okay this is my new story, if its a little confusing at first im sorry but eventually it will all come together and at first it might seem like a cxj story but trust me i could never write a cxj fanfic! dxc always:
Courtney's POV:
I slowly blinked my eyes open and took in a huge breath of air. I woke up with a smile on my face like I have for a few months now. I fixed my yellow bed sheets and twirled as I headed over to the window. The room was being lit by beautiful natural lighting. I opened the window and let a nice breeze gently hit my face. I looked out the window and sighed. The world outside was beautiful the birds were chirping there wasn't a cloud in the sky, it was almost like a scene from a fairy tale.
I went over to my dresser and picked out a flowy yellow dress that stopped a few inches above my knee. I slipped it on and continued to twirl around the room. Before all of this my life was so busy and stressful I don't know what happened but my world now is perfect.
I hummed as I continued to carelessly swirl around the room, gallivanting across the shiny wood floors. Out of the corner of my eye I saw someone walk in. I stopped twirling and saw that it was Leo the estate bell hop.
I lived in Poshly Heights a very upper class type of suburb. Where I lived was kind of weird, there were a bunch of different houses but you would rent them, all of the houses in this town are owned by a landlord, so basically our suburb was kind of like a huge apartment separated into different houses. There was a building in the center of town which is where you could check out of your house or rent a different house, it was also a place just to meet other residents in the area.
"Hello Leo." I said cheerfully.
"Hello Miss Davis." He said formally.
"How can I help you?" I asked as I continued to gallivant around the room.
"Well a new resident has moved into the Poshly Heights residency and the land lord would like everyone to meet him."
"Oh wonderful I love new neighbors where are we meeting?"
"In the Poshly Center. There will be a breakfast buffet there and please be there by 10 am."
I glanced at the clock and it was 9:30, I had about half an hour before I had to leave. Luckily everything in Poshly Heights was a walking distance away so I didn't have to worry about being late. "Wonderful I'll be there soon."
"Okay have a good day Miss." Leo said as he left my room.
"Wait Leo, how did you get up here anyway, isn't my front door locked?" I said getting kind of creeped out that Leo just let himself in.
"I have a key to all estate houses Miss but I'm sorry next time I'll knock."
"Oh it's fine no problem." Leo turned to leave for a second time but I had one more thing to ask, "Wait! One last thing, will Justin be at the neighbor meeting?" Justin oh Justin, he was gorgeous, sweet and funny I couldn't help but like him.
"Yes the neighbor meeting is mandatory."
"Ok thanks so much Leo, what would I do without you?"
"The estate would be at absolute chaos." Leo said jokingly as he smiled and waved good bye.
I skipped into the bathroom and put on my makeup, I had to look absolutely perfect for meeting Justin, I mean meeting the new neighbor…fine I mean Justin. After applying mascara and lip gloss I was out the door heading toward the Poshly Center. Right as I walked out the front door, I stopped to look around, the neighborhood was like a picture out a magazine, there were perfect white picket fences. Grass that was greener than spinach, and kids laughing while playing in the sprinkler. I picked up my Poshly Heights newspaper and quickly tossed it into the house.
I then started off to the Poshly Center. As I was walking down the sidewalk I heard someone call out my name. I turned around and saw it was my neighbor Bridgette. Bridgette was fun, she was my best friend, I could go to her about anything.
"Court! Court! Wait up!" She called out.
I paused and waited for her to catch up. When she finally reached me she was out of breath and tried to talk but was breathing too heavily to say anything.
I laughed, "You okay Bridge?"
"Just peachy." She said breathlessly. "But anyway look at you all dressed up."
"Oh this old thing?" I said as I spun and posed.
"I'm guessing it's for a certain tan model?" She teased.
"Maybe, and I'm guessing your dressing casually for a certain party boy?" I teased back.
"Maybe." She said coyly.
We laughed and continued down the street until we reached the Poshly Center. It was a quaint one-story, round building that was made completely out of glass.
From the outside we saw people laughing and gathering in different little groups. We approached the building and opened the sleek door. As we entered there was a cool breeze that hit us gently. The Poshly Center was gorgeous, it was formal and had a beautiful gushing fountain in the center. There weren't that many people considering our neighborhood was decently small but it wasn't so under populated that you would ever feel lonely. I looked around and saw Geoff waving at us excitedly and gesturing for us to come over.
"Come on, a certain blond guy is calling for you." I said as I pulled Bridge toward Geoff.
"Hey kid!" Geoff said as he engulfed me in a huge bear hug.
I laughed, "Hey Geoff."
"Bridge!" He said as he gave Bridge a gentler more intimate hug.
"Hey Geoff." She said hazily as she wrapped his arms around him.
"Okay, I'll just get breakfast." I said knowing that they would be arm and arm pretty much all day.
I walked over to the buffet table and saw Gwen and Leshawna laughing as Harold tried to impress Leshawna, and Katie and Sadie gossiping with Lindsay and Beth.
"Hey Carri!" Lindsay said as she waved excitedly.
I just rolled my eyes and waved back, even though Lindsay was the stupidest person I've ever met I was fond of her blond moments. When I got to the buffet table I reached over to grab a plate but Justin smoothly handed me one.
I nervously laughed, "Oh thanks,"
"No problem." He said.
"So…" I said trying to fill in the awkward silence.
He put some eggs and bacon on his plate and waited intently for me to say something.
"Have you seen the new neighbor yet?" I asked nervously.
"No but…" He got closer to me and lowered his voice. "rumor has it the new guys a real smart-ass."
