Bethany finally speaks and reassures her brother
Family's New Shrink Ray
chapter 37
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Bethany was enraged. Sure, he had set them up on a date, but he couldn't even trust her to take care of herself? Dammit, she's older than Arthur. Was he actually concerned about her, or was he just trying to tease Derek and then take her away from him? She couldn't take the insolence of her little brother anymore.
She dropped her silent act and lashed out at her brother, mouthing word while making motions with her hands and arms, her prowess in American Sign Language showing. She signed furiously, "I'm perfectly fine, you FUCKING ASSHOLE. We were having a great time and just want to go watch the fucking stars for a few minutes until Derek's ears stop ringing from all the noise"
Derek froze. So she wasn't just playing the strong silent type, he thought to himself. She had been... scared to show the true Bethany to him?
Derek's mind flashed back to his dad's lab in the basement when he left Arthur and Bethany alone, and heard no discernable talking but then heard giggling between the two.
Flash forward a bit to when Arthur demanded that Derek take Bethany out on a date, "She's never been on one you see... so the otscher girls in school will schtop talking about her behind her back. That, and she wants her date to be handsome." Arthur had also said, "...she doesn't really talk much... If she likes you she will..."
Derek imagined a shy Bethany trying to talk aloud to anyone who was equally buff in high school and pictured rejection after rejection for being different from the typical cheerleader girlfriend. Arthur wasn't wrong, high school jocks can be complete dicks, and the girl-gossip crew was no better. A tear formed in his eye for Bethany, stuck between a rock and a hard place. Was Arthur just trying to get someone to give her a chance?
Flash forward to the hammer game. Derek noticed how quickly Bethany had spotted the con job. Was it because she was busy watching the man, reading his lips and watching his body language, totally unfazed by all the cacaphonous noise around her?
Flash forward to the time Derek was calling out to Bethany as she ran off to the toilets, and she didn't even stop or turn around. He thought he had screwed up royally, crushed that she had not even bothered looking back at him but, what if he hadn't even heard him? If she was reading lips, there was no way she would have even known he was calling to her.
Derek finally understood Bethany.
Back to the near-present, when Arthur was giving his monologue in the dark, wasn't he, so that Bethany COULDN'T read his lips. No wonder she was giving them both confused looks. That was the final straw in Derek's mind: Bethany's own brother KNEW of her difficulties and yet he still hid himself so she purposely didn't know everything he was saying? Any current feelings of pity for Arthur fled from Derek's mind.
Snap back to reality, Derek turned from staring down Arthur with a death glare to see Bethany running away, crying. "Look what you did! She couldn't even read your lips in the shadows, you asshole, you did that on purpose." Derek yelled at him.
Arthur was in shock.Not only did Derek understand Bethany, but Derek also understood him. He had not expected that kind of intellect from the jock.
She dropped her silent act and lashed out at her brother, mouthing word while making motions with her hands and arms, her prowess in American Sign Language showing. She signed furiously, "I'm perfectly fine, you FUCKING ASSHOLE. We were having a great time and just want to go watch the fucking stars for a few minutes until Derek's ears stop ringing from all the noise"
Derek froze. So she wasn't just playing the strong silent type, he thought to himself. She had been... scared to show the true Bethany to him?
Derek's mind flashed back to his dad's lab in the basement when he left Arthur and Bethany alone, and heard no discernable talking but then heard giggling between the two.
Flash forward a bit to when Arthur demanded that Derek take Bethany out on a date, "She's never been on one you see... so the otscher girls in school will schtop talking about her behind her back. That, and she wants her date to be handsome." Arthur had also said, "...she doesn't really talk much... If she likes you she will..."
Derek imagined a shy Bethany trying to talk aloud to anyone who was equally buff in high school and pictured rejection after rejection for being different from the typical cheerleader girlfriend. Arthur wasn't wrong, high school jocks can be complete dicks, and the girl-gossip crew was no better. A tear formed in his eye for Bethany, stuck between a rock and a hard place. Was Arthur just trying to get someone to give her a chance?
Flash forward to the hammer game. Derek noticed how quickly Bethany had spotted the con job. Was it because she was busy watching the man, reading his lips and watching his body language, totally unfazed by all the cacaphonous noise around her?
Flash forward to the time Derek was calling out to Bethany as she ran off to the toilets, and she didn't even stop or turn around. He thought he had screwed up royally, crushed that she had not even bothered looking back at him but, what if he hadn't even heard him? If she was reading lips, there was no way she would have even known he was calling to her.
Derek finally understood Bethany.
Back to the near-present, when Arthur was giving his monologue in the dark, wasn't he, so that Bethany COULDN'T read his lips. No wonder she was giving them both confused looks. That was the final straw in Derek's mind: Bethany's own brother KNEW of her difficulties and yet he still hid himself so she purposely didn't know everything he was saying? Any current feelings of pity for Arthur fled from Derek's mind.
Snap back to reality, Derek turned from staring down Arthur with a death glare to see Bethany running away, crying. "Look what you did! She couldn't even read your lips in the shadows, you asshole, you did that on purpose." Derek yelled at him.
Arthur was in shock.Not only did Derek understand Bethany, but Derek also understood him. He had not expected that kind of intellect from the jock.
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