"Book #1 in the Silence Series
Elijah is no ordinary boy. In fact, he is as different from what a normal boy could possibly be. 
  The golden rule in is life has always been ""listen before you speak"", but what happens when he meets a boy? Will he still be able to just listen? Even when the boy urges him to speak all the unspoken words he has tried so hard to silence for so many years?
  When Blake walks into Elijah's silent world, the sound starts forming around Elijah's mouth; and he speaks for the first time in four years.
  Will Blake still love Elijah after hearing everything that Elijah has listened to but never spoke about all those years, or will he get the hell out of dodge as his instincts scream?
  This story is PG13, since it may have strong language.
  This story may contain self-harm issues, abuse, and other traumatic scenes.
  Please be advised that the main character is homosexual, and therefore there will be romantic actions between same sex characters. If that makes you uncomfortable in any way, please refrain from reading.
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Listen before you speak1-2

　　The battery on my phone has long since died, and beside that the rain has started falling, and I had no idea where I was. I know I was somewhere in an orchid. I have no idea how I got here, but I have this crazy idea that without knowing I was looking for the hill where Blake had brought me the night of the motorcycle ride. All I know for certain is that I am lost and hungry and that it is dark and raining. That, and I know there is like a hundred messages on my phone that I have ignored and now my battery died so I can’t even read them.


　　“And it’s not even apple season,” I sigh as I keep on walking, not sure which way to go or which direction I should take. From here on the ground everything just kind of looks the same generally. Especially if you are stuck in an apple orchid somewhere out of town with trees making sure you can’t see the Southern Cross. Not that I would probably be able to find it up in the night sky while clouds are blocking it out, but still.


Chapter 7