For ZazieBelle
*Kay so this is gonna be in Archie's POV, and uses American Sign Language. I wrote out the signs based on Google's explanations and then wrote what it means in italics*
Archie's POV
I was walking into school one day when I saw Weatherbee with someone I didn't recognize. It was a girl, and from what I could see of her face, she was beautiful.
I didn't realize I was staring at her until Jughead tapped my shoulder.
"Arch, don't freak out the new girl. This place is weird enough, without her thinking you're a stalker."
"I'm not a stalker."
Jughead shrugged, "Whatever you say."
I made a face at him as he walked away, then made my way over to the girl, who was now standing alone.
She looked lost, so I decided to be nice and help her out.
"Hi, you must be new. I'm Archie. And you are...?"
She completely ignored me, not even looking at me. Rude.
I tried again, "Hey!"
I waved my hand in front of her face, and she jumped slightly, finally looking at me.
"I'm Archie, what's your name?"
She just looked at me, head cocked slightly to the side.
A thought occurred to me, "Wait, do you speak English?"
Nothing.
I was about to give up and walk away, feeling this girl wasn't worth my time and energy, no matter how beautiful I thought she was. I turned to leave when she grabbed my arm. I faced her once more, a slightly annoyed yet curious expression on my face.
She let go of my arm and put her finger on her cheek, by her ear. She moved it in a small arch that ended at the corner of her mouth. *Deaf.
"Sorry?"
She repeated her action, then mouthed the word, "Deaf."
"Oh, oh, oh! Crap, I didn't know. I'm sorry!"
I kept speaking, even though she couldn't hear me. I'm an idiot.
She smiled, obviously reaching the same conclusion I had. Before I could embarrass myself further, Weatherbee came back and lead her to what I presumed was her first class.
I took that as my cue to get to my class, which unfortunately she didn't have with me.
After the last bell rang out, I sprinted to my house, thankful football practice was cancelled. As soon as I was in my room, I pulled out my computer and started researching ASL. I stayed up all night practicing the alphabet and different phrases and words so I could "talk" to this girl.
The next day at school, I looked around for the new girl. I quickly found her with Veronica.
I walked over to them as Veronica was writing something down on a sticky note. She handed the girl the note and smiled, noticing me.
"Oh hey Archiekins! Have you met Y/N?"
So that was her name.
"Yeah, we met yesterday."
Veronica looked surprised, "You know sign language?"
I ignored her and smiled at Y/N.
Veronica glanced between the two of us before awkwardly clearing her throat.
"Hmmmm, I, uh, I'm, just... I'm just gonna go. I'll see you guys around." And with that, she left. Finally.
I waved at Y/N, getting her attention.
She looked at me with her beautiful Y/E/C eyes expectantly.
I raised my eyebrows and pointed to her, then put my hands flat in front of me, with the palms up. I flexed my fingers so my hands looked like claws. Then I brought my hands up to my chest and pointed with both hands. I flicked my wrists towards her before spelling out the name Jason. Then I brought my index finger to the side of my forehead and tapped on it once. I turned that hand into a fist and make quick, tiny circles in the air in front of my head. I made my hands into fists, with my palms facing in, and brought them together. Lastly I simply pointed to myself. *Do you want to go to Jason's memorial with me?
Y/N raised her eyebrows as an impressed look crossed her face.
She pointed to herself, then put her thumb under her chin and jerked it forward. Then she placed the tips of her fingers on the side of her forehead. She pointed to me before repeating her previous action. Then she put her index fingers out so that they were pointing at each other. She moved her left hand in a forward circular motion as her right hand moved in the opposite direction. *I didn't know you knew sign language.
I smiled and pointed to myself. I put my left hand out flat in front of me and pretended to grab something from it with my right then brought my right hand up to my forehead so it touched the tips of my fingers. I pointed off to my right, after which I touched my forehead with my index finger and twisted my hand so my palm was facing Y/N. I pointed at her to finish my sentence.*I learned it for you.
If I had a camera, I would've taken a picture. The way her face lit up was breathtaking. It made the sun look dark.
With smile that put the Cheshire Cat to shame, she signed a response. She made a finger gun with her left hand and pointed it towards her right. Her right index finger tapped her thumb before arching over to tap her left index finger. She put her right hand into a fist and flicked it up and down a few times. She pointed to herself, after which she flattened her hand and brought it up to the side of her head then flicked her wrist forward. She crossed her fists in front of her chest, then held up one index finger while arching her other over the hand to so the tips of each index finger touched. Next she pointed with both hands and made an arching motion with both of them. Her hands turned into fists, which she connected at the palm, like her hands were tied, and ended by pointing at me.*Then yes, I'd love to go with you.
I smiled and hugged her. The bell rang, signalling first period, so we both ran off to get to class.
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When the day of Jason's memorial came, everyone was told to go to the football field. We all piled into the bleachers, Y/N next to me on one side and Jughead on the other. The rest of our friends all sat near us.
Y/N and I signed the entire service, almost getting caught a few times because we would make each other laugh.
At the end of the service, Reggie moved closer to me and Y/N, and asked, "OK, what the hell are you two doing? Are you in some of sort of gang or some weird cult or what?"
Instead of answering him, I simply signed to him. I pointed slightly off to my right, then pointed both of my index fingers towards each other, moving my left hand in forward circles while my right went backwards. I pinched my index and thumb together and placed them on the side of my forehead, and flipped my hand so that my fingers were above my eyebrow.*It's sign language moron.
Y/N smiled, clearly being the only one who understood what I did.
"The hell was that?" Reggie asked.
Veronica sighed dramatically and took him by the shoulder, "Don't worry, you're not initiated into whatever cult you think Archie ad Y/N are a part of."
They walked off, Jughead, Betty, and Kevin following.
I felt Y/N staring at me, so I turned to face her. I looked at her curiously.
She simply signed to me. She pointed to me. Then she lifted her index and middle fingers to her chin and bent them down twice.*You're cute.
Well, in that case, YOLO.
I took a deep breath and began what could possibly be my death. I signed her name. My flattened my hand next to the side of my head and jerked it forward before I pointed at her. I made fists with both my hands and stuck my index fingers out and arched my hands. I made a circle shape with my fingers on both hands, but kept my index fingers up. I brought my hands together so my fingers touched, then pulled them a short distance apart before bringing them together again. I put my hands into fists with palms facing each other and made my wrists touch. Finally I simply pointed to myself. *Y/N, will you go on a date with me?
She didn't answer right away, so I automatically assumed the worst. I began to sign "never mind, just forget it", but Y/N stopped me.
And I really liked the way she stopped me.
She kissed me.
A/N: Kay so that was long af this literally took all fuckin day bc of the signing i had to google each individual word and describe the motions one by one but i now know some sign language lol thats pretty cool though i feel like i should be on switched at birth even though i havent watched it in like a year and a half and its ending next week oops #yolo ok peace out fam