You were deaf. You had been born that way, over the years it got harder and harder to communicate with your group as there was not a lot of downtime for them to try and learn sign.

But you were pretty good at lip reading so you were able to get most of what was going on. And of course you had your Dad who would tell you what you missed in sign. He was like your rock.

Now that you were in Alexandria you had your eyes on this boy, Carl Grimes. You always carried a not pad and writing utensils with you since pretty much only you and your dad knew sign language.

Carl had tried to talk to you before he knew you were deaf and had thought you were ignoring him. He complained to Enid, thats when she told him you were deaf. He felt like an idiot after that. But finally talked to you after getting your attention first.

After a while you started hanging out with him more and more, which led to you catching feelings for him. Little did you know that he had also caught feelings for you. He felt bad that he couldn’t talk to you and made you read his lips all the time. He found a book in Alexandria on ASL and started teaching himself.

A few days after he got the basics down, He told you to come over and that he had a surprise for you. When you got to his room he greeted you as normal. Then he signed to you while also saying it. “I taught myself a little ASL.. i think thats right..”