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I know I lost my voice, so does Cathy. She gets on her knees and gives me a hug and a forced kiss.\n\n\"You should not have not done that.\" She tells me.\n\nIn a very hoarse and high pitched voice that was just above a whisper I tell her, \"You're more than worth it.\"\n\nThe cheering and applauds from some 40,000 students and staff, including from security in the back of the auditorium, all that can be heard outside the auditorium within the walls of this monolith building said that it was worth it. It lasts some 10 solid minutes, solidifying a reputation of 'coolness' no other had attained before or since.\n\nSecurity turn to signal at each other and then leave the auditorium while the students continue to applauded and cheer through out the building. Cathy holds me tight, saying, \"Look at what you done.\"\n\n\"What?\" I could barely say above a whisper.\n\n\"You need to stay quiet until your voice returns.\" She tells me, \"But for everybody else, they will never live this own. Many will try to copy it. Only you had succeeded.\"\n\n\"But..\" I try to say in my normal voice, feeling the stress against my vocal cords sting inside my throat. I shift my tone back to a whisper, \"But... I did it for you. It was not meant to go out of the auditorium.\"\n\n\"But it did.\" She says.\n\n\"Call John for me.\" I whisper to her.\n\nCathy nods before calling out, \"John...!\"\n\nJohn comes out from the auxilary control room and onto the side of the stage from Stage Left. We signal to him to come closer. It takes a dozen or so trotting steps for him to come to us.\n\n\"You called?\" He tries to play off our activity. \n\n\"Did you-*\" I started to hoarsely say as the words crash into a squeal.\n\nCathy covers my mouth with her hand, \"You know you are not supposed to talk when this happens.\" She then turns to John, \"You know that the auditorium speakers are tied to the school's PA System?\"\n\nJohn look at her with a dumb look, \"Nope. Why?\"\n\n\"Everybody heard it.\" She tells him. They look at each other in silence for the moment. \"Now somebody else will try to top this. Somehow.\" She adds.\n\n\"I just did it to help Fernando give you something special.\" He tells her.\n\n\"I know. And it was wonderful. But if you know him like I intimately know him, you would know in doing so he would have to stress his vocal cords to the point where he can no longer talk for a few days.\" She explains.\n\n\"Fernando?\" John asks, \"Is that true?\"\n\nI look at him and nod. Then I signal to him to unscrew a light buld from Stage Right, putting it on the on the floor. He looks at me confuse for the moment.\n\n\"He wants you to unscrew a light bulb from the dressing area and put it on the floor. I say no to that.\" She tells him.\n\n\"Why?\" He asks.\n\n\"He wants to demonstrate that in the condition he is now, that he can pop a light bulb with his voice. He can do it because his vocal cords are being pulled very tight that only very few people can hear him. But it will hurt him further.\" She tells him.\n\n\"So, he wont be able to talk for a few days?\" He asks.\n\n\"Yes.\" She tells him.\n\n\"But you understand him.\" He says.\n\n\"We been through it before a couple of times.\" She tells him, then adds, \"He has a beautiful singing voice, but at the price of several days of vocal paralysis, it is not worth it.\"\n\n\"Fernando?\" John calls to me.\n\nI reach over to him and hand him the FM mic we rigged up. He takes it and then lets out a sigh.\n\n\"If I knew that I would not allowed it to happen.\" He says.\n\nI flip the bird at him.\n\n\"Hey, no need to get vulgar about this. Doing this got you injured. An you know how stupid Raul is going to be if he finds out you can not talk.\" He tells him.\n\n\"Well, whether he finds out, we need to get the Shortfellow Elders to protect him. I'll go get Juanita and the other girls to help.\" She tells him.\n\n\"OK. Now lets get out of here before security comes back and asks for passes.\" John says.\n\n\"We do not have to worry, our hadicap passes lets us get away with murder.\" She tells him.\n\n\"I know you two have one, but I don't.\" He tells her.\n\n\"Then go. I'll get him to the Nurses' office and get something to soothe his pain.\" She tells him.\n\n\"See you after 8th then.\" He says before running Stage Left to the auxiliary control booth and through the hidden exit there.\n\nCathy sighs before turning to me. We get up onto our feet together.\n\n\"I'll drop you off at the nurses' office and then I have to go home.\" She tells him.\n\nI shake my head at her before signing off that I would walk her to where she has to go. She looks at me for the moment beore nodding in agreement. She then lens over towards me, planting her lips against mine.", "description_bbcode_parsed": "Feeling the tightness in my throat closing in on itself as the vocal cord muscles vibrate in a very high frequency no one can hear like a tuning fork that would not stop ringing. I know I lost my voice, so does Cathy. She gets on her knees and gives me a hug and a forced kiss.

