Noise

Part 1

Donna and James welcomed their little girl with love and excitement. She was their first child, after all. They both wanted a family and were over the moon when they found out Donna was finally pregnant. Nothing appeared to be wrong. She had ten fingers, ten toes, smiled, followed the sounds of voices, and made happy baby sounds. To the proud parents, she was perfect. It wasn't until she was at the age where  she should start at least saying 'momma' or 'dadda' that Donna began to suspect something wasn't quite right. 

The girl never spoke a word. She made plenty of noises to communicate. She smiled a lot. No matter how much Donna and James tried to get their young daughter to speak, she never would. Donna got flash cards, videos, anything and everything she could think of to help her daughter with words and speaking. Nothing worked. Donna knew her daughter was....different. She used sounds to communicate.

It worried Donna so much that had taken her daughter, Adrielle, to specialists. Speech therapists, ENT specialists, anyone she could think of. There was nothing medically wrong with her daughter, or so the "experts" kept telling her. Right around the girl's fourth birthday, her father passed away. She dealt with it as all small children do. It hit her mother hard, however, but she tried to cope the best way she could. Donna had to pick up the slack at the company her husband had started. Her efforts to get her young daughter to speak "normally" went to the back burner.

The young girl was picked on quite a lot as she went through school because she never spoke. School counselors quite often suggested Adrielle see specialists because, although she never spoke, she did very well in school. It was an unusual circumstance. Donna didn't think whatever it was with her daughter was a psychological issue. "She'll grow out of it" she always told everyone. By the time Adrielle hit high school and she still wasn't speaking, Donna realized that the way her daughter communicated was through sounds.

Adrielle was quite a smart young woman. She developed an acute interest in music, sound effects, and anything dealing with sound. Donna realized her daughter had a talent for sound effects. Much like a beloved actor in a hit series of movies. Donna had learned to decipher what the sounds/sound effects meant and was able to talk to her daughter. The older woman was thankful for the fact that they could "talk" to one another with no issues even if no one else understood her daughter!

Donna had a love of the music reality shows. She developed a love of Pentatonix who was the season three winners of "The Sing-Off". Donna was excited when season four came on two years after season three. Adrielle didn't normally pay attention to reality shows but there was something about one particular contestant that caught her ears. Home Free captivated her. Chiefly the blond beatboxer. The other groups had beatboxers too so Donna didn't quite understand what was it was about Adam Rupp that had caught her daughter's attention. Adrielle tuned in each week with her mother and watched without fail.

Both Donna and Adrielle were thrilled to see Home Free were the winners of season four. Three years after watching Home Free's victory on "The Sing-Off", things hadn't changed much for Adrielle or Donna. Her college counselors suggested to Donna that Adrielle be seen again to see if there were any changes to Adrielle, medically. After another doctor told her that there was nothing medically wrong and that it had to be something psychologically wrong with her daughter, she decided to take her now-college- student daughter on a little road trip.

Adrielle seemed to be happy enough. She was always making sounds, always had her nose buried in her school work. She helped around the house and even helped cook. There was nothing to indicate there were psychological problems with her daughter. "Perhaps we haven't found the right doctor yet", Donna thought bitterly. Adrielle was a bit of a nerd. She loved "Lord of the Rings", "Star Wars", and video games. She loved crazy hair and piercings. Donna let her do what she wanted with her hair because it really made Adrielle happy.

Adrielle had a nose ring, her tongue, right eyebrow, left side of her bottom lip, her belly button, and each ear (3x on each one) pierced. Her long hair was half black and half neon pink. She dressed in what could only be described as the "punk or rocker" style. She did listen to a wide variety of music but country wasn't one she generally liked. Donna was surprising her daughter with the road trip to see their favorite group, Home Free. Donna was a country girl through-and-through. It was to be expected living in Texas. It made her proud that Tim seemed to like representing Texas whenever he could!

"Sweetie, you have an hour to pack your suitcase." Donna called up to her daughter

Adrielle exited her bedroom and cocked an eyebrow at her mother making Donna laugh softly.

"Things have been rough at school lately so I thought we'd go on a little road trip. Get away for a while and have some fun!" Donna smiled at her daughter

Adrielle smiled warmly at her mother before rushing back to her room to begin packing. An hour later, she had her suitcase crammed full and her laptop packed up. Donna already had her luggage packed in her black Nissan Altima. As she waited for Adrielle, she decided to open up Twitter.

"About to take a month long road trip and catch @HomeFreeGuys at every show. Gonna be a great surprise for my daughter! #BondingOverHF #MotherDaughterTime"

Donne smiled at her tweet as she closed her app. Her phone dinged a minute later so she opened up her Twitter app back up. To her surprise Home Free had liked AND retweeted her! She was giggling when her daughter exited their house with her suitcase, laptop bag, and cell phone.

"Did you lock the house?" Donna asked as her daughter slid into the passenger seat

Adrielle made a lock clicking noise so Donna smiled then put the car in reverse. They listened to the radio until they were out of range of the Dallas stations. Adrielle was just looking out the windows as they drove along. Donna put in one of Home Free's CD's and they listened to their favorite band as they drove out of Texas. Oklahoma was the first stop they would be catching Home Free at. Donna already had a hotel room so they went there first before heading to the venue when they got to town.