Daphne Lopez

[daphnexlopez]

Daphne sat in her room breathing in and out slowly, as she always did when she felt a panic attack coming on. She sat on her bed with her head between her knees, still getting flashbacks of that girl just letting loose on them, screaming and yelling and saying all those horrible things. She, of course, didn't hear a word the person said, and she talked..screamed, so fast that she didn't really catch the words, but she got a few of them, and the look on Sawyers's face...she was able to put together a few clues and make some assumption of what had really happened there, but she wouldn't really know anything properly unless she talked to Sawyer, though, at that point she was not even sure if she wanted to speak to him.

She had just run off, in panic and tears. What had been supposed to be a beautiful heart heart-warming moment, a passionate kiss between her and her boyfriend turned so ugly and devastating in a split second, and she wasn't even sure why or how that happened. She was in tears as she fled out the door after the girl had yelled at her that she was a homewrecker....homewrecker? Her? Daphne couldn't imagine ever taking someone else guy...not ever...but was that what had happened there? was that what she had done?

Her train of thought was interrupted when Este walked inside and said that some guy was waiting for her outside. Daphne got up, she hadnðt told Este that something was wrong...she looked at Este who seemed to sense that something was wrong. Daphne didn't sign a word, she just hurried down the stairs and to the front door where Sawyer stood, pain and guilt radiating all over his face. Este followed Daphne, but Daphne asked her to retreat inside, she'd tell her what was going on later...after....

@sawyer-bay

[sawyer-bay]

Sawyer blinked, clearly taken aback, as he quickly grabbed the pad again, his fingers hovering over the screen. He couldn't believe Daphne hadn't heard of The Notebook, especially when she had been the one to mention cheesy romantic movies. His mouth moved for a moment as if he were about to speak, but then he remembered, and he picked up the pen and started to write. “You’ve never heard of Noah and Allie? How do you not know about The Notebook Okay, this is non-negotiable—we need to watch it together. I’ll even put on subtitles so you can enjoy it too. You can’t go through life missing this cheesy romantic masterpiece.” He handed her the pad with a dramatic flair, his expression teasing but sincere, as if he were already imagining them sitting down to watch the movie together.

[daphnexlopez]

Daphne looked at the pad and laughed out loud, something she didn't do often because she was very self-conscious about the sounds she made since she couldn't hear them herself. But with Sawyer, she was starting to feel comfortable to a level where she simply didn't even think about it. " You got it all wrong, I hardly know any Romantic movies, I'm a horror and psychological thriller fanatic" Daphne explained as she wrote on the pad and handed it to him. "But you know I'll watch anything with you, especially if you buy me ice cream" she added on the pad and batted her eyelashes.

[estelopez]

este's eyebrows shot up at daphne's comment, a mix of disbelief and amusement crossing her face. "oh, c'mon, you can't seriously call that boring," she countered, her tone teasing but firm. "he's a real man, daph. like, the kind who isn’t a walking red flag." she let out a dramatic sigh, clearly unimpressed with her sister’s judgment. "what’s boring about someone who’s actually decent?" she signed, narrowing her eyes playfully as she leaned forward. her expression softened into a smug smile as she added, "but honestly, none of that matters. he gave me his hat," she said, holding up the prized item like it was a trophy. "and—wait for it—he wants to see me again." her smile turned into a victorious grin, daring her sister to try and argue with that.

[daphnexlopez]

" A Real boy who asks for permission before doing something" Daphne teased. She didn't actually feel that way, she thought it was great Este found a gentleman who treated her with respect, she just wasn't into that kind of guys...not like that, she needed more thrill. A guy that always came through her window and never asked permission for anything, especially when it came to kissing her, someone like Sawyer. But she wasn't going to tell Este about him,it was a secret" Wait, so did you say yes? are you going to see him again?"

[sawyer-bay]

Sawyer looked around Daphne's bedroom to give the girl a couple of seconds to write out what she wanted him to read next. His household was loud and chaotic for the wrong reasons. It was nice to escape to some place that quiet. He looked down at the words jotted onto the page and playfully shoved at Daphne's arm as she asked him what cheesy move he'd stole that sentence he'd wrote down from. His picked up the pen again and scribbled his next sentence down underneath the girl's last one. Sawyer knew Daphne could lip read but not talking wouldn't get him into trouble. Nobody else knew that he'd snuck through the window into the room yet.

'Ha, you wish. I'd like to be the Noah to your Allie and write you every day though."

