11Silence: absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
Silence can be deafening. I never knew what people meant when they said 'deafening silence.' I always wondered how silence could be deafening... there was no noise, just... silence, like the word itself says.
That was the past, though. I know what it means now, to be sitting in a room where everything is silent and suddenly you realize something you never realized before, and you only realized it now because the silence was so loud that it was enough to answer that one question you always thought would go unanswered.
Now that I know what deafening silence is, I almost wish I didn't know. What I know now because of that one silence that opened my eyes is the very reason I can't close them at night.
A girl was raped. She doesn't want anyone to know. She doesn't even know that I know.
I'm not her and I can't make her talk, but I was her and I didn't talk. I've regretted it for five years.
My name is not important. Her name is Celia.
I'm almost positive the following chapters will be in third person. This isn't going to be very long. Three chapters at the very least. Four or five at the most. I just finished watching 'Speak' for the umpteenth time and this little plot bunny started floating around in my head. Dunno if it's going anywhere. We'll see.