Tuesday 19th August. Two weeks before the start of the new school year. Today was the day. The day Kevin Stoley and his parents, along with their black and white cat Victor, moved into their new home situated in the small town of South Park Colorado.

The two hour journey dragged on immensely. Kevin spent the whole ride playing on his 3DS which would normally help time move quicker but his parents, namely his mother, wouldn't stop trying to talk to him about everything from school and neighbours to chores and storage.

Kevin really wasn't interested in conversing with them so he tried to tune them out and concentrate on his game, once he had managed to accomplish that it felt like 10 minutes before they eventually pulled up outside their new home.

Kevin stared up at the building momentarily, all the houses in the neighbourhood seemed identical if not for a different coat of paint, Kevin's was dark blue and his neighbour's house was brown. He sighed heavily, already bored with the prospect of moving, and helped his parents carry boxes into their new home.

Once all their belongings were in their respective rooms Kevin headed up to begin unpacking his own room. He chose the bedroom which faced out onto the street in front of the house, there was three rooms to choose from and Kevin got the biggest because of his large collection of games, films, vinyls, figures and all his other belongings.

He put his posters up first as they were in the top of the first box, he owned many Star Trek posters along with a variety of others such as Star Wars and different Marvel heroes, they were spaced out evenly in an orderly fashion around the room. He then delved into his book collection, he had a lot of comics but they were stored in a small filing box. The top shelf of his bookcase was soon filled with adventure and sci-fi books. The second and third shelves were eventually filled with games leaving the bottom shelf for DVD's, there was a cabinet under the shelves where he put the games he played the least and the DVD's he barely watched.

He gave another heavy sigh before arranging his dresser, bed and desk around the room in a way that suited his taste before calling his father up for help with the TV. They hung it on the wall opposite his bed, beside the bookcase, and maneuvered Kevin's console cabinet underneath it.

"Thanks for the help" Kevin said monotonously, receiving a cheery smile from his dad who waved before he left the room.

The rest of the day was spent unboxing all his things, he arranged the room so that his desk was at the bottom of his bed with his computer and chair, his consoles were in the cabinet plugged into an extension cord behind it along with the tv, and his beanbags, spare covers, old figures etc were in the reasonably small closet attached to his room. Kevin grimaced as he looked down at his now dirty blue hoodie and equally dirty jeans, he swiftly removed them and collected a change of clothes before entering the family bathroom. I need a shower.

Kevin emerged from the bathroom now dressed in a red Flash T-shirt and yellow skinny jeans that matched the lightning bolt insignia almost perfectly. He ran his fingers through his fringe, pushing it away from his forehead as he walked into his room, leaving it a spiky mess.

He pulled a beanbag out of his closet, throwing it on the floor he went to browse his bookshelf, looking for a game to play. "Hmm.." he ran his fingers over the spines of the cases before stopping on one. "Haven't played this in a while…" he muttered to himself, removing Folklore from the shelf and kneeling down to place the disc in his PS3.

Smiling for what felt like the first time that day Kevin immersed himself in the village of Doolin and the magical Netherworld, it couldn't have been more than 15 minutes before he heard his name being called from downstairs.

Groaning loudly he paused his game and sluggishly climbed to his feet before dragging himself downstairs. "What is it mum?" He asked when he entered the kitchen, rubbing his eyes as they adjusted to the change in lighting, as he glanced around their new kitchen he noticed the dining table was set with plates of food. Confused, he looked at the clock on the wall and noticed it was already 5pm, that means he was playing on his game for almost 3 hours, "Oh…" he said to himself under his breath.

"Dinner's ready Kevin, take a seat" His mother said while she plated up some food and placed it in front of him, he thanked her and began eating. Dinner passed with Kevin occasionally offering a word or two in conversation while his parents talked animatedly about the neighbourhood and work.

As Kevin finished his meal and rose from his chair excusing himself his mother spoke up, "Kevin why don't you greet the neighbours? I saw a boy who looked about your age in their garden a while ago, you should introduce yourself", Kevin knew that when his mother suggested something it was in actuality an order. He groaned loudly in annoyance but walked over to the front door nonetheless, grabbing his red converse he began to pull them on as slowly as possible, as if doing so would somehow mean he wouldn't have to go through with the tedious act of meeting the neighbours.

He sighed once his shoes were on securely, after checking three times he stood up. Almost as soon as his hand made contact with the door handle someone knocked on the other side causing him to jump backwards, his heart was pounding at the sudden shock but he managed to compose himself and opened the door. Only to come face to chin with a slightly taller brown haired boy, the boy quickly stepped back and offered Kevin a huge toothy grin and an outstretched hand.

"Hey I'm Clyde! Clyde Donovan, your neighbour", Kevin glanced between Clyde's face and his hand, he shook it gingerly.

"Y'know people don't normally shake hands nowadays…" he said, smiling wryly. Clyde laughed loudly, once again shocking Kevin slightly.

He then grinned again, "Well I'm not that normal!" He furrowed his brow momentarily after saying that as if confused that he had partially insulted himself but he shrugged it off and let his hand drop back to his side, "So anyway aren't you going to tell me your name?" He asked further.

"Kevin Stoley" he stated, he then eyed Clyde's jacket, it was a red varsity jacket and Kevin was willing to bet that he was the captain. We definitely won't have anything in common.

"You have your shoes on were you going out somewhere?" Clyde asked, cocking his head to the side like a puppy trying to hear you, Kevin laughed internally at the comparison.

Kevin began stepping out of his shoes, "Actually my mum said I had to go greet the neighbours so I was on my way to your house" he said, mimicking his mother's voice terribly which caused Clyde to laugh again. He laughs a lot…

"I hope your mum doesn't actually sound like that or else I'd feel sorry for your dad" He said still laughing, "So erm you seem pretty cool wanna come hang out with me and my friends? We can show your around town?" He proposed, quirking an eyebrow and pointing a thumb over his shoulder.

No I don't wanna hang out with you and your boring jock friends

"I'm a little tired from moving, I'll probably just finish sorting out my bedroom" which was a lie as Kevin had finished his room hours ago.

Clyde looked a little downhearted at that, "Oh… Well, erm could I maybe come over tomorrow to hang out? My friends are all busy tomorrow so I don't have anything to do…" he said hopefully.

This guy is way too friendly, he'll probably just get bored when he realises what a geek I am Kevin smiled politely, "Sure come over tomorrow some time after 10" The sooner he realises we can't be friends the better, I'll just get it over with.

Clyde smiled brightly, "Cool! I'll see you tomorrow Kev-Kev!" He said before waving and turning to leave. When he reached the sidewalk he turned and waved again, Kevin smiled awkwardly and waved back.

What the heck is a 'Kev-Kev'?

Once Kevin was back in his room he sank into his beanbag and resumed his game.

'Clyde' huh…