The Girl Next Door
Prologue
Trent woke up to a loud noise outside. He sat groggily on his bed and got ready for the day, got dressed, brushed his teeth and took a shower. He then caught up with his parents downstairs and had breakfast; butter toast. He took a bite before remembering the noise he had heard earlier.
"Hey, dad! What's up with the noise outside?"
His dad took a sip of his coffee, put down his newspaper and replied,"Oh, they're our new neighbors. Remember the Johnson's moved out about 2 months ago?"
"I hear they've got children about your age," his mom added. "Two daughters,"
"Who knows? You could end up real friends!" his dad joked, putting a lot of emphasis on "real".
"I'm sure!" Trent replied sarcastically, suddenly remembering Gwen. She had lived all the way in Ontario, far away from him. They tried a long-distance relationship, but it was too hard. They still kept in contact with each other, but, it was different, somehow.
Trent still also kept contact with the other campers, too. Except a few, like Heather. Tyler actually lives nearby, though they go to different schools. He hadn't actually heard much from the Gophers, lately. Lindsay had supposedly moved to a different state and was probably still on the road, Cody was on vacation, Noah was in Japan playing this new RPG game or something. It made him feel… lonely.
When he finished breakfast, he went outside. It was Saturday, no school. Maybe he could meet the new neighbors. He looked over the fence. Yep, definitely 2 daughters. Both were tall, both had blond hair and one dark brown highlights, the older one. She was talking to somebody on her phone. The younger seemed to be watching a butterfly.
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"Look, Paula, it's a butterfly! What was it called, again? Monacht? Mofark?"
"Yeah, whatever," Paula seemed to preoccupied about her old friends to care.
"Aren't you happy? We're finally here! It was like sooooo loooong since we were at a house. Can I have the bigger room? I am the prettiest, after all!"
"Fine! Less is more, after all!"
The young girl turned around and saw a boy staring at her over the fence. She ran up to him and yelled, "Hi! I'm your new neighbor! Nice to meet you!" and she was met with a very familiar face. "No way! Todd?"
