The moving truck stopped in front of the house right next door. The house had been empty for a while the old guy that lived there had died almost a year ago his kids came by and cleaned it out, it went up for sale the next day and has been ever since until today.
I watched from my bedroom window as 2 cars and a truck pull up behind it. A middle aged man got out of the first car then a woman about his age got out of the second car, and finally out of the truck popped out a girl my age. She was wearing some cut off shorts that hung low on her hips and a torn up shirt that didn't cover her stomach on her feet were a pair of well worn back converse. She had her hair in a sloppy ponytail mess with black ray bans wayfarers pushed into her hair. She put her hands on her hips and looked at he house while everyone went to their vehicles and started unloading.
"Happy, the new neighbors are here" my mom called from the living room
"I know" I said standing behind her
She gasped and whirled around "I don't know how you do that" she says with a hand on her chest
"me and Anita are going over to say Hi, you want to come" she asked me already walking towards the door with my aunt on toe.
I didn't answer I just walked back to my room and looked back out the window at what was going on. I saw my mom and my aunt walk over to the woman, the woman smiled and stuck out her hand. The girl then came out of the house and walked over to them she also gave a friendly smile and stuck her hand out but angled her body so it was half blocking what I guessed was her mother, that's odd.
Finally the man came over and exchanged pleasantries with my mom and aunt. They chatted for a bit and then my mom and aunt came back into the house talking to each other. I looked back out the window to see the family doing the same. The man and woman walked back to the cars but the girl turned around and looked at my house scrutinizing it. She looked at my window and looked me dead in the eyes, I stared back at her after a few seconds of staring at each other her mouth slowly curving into a smile but it wasn't an ordinary smile it was a smile that promised a whole lot of trouble and for that reason alone I smirked back at her. She winked an turned back around continuing to unpack.
At dinner that night my mom and aunt were still talking about the new neighbors
"they have a daughter mijo she's in the same grade as you" my aunt said to me
I nodded my head and kept eating
"they seemed nice, you should have come over. They moved here from Los Angeles" my mother says
Again I nodded my head and kept eating. When I was finished I got up and washed my plate and put it in the dish rack to dry.
"hey Ma, I'm going out for a while be back later" I called out from the back door
"be safe mijo" was her response
I was walking up the side of my house when I looked over to the house next door I saw the girl sitting on her window sill talking on the phone. I stopped to listen for a minute
"I don't know it's kind of nice, same kind of neighborhood as ours" she said into the phone and then waited for the other person to finish talking
"I met one of the neighbors today, I don't know about the other ones. These are sisters and one of them has a son. Who's a creeper and doesn't come out to say Hi apparently" she says
She thought I was a creeper what the fuck was that. Just then she laughed
"the good kind of creeper definitely the good kind, from what I saw he's pretty good looking" she says into the phone
So she thought I was good looking, good to know.
"aw, fuck dude I got to go my phone is dying. Hopefully I find the charger soon" she says "yah love you too, bye" she says and hung up the phone with an audible click of the phone snapping shut
I started walking again but the sound of her voice caused me to immediately halt
"you gonna listen to all my phone calls, cause if you are I'm going to have to start censoring them" she says
"maybe" I say to her
"well thanks for the warning" she says. I hear some shifting noises and I look back at her but only see her back as she climbs back into her room.
The next day I woke up to rap music playing in the next house over. I sat up and looked over to see the new girl dancing in her room which I could see most of threw her open window. Apparently she liked the sunshine and fresh air, she had her curtains tied up into the curtain rod and the window wide open with the screen back in place.
As if she could sense my staring she turned and looked into my window and waved to which I replied with a glare and flung myself back onto my bed. I could hear a faint laugh come from her.
After a few minutes of the horrible music still being on I looked over again and couldn't find her anywhere
"are you fucking kidding me" I asked the air
The stupid bitch left the music on and left the room. Just to piss her off I climbed into her room and was in the process of unplugging her radio when the door opened and she stepped into the room.
"I think if you did that the bitch that lives here would be very angry with your tan little ass" she says
"well I think the asshole next door would be ok with it" I tell her truning around to look at her.
This being the first time I could actually get a good look at her I took my time. She had long legs that had a few scars on them, I continued up to her visible stomach to see that had scars on it to but a little more than her legs, she had a nice rack, then to her arms which were also littered with scars. This girl was freaking covered in scars what the fuck has been doing to get all of them. Finally I looked at her face which had a few scars but my eyes were drawn to the one that looked the worst it was long a deep running from below her eye to the corner of her mouth. Coming to a stop at her beautiful emerald eyes I looked into them, they had a mischievous glint to them.
"you done with the inventory" she asked me with a smug smile on her face like she just one a huge bet against all the odds
I shrugged my shoulders as a response and then made my way over to her bed
"please have a seat, can I get you anything to eat or drink" she asked sarcastically
"naw I'm good" I told her with a smirk
I looked around the room taking it all in. there was a white mini fridge in the corner already plugged in and running. Next there was the closet with mirror doors reflecting myself back at me, it was stuffed with clothes and shoes. Right next to that was her dresser which was pure white. Against the far wall was a modern looking computer desk with a newish Mac sitting on it just waiting to be plugged in, it was also white and her bed frame was white.
"you got a thing for white" I asked her
"what's it to you if I do" she asked bringing her computer chair over to the bed and propping her feet up next to me.
"nothing just asking" I said to her eyeing her cereal
She saw me look at her cereal and smirked taking a giant bite and chewing for a second before she passed the bowl to me. When I went to reach for it she took it back and asked
"you don't have any cooties do you"
"maybe I do" I say to her and snatch the bowl from her. I take a bite and try to hand it back to her but she shakes her head and gets up to go to her wall. She stands there and looks at it with her hands on her hips.
"where are you're parents?" I ask her while chomping away on her cereal
"my mom is at work" she answers without turning around
"and your dad" I ask wondering why she didn't talk about him
"he went home" she says still looking at her wall tilting her head this way and that way
"he doesn't live with you" I ask
"no they're divorced" she says
I don't answer but keep eating the cereal wondering what I have gotten myself into with this girl. I think I am going to have some fun getting to know her and dealing with her future antics.
Author's Note:
In the TV show Happy is in his 40's so he would be in high school during the 80's but I wanted to pretend that it was the 2000's because that would be easier. Thank you for reading. Any questions or concerns do not hesitate to ask
