The Music of Silence Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Next morning, as soon as Shawna woke up and came down the stairs, she noticed some red roses on the dinner table.

“Since when you got a boyfriend. grandma?” asked Shawna as she sat down next to her grandma.

Grandma laughed and said, “They are not for me, they are for you”

“Me?!” gasped Shawna in suprise. She noticed a note and picked it up. Be began to read. It’s said, “It was so wonderful to meet you. I would love to see you again. Please text my manager whenenever you wish to see me again. XOXO Love Michael Jackson”

“WOW, I didn’t exopect him to want to see me again” said Shawna. Grandma smiles.

“I know you want to say something. Go on and say it", said Shawna as she looked at her smiling face.

“I know you and Michael Jackson are meant to be” said Grandma.

“Ha! I don’t want to date a famous man! They are always busy with their life and don’t have a time for a wife or children, grandma.” said Shawna.

“My dear---” said Grandma but Shawna held up a hand and stopped her right there.

“Don’t. An actor or a singer is not the type of man I want to date. I rather have a boyfriend/husband that always have plenty of time for me. You know that, grandma” said Shawna.

“I know, my dear” said Grandma.

“Then please don’t bring it up again, grandma.” said Shawna.

“I’m sorry. I just want to see you settle down and get a boyfriend” said Grandma.

“I know, Grandma. Well, I’m going to the park for a walk” said Shawna.

“All right, dear. Have fun.” said Grandma as she kissed on Shawna’s cheek.

Shawna went upstairs, changed her clothes and then left the house and headed on her way to the park. She remembeedr that her parents always used take her to the park for a walk. That was her favorite memory. She then suddenly remembered how her mother died and her father was not found anywhere. She tried to shake the thought out of her mind because it was bad thing to remember and try to think of good things. She then sat down on the bench and looked around to enjoy the scenery, she couldn't help adore the dog playing fetch with his master, or the old couple holding hands while walking down on the path.  She then thought of her friend, Merkia. She pulled out her cell phone from her pocket and texted her “Hey girl. Is everything ok? Please text back when you can. Love you” She put her phone back in her pocket. She closed her eyes and got lost in her own world. People know her very well because her parents was very kind to every person who came to the park. Few mins later she could feel the wind blow in her face. She thought it was normal wind as usual. She all the sudden feel someone taps on her shoulder, she opened her eyes and gasped. She was suprised to see Michael Jackson standing right in front of her with a few bodyguards around with him.She could see a helicopter behind Michael. She opened her mouth and was going to say “How did you find me” but no words out of her mouth because she was very shy when it came to using her voice.

“Is everything okay? Asked Michael.

Shawna smiled and nod. Michael reach his hand out to her. Shawna took his hand. They walked to to the helicopter and flew away….all of a sudden she felt someone shake her gently, she gasped and opened her eyes at the same time. The person shaking her was a policeman, Mike. An old friend of her parents’s . She looked around to see that she is still at the park, not with Michael. She guess she was sleeping.

“Are you okay, Shawna?” asked Mike as he signed to her.

“Yes, I was just thinking.” said Shawna.

“Are you sure? asked Mike.

“Yes, I’m sure. Thank you for checking on me” said Shawna as she smiled. Mike smiled , nodded and walked around. She remembered that Mike always checked on people that were in the park and made sure everything was okay there. He is the most kind hearted police officer she knows and even her parents told her that. She pulled out her cell phone, she still no reponse from Merkia. She sighed and put it back in her pocket. She got up, and resumed walking around to enjoy the sights and sounds of the morning.
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“Did she text you?” asked Michael as he walked into the manager’s office fast.

“Whoa, calm down, sir. No she hasn’t” said the manager

“I’m so worry about her” said Michael.

“I’m sure she is fine.” said the manager.

“I need you to send 2 bodyguards to keep an eye on her for me. Right now” said Michael.

“Yes, sir” said the manager as he dialed away at his cell phone.

Michael looked out of the window and wonder what Shawna was doing right now.
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“Welcome back, dear. I hope you’re hungry. I made Mac & Cheese.” said Grandma as Shawna walked in the kitchen.

