June 14, 1997, 12:32 p.m. Greenwich, N.Y.C

Authors POV

A young girl sat in her room, practicing her violin. She had carmal brown hair thatbwas pulled up into two curly pig tails. She was wearing a light blue dress, that truly complimented her skin, and her mocha brown eyes. Her room was ver organized and set up in a neat and tidy way. Her walls were painted a faint pink, that went along well with her gray and pink sheets, comforters, and pillows on her bed. Also covering her bed, were tons of stuffed animals, and next to her bed, was her violin stand. Where she played, was next to her windows, that had two french doors leading to a balcony.

She glanced up from her playing to look outside. She did this quite frequently as she played. Outside, she saw a moving van in the next door house drive way. She stopped her playing and put up her violin, then walked out onto her balcony an walked over the edge. She leaned against the rails and watched some men taking things from the truck and bringing them in the house. She also noticed a boy standing with his arms crossed, watching the men as well.

The boy had shaggy, black hair. He wore a black tee with jeans, and worn red Chuck Taylor's. She, though, couldnt get a good look at his face, because his back was facing her. She then watched as the mysterious boy waltzed into the house.

"Courtney, darling!" she snapped out of her gaze and went back into her room to see her mother in her doorway. "yes mother?" she asked sweetly.

"honey, are you done with your violin playing?" she asked, straightening a leaning frame. "yes mother," she replied.

"alright, well i want you to come withe me, and meet the new neighbors, is that alright with you?"

"yes ma'am!" courtney scurried downstairs, heading toward the door. "slow down dear!" she heard her mom say. She turned and waited for her mom to come back downstairs. Her mom walked down, then towards their kitchen.

"mother, what are you doing?" she followed her mom. "we're bringing food oer there, as a welcome gift." she replied, grabbing a container of chicken casserole. "okay, now we can go." her mom said, and Courtney was out the door.

Outside their house, same day

Still Authors POV

Courtney was finally outside. She saw a woman with her backed turned to her. The woman had light blonde hair, and was rearing a gray dress with a white strap around her waist. Courtney's mother walked past the small girl, and over to the other woman, with courtney trailing behind her. She glanced at the house, curious. She looked up at a window, that was facing towards her balcony. She could have sworn she saw a figure then it dissapeared. She shook it off and caught up with her mother and the woman. She noticed that the woman had the prettiest teal eyes.

"Hi!" her mother spoke, holding out her hand," i'm Jennifer Right" the other woman took her mother's hand," Hi Jennifer, I'm your new neighbor, Bethany Vonteria!" Mrs. Vonteria looked down at Courtney and smiled,"and who might this lovely girl be?"

Courtney blushed and stuck out her hand," My name is Courtney, Mrs. Vonteria!" bethany laughed and took the girls hand, "very nice to meet you miss Courtney, but you may call me Ms. Beth." Courtney smiled and let go, "very well," she giggled, "Ms. Beth!"

The woman looked back up at the child's mother, "she's very polite! She looks about the same age as my son," she said, "Duncan! Come meet our neighbors!" and within a few moments, the boy she saw earlier, walked out and stood next to his mother.

"Duncan," she looked down at him, "this is our new neighbor, Mrs. Right!" Duncan looked at the brunette woman and held out his hand, "hi miss! I'm Duncan!" the woman laughed and took the boys hand, "its a pleasure, and call me Ms. Jenn."

"alrighty!" he smiled. His mother smiled then said, "and this is her daughter, Courtney." he looked amd saw a girl emerge from behind her mother and shyly held out her hand, "hi." she said quietly. He smiled, knelt down on his knee, took her hand and kissed it.

"It is an honor to meet you, Ms. Right." she giggled as he got up, "you can call me courtney." she said blushing. Their moms grinned at the sight. "Courtney," her mother started, "why don't you and Duncan go play in our backyard for a while, and ill help Bethany here unpack."

The two little ones nodded," last one there's a rotten egg!" Duncan yelled and took off. Courtney giggled and ran after him. The two moms watched as their kids ran off, " i think those two might have a litte crush" Jennifer laughed as the two walked into the Vonteria home.

Courtney's backyard

Guess what? Its still Authors POV

The two ran around in her backyard, chasing each other. Courtney looked back and saw Duncan catching up to her. He smirked, but that went away as he tripped, taking the brunette girl down with him. He ended up on top of her, and they layed there giggling Duncan proped himself up by his arm and looked down at Courtney. She looked up at him. She saw he had the same teal eyes as his mom. They both suddenly began to blush, then she pushed the boy off her.

He sat up and looked at her confused, "what was that for princess?" she glared at him, "you were crushing me!" and I have a name, you know." she pouted

He sighed,"fine sunshine." she rolled her eyes and they sat there for a moment Duncan started picking flowers and tieing them together. After a few minutes of silence, Courtney spoke up, "so where's your dad?" he didn't look up as he responded, "he's still in N.J." he paused amd sighed, " he had to finish up some paper work, he'll be here in a few days."

They sat in silence for a few more minutes whe he spoke up, "where's your dad?" she pulled out some grass and started twiddling with it. "he's in in the army.." she finally spoke. Duncan looked up and saw the sorrow in her eyes. He stood up towering over her, holding his hand out.

She looked at him confused, but took it anyways. He pulled her up, and held up what he had been working on. A flower crown. She giggled as he placed the crown in her hair, it fit her perfectly. He stepped back to get a full view of her. She began to giggle as she twirled around. He laughed and began to applaud and returned to her. He leaned in and whispered in her ear, "now you're a princess." an with that, he pulled out one of her pigtails, leavinh her hair lopsided.

"HEY," she yelled, and the furious 5 year old chased the black hairred boy into the boy's house

Okay! So these are the first two, of the many chapters to come! I'm sorry the first chapter was kinda short, but i hope you like it guys! I love you all and please comment, review, fav, and follow.[[ this is my first story so cut me a little slack, kay? ]]

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