"You should not have not done that." She tells me.

In a very hoarse and high pitched voice that was just above a whisper I tell her, "You're more than worth it."

The cheering and applauds from some 40,000 students and staff, including from security in the back of the auditorium, all that can be heard outside the auditorium within the walls of this monolith building said that it was worth it. It lasts some 10 solid minutes, solidifying a reputation of 'coolness' no other had attained before or since.

Security turn to signal at each other and then leave the auditorium while the students continue to applauded and cheer through out the building. Cathy holds me tight, saying, "Look at what you done."

"What?" I could barely say above a whisper.

"You need to stay quiet until your voice returns." She tells me, "But for everybody else, they will never live this own. Many will try to copy it. Only you had succeeded."

"But.." I try to say in my normal voice, feeling the stress against my vocal cords sting inside my throat. I shift my tone back to a whisper, "But... I did it for you. It was not meant to go out of the auditorium."

"But it did." She says.

"Call John for me." I whisper to her.

Cathy nods before calling out, "John...!"

John comes out from the auxilary control room and onto the side of the stage from Stage Left. We signal to him to come closer. It takes a dozen or so trotting steps for him to come to us.

"You called?" He tries to play off our activity.

"Did you-*" I started to hoarsely say as the words crash into a squeal.

Cathy covers my mouth with her hand, "You know you are not supposed to talk when this happens." She then turns to John, "You know that the auditorium speakers are tied to the school's PA System?"

John look at her with a dumb look, "Nope. Why?"

"Everybody heard it." She tells him. They look at each other in silence for the moment. "Now somebody else will try to top this. Somehow." She adds.

"I just did it to help Fernando give you something special." He tells her.

"I know. And it was wonderful. But if you know him like I intimately know him, you would know in doing so he would have to stress his vocal cords to the point where he can no longer talk for a few days." She explains.

"Fernando?" John asks, "Is that true?"

I look at him and nod. Then I signal to him to unscrew a light buld from Stage Right, putting it on the on the floor. He looks at me confuse for the moment.

"He wants you to unscrew a light bulb from the dressing area and put it on the floor. I say no to that." She tells him.

"Why?" He asks.

"He wants to demonstrate that in the condition he is now, that he can pop a light bulb with his voice. He can do it because his vocal cords are being pulled very tight that only very few people can hear him. But it will hurt him further." She tells him.

"So, he wont be able to talk for a few days?" He asks.

"Yes." She tells him.

"But you understand him." He says.

"We been through it before a couple of times." She tells him, then adds, "He has a beautiful singing voice, but at the price of several days of vocal paralysis, it is not worth it."

"Fernando?" John calls to me.

I reach over to him and hand him the FM mic we rigged up. He takes it and then lets out a sigh.

"If I knew that I would not allowed it to happen." He says.

I flip the bird at him.

"Hey, no need to get vulgar about this. Doing this got you injured. An you know how stupid Raul is going to be if he finds out you can not talk." He tells him.

"Well, whether he finds out, we need to get the Shortfellow Elders to protect him. I'll go get Juanita and the other girls to help." She tells him.

"OK. Now lets get out of here before security comes back and asks for passes." John says.

"We do not have to worry, our hadicap passes lets us get away with murder." She tells him.

"I know you two have one, but I don't." He tells her.

"Then go. I'll get him to the Nurses' office and get something to soothe his pain." She tells him.

"See you after 8th then." He says before running Stage Left to the auxiliary control booth and through the hidden exit there.

Cathy sighs before turning to me. We get up onto our feet together.

"I'll drop you off at the nurses' office and then I have to go home." She tells him.

I shake my head at her before signing off that I would walk her to where she has to go. She looks at me for the moment beore nodding in agreement. She then lens over towards me, planting her lips against mine.", "writing": "", "writing_bbcode_parsed": "", "pools_count": 1, "title": "A Silent Performance For One; Jan 5th, 1980 - Continued.", "deleted": "f", "public": "t", "mimetype": "image/png", "pagecount": "1", "rating_id": "0", "rating_name": "General", "ratings": [], "submission_type_id": "1", "type_name": "Picture/Pinup", "guest_block": "t", "friends_only": "f", "comments_count": "0", "views": "41" }