A Suburgatory femslash! A slow build up for things to come as Tessa meets one of her sexy neighbours. Told from Tessa's POV. AU TessaXOC. Please review!

The robot-like neighbours watched me as I walked down the street, I Tess Altman was still new to Chatswin, I wasn't used to the Stepford Wives vibe the community possessed. Everything was so fake, it was sickening, I would give anything for the polluted air, traffic jams and police sirens of New York. What's worse I seemed to be outcast because I didn't dress to the standards of the blonde debutants. A redhead without much fashion sense might as well have been a murderer or a rapist. I was excluded because a city girl like me could't be trusted, I must be a criminal because only car jackers and pickpockets live there. I must be a lesbian because of how I dress. I never thought I would make anything close to a friend in this town until I met this one girl.

I was walking back to my house when I got called over by one of our psycho neighbours; I didn't know who else had not already forced themselves inside of our home or did their hardest to make us uncomfortable. Mindyy was different. The first thing I noticed about Mindy other than wearing only a red bikini in her driveway while washing a car was how normal she seemed or at least compared to the other Barbie dolls in a five mile radius. She waved me over, her teeth were gritting as she smiled widely. I had the fakest smile spread across my face, there was no way I could get used to doing that.

"Hello, neighbour!"

"Uh, hi."

"So you're the new girl."

"Yes, that's me" I said, staring at the car she was washing, it looked like a brand new red ferrari, I was guessing it was hers; I would question why she would be washing her own car since I was pretty sure her family was loaded but then I remembered that the girls around here will do just about anything to look sexy. "Is today Sexy Chores Day in Chatswin?"

Mindy had this laugh that at first sounded mocking but the more I think about it I think she actually thought that was funny.

"I'm Mindy, what's your name?"

"Tessa."

"Wow, I never knew a redhead before."

"Well, we are up there with unicorns and leprechauns." She smirked at that. "Is this really yours?"

"Yes, it was my birthday present."

"Oh, did your husband get it for you?"

This made her laugh hard, I didn't get it right away but then I knew Mindy wasn't a housewife, she was a very good looking eighteen year old that looked like she was a twenty-four year old model for Playboy. "It's okay, lots of people make that mistake. I guess I do look a little older. But no, my parents got this for me." I laughed a little. Nothing about this girl seemed snarky or even remotely bitchy which made me mad because I hated everyone up tot his point. "I love your boots!", she said sincerely with nothing to follow like a back handed compliment.

"Oh, thanks", I said kind of surprised. We got to talking about a few things, it was mostly small talk but she did seemed interested that I was from the city and had red hair. What was kind of weird was that she insisted on touching it without my consent. She was getting dangerously close, beyond my comfort zone. She had her hands on my shoulders, it was then that I was looking up at her looking concerned, the girl had a whole 12 inches on me, I haven't felt shorter in my life. She adjusted the collar of my jacket.

"Sorry, that was bugging me", then she did what I was hoping to avoid, her arms were wrapped tightly around me. Her hug was awkward and tight like she didn't want to let me go or I'd fly away. Tanned boobs in face. I couldn't breathe until after five seconds when she let go. Boobs still in my eye line. "Hey, my eyes are up here" she teased. I couldn't help but smile. "I'd love to know more about you. What are you doing later?" Instead of making something up fast I decided to tell her the painful truth that I had no plans. I would meet her after dinner at her house. She seemed like the most unlikely person to befriend. There was something else about her that I couldn't figure out.

Hope you like it. I should have a new chapter up as soon as tomorrow some time!