Chapter 1
"Storm!."
I opened my eyes as my mother yelled up the stairs, waking me from my dreamless sleep. I groaned out loud as I looked at the clock on my cell phone. 8.15am, shit I was going to be late.
"Storm you better hurry up, Jax just pulled up." My mother yelled up the stairs. I flew out of bed and into the bathroom raking my brush through my jet black hair, before brushing my teeth. Thank god I picked out my clothes the night before which I had made a habit due to this very reason. After changing I ran down the stairs into the kitchen, grabbing an apple on the way, and then pecking my mum on the cheek before I headed for the front door.
"Have a good day honey." My mum said smiling.
"You too mum, bye!" I yelled back as I ran out the door.
As I looked over to Jax's car he was sitting there with a smirk on his face, just like every other morning when I was late. Yup I guess I could definitely say I was not a morning person.
"Hey Jax." I said as I jumped into his car.
"If I had a dollar for every time you were late I'd be rich." Jax said laughing.
"Yeah yeah, well one more week and school will be finished, and then I can sleep in all I want." I gladly stated.
At the end of this year we would be going to college, which meant a new town, new people and a lot more independence on my part. It was exciting and scary to think about leaving the comfort of my parent's home and going out on my own, of course I'd still have Jax with me though so I wasn't worried too much.
We pulled into the student car park and Jax parked in our usual spot.
"What exam have you got today?" Jax asked as he put his arm around my shoulder.
"Just English and then all my exams are completed, you?" I asked him as we made our way into the school.
"Computer science and then history." He replied as if it didn't faze him.
I knew Jax would fly through his exams; he was the most intelligent person I knew. Not that I would ever tell him that, he had a big enough head as it was. Our dad bought Jax's first car for him when he turned fifteen but the next day Jax sold it and invested the cash into his own on-line advertising business which now brings in more than my parent's income put together. To say my dad was pissed about the car was an understatement, but eventually my dad stopped talking about it which was probably due to the fact that Jax earned more than him. You wouldn't think it from looking at him though. Jax was your typical badass hottie that everyone wanted to be friends with. He was a lot taller than me averaging six foot compared to my five foot two inches; with a ripped body, almost aqua green eyes, and an all over olive tan complexion that didn't go pale in the winter.
He was my best friend and I loved him as if he was my brother.
He also knew my biggest secret and I knew his.
Jax and I were from the same orphanage. When we first moved to this town people used to ask us about it all the time, but eventually we had been here so long people just stopped asking. When I was younger and kids would tease me about it, Jax always sorted them out and not in a nice way either. Let's just say Jax was always in trouble while we were growing up.
When we were taken to the orphanage we were both six years old. Some hikers found us out in the forest all by ourselves with nothing but the clothes on our backs and Jax's kyanite stone necklace. I always thought his necklace looked like a moon that was broken in half but it had some other lines carved into it as well. We didn't have the other half so we never knew what the carving was supposed to be.
No one knew where we had come from or how we had got out there. Whenever we were questioned Jax always said the same thing "I don't know." I never spoke unless it was to Jax and only when I was absolutely sure no one was around.
It wasn't that I was retarded or anything. I just never trusted anyone other than Jax. I will always remember the first time I finally spoke to someone other than Jax. I was 8 years old and I was terrified.
We only lasted a week with the first foster family. I was sleeping when I heard Jax start screaming.
"Get away from her you bastard!"
I opened my eyes and there was Phil standing right next to my bed unzipping his pants, I froze.
Jax didn't hesitate though; he picked up Phil's baseball bat off the floor, ran over, and smacked him in the back of his knees making him drop to the floor. But he didn't stop there. He smacked him across the head and knocked him out cold.
And that's how it went from then on; if anyone ever did anything to me big or small Jax would deal to it and eventually the system had had enough.
We were sitting in the office waiting for Mrs. Hodge, our case manager, to come in and tell us where we would be moving to next and bring in the next sorry couple that thought they could help us. But she walked in alone, sat down at her desk, and tried not to look at us.
"So where are we going miss?" Jax asked looking concerned.
It felt like ages before she spoke and when she did it almost broke my heart.
"I'm sorry Jax but I'm afraid I've been ordered to split you and Stormy up." She replied softly.
"Split us up?" Jax asked confused.
"Yes you will be going to St Michael's school for boys Jax and Stormy will be staying here."
