Hi all, just saw Fright Night 3D at the theatres and was inspired to write this AU story afterwards. I loved how the "new" Jerry is more calculating and cold-blooded...I will try to keep him that way in the story. There may be some Mary Sue moments, but I assure you it won't be a Mary Sue story. Hope you enjoy! Constructive criticism is welcome but watch out with the flames...I eat them for breakfast!

Fright Night is property of Touchstone (and Columbia) Pictures and is an original idea created by Tom Holland. I do not own this story, just my OC.

Honestly, I'm not a curmudgeon...I just like to hear myself think now and then. Since the Emerson family moved into the house across the street last summer, I haven't been able to get any peace and quiet. Sure, they're nice people, but they seem to have an issue with disciplining their two children Eden and Elliott...in essence, they don't discipline them at all. Those two little terrors are up at all hours of the night, shrieking at the top of their lungs. During the day, I am harassed several times just to go into my back yard and retrieve balls that those kids keep throwing in my yard despite the talks I have had with their parents.

What's a girl to do?

My once-peaceful days were filled with my song writing at my ebony baby grand piano. I used to have plenty of inspiration to write. Now, I'm lucky if I can get even one hour of silence and all I can think of is finding a way to deal with that bratty twosome. Can't really make much money if all the songs I write are based on that!

Lily Azzuro sighed as she gazed down at her diary entry, pen still poised in her hand. She felt a migraine coming on with each ear splitting shriek coming at her from across the street. Groaning inwardly, she looked up from her diary and glared across the street at the eight year old twins running amok all over the streets. It was an overcast morning and they were outside, ill prepared for the possible rainstorm threatening to come.

When she moved into this quiet neighbourhood on the outskirts of Las Vegas, it was a tiny slice of heaven. She had wonderful, respectable neighbours who were now afraid to come out of their houses for walks because of the bratty twosome.

Her eyes traveled to the empty house next door. She gave a small start when she saw the SOLD sign on the property. The large Victorian house loomed over the yard like a foreboding shadow. It had been empty even before she had moved in and needed more than just a few coats of paint to restore it to whatever beauty it had previously boasted.

'Interesting' Lily thought to herself as she sipped her cup of tea 'That house finally sold'

Then, it hit her.

'Ah great' her subconscious groaned 'Probably another family like the Emersons. Now I'll really be up the creek'

Images of more unruly children plagued her subconscious, causing her heart to flutter with ill-needed panic before she snapped out of her nightmarish reverie. She took another sip of tea, glancing down at her diary. She really missed those times of tranquil reflection where she could sit on her front porch veranda, sip tea and write.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw her neighbour, Jane Brewster, come out of her house. Jane, a single mother, and her teenage son Charley lived two doors down. Lily considered them both to be her greatest friends and neighbours since Jane took to her immediately after she moved to the neighbourhood a few years back.

"Good morning, Lily" she heard Jane call as she approached Lily's house.

"Good morning, Jane!" Lily called back, closing her diary as Jane walked up her driveway "How are you?"

Jane sat next to Lily on the veranda, glaring momentarily at the bratty twosome before smiling.

"I'm doing fine" Jane replied, taking the cup of tea that Lily offered her. "They get worse every day, don't they?"

"I know" Lily made a face as she agreed with the older woman "I've forgotten what peace and quiet was"

"I hear that their mother is a real piece of work" Jane said, lowering her voice slightly.

Lily smiled, always grateful for the daily gossip Jane delivered to her.

"How so?"

"Charley told me that she is an exotic dancer from that club that Jenna Jameson danced at years ago" Jane said, stifling a giggle.

"And how does Charley know this?" Lily giggled, giving Jane a knowing smirk.

"I think his friend Ed told him" Jane replied, rolling her eyes "That kid is an expert at spying on people. Charley told me that Ed is obsessed with lurking around houses lately"

"Speaking of houses, I heard the Perrys' house was finally sold" Lily commented, pouring herself another cup of tea. "Have the new owners moved in yet?"

"Oh yes" Jane replied, brightening up "A young man named Jerry Dandridge bought the house. He moved in a couple of nights ago"

'Wow' Lily thought ruefully, shaking her head 'How observant am I?'

"Hmm, interesting" Lily said, stealing a quick glance to the house as she sipped her tea "Have you met him yet?"

"I have" Jane giggled like a schoolgirl "He's very polite, not to mention drop-dead gorgeous. Oh, and he is single too. Maybe you should go introduce yourself"

Lily's golden eyes widened and she erupted into peals of nervous laughter.

"I don't think so, Jane" she replied, suddenly becoming serious "I'm not interested in dating right now...not after what I've been through"

Jane reached across the table to give Lily's hand a comforting squeeze. It had been six months since Lily's ex-fiance left her for a younger co-worker whom he had been sleeping with for over a year. The wounds were starting to heal in her battered heart but they still felt fresh.

"That whole thing wasn't your fault" Jane said soothingly, remembering her wayward ex husband as well "He treated you like shit. Blew you off countless times when all you wanted to do was spend time with him and love him."

"Still" Lily said, staring into her cup sadly "I feel so stupid now...not to mention unattractive"

"You need a man, Lily" Jane pointed out in her motherly tone "You live in that big house all alone and spend most of your day cooped up. Live a little. I'm not telling you to go out and see if Jerry is husband material, but seriously...go and introduce yourself to him. I'm sure he won't bite"

Lily stole another glance at the house next door, mulling over what Jane had just said...