Meet Sam...

I wanted to try something new and give a piece of my writing for everyone to read! So! Meet Sam Crowley. A character I came up with senior year of high school and haven't looked back. I have gotten very attached to Sam and his counterpart (you'll meet her soon) and talk about them now as they are real people. I think that's a writer thing. #writer #characters #writing #book #story #storytelling #dreams #creative #creativewriting

Hi my name is Samuel James Crowely.

I am just a hometown hero from Pittsburgh with two sisters, two brothers, and two loving parents (for the most part). Being the middle child of 5 kids is daunting; I have had to learn to navigate life and fend for myself. My sisters, Veronica and Amber are twins, two years older than me, and my two brothers Darren and Joey are one and two years younger than me. Therefore, I am the cursed middle child. Smack dab in the middle of all of my siblings. But what a lot of people don’t know about me and my family is our big secret.

Since I was born, this secret has followed me and my family. My sisters were thirteen when they received their gifts and I was too. When I was eleven, I went to their gifting night although, I wasn’t allowed. I snuck in. I hid in the back corner and watched the whole tradition happen from my tiny adolescent eyes. It started with chanting I didn’t understand, but that didn't discourage me. I stood in that corner in awe the entire ceremony. Then my dad saw me...I had never seen him that mad. I have never seen that scowl again. So, I’ve been holding onto this secret since I was eleven. Being a part of my family, we aren’t supposed to know about our gifts until we are thirteen. There’s something in our genes that changes with puberty. Now, I don’t know the science behind it but I do know that it has been a terrible thing to keep a secret from everyone I know.

I am now twenty-six years old and still have to keep this secret from everyone I know. I just got into the most serious relationship ive ever been in. I can see myself marrying this girl. But, what she doesn’t know, might kill that chance and that terrifies me. I can’t lose her but what if this “gift” of mine wipes me and my family out in the process?