My Stuffed Bear Heard Him Cry

Synopsis

Three days after my fight with Blake Simpson, the school bully, I unexpectedly awakened a superpower that let me hear what all the things around me were saying. As I stormed out, my sneakers were thinking, 'No, Paisley. Don't step in the water. I'll get filthy. That jerk Blake just cleaned me yesterday.' Still fuming, I kicked a trash can by the curb. The trash can thought in protest, 'Why me? I didn't do anything wrong. 'Yesterday, Blake tossed a bouquet of wilted roses inside me, muttering that seeing them reminded him of you, and it made him upset.' I froze. When I got home, I saw the ugly-cute teddy bear Blake had given me. It was thinking, 'Why isn't Paisley back yet? 'Blake hugged me and cried all night, saying he's terrible at expressing himself and that he'd driven Paisley away. He got snot and tears all over me. I got filthy.'