“Yummy. My favorite” said Shawna as she sat down on dinner table. “I got no responce from Merkia all day”

“Just give her time to text you back, dear” said Grandma as she put the bowl front of Shawna.

“It isn't like her. She always text back” said Shawna.

“You shouldn’t worry too much, dear", said Grandma.

“She always texts back, Even when there is something wrong…” replied Shawna.

“Shawna, give her time. Please think of good thing. Tell you what, why don’t you text the manager tomorrow so you can spend some time with Michael.” said Grandma.
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The next morning, Shawna was sitting at her desk, checking her messages and hoped she received word from Merkia. Sadly she got nothing at all. She sighed as she finished checking her cell phone. All a sudden, her cat ran out of the bedroom. She was suprised and couldn't help but wonder what got her scared, so she tried to follow her cat but the cat was no where to found. Not suprising because the cat had ran really fast. “What’s up with her?” said Shawna to herself. Grandma just then walked up to her, Shawna looked at her.

“Hey, someone’s here to pick you up.” Said Grandma.

“Who?” asked Shawna.

“It’s a suprise. Go see for yourself” said grandma as she smiles. Shawna walked downstairs and was suprised to see Michael Jackon standing in the living room! “Michael? What are you doing here?” asked Shawna as she smiled.

“I’m here to pick you up for a date” said Michael as he signed to her.

“A--- a date?” exclaimed Shawna as she blushed.

Michael grinned “Yeah, go get your stuff and we will go”

“Uh..ye--yeah” stuttered Shawna. She went upstairs to get her purse and put her shoes on. She rejoined and walked outside with Michael and she watched as a helecoptor landed on the empty space across the street. Now she now she understood why the cat got scared because it was loud enough to spook it.

“Are you afriad of heights?” asked Michael

“No” said Shawna.

Michael and Shawna climbed into the helecoptor and flew away.

“Where are we going?” asked Shawna.

“It’s a suprise” said Michael as he grinned and Shawna smiled. Soon as they arrived at the place call “Music Studio” She thought Michael was going to sing to her or something. When they walked in. Michael headed to the man who works there. Shawna couldn't help but wonder what’s going on. Michael turned to Shawna and sign to her “We’re here to teach you how to sing” as he smiled.

“M--me sing?! But when I talk, people don’t understand what I try to say. Deaf people can’t sing with their voice.” said Shawna suprised and chocked up.

“We can at least try. All right?” said Michael as he put an arm around Shawna’s shoulder.

“Well...I am not sure about this, Michael.” said Shawna.

“Please? Just try it for me.” said Michael.

Shawna thought about this for a little bit and looked at Michael. “I guess I can give it a try”

“That’s great!” said Michael in excitment. Shawna, Michael and the man walked i\onto the stage, the man wrote someting on a pad of paper. It said “I want you to sing these words into mic. ‘I believe I can fly’ Then we will see how we can help you to sing clearly for people to understand you. Okay?” Shawna nodded in agreement. Shawna walked over to the  mic front of her, she looked at Michael and the man sitting in chairs. Michael signed to her “You can start now” as he smiled. Shawna could feel butterflies in her stomach and felt too shy to use her voice. She remembered that when she used her voice to talk a few times and people would laugh at her. Ever since then she stopped using her voice for good, that is  until now. She take a breath deep and breathed out. “All right, I can try this one” said Shawna  to herself. She started to sing, ‘I believe I can fly’  Michael's jaw dropped and could not believe his ears. Her voice was so beautiful even though she couldn't say ‘believe’ right. The man nodded and talked to Michael for few mins. Shawna felt nervous. Michael and the man come up on the stage.

“Your voice is so beautiful, Shawna.” said Michael.

“You’re kidding, right?” said Shawna as she remember that Michael like to tease and prank on people.

“Oh, no. I’m not kidding. Really. Your voice is so angelec", said Michael.

The man quickly wrote on his notepad and then turned it. It read “I will find someone to teach you how to talk right away before we can teach you to sing”

Shawna give a thought to that and then said “All right. Let’s do this” as swith a smile. Michael smiled and hugged her tight.  The man made a call on his cellphone.