# Chapter 19: polishing up long forgotten skills -Alex learns the skills of blindness

Author: Ginsenshi
Tags: Blind, Gay Relationships, Highschool, M/M

#19 of Roen Olver Series

A day at the Library, Alex and Roe studying for a test, Alex's new guide dog learns a quick escape. and Alex brushs up on blindness skills.

Chapter 19: polishing up&nbsp; long&nbsp; forgotten&nbsp; skills -Alex learns&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the&nbsp; skills&nbsp; of&nbsp; blindness&nbsp;

A few months&nbsp; later ALex&nbsp; was&nbsp; out of the&nbsp; ICU adjusting to&nbsp; his&nbsp; new&nbsp; life&nbsp; with less&nbsp; vision&nbsp; then&nbsp; before."

"Damn it! Can't even&nbsp; read&nbsp; the&nbsp; textbook&nbsp; in&nbsp; large print&nbsp; any more." Alex&nbsp; howled&nbsp; sitting&nbsp; in the&nbsp; Library after lunch, as&nbsp; I&nbsp; sat&nbsp; there&nbsp; going&nbsp; over&nbsp; notes for 5th&nbsp; period&nbsp; Biology class, the&nbsp; &nbsp; volume &nbsp; on my&nbsp; earphones&nbsp; only&nbsp; half way&nbsp; up, so I could&nbsp; hear ALex. "Well&nbsp; if&nbsp; you'd&nbsp; use&nbsp; text to&nbsp; speech&nbsp; or&nbsp; recorded&nbsp; books, you&nbsp; wouldn't&nbsp; have&nbsp; to strain&nbsp; your&nbsp; eyes&nbsp; so much." I scolded him&nbsp; for the 100th&nbsp; time.

"I know&nbsp; Roe, but&nbsp; I can't&nbsp; stand the&nbsp; robotic&nbsp; voices&nbsp; like you." He &nbsp; whined&nbsp; back&nbsp; at me. "THere are&nbsp; more&nbsp; natural&nbsp; sounding&nbsp; voices, have&nbsp; you tried&nbsp; changing&nbsp; the&nbsp; voice&nbsp; on&nbsp; NVDA?"&nbsp; I asked&nbsp; trying&nbsp; to&nbsp; give&nbsp; suggestions. "Yeah&nbsp; I have&nbsp; but&nbsp; even&nbsp; they&nbsp; sound&nbsp; robotic&nbsp; to me, are&nbsp; the&nbsp; recorded&nbsp; textbooks&nbsp; any&nbsp; better?" He asked, as&nbsp; I heard him trying&nbsp; to&nbsp; change settings&nbsp; on&nbsp; his&nbsp; laptop, and then&nbsp; currsing&nbsp; when&nbsp; he&nbsp; couldn't&nbsp; remmember&nbsp; the&nbsp; keystrokes&nbsp; to&nbsp; bring&nbsp; up&nbsp; the&nbsp; main&nbsp; menu and&nbsp; the other keystrokes&nbsp; for a&nbsp; quick&nbsp; adjustment to&nbsp; voice settings. "Babe, its&nbsp; NVDA + N, arrow down&nbsp; to &nbsp; General , then&nbsp; voice settings, that&nbsp; combobox&nbsp; comes&nbsp; up&nbsp; select the synthesizer, then&nbsp; go&nbsp; back&nbsp; to&nbsp; voices&nbsp; and then&nbsp; change the&nbsp; voice." I explained.

"Stupid&nbsp; screen reader!" Alex&nbsp; growld&nbsp; at the&nbsp; laptop, Connor's cowbell jinling&nbsp; as he&nbsp; raised&nbsp; his&nbsp; head&nbsp; to stare at&nbsp; Alex's&nbsp; growling.. Connor&nbsp; settled&nbsp; back down with&nbsp; Ace, Alex's&nbsp; new&nbsp; guide dog, a&nbsp; german&nbsp; Shepard,&nbsp; with&nbsp; a black&nbsp; and&nbsp; white coat, who was&nbsp; enjoying&nbsp; the&nbsp; quick&nbsp; catnap while&nbsp; we&nbsp; were trying&nbsp; to&nbsp; study for&nbsp; 5th&nbsp; period. Both&nbsp; the &nbsp; boys&nbsp; suddenly&nbsp; jumped&nbsp; up&nbsp; their&nbsp; bells going&nbsp; crazy&nbsp; at the&nbsp; sudden&nbsp; movement low&nbsp; growls&nbsp; sounding&nbsp; from&nbsp; their&nbsp; throats.

I could&nbsp; hear&nbsp; at&nbsp; a&nbsp; distance, Jonathan&nbsp; and&nbsp; his&nbsp; asshole crew&nbsp; chatting&nbsp; up&nbsp; the&nbsp; librarian's &nbsp; student&nbsp; assistant. James&nbsp; asking&nbsp; her&nbsp; out&nbsp; for a&nbsp; Friday night&nbsp; date.

