but feel sort of relieved when she left. Her constant worrying, could get rather annoying. He walked into the classroom, navigating in his dark little world with ease. He dodged every obstacle, even noticing the boy trying to trip him as a joke, he gracefully moved out of a boy's running path before he finally reached an available seat on the back row. He folded together his cane, stuffed it in his back, and took up everything he needed for class.
It was then he noticed the girl next to him, by focusing his sensitive hearing on this particular girl, he could tell she was looking around nervously while fidgeting nervously with her fingers. He suddenly thought of the girl from the wind's story and he couldn't help but wonder if she was the one the wind had mentioned. Even if she wasn't the girl the wind had mentioned he couldn't help but feel like she needed someone to talk to.
Therefore, he turned to face her, even if he couldn't see her he knew it was rude not to 'look' at the person you speak to. "Hey!" he said with a smile. The girl let out a surprised yelp, having been brought out of her thoughts. He looked down slightly and gave her an apologetic smile "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." She still didn't say anything and remained frozen in place. "Are you okay?" getting kind of worried about her. "Y-y-yeah, I-I-I'm fine. I was just surprised. I didn't expect you to speak to me, that's all." "I'm Jack frost, what's your name?" she let out a light chuckle at his name and he could help but smile at that. "I'm Sheila but I like Tooth better."
Jack raised an eyebrow at that "why Tooth?" she froze at that, and he could hear a slight tremble in her voice as she spoke. "M-my mom was a dentist and used to call me that, she passed away a year ago." "I'm sorry I shouldn't have asked." She must've noticed the sad expression on his face as she continued, "It's okay, there is no way you could have known. I just miss her and having someone use the nickname she gave me, it feel like she is still here." She said with a weak smile and slight hint of happiness in her voice.
They didn't get the chance to talk more as the teacher walked in. they spoke a bit in between the classes and when lunch came around Tooth, much to Jack's surprise, hesitantly came to him "u-um Jack? Would y-you like to have l-lunch with me?" she avoided eye contact with him but he just gave her a reassuring smile "Sure, that'll be fun! Do you mind if we eat outside?" "I don't mind" Tooth replied, happy that he didn't say no.
As they were walking down the hall towards the small garden Tooth asked slightly hesitant, "why did you ask me to eat outside?" Jack smiled at her "I like listening to the sounds, while it can be noisy at times it's still better than being inside where it's almost silent. My mom hardly ever let me leave the house, she even tried to convince me to be home schooled. I want to go to school and make friends like everyone else, and staying home isn't going to let me experience that." Tooth raised an eyebrow at that "Why does she want to keep you inside?"
Jack let out a sigh at that, knowing that his answer might scare her away. "She wouldn't me outside because she is constantly afraid I will get myself hurt." Tooth chuckled at that "are you that clumsy?" she said still laughing and Jack couldn't help but join in. "No, it's because I'm blind" Tooth froze in place at that "what?" Jack stopped a bit ahead of her and gave her a weak smile "I've been blind ever since I was born and nothing can be done to fix it, but I never really had any trouble 'seeing' so it's not so bad." "Then why…" "Won't she let me out? She knows but just doesn't believe it."
Tooth remained silent after that and Jack couldn't help but wonder if it's because of what he said. He let out a silent sigh and walked towards her. She took a step back having noticed his missing pupils and Jack sensed it. His expression saddened at her reaction "I'm sorry!" he said, slightly surprising her as he had nothing to apologize for. "It's okay if you don't want to be my friend. My eyes usually scares everyone away. Don't worry about it, its fine." He said as he turned his back and started to walk away.
As he walked away, Tooth couldn't help but want to stop him from leaving. Who cares if he is blind! He is the only one who would actually speak to her! Wanting to be her friend! And she would just let him walk away, just because he couldn't see? She didn't hesitate any longer as she ran after him yelling "Jack! Wait up!"