I Love You No Matter What

Alison's POV

Ugh, why do I always have to move around, just when I've gotten new friends? It isn't fair, every time I get settled in a new town my family always has to move. Mom always asks me why I never talk to my friends, well maybe because we move every single time I get new ones mom? We were on our way to a town called Rose- something? I'm not really interested in getting settled in this town at all to be honest. Mom said it was pretty small and beautiful, which equals old and moldy in my mind.

''Alison!'' My mom practically yelled in my ear.

''What?'' I answer more irritated than I wanted to sound.

''What do you think of this town?'' She asks and looks at the road again.

I look out the window and see trees, people and most of all houses that all look the same. Great, just like I thought. There are probably only old people in this neighborhood. Who am I supposed to party with? An 84'year old woman in a worn out dress? This has to be the worst town I've ever been in.

Emily's POV

I walk down the stairs and head for the kitchen, when I see my mom staring out the window. I knock on the table and she looks at me.

''You're awake now?'' She says with a smile and looks at me.

''Barely... What are you looking at?'' I sign to her curious as I start to walk towards the window.

''There seems to be a new family that is going to move into the big house across the street.'' Mom says and signs, then looks back out the window.

I look out the window only to see the big expensive house that has been empty for years, is now being surrounded by trucks. I think about rich, snobby people and their mean attitude towards other average people. I would not want to live a life of the rich, I wouldn't want to be all cocky and mean to every single person I meet who isn't rich too. It's just not me. My mom looks at me worried so I start signing to her.

''They must be very rich to be able to pay for that house.'' I sign to her and she smiles at me.

''Every neighborhood needs to have a rich family.'' She says with a smile. Reading lips isn't as hard now that my mom actually takes the time to look at me straight in the face. Which I'm glad she taught herself to do.

Alison's POV

My mom stops the car and looks at me.

''What do you think?'' She says and smiles at me. My eyes widen as I look at the big house to my right.

''We're moving into this house?'' I say shocked.

''Yes we are. Your dad thought a bigger house would be better for us for once, especially in this town…'' Mom says as she pulls up on the driveway.

This is awesome! I've always wanted a big house to live in, I would be even happier if this big house had a pool though. I jump out of the car and immediately run to the backyard. Holy crap! I mentally high five myself. It does have a pool. I couldn't hold in my excitement, this is going to be great!

''Like what you see?'' Mom asks as she enters the backyard.

''YES MOM. This is like my dream house!'' I start to jump up and down from excitement.

''You haven't even seen the whole house yet! You've just looked at the backyard.'' Mom says as she lets out a small laugh.

''Uh, mom? A pool and a big backyard is more than enough for me, who cares about the house?'' I say and smile at my mom. Of course she knew I was joking so she smiled back at me.

''You're so funny Alison. But don't forget we have boxes to move into the house, so get started.'' Mom said in a more serious tone. I laughed a little bit. She's probably right, the sooner I get the boxes inside the house, the sooner I can jump in that amazing pool. I sigh for myself happily and start walking to the driveway again. I was wrong, I feel like this is starting to be the best place we've ever been at.

Emily's POV

My mom moved away from the window and started making lunch for me and her. As I look back out the window I see a black BMV pull up on the driveway. Typical, I think and start to look away when I see a blonde girl jump out of the car and run to her new backyard. That must be the rich, mean and snobby girl I'm going to have to deal with. I sigh to myself as I turn around to sit and eat with my mom.

''You should go out there and welcome them to the neighborhood.'' My mom says.

''Me help them? Not going to happen.'' I sign as I look at my mom with a stern look.

''Emily, don't be like that. It would be nice if you helped them out. Maybe they have a son or a daughter you could hang out with?'' Mom says with a serious look on her face. I wasn't really good at making new friends. I only had 3 best friends, Aria, Hanna and Spencer. We've always been really close. I don't need another friend to ''hang out with'' whatever that was meant to be.

''They have a daughter.'' I sign at her. My mom instantly turns happy.

''Well then there you go! Now go help them.'' Mom says as she takes my plate of food and puts it in the sink.

