Her mother sighed and frowned. "Ana I told you to be more careful", she articulated.

"I-I know. S-Sorry... m-mum", she said, struggling a little.

"Articulate more Ana, please. I'll see if we can get another one", she said. "You're not going school until I do"

Ana's eyes widened and she frowned. 'No mum, I want to go!', she signed.

Her mother frowned. "Ana you know I only know the basics", she said. "... speak please"

Ana shook her head. 'You can't stop me. I don't want to speak in your language. I want to speak in mine', she signed.

Her mother sighed again, running a hand through her hair. "Just stay here Ana", she said.

She walked out and closed the door.

Ana opened the door slightly and waited for her mother to go into the kitchen. She grabbed her bag and carefully closed the door. She walked downstairs, taking extra care and opened the front door, leaving.

Ana made her way to school and smiled at a few people when she walked into the building.

She felt a hand touch her shoulder and turned around.

"Hey Ana! What's up?", asked a boy, speaking and signing at the same time.

Ana smiled brightly. 'Hi Connor! Nothing much, how about you?', she signed.

"That's good. Same here really", he said and signed. He looked at her ear and frowned. "What happened to your implant?", he signed, again, speaking too.

'It broke', she signed.

"About time", he signed, laughing.

Ana laughed. 'I know! I keep trying to tell mum that it feels weird and I don't want it. I think she knows but she won't listen', she signed.

Connor frowned. 'I can come round and convince her if you'd like. Even though I've tried about 7 times already', he signed.

Ana shook her head. "Thankyou Connor, but I don't think she'll ever listen", she signed.

Connor nodded, frowning.

'Guess what?', she signed.

'What?', he signed back.

'Mum said I can't go school until it's fixed. I snuck out', she signed.

Connor's eyes widened. 'Ana! I can't believe you'd do that! And for school!', he signed back, joking. He laughed.

Ana laughed. 'I know. I'm such a rebel', she joked.

Ana's mother opened the door to Ana's bedroom. "Ana they said they'd get one for 5 weeks ti...", she said, stopping when she noticed her room was empty.

Ana's mother was taken aback and ran down the stairs quickly, grabbing her phone. "Jane? Hi it's Jess. Have you seen Ana?"

(Inspired by a British Show called Casualty. I take no credit for the show)