Sue
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Anthony
Anthony nods graciously and signs, "Fair enough. Follow me, then." He leads Sue to the edge of Academy property and sighs, "I am definitely going to end up late to class. Hopefully Sue will forgive me if she's late also." After arriving at the edge of the school grounds, they find a clear, blue pond surrounded by a lush garden. Anthony, taken by the beauty of the scene, forgets to sign and whispers, "It's beautiful, Isn't it? Phoebe's work."
Anthony takes off his shoes and socks and sits on the rocky edge of the pond, and puts his feet in the water. He takes a deep breath and signs, "First of all, you should know just how difficult this is going to be for me." Turning to Sue, he continues, "Things have been more than slightly awkward between you and I over the last few months, and I'm man enough to admit that I'm the reason. However, I'd like to start over, and to do so, I need to explain my behavior. My whole life I've been told that relationships are a liability if you care for the other person involved. Once word gets out that you care for them, either they or someone else can use that against you, forcing you to do their will. From the first time I saw you, I found you immensely more interesting than the other girls. You're so expressive, smart, gorgeous, and outspoken, even though you're mute, that I couldn't help but begin to develop feelings for you. Then came the day when we kissed. Objectively, I know that it didn't mean much to you and it was probably just a thank you more than anything else, but I felt I was going down a slippery slope. If I didn't cut myself off from you, I'd have, I'm ashamed to say, probably would have fallen in love with you. However, even though I still think you're an amazing person, after a mental battle, I feel like I've moved. I've convinced myself that friendships won't make me weaker, and the sense of camaraderie might make me a better man. That's part of the reason I wanted to design the wireless headphones for you. I've never done this 'friend' thing before, but I'm trying."
Sue was so touched, she was breathless. She was crouching down but she felt weak like she was precariously perched on a tightrope in between two skyscrapers. She was accustomed to love, and had loved and been loved before. She perfectly knew the difference between loving someone and
loving someone. One was when you were unconditional for them, and one was when you just love them for who they were. She had a taste of both, but to this day she never knew which love she had. She’d had three boys come up to her, all different but all fell for
Her, and not anymore. In return, she couldn’t see a relationship with her peers as anything else but friends because she was clueless and, admittedly, afraid, of what love was really, really like.
Anthony was not completely a jerk like everyone said, and honestly it wasn’t necessarily his fault that he was like this. Sue knew how Lex Luthor was like and it had to have rubbed off to Anthony by osmosis. But even then, looking away from the cold-hearted exterior revealed a soft boy that’s almost scared, really, or so Sue thought.
She didn’t realize that she was just staring at him in shock before she signed:
”You’re doing fine, scrub. I’m still thinking about it, really, but you don’t have to gift me something to be a good friend. You already are. Hold still.”Immediately, she grabbed Anthony by the neck, stuck out her tongue, and completely and efficiently lathered the left side of Anthony’s face with saliva.
She let go and started laughing to herself. Then she leaned forward again and gave a quick kiss to his saliva-covered cheek and ruffled his hair.
”Come on, lover boy, we’re going to be late. Let’s go!” as she marched ahead of him away from the beautiful pond.
