Sweet Sounds Of Silence

by rustedstardust

Caroline cannot speak. When she moves to Peachcreek, she bonds with Johnny, who can understand that which can't talk. Will he learn her secret?

It was the first day of summer in Peach Creek when they saw the moving truck pull up. Johnny and Plank were sitting on the sidewalk and watching some ants crawl by when they heard the rumble of an engine and smelled the diesel fumes creeping ever closer. "Wonder who that is, Plank?"

The truck and the blue Toyota following lurched to a hault in the empty driveway three houses down. Four burly men got out of the truck and started hauling in furniture; first, a pink wardrobe, next a little white and yellow bed frame, then a big rhinestone lamp with pink feathers. Johnny was excited."Gee, Plank! They must have a kid. And a girl at that We should say hi!"

That's pretty much how the adventure started, the tale of a boy who could speak to that which could not, and Caroline, the girl who could not speak.