One Story, Two Perspectives. Billy Matthews, a Grade 12 student has had a crush on a girl in his classes named Amy Winter. He is too afraid to tell her. As it approaches Graduation Billy knew it was was time to step up and tell Amy how he felt, but the response he got was not the one he wanted.. What Billy didn't know is Amy has a secret herself, a secret she had hid away for years.. 'Sign Language' is a short story showing there is always two perspectives to one story.