Spencer’s POV

“I heard she’s a mute and…”

That’s my friend Aiden, his talking about the teenage girl of the family of four that moved in the house next door to me last week. Since I haven’t the pleasure of introducing my self do to the black bracelet around my ankle, Aiden’s been telling me the latest about the happenings around town. I’ve been on house a rest for three weeks now for trespassing and vandalizing an abandon house, I can’t wait to get off next week. But anyways I’ve been sitting on my front porch watching them come in leave since they moved in.

“Hello! Are you listening to me?” I look over at Aiden and I can tell he knows I haven’t heard a word he said.

“No. So what’s her name?” He smiles and shakes his head at me, then nods in her direction. She’s getting in the back seat of a SUV.

“Ashley Davies. She’s Seventeen and that’s all I know, oh and that she’s a mute.”

“You don’t know that you heard that.” I say but I think his right I haven’t heard or seen her lips move since they moved in. Aiden gets up in start walking down the front steps.

“Whatever, I got to go but I’ll stop by tomorrow.” Is the last thing he yells over his shoulder before getting in his car and driving away.

I sit on the porch a little while longer before my sister comes to the door and tells me to do my dishes. I go in do the dishes then take a nap all with Ashley on my mind.

Ashley’s POV

It’s 11 at night and I’m seating on the back porch thinking when I hear foot steps. I look over into the neighbor’s yard and see a slender figure making away way through their backyard, before stopping and looking my way. It’s the girl from the porch, she’s always on the porch just watching cars go by or sometimes I see her watching me and every now and then someone is keeping her company. But I haven’t seen her these last couple of days.

“Hey.” I’m bought out of my thoughts by her voice. I look up in we lock eyes.