Across the Window

I

"A bit further", a voice shouted.

She was wrapped around the sheets, her legs splayed out. The drapes were open as usually, ray of light shining against her skin. It was hot, too hot for her liking.

"There! There! Perfect!", someone said as the truck was backing up closer to the entrance of the house.

"Ugh", she sighed shifting in the bed.

9.21AM, she could read on the clock that was seated on her nightstand.

Too early, she thought closing her eyes again.

Even though her window was on the side of the house, the noises of people outside were still too loud and for a teenager who was being awoken by them on a Saturday morning, extremely upsetting.

"Dear god", she muttered turning on her back and staring at the celling as she tried to comprehend what the noise was all about. Pulling away the sheets, she reached for her glasses and left her room in a search for a front window to show her what was happening. Looking out, she saw the truck she obviously heard and a few people moving the boxes out. As this sight bored her quickly, she stepped away and went back to her room. Closing the door she sighed audibly, she knew she'd have trouble going back to sleep so instead she pulled her sleep shirt off and threw it on the bed walking towards the bathroom. She stood in front of the mirror watching her physique. She never had self-esteem issues, which most girls of her age struggled with. Everything she felt and saw around her was completely natural for her and that had a way of influencing her thoughts. Hooking her fingers to the sides of her panties she pulled them off and once again she stared at her reflection. There was a little scar in the lower left part of her belly, she ghosted her fingers over it smiling at the memory and afterwards she was gone in the steam of shower.

In the house next door, a new family was settling in. The movement wasn't something they've thought about much. When Richard got a job offer, it seemed like a perfect opportunity to get away from the small town he's been living in and go for something bigger. Of course, he had a family to think of, but they shared the same opinion.

"And this would be your last box", Mary said when she entered her daughter's new room.

"Mhm, thanks", she smiled.

"All good, honey?"

"Oui", girl replied.

And she was good. Delphine's been extremely excited about moving ever since she heard her parents talking about it, but just in that moment as she was walking around in her new room, she realized what moving here actually meant. New friends, new school, new- Her thoughts were interrupted by the sight she's caught. Standing by the window across was a girl, her hair was falling over her shoulders, obviously just out of shower, soaked and there were droplets of water sliding down her nude form. Delphine found herself having hard time looking away. She unconsciously licked her lip and gulped as she scanned the girl's body. The footsteps were sounding off and just as the girl across was gonna look back, she moved away from the window.

There was a knock on a door, "Cos, you awake?"

"Just a second, I'm changing", she said as she caught a glimpse of a blonde hair across the window and just then moved to grab her clothes.

"There's some pancakes downstairs and I left you some money on the table. I have to go now, alright?"

"Yeah, okay. I'll see you, mom"

"I love you. Bye!"

"Love you, too"

Cosima was an only child. She's been living with her mom since she was 9. Her parents divorced, but that didn't influence her much. They are both doctors and since very young age she got used to them not being around a lot. Even though at times that was hard for her, she's grown to be much more independent than her peers. Thus why, she seemed to be always surrounded with friends who were older than her. Her interests, on the other side, matched a lot with her parents'. She was in love with medicine, organisms, anatomy, biology and that was something she could talk about for hours, but at that moment there were a very few people to talk to.