"James, it's so nice for you to call," I said, I was angry, he hadn't called in three weeks, and it bugged me when he didn't, he was my brother after all, and I had wanted to tell him something.
"We have been so busy for the last two weeks, it's been really hectic" James said.
"I have the most wonderful news to tell you," I said
"What is it?" he asked, I opened my mouth to tell him when he said Oh, sorry Danielle, It's time to get ready, I'll call you soon, OK?"
"OK James, talk to you soon" I said disappointed.
James hung up without saying anything else. I put the phone on the hook and sat down in the chair by the phone. I let the tears that had built up in my eyes fall, James didn't have the time for me anymore. I heard my mom's light footsteps coming towards me and I wiped the tears from my eyes. "Danielle, I'm going out, there are some Pizza pretzels in the fridge for supper, I won't be home till late, so don't wait up for me," my mom said.
"Ok," I replied
"The Pizza Pretzels are on the top shelf, on the left, talk to you later."
"Yah, Later," I said.
As soon as my mom was gone I went into my room and took my science text from my bag, I opened it and found the page we were on. I read the topic, then I took out the question sheet, I pulled out the piece of paper I had been working on, and answered the questions. I went to a school for special needs students, you see, I am blind, people tend to forget at times though. What I was so excited about was that there was a new blind student, he used to be an exceptional dancer, and now he missed it, that was one thing I was glad about, that I had been born blind, so I had learned to dance without my sight. I had been asked to help the new student with his studies. I was excited because this boy was my age, twelve, and since everyone else in my class were older or younger I didn't spend free time with them. The phone rang, I memorized where my books were and went to the phone. I picked it up on the third ring. "Hello?" I asked
"Hi, my name is Nick, I was calling on behalf of my brother Aaron, is Danielle there?" An unfamiliar voice said.
"Speaking," I said
"Oh, you sound older than twelve, sorry, anyway, my brother wanted to talk to you," the guy said.
"Hello?" A new yet somewhat familiar voice asked.
"Hi Aaron," I said.
"Danielle, is that you?" he asked.
"Yes, this is Danielle, what can I do for you," I said
"I'm really confused about the science homework," he said
"Oh, well, it's not that hard, what are you having problems with?" I asked
"Number five, it doesn't make sense," Aaron said
"Ok, what's the question, I don't have it in front of me and my mom doesn't like chords running all over the house, I have a habit of tripping over them," I said.
"OK, it reads, if an animal has long slender antlers what could it be?" Aaron sounded confused
"OK, you've seen animals before, I on the other hand have not, but in the text book it says Deer and Elk," I said
"Thank you" Aaron said I could hear him writing in the slow manner of a beginner, I also knew that he would be using a thin strip of paper so if he made a mistake he wouldn't have to go back and do the whole thing over. The thin strips were used for the younger students, and in a sense Aaron was younger even though, he had picked up a lot of the reading and writing before he came to the school.
My other line beeped and I said, "Aaron, I have to go, I'll talk to you at school tomorrow, ok?"
"OK, Danielle, talk to you at school," Aaron said.
I clicked over to the other line and said, "Hello?"
"Danielle, I'm so sorry, Wade wanted to talk to me" I recognized James' voice
I knew he was lying to me, I would have heard Wade talking, but I didn't mention it.
"So what was it that you wanted to tell me?" James asked.
"Well, there is a new guy at school, he sounds really hot, and I'm supposed to help him out, because he's my age, I actually just got off the phone with him, he has a brother, but he sounds older, but my friend Baylee would like him probably," I babbled
"That's cool, so, how long has he been blind?" James asked
"Not long, he's really frustrated, he used to dance, and he can't anymore, I'm thinking of teaching him the one Wade taught me last time," I said.
"That would be cool, so what's his name," James asked.
"Aaron," I replied.
"Like Aaron Carter Aaron, or..."