"Grab&nbsp; your&nbsp; shit &nbsp; babe, and&nbsp; let's&nbsp; go." I said&nbsp; quickly&nbsp; to&nbsp; Alex, as&nbsp; I heard him&nbsp; close&nbsp; his&nbsp; laptop&nbsp; and&nbsp; shove it in&nbsp; his&nbsp; bag and&nbsp; got up&nbsp; quick, taking&nbsp; Ace's&nbsp; handle&nbsp; in&nbsp; hand as we&nbsp; made&nbsp; a&nbsp; quick escape.

We&nbsp; ran&nbsp; out&nbsp; of the Library , waving a&nbsp; quick hurried&nbsp; goodbye&nbsp; to the librarian. We&nbsp; where&nbsp; down the hall, just&nbsp; a few&nbsp; doors&nbsp; down&nbsp; from Biology class breathing heavy&nbsp; hands&nbsp; on knees.

"What Jonathan and his&nbsp; asshole&nbsp; friends?" ALex&nbsp; asked, as&nbsp; I modded&nbsp; in&nbsp; reply. "Roe can't&nbsp; see you mod&nbsp; for&nbsp; shit&nbsp; now&nbsp; remember?"

"Oh yeah, it was&nbsp; them." I said , trying to&nbsp; remember&nbsp; to speak&nbsp; more&nbsp; with&nbsp; Alex's&nbsp; new&nbsp; worse&nbsp; vision. THe&nbsp; boys&nbsp; pressed&nbsp; against&nbsp; our&nbsp; legs, their&nbsp; panting&nbsp; felt against&nbsp; us. Soon&nbsp; it&nbsp; died&nbsp; down as&nbsp; we&nbsp; went&nbsp; in&nbsp; 5th&nbsp; period&nbsp; Biology, taking&nbsp; our&nbsp; seats&nbsp; at the&nbsp; front&nbsp; of the&nbsp; room, pulling&nbsp; out&nbsp; laptops&nbsp; for&nbsp; taking and&nbsp; recording&nbsp; notes.

The&nbsp; day&nbsp; ended&nbsp; with&nbsp; no&nbsp; further incidences of Jonathan and&nbsp; his&nbsp; asshole&nbsp; friends. We were&nbsp; walking&nbsp; down&nbsp; the&nbsp; street&nbsp; in&nbsp; front&nbsp; of&nbsp; WolfMoores', ALex&nbsp; still&nbsp; kinda&nbsp; jumpy&nbsp; when&nbsp; we&nbsp; were&nbsp; near&nbsp; Wolfmoores' , but&nbsp; it&nbsp; was&nbsp; the&nbsp; only&nbsp; place&nbsp; in town&nbsp; for&nbsp; pet &nbsp; supplies like&nbsp; dog&nbsp; and&nbsp; cat food. other&nbsp; wise&nbsp; one&nbsp; would&nbsp; have&nbsp; to&nbsp; drive hour&nbsp; and&nbsp; a&nbsp; half &nbsp; to a&nbsp; larger&nbsp; town over.

We made&nbsp; it&nbsp; pass&nbsp; without&nbsp; Alex&nbsp; having&nbsp; a Panic attack, heading&nbsp; to&nbsp; my&nbsp; place&nbsp; to&nbsp; study&nbsp; for a&nbsp; up coming&nbsp; test&nbsp; in&nbsp; history. We&nbsp; got&nbsp; back&nbsp; soon&nbsp; after&nbsp; and&nbsp; finished&nbsp; studying, so&nbsp; I&nbsp; helped&nbsp; Alex&nbsp; with&nbsp; his&nbsp; non-Visual travel&nbsp; skills, after&nbsp; all&nbsp; it&nbsp; was&nbsp; better&nbsp; to&nbsp; learn&nbsp; non-Visual travel&nbsp; skills from&nbsp; another&nbsp; blind&nbsp; person.&nbsp; We practiced&nbsp; echo location, and&nbsp; understanding&nbsp; to&nbsp; read&nbsp; traffic&nbsp; patterns..&nbsp;

After&nbsp; &nbsp; two&nbsp; hours &nbsp; of&nbsp; this&nbsp; we&nbsp; threw&nbsp; in the&nbsp; towel&nbsp; and&nbsp; headed&nbsp; bak&nbsp; inside&nbsp; to&nbsp; my room&nbsp; and&nbsp; collapsed on&nbsp; my&nbsp; bed tired.. I&nbsp; turned&nbsp; on&nbsp; Netflix&nbsp; and&nbsp; just&nbsp; laid&nbsp; with&nbsp; Alex&nbsp; and&nbsp; the&nbsp; boys&nbsp; enjoying&nbsp; the&nbsp; down time.

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