You know all the usual stuff, don't read if it's illegal or you don't like sex or if bisexual sex offends you. All characters are purely fictional, and any likeness is coincidence. Joshua Glynn reserves all rights to this story, the characters, and the world they live in.
This story is about an 18-year-old boy struggling with the gifts that he possesses and trying to find out where he fits in a modern-day society.
Joshua's gifts have gotten him in trouble with a psycho stalker, so his family has moved to a new state to get away from the hassle. They are moving to Charleston, South Carolina, and his sisters are pissed at him for making them have to move away from all of their friends and start a new school, mid semester.
Soulmates: Gifted Book One
Chapter 1:
A New Start
Casey
I was yanked out of a sound sleep by noises outside my window, Sunday morning, around twelve-thirty PM. The house next door, which had been empty since spring, had a new family moving in. Two young blond girls were going through boxes. One in her mid-teens, the other closer to nine or ten. A friendly looking man was carrying a large box into the house followed by a beautiful woman with a hand full of blankets.
"Hey, Mom! There's a new family moving in next door!" I yelled.
"Well, yes. You would have known that hours ago if you had gotten up at a decent hour!" she yelled in response. "I invited the Kingston's over for dinner tonight."
About that moment, a boy about my age walked out of the moving truck carrying a large cardboard box. He had long light-brown hair, and he must work out, because although he did not look bulky, the box he was carrying looked very heavy and he seemed to handle it like it was light. It was then that Carrie, my twin sister, ran from the truck to hold the front door for him. And boy was he in trouble, I know that look from my sister, she looked way too happy about it.
"They have a boy your age. You should go over and see if you can help." Mom yelled again. "His name is Josh."
Why not?
I thought. I threw on some clothes and went out to see if I could help, and to meet the new kid. Most of my friends lived at least a ten-minute drive away. Hopefully, if things went well... It would be nice to have a friend next-door.
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Joshua
Well, the drive to Goose Creek was boooorrring! As with most long road trips. Even watching videos on my phone lost interest after a while. We arrived late Saturday and everyone was tired and cranky from the close quarters. At least I was in the moving van with Dad. I think the ride up with my sisters would have driven me mad. They were still a bit upset with me at that time. We wound up spending the night in a hotel. That meant we would only have one day to get completely moved in, with Monday morning bringing school for us and work for Dad.
Evidently, there were two high schools in town. Funny, with a name like Goose Creek you would think the town was small and would not have the population to support two big high schools. But the town was bigger than I thought. It was bisected by a big highway, with one school on either side. I would be attending the one on the west side. It was called Stratus High and was rated as one of the highest academic standings in the state. Kind of an oxymoron isn't it? Stratus... as in the sky, high... so the name of the school was High High... I thought it was funny.
Anyway, we pulled into our new house Sunday morning around seven am. My Father started laughing when my jaw hit the floor, it was a gorgeous house. A huge porch, a big two car garage, and just the right number of trees. It was quite a bit bigger than our old house. Mom and the girls got out of the van, I could see it on their faces too. Dad was just watching all of us with a knowing smile and that twinkle his eye gets.
"Is this really our new house?" Adria asked.
"Yep, com'on I'll show you around." Father gave us the dime tour. It had a huge living room and a large beautiful modern kitchen. Mom was in tears at the enormous master bedroom, with its luxurious en suite bathroom. And the other three bedrooms were at least twice the size of my old room. I was blown away.
I had been staking out which bedroom would be mine, when my father told me to follow him. There was a hallway that connected the kitchen to the garage, but in that hallway was a door on the left that opened to a set of stairs, which led up to a large room above the garage, easily as big as the master suite. Looking around in the room, I noticed this room had its own bathroom... This was another bedroom.
"Dad, whose room is this?"
"Yours of course!"
"No...way! Dad, I can't..."
"Yes, you can! You're a man now and you need your own space. But there will be some rules, no parties in the wee hours of the morning!!" He chuckled, as I gave him a big hug.
The fun was over, and we were burning daylight. We got to work. Shortly afterwards, our new next-door neighbors dropped by to welcome us, a friendly middle-aged man, his lovely wife, and a girl my age. She had short black hair, just to her sholders, green eyes, wonderful face, and a nice body. She was nothing short of stunning... Josh jr. began shifting slightly in response.
Nice looking girl, huh son.
Dad sent me with a knowing smile. I could feel my face start to flush.
"Hi, my name is Herald Toma. This is my wife Trish and my daughter Carrie."
Father took his hand, "Good morning, my name is James Kingston. This is my wife Amanda, my daughters Krystal and Adria, my son Joshua, and the midget is Danny."
"We have a son as well, but he's being lazy this morning," Ms. Toma said with a smirk. "I would love to have you all over for dinner tonight. I know the last thing you want to do after a hard day's work is to cook!" she said all smiles.
Reluctantly, my father accepted. (Mainly because he sensed that Ms. Toma would be offended if we refused.) So, that night at six o'clock we would have dinner at the Toma's house. We got back to moving and Carrie stayed to 'help'.
"So how old are you anyway?" Carrie asked.
"Just turned eighteen two months ago."
