Ally's P.O.V.

Have you ever notice that in your school there is always this person, a guy in this case, that is always quiet but, when you get to meet him, he's an awesome guy? Yeah, I, Ally Dawson, have noticed that. And that's how I got my best friend Dez. The only difference, or weird, thing about Dez is that, yes, he is awesome but, he's like literally crazy. And when I say crazy, I say crazy. But, I'll admit, if he was normal, he wouldn't be Dez.

Okay, so basically my life is not completely normal. In a short, but not so short summary, I'll tell you about me. I live in a neighborhood where everyone knows everyone. My mom passed away when I was 12, now I am 17, living with my father and his new wife. My dad owns a music store and his girlfriend, Lea, owns a bakery. I have a passion for music, obviously that has to do with my father owning a music store. I'm not invisible in my school, but I'm not popular either. I don't have many friends, the only ones are both boys; Dez, who I already told you about, and Dallas, who is my sweet neighbor. I have a small teenage crush on Dallas, and I write, sing, and preform original songs that I keep on my diary/journal/songbook, that nobody, I mean nobody can ever touch or read.

And that, my friends, is the life of Ally Dawson. Not so interesting, right? I know... So, right now I'm walking home, with Dez by my side. While I normally walk, appreciating the nature surrounding me, Dez is singing about every thing that happens. I laugh because he sings about how I walk, and now about how I'm laughing. I look down at the ground, closing my eyes and giggling at how dorky Dez can be.

"...And there's a new person living here, two houses before Ally's home!" He belts out the word 'home' and then stops walking and singing. I'm too busy giggling with my head down that I don't notice this, until I realize that there isn't a goofy song playing and that there is no goofy redhead boy singing. I stop giggling and look up to see where he went. I turn around to see him watching the abandoned house with cars parked. I frowned and walk to stand next to him. I watch the house, just like Dez.

"Somebody moved in." He says casually. I turned to him raising and eyebrow.

"You don't say." I say, faking a surprise tone; in other words, sarcasm, something that Dez still doesn't recognize.

"I'm totally saying it. I mean, look at the cars. It must be a rich family." I turned my head to see the two BMW's parked inside. There's a white one and a black one, neat and shiny. Yes, they must be rich.

"Should we knock? I mean, everyone here knows each other, so..." I leave the sentence hanging, hoping the Dez would understand, but nobody can be that lucky.

"So, what? We knock and then leave running and expect them to not see us?" He look at me enthusiastically. I smile and pat his shoulder.

"No." I say seriously. Then I continue, ignoring the pout that the ginger in front of me is creating. "We'll knock and introduce ourselves, like normal people do." I try to say the last part calmly, but Dez only frowns and crooks his head to a side looking at me as if I was an abnormal girl, but I just shrug it off and start walking towards the strangers' new house.

First, I hesitate, and just before I knock, I turn around and ask Dez to please stand beside me. I don't want to look like a lonely person and getting to meet a family all alone is pretty creepy. I make sure Dez doesn't go away and then I knock. Three knocks, that should be enough. After a while, a petite girl opened the door. Her size is small, but her facial expression tells me that she is sort of my and Dez's age. "Hi!" I say cheerfully. "My name is Ally and this is my friend Dez" I motion to Dez, who waves his hand towards the girl.

The girl looks at us and smiles a little. "My name is Trish. My family just moved here." She seems like a nice girl, and acts like one. Great!

"Yes, we noticed. That's awesome!" I say in response. "I live two houses away from here."

"Do you want to come in?" She asks hopefully. I checked my clock, 2:45, I have to get home.

"I'm really flattered, but I have to go, like right now." I noticed my voice sounded really upset. Wow.

I look at her, she looked a bit sad too. But apparently she noticed fast enough because she recovered herself quickly and smiled at both of us. "That's okay. You can come anytime you want."

I nod my head and then remembered. "No need to get upset! I mean, at least we don't have to, don't know about you. But tonight, everyone in the neighborhood is having a bonfire in the small park. You have to come."

She looked excited. "Sure! When?"

"6:45, when the sun starts setting." I tell and then realize I really have to go. I check my clock again, 2:51. Shit. "Okay, I'll see you there and introduce you, and your family to everyone here. I would do that now, but I seriously have to go now." I say desperately.

We say goodbye and Dez and I start walking home as fast as we could. Then I realize something; Dez never talked. I couldn't ask him about that now because I was running late, but I did a mental note to ask him about it later. Dez walked with me to my house and then walked to his own. Did I mention the Dez lives across the street? Well, he does. I walk inside the house really fast to avoid any consequences with my dad.

Just so you know, I don't have to be early because of curfew, I was supposed to help Lea with cooking today, apparently that was taken care of, because I already smelled deliciousness.

Just when I come in, I started talking, or practically begging, my dad to excuse me for being late. "Oh dad, I'm so deeply sorry about coming at this time to the house and not helping Lea with the food. Is that we have new neighbors two houses away and I just thought that I had to introduce myself because I don't want to seem rude, but time passed and she was a really nice girl and Dez was singing and now I-" I stopped rambling when I notice other people in my leaving room.