''Hey! I wasn't done with that!'' I sign at my mom with a smile. I loved my mom, we have a great relationship and something all kids should have. I run up the stairs, grab my leather jacket and look at myself in the mirror. Is this too… Ordinary? I ask myself looking down at my navy blue hoodie, my black Nike shoes and my tight blue jeans. Why am I suddenly so worried about what they are going to think about my outfit? I put on my leather jacket and move my hair so it's on my back. Okay, show time.

Alison's POV

As soon as I reach the driveway again I watch a tall, sun tanned brunette walk out of the house across our street. She was walking towards our house and I catch myself staring at her for too long. God dammit Alison look away. I look away and walk up to the truck. I bend down to pick a box when I feel a tap on my shoulder. I look up and see her. This time I could get a closer look at this girl, olive skin, big pretty brown eyes, big lips and absolutely perfect bone structure. If that's even possible? I think to myself and smile a little bit. Oops, I better say something before I look like an idiot smiling to myself.

''Hey.'' I say in my sweetest voice and extend my hand towards the girl. The girl just takes my hand, shakes it and nods. She let's go of my hand and I kind of instantly miss her hand on mine. I don't know why though… But I couldn't help but notice she was being very quiet. Great, why isn't she talking to me…? Did I do something wrong? Maybe she caught me staring at her for too long. Crap, what have I done? I mentally slap myself in the face. Stop freaking out Alison.

''So…'' I say and look at her again. She didn't even flinch when I said that. So I tap her shoulder and she looks up at me.

''My name is Alison.'' I say and smile at her. She smiles back and starts doing stuff with her hands… Wait is that sign language? I start to freak out again. I don't know sign language! How am I supposed to know what she's saying? Does this mean she's deaf? What? How? I had so many questions but I needed to calm down.

Emily's POV

I start walking towards the big house as I see the blonde that I saw before. But this time I could actually see her face. Blue eyes, long blonde hair. I huff a little in my head, a typical snob. I keep on walking over there and when I reach the driveway I tap the blonde girl gently on the shoulder. She looks up at me and we stand like that for about 30 seconds. Just looking at each other. Now I could see how pretty her eyes were. They were a deep kind of blue, like the kind of blue you'd see deep down in the ocean. I kind of liked her eyes, even though I don't really want to become her friend. She finally speaks and extends her hand towards me. She smiles at me and I take her hand in mine, shake it and nod at her. I then let go of her hand and start looking at the boxes in the truck, there's a lot of boxes, but it didn't seem like there were too many boxes. That's weird, since they're rich and all. I think to myself.

I feel a tap on my shoulder and look up. She starts speaking again and smiles at me. I believe she said her name was Alison. That's actually a pretty name I thought. She didn't seem like most rich people, makes me wonder if she's different. So I start to sign many stupid stuff to her such as poor, dog, cat, chicken, nostril and lots of other stuff. I could see she was getting really nervous and confused. So I just smiled at her, pointed at my ear and made an x with my arms. She then nodded and I could see sympathy in her eyes, but it was okay, only nice people do that and she sure looks like she's nice.

I pull out my phone and start typing a message to her. I give her the phone and I can see her smile, possibly laughing. I smile myself.

Alison's POV

She points at her ear and makes an x with her arms. So she is deaf… I couldn't help but feel sorry for her. She was so beautiful, yet she had lost something very important to have in your life. I watch her as she types something on her phone. She hands her phone to me and I read the message.

Hey, I'm Emily. Yes, I am deaf… I think you said that your name was Alison? If I got that wrong I will literally feel embarrassed. I couldn't help but smile at that and then I continued to read.

My mom kind of pushed me into going down here and helping you guys out with moving in so… Do you need any help? I start to type a message back to her.

Sure! That'd be great. I was kind of hoping someone would help us since I want to go and jump into that big pool in our backyard. :) I hand the phone back to her and I can see her smile. Wow, her smile was gorgeous. She looks back up at me with a smile and nods. She picks up a box and starts walking to the entrance of the house. As she walked past me her perfume hit me like a tornado. It smelled so good and fresh. I sigh to myself as I pick up a box and follow her. Maybe this town isn't going to be as bad as I thought it would be.