[daphnexlopez]

Daphne just watched Sawyer as he replied to her on the pad. She watched how his eyes lighted up after he read her reply, how he seemed to be laughing, how his whole body moved alone with his mouth, he had such a beautiful laugh, she might not hear it, but what she saw was really something. "Uh, who are Noah and Allie?" She then asked quite cluelessly

[daphnexlopez]

"So, basically, no groping?" Daphne signed with a teasing smirk on her face. " That's a shame, I was hoping for something juicy" She teased. "Glad he's not an asshole though, gentleman is what you need really, how was he being a gentleman? tell me all" Daphne kept signing with no breaks in between, Este could not come in one sign between her eager signs.

[estelopez]

her eyes opened wide at her sister's question. “i don’t want to know what kind of sick relationship you have,” she signed, a chuckle escaping her lips. “he was really sweet. i asked for a kiss,” she started, a playful grin spreading across her face. “and he told me how he wanted to kiss me again, but he wouldn’t because he wanted to be a gentleman,” she continued, rolling her eyes dramatically. “he was really sweet, and i may be in love already,” she joked, trying to keep a straight face but failing miserably.

[daphnexlopez]

" Awwh, that sounds...boring as hell," Daphne said and giggled" But im glad you found someone nice, you need that" Daphne said with a smile. " Did he pay everything or did you guys split the bill? That is very important Este"

[estelopez]

este had agreed to a movie night with her sister—it was impossible to say no. she’d been swamped the last few weeks, juggling work and prepping classroom materials at home. everything felt like it was piling up, and honestly, she was grateful her sister had nudged her into taking a break. as the credits rolled, she noticed her sister waving for her attention. este turned and gave her sister a little eye roll before signing, "it was great—better than i expected." she signed, her hands paused for effect, a small smile tugging at her lips. "at least i wasn’t on a date with an asshole." she grinned before adding, "he’s a gentleman."

[daphnexlopez]

"So, basically, no groping?" Daphne signed with a teasing smirk on her face. " That's a shame, I was hoping for something juicy" She teased. "Glad he's not an asshole though, gentleman is what you need really, how was he being a gentleman? tell me all" Daphne kept signing with no breaks in between, Este could not come in one sign between her eager signs.

[daphnexlopez]

Ever since Este went on that blind date, Daphne was excited to hear how it went. But they hadn't had time to talk since then, not really, they had booth been very busy the past days. But tonight they'd have all the time in the world. It was a fridaynight and they were having a sleepover in Daphne's room. They had popcorn and soft drinks and were watching a movie together, with subtitles of course. Once the movie was over Daphne turned it off with the tv remote and then looked at Este and once Este looked at her, Daphne started signing" Alright, tell me all about the date!"

@estelopez

[xdaphnexlopezx]

Daphne kissed the boy back and then giggled at his acting out his words, it looked pretty comical, but she had gotten pretty good at reading into body language and body signs and understood him immediately. She just made a cute face and framed it with her hands to indicate that he couldn't be mad at her for that because she was too cute. Dating a hearing boy was not something Daphne had never done before, and it was more complicated and difficult and challenging and fun than any relationship she'd had before. She loved having to find other ways to communicate since they didn't speak the same language.

Daphne was pretty good at lip reading, but she knew Declan wasn't, so after embracing him and leading him to her bed where she wrapped a blanket around him, she went and grabbed her notebook and a pen, so they could communicate more easily " I missed you too" she wrote back to him and gave him another kiss on the lips.

[sawyer-bay]

Sawyer knew that Daphne could lip read but it was always helpful to give actions to try and explain what he was trying to say too. He looked as the brunette framed her face and made the most adorable and innocent looking face to say that she couldn't be blamed because she was too cute. It made him chuckle out loud and look away. Sawyer didn't see dating a deaf girl as a disadvantage but it was sometimes harder to communicate things through when the girl couldn't quite grasp what he was saying. He was trying to take more sign language lessons in his free time to be able to express himself more clearly to the girl. It was hard trying to get the tone down with sign language and how he meant to say something to someone who didn't know which tone he was speaking in, in the first place.

Sawyer took Daphne's hand as she lead him over to take a seat on the girl's mattress. She sweetly wrapped a blanket around him and then walk away to grab a notebook and pen so they could communicate through words without having to speak much. Sawyer glanced down at the girl's sentence before he was pulled into another kiss. Sawyer gently took the pen from the girl's hand and jotted ink down onto the page.

'One day I'm going to stay here and refuse to leave. You'll be stuck with me.'

[daphnexlopez]

Daphne read what he wrote and replied with a playful grin on her face. " Which cheesy movie did you copy that sentence from?" she wrote and gave a silent chuckle. She did think what he was was the good kind of cheesy and pretty romantic, but often when someone said something that moved her, her first instinct was to reply with humor. She wasn't sure why she did that instead of responding in a emotional sweet way herself, but this was her kind of reaction anytime she felt strong uncomfortable or overwhelmed or... scared.