The Girl Who Stutters and The Boy Who Mutters

ee Liam smiling down at me, when I look up at him I

s furrowing his eyebrows,

ay trying to extract him from me

ealization evident in his tone, "maybe I should recon

d, " as I untwist from Liam's

ott on his back, "have you se

ys not taking his eyes off of mine for some re

?" Oakland asks walk

idn't, " I say

Stutter girl, " Sc

her name, " Oakland says cros

hould shut up before I

you are?" Oakland asks ta

room mate, "

tes with an asshole. But Oakland must think I mean something else because he throws a punch as Scott

hat?" I basically scream

d you meant it was okay to hit him, "

n to find my sister. If Scott is just going to start fights with

" Oh great, he

e, " I say not loo

le still following me through

him up. What's so important that he's fin

as I step outside to see if that

foot, " Scott says grabbing my wr

ack in high school when you mocked

ling his eyes, "might I remind you that your sister

nd for three c-class pe

tt says, "I just think that if we're going to be li

stop making f-fu

hat e

lking shit about my s-stutte

comes back, after most parties she'll usually find some dude to sleep with. When I get back to the d

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me. I've been sitting outside of their dorm room for a while now, in the hope

long, "

pens the door. I quickly stand up and stumble into the ro

re waiting for An

pishly sitting on t

s sitting down in the chair next to their small desk. "I'm already

d she co

yfriend, make new friends, " Becca says. "She wants the who

w-wou

" Becca says taki

how would you know anything?" I

you're like I was back when we first started school. Living in the shadow of your older s

ou t-tellin

utside my door like a lost puppy I decided to help you. We're going

sn't goi

n crash here tonight if you want since Anna probably won't be back anytime tonight seeing as l

too long afterwards I hear the shower begin to run. Soon enough I absentminde

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of someone banging rath

fallen asleep in my dress. I stand up from the bed and smooth my hair down in the hopes that I don't look too terrible. I wal

in the air, "when you didn't come back t

Becca mutters

alking over and sitti

s, "if you don't get

swe

to your d

and down slightly, "on the way here

't playing a much smaller instru

hing while she trys to turn over under Scott's

h something?" Scott as

ampaign for our lonely litt

-not l

ally hopping off of Becca. "Anyhow breakfast. You'v

start getting ready while I stand in the middle of

irst?" She asks while simult

y c-clothes to cha

ust borrow some of Anna's. She is your sister,

tly only work for her. But while Becca goes to take a shower I decide to at least look and see if there's something I can wear. Luckily enough

val with my outfit choice but suggest I borrow one of her beanies

en Anna since yesterday at the party. Now I feel like a horrible sister considering the last thing I heard she was doing was

ecca asks as we naviga

" I say diali

me with a look of pity, "don't call her. It gives o

w-won'

did it to my sis

are y-you to

ing away from me, "all you n

he college population seems to not be. Either a lot of them partied

" I ask as we walk

the other side of campus, " she

s wrong w-wit

s like shit. Now don't get me wrong they can cook som

t where there's a long table with about 6 or 7

" A short blonde sh

beta this year, " she says thro

m and you're Scott?" Th

l is she tal

onfusing her, " L

lf reference, "

a says, "it's an addict

the twins, Jace and Cole. Then of course there's Victor who's actually really nice

nd looking at me, "we have a new per

e's a genius?" Scot

going through my stuff is something she does on a regular

and ah's sweeps

l evident on his face, : I remember back in high school

told everyone I w-was,

I'd tell you all now to spare you one less awkward conversation about this late

f glad that she was the one to tell them though. Although I'm pretty sur

r second or third

stares at me. "I'm h-here on academic

ing all AP classes your freshman

na stumbles in with bags under her eyes, her face is completely makeup-less, and she's wearing a pair of my glasses. She must have forgotte

turning towards me, "Abby you ne