"You can't do that! We have to stay together!" Jax yelled as he jumped out of his chair making it tip over.
"I'm sorry Jax but there's not much I can do considering you and Stormy are not actually related and the trouble we seem to keep having."
"That doesn't matter; she's my sister no matter what the doctor said." He argued back.
"You have different DNA Jax and you can't keep attacking people when you think they are getting close to Stormy, it's just not right. I have tried to keep you two together for as long as I can, but until you change Jax, this is the way it has to be." Mrs Hodge calmly replied
"No." I whispered.
I remember Jax and Mrs Hodge both snapping their heads in my direction and staring at me like I had just sworn or something. But I couldn't be separated from Jax. He was all I had.
"Please don't split us up Mrs. Hodge, I promise Jax won't hurt anyone again please." I begged.
And she didn't, we stayed together. Eventually we moved in with Jake and Sam our new foster parents and it was great. They were the most loving parents we could have asked for. I still live with them, but Jax never really could adjust to family life. He begged my dad to let him rent as soon as he turned sixteen. After a lot of arguments Jax finally won. Jax respected our parents and I knew deep down he loved them, but he never did call them mom or dad. When we first moved in with our parents it was a real struggle for Jax. It was hard for him to let his walls down that he had built up in the two years before we meet them, but I knew that the threat of being separated was the only thing that kept Jax from taking me and running away.
"Stormy!" I heard someone yell breaking my chain of thoughts.
Jax and I stopped walking to see who was calling; it was Kate.
Kate was the first friend I had ever had. She sat next to me in class one day and then I was stuck with her, which was fine by me. Kate was going to the same college as us next year, and would be living in one of the all girl dorms on campus which was only a ten minute drive from my apartment. Jax insisted that I get an apartment instead of staying in the dorms which meant he wouldn't be able to come and go as he pleased and also because of our secret.
"Hey Kate."
"I was hoping to catch you before you went to English. I've got the same so we might as well go together." She said looking at Jax and then blushing.
I turned to Jax and smirked knowing that he would think he was hot shit. Kate has always had a crush on Jax along with every other girl in this school. Of course I was right; Jax knew exactly what I was thinking. He turned to Kate and winked. Kate's face went red so fast I almost started laughing.
"Cool are you nervous?" I asked scooping her arm up with mine.
"A little but I'm sure we'll pass just fine, come on the bells going to go off any minute."
"See you at lunch Storm, and good luck." Jax said before he walked off in the opposite direction.
My English exam went well and by the look on Kate's face when we left, hers did to.
"That wasn't as bad as I thought, but I'm sure glad that it's over." said Kate.
"Me too, come on lets go." I replied. We walked to our usual table in the cafeteria. Jax was already there when we got there along with his friend Mitchell.
"How'd it go?" I asked Jax when we got to the table.
"Fine." He shrugged.
"Hey I was thinking about your birthday on Friday, what do you want to do?" I asked Jax.
"I don't know yet I haven't decided."
"Well that's perfect, I'll decide for you." I said giving him my biggest smile.
"Oh come on Storm don't go out of your way I'm only turning eighteen, no biggy."
"Yeah right." I snorted. "As if you could get off that easy." I laughed out loud.
"Keen to go throw the ball around Jax?" Mitchell asked nodding to the field. When we looked over you could see the cheerleading practice out on the field; or as I called it the bimbo squad.
"Yeah why not." Jax laughed. "See you after school Storm."
"Perverts." I yelled as they walked away laughing.
"So what are you going to do for Jax's birthday?" Kate asked me.
"I'm not sure yet and it doesn't give me much time to organise much, got any suggestions?"
"How about a small get together down at the surf cafe? Oh and then maybe a bonfire on the beach." Kate suggested excitedly.
"You know what, that sounds perfect, Jax loves the beach."
When last period finally finished I nearly ran out of the classroom. School was so pointless after exams and I'm pretty sure the teachers thought so too. Jax was already waiting at the car by the time I got there.
"Want to go for a run?" Jax asked as I was getting into the car.
"Actually I've got something I need to do tonight, but definitely tomorrow night." I said a little disappointed.
"And what is it exactly that you have to do tonight?" He asked raising his eyebrow at me.
"That is none of your business sunshine." I laughed.
A piece of Kyanite on the side..........>