The date!

Oh, I don't know about anything now. It's all so confusing. I think my brain might burst. Along with my heart.

Doug asked me where I wanted to go and there was a film I wanted to see and he was checking where it was on and I didn't understand because I knew it was everywhere.... (pause for breath)... Well, he was looking for a showing with subtitles d'oh! because it's too hard to lip read on screen. I tried it on TV with the sound down and it's bloody impossible!

In the end, we went for pizza and got the bus and we were sitting next to each other and that's pretty crap for lip reading too. But good for touching thighs ;) The waitress asked if we wanted extra cheese and Doug didn't see or hear and I answered no and I didn't even ask him. How crap was that?

There was so much more that went wrong but I don't even want to think about it! :( But he did kiss me at the door and that was pretty amazing! ;)

I've only just started thinking about learning to sign and now I'm realising there's so much to deaf communication. It's a whole new world to me, it really is. What I need is 'The Idiot's Guide to Dating a Deaf Person' but I don't think such a book exists. I want the inside info. All the secret tips, so I can impress him.

How can I learn all this stuff without making a total show of myself? Help!

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Learning to sign

So, this week... my best friend, Meiying, was talking about Green Eyes, this boy she fancies. And I felt all bad and secretive because I didn't tell her anything about liking Doug. But there was no point because I knew there was no chance on this earth someone that gorgeous would ever fancy me.

Then I had to walk by him on the steps to get to French and he asked me if I was being bullied because he saw the Russell twins having a go. I haven't told anybody about that but I said yes and it was such a relief to tell someone. I felt like crying.

Then, then. You will not believe this. He asked me out! HE asked ME out!!!!!! My chipped toenails were dancing in my size nines, I can tell you!

BUT now I am plain terrified! It's one thing having a little rendez vous on the steps but a DATE! The thing is (and this is really embarrassing but) I haven't actually been on a date before. Ever. With anyone. So now you know.

PLUS, I don't think being able to sign Liz and Doug is going to get me very far, do you? So do I just talk normally or shall I go to the library and look up sign language. Can you learn it from looking at pictures? Does anybody know?

Help! I need your advice!

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NEXT POST BY MONDAY 2 JUNE

Plucked up the courage!

Thanks for the advice, everyone! Wow, you sound like you really know what you're talking about. The problem is, I made a bit of a mess of things...

Okay, the good bit is, I plucked up the courage to talk to him. I tapped him on the shoulder on the steps outside college. He turned around and grabbed my hand and I was like, hello, who turned the electricity on?!

But I was shocked! I mean, I don’t even know him and he grabbed my hand. What does that mean? The only people that grab me are the Russell bullies. But somehow I don’t think this boy’s a bully.

The bad bit is, I made a total idiot of myself! He spoke to me and he has a strange voice, probably because he can't hear it. And I spoke like this: ‘H-h-e-l-l- o.’ Really LOUD. Doh! He can't hear. STUPID! STUPID! STUPID! Why did I do that?

It just came out like that. SO STUPID! He told me to speak normally not slow. He was laughing at me but he was smiling too. I got a bit flustered and I had to get my asthma pump out. I didn't want him to see it but he was cool about it.

He showed me how to sign my name. It was really cool. He kept staring at my mouth and it made me blush. He signed his name to me. He's not Owen Wilson, he's Doug. And he's gorgeous! When will I see him again? I can't bear it! How can I make him like me??

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Mad about the boy!

Hi! I'm Liz and I really need your help!

This gorgeous boy who looks like Owen Wilson but better has just started at my college and I think he might like me. It's a long story but first I thought he had a girlfriend because I saw him staring at this girl's lips like he wanted to snog her face off.

BUT I've just found out he's deaf and that's why he stares at everyone's lips because he is lip reading, so there is still hope. I saw him with an interpreter in class. I've never seen an interpreter in real life before, just in the corner of a TV screen.

I keep looking at him and I really want to talk to him. But the thing is, it sounds really stupid and everything but I've never spoken to a deaf person before and I know I'm going to make an idiot of myself. So what should I do? Help!

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