Hi, my name is Josh Cleveland and I’ve never done this before. Are blogs like essays? Are they conversational, or formal? What’s this one even about? I know they have themes and stuff, and I want to stay on theme. My teachers say sometimes I don’t always stay on theme when it comes to my writing, so I want this to be right. I did take a look at some of the other entries the people in my town have written here, and a lot of them are about themselves, so here goes.
Like I said, my name is Josh Cleveland. I’m 17 years old and I go to Glass High School. My life isn’t particularly special or anything, my parents are divorced, but whose aren’t today? I know! My life has had this really wild change: a kid from my school moved in at my dad’s house. His name is Turner Moore, and I’m not completely convinced the reason he’s there is the actual reason he’s there. I know his parents travel for work a lot, and his friend Jay said he stayed with them, or when he got older, they let Turner stay in the house alone if it was just for a couple days or something.
But this time is weird. They’ve gone somewhere for an undetermined amount of time. That’s super vague if you ask me, but it’s pretty cool to have a brother when I’m over there. Younger twin sisters isn’t always my idea of a good time. Yeah, we’re close, especially since the divorce, but I’ve wished for a brother or a close friend – like what Turner and Jay were – for a long time now. It seems like I’ve gotten it, but under some sad circumstance
Again, Turner’s parents are “out of town” for god knows why. Maybe one day I’ll find out the real reason, but for now, I’m just glad he’s around. The sad part, Jay died. There was some incident or other over by Glass Creek and, well, he lost his life because of it. I suspect Turner was a part of it, but I don’t know how, and no one’s confirming or denying anything. Still, secret meetings with lawyers and cops, the group of men that seem to follow Turner everywhere, and the way Turner himself seems a little more focused and closed off than usual.
I think my family was chosen specifically for whatever it is Turner needs. We go to school together, we’re on the swim team together, and we have all the same classes at GHS, but Turner goes to JHU in the afternoons as part of their dual enrollment program. He’s super smart. I heard he wore out the AP classes at GHS last year, so the program I guess is a way to keep him in school all day so he can keep his schedule close to mine. He takes the shuttle to and from the JHU campus. During the swim season, we have swim practice after school, and I drive us home. My sisters stay and watch practice or they drive themselves home and my dad picks us up. When it’s not swim season, I drive all four of us home right after school. But that’s not exactly weird, it’s efficient. Why drive two or more cars when we’’re all going to the same place for the same amount of time?
Is there anything else you want to know? You could ask the writer of this blog and they can ask me, and report back or whatever. Anyway, thanks for listening.