Chapter 1

Connor stared out his window. He was bored like usual and thought about going into the woods behind the house across the street to climb trees. No one lived in the house across the street so he could come and go through their yard as he pleased. He was just about to yell to his mom that he was going to leave when he heard the rumble of a truck coming down the street. He leaned farther into the window to get a better look and saw a Movers Truck pulling into the house across the street. A car followed the truck and Connor watched as two adults got out. The man opened the back door of the car and gestured sharply at whoever was in the car to get out. Connor almost jumped into the window when he saw it was a kid that looked his age. He leaped back and ran to the railing on the second floor by the stairs yelling for his mom. "Mom! Mom! A kid moved in across the street! Can we go meet them mom?" His mom appeared at the bottom of the stairs and looked out the window, "Really Connor, you should give them a day to move in." Connor sighed "But I'd like to meet them. There's a kid. We could be friends and I won't be bored this summer. His mom contemplated it for a minute and then said "Tomorrow Connor. They need time to adjust. We will go over tomorrow and give them a proper greeting." Connor finally accepted that he wouldn't be meeting the kid today and went back to his room to watch the movers unload the truck. He saw the kid kicking at the grass in the yard and another boy who was probably a few years older than him sneak up and shove him into the grass. He watched as the father yelled to both kids and gestured to get into the house. The younger kid took one last glance around the outside and then disappeared into the house right behind his brother. Connor sighed and knew he wouldn't see the kids again until tomorrow. He left the window and jumped onto his bed and pulled out a book but he could barely even concentrate because of all the questions buzzing in his head. Would the kid have the same interests? Would he want to be friends? Would he be nice? Would they hang out a lot? Maybe he could be friends with both of them. With those questions still in his head he fell asleep still in his clothes and on his still made bed.