{"id":4731,"date":"2014-09-18T23:54:51","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T23:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/09\/18\/she-pushed-the-hood-back-again-to-stare-at-him-80\/"},"modified":"2014-09-18T23:54:51","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T23:54:51","slug":"she-pushed-the-hood-back-again-to-stare-at-him-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/09\/18\/she-pushed-the-hood-back-again-to-stare-at-him-80\/","title":{"rendered":"She pushed the hood back again to stare at him, embarrassment tinting her cheeks. Then she flung herself at him in a huge hug, radiating gratitude overwhelmingly."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/ripyourthroatoutwithmyteeth.tumblr.com\/post\/97845695597\/she-pushed-the-hood-back-again-to-stare-at-him\">ripyourthroatoutwithmyteeth<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/iamthefirechild.tumblr.com\/post\/97834647774\/she-pushed-the-hood-back-again-to-stare-at-him\">iamthefirechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/ripyourthroatoutwithmyteeth.tumblr.com\/post\/97827911127\/she-pushed-the-hood-back-again-to-stare-at-him\">ripyourthroatoutwithmyteeth<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Derek was \u00a0a little startled at the sudden hug and rush of emotion, though he caught her and tentatively patted her back soothingly, still a tad bit stunned at the force of her gratitude but glad he could help and make someone feel so thankful.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Summer couldn\u2019t remember the last time she\u2019d wished so desperately that she could speak. She wanted to tell him how long she\u2019d been losing hope, how many people had passed her by or even pushed her away. She let him go, scrabbling for the paper, and wrote, \u2018you are the first person who wants to help a freak like me\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Derek watched as she scrambled and waited, wondering how badly she\u2019d been hurt to have a stranger agree to help her make her so grateful. He kneeled down and read the paper, frowning lightly. \u201cHey. You\u2019re not a freak. You\u2019re just different,\u201d he told her.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She cocked her head sardonically at him, eyes narrowed. Then she underlined the word and tapped the pen on it. Underneath she added, &#8216;I know what I am. I don&#8217;t remember but I know I&#8217;ve heard it all my life&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ripyourthroatoutwithmyteeth: iamthefirechild: ripyourthroatoutwithmyteeth: Derek was \u00a0a little startled at the sudden hug and rush of emotion, though he caught her and tentatively patted her back soothingly, still a tad bit stunned at the force of her gratitude but glad he could help and make someone feel so thankful. Summer couldn\u2019t remember the last time she\u2019d &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/09\/18\/she-pushed-the-hood-back-again-to-stare-at-him-80\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">She pushed the hood back again to stare at him, embarrassment tinting her cheeks. Then she flung herself at him in a huge hug, radiating gratitude overwhelmingly.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,12,13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4731"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}