M.U.T.E.
written by Adelina Lovegood-Braith
Riley Carson, a girl in 8th grade, goes to a school in Florida. She has blonde hair and pretty eyes, but she has one problem. Riley was born with no vocal cords, making her unable to speak, making her mute. The only way Riley can talk to people is writing words on a page in her "voice diary", which she writes words in to try to talk to people. Somehow, Riley befriends a girl named Andrea, who was born with selective mutism, which means she is only comfortable talking to certain people. Riley soons does an experiment, and finds out she has selective mutism too when she's able to talk. Maybe Andrea and Riley have more things in common than meets the eye.
Last Updated
05/31/21
Chapters
11
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799
A Problem
Chapter 3
It was Tuesday, and not a very good day. Riley was worn out from gym class and wasn't feeling very well. She got out her phone and swiped to the home page and looked at her many apps. She tapped "Contacts" and scrolled through each section until she got to "M". Riley found Max's name and typed, "Hey, meet me at my house at 8:00 P.M?". In a minute, Max responded with "Sure!". Riley smiled and put on her pink leather watch. She looked at the time, which was 7:50 P.M. Riley went to her room and got dressed to look "swauve". She told her mom about meeting Max, and even got boy advice and look advice from her. Riley nodded and opened the door, surprisingly, someone else was there. She quickly got out her phone and texted Max, her message saying "Why aren't you at my house? Someone else is at my door!". Max responded quickly again, his text saying "Oh no, that's my girlfriend Alexia. She's probably angry. I'll try to get to you." Riley looked at Alexia, who had pink hair and was wearing a black dress with green sequence and purple eyes, which matched her high heels she was also wearing. Riley took out her voice diary and wrote down "Why are you here?". She then ripped out the page and showed it to Alexia, who smirked. "Well, mute girl, I came here because I see my boyfriend got a text from you to come to your house." She said. Riley was shocked! How did Alexia know? She got out her voice diary again once more and wrote down "How did you know?", then ripped out the page and showed Alexia. "Oh, I was checking Max's phone while he was getting ready. Im pretty sad he would do such a thing. We were trying to have a moment while I was at his house." Alexia responded. Riley shut the door immediately, feeling sad and angry.