I rolled my eyes, just what I needed, someone to make my non-stressful life stressful again.
"Oh really?"
"Yeah they say he's been kicked out of other suburbs because he was 'too much to handle'" He said using air quotes.
"Ugh, oh well what can one do?" I shrugged. I honsetly couldn't care less about this new neighbor I just really wanted to have alone time with Justin. "So Justin I was wonde-" I started but I got cut off by Chris (the manager) standing in the middle of the room about to make an announcement.
"Hi, I hope you guys are all enjoying the food but I just wanted to greet you guys to your new neighbor." Chris said as he gestured to front door where we all saw a punk-type guy standing at the front door.
Oh god, he had black shaggy hair which had a few pricks of green at the tips of some hairs and he was carrying hockey sticks along with a few over stuffed duffel bags. Just what we need, someone to stir up trouble.
"Come up here young man and introduce yourself." Chris called out.
The punk walked over to Chris and winked at me as he passed. Another plus he likes to hit on everyone.
The punk dumped all of his luggage onto Chris who immediately fell over. He grabbed the microphone and started to talk. "Hello everyone I'm Duncan and I'm moving into Snobby Heights." He announced.
"Its Poshly, Poshly Heights." Harold corrected.
"Does it look like I care now shut up dweeb."
I heard Harold say gosh and Leshawna comfort him by saying, "It's all right baby."
After Chris called for Leo and more bell hops to get the luggage Chris stood back up and dusted himself off. He grabbed the microphone and continued to speak, "So everyone Duncan will be living in estate 3B."
Justin turned to me and said, "Isn't 3B next to your estate?"
"Unfortunately." I said through gritted teeth.
I immediately headed to the front desk, I was not going to be neighbors with that hooligan. "Chris!" I snapped at him.
"Yes?"
"I want a new estate!"
"I'm sorry but Duncan took the last estate, we're all booked sorry Courtney."
"Ugh!" I said as I threw my hands in the air.
"Hey whats all the commotion about?" A voice said as they wrapped an arm around me.
I turned and saw Duncan getting much too close to me. I took his arm off and scooted away from him.
"Oh nothing Sir." Chris said.
"Sir? Huh, this place is fancy!" Duncan said.
Wow, he's so immature.
"I'm Chris I'm the manager if you have any questions you can come to me and the girl standing next to you is Courtney, actually she's your neighbor. Courtney, could you be so kind as to show Duncan to his home?"
"Isn't that your job?" I said annoyed.
"Now Courtney don't be rude to our new guest." Chris snapped.
"Yeah Courtney don't be rude." Duncan said.
"Fine, Leo grab his stuff and let's go." I ordered.
I quickly walked down the street, the faster I got there the faster I could get away from him.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Why don't we slow down the pace, I can hardly keep up with you." Duncan called out.
"That's the point." I responded.
"Ooooh, we've got a sassy one, this snobby town just might be fun after all." Duncan said.
I just rolled my eyes, as hard as it might be I will not let him get to me.
"Okay here's your house have fun living here." I said the moment we touched a single grass on his lawn.
"Wait, Miss Courtney, Chris is expecting you to show him around and tell him how everything works." Leo said shyly.
I furrowed my eyebrows, "Like I said to Chris, isn't that your job!?" I yelled at Leo.
"I'm sorry Chris wants all of the bell hops on duty for a special upcoming event." Leo said a little fearfully.
I scrunched my hand into a fist and then just let it go. There's no point getting worked up over this, just give him the damn tour and move on. "Fine, Duncan let me show me your house."
"Does that mean we're gonna inspect the bed rooms?" He said suggestively.
I ignored that comment and had Leo and the other bell hops drop off Duncans things. I waved good bye to the bell hops and had Duncan reluctantly tip all of them.
We entered his house and I told him all about the neighborhood and how everything works. I kept getting sidetracked during my speech though because Duncan kept looking around nervously.
"You okay?" I said suspiciously.
"Are there cameras in this house?" He said as he opened drawers and looked frantically in cabinets.
"Not that I know of…" I thought he was weird to begin with but now he was twice as weird.
"Duncan what are you-" I started but he unexpectedly pinned me against the wall.
"Get your hands off me!" I shouted.
"Listen I'm not gonna hurt you." He said.
"And that explains why you violently attacked me!" I shouted.
"Okay fine sit on the couch." Duncan said as he released me and walked me over to the couch.
"You do know I'm going to make a run for it." I said as- a-matter-of –factly.
"I realized that, that's why I locked the front door from the outside."
"What? How is that possible?"
"Well when you get around, you learn stuff." He said casually.
"Okay…so what is it that you so desperately wanted to tell me?" I said a little nervously.
"It's not real Courtney."
"What are you talking about?" I said confusedly.
"This, all of this, the town, the people, all of it, its fake."
"Okay I think someone should lay off the caffeine." I said as I scooted farther from him.
"I'm not crazy, just hear me out: Would you consider your life perfect?"
"Yes, perfectly perfect."
"Okay, was your life before this stressful, no fun, unenjoyable?"
"Yeah…" I said getting a little freaked that he knew so much.
"But one night, you rest your head down to sleep and the moment you wake up, everything's perfect, all of the stress went away, you were still surrounded by familiar things, like your neighbors, your job, but something about your life was just different and carefree."
"How do you…"
"I know this because it happened to me too, I was living in the shittiest motel, I used up every single dollar I've ever earned but one night, I rested my head on my crappy motel pillow and in the morning I woke up and saw a clean room. I felt a soft pillow. I looked out the window and saw a city, one not filled with other thugs and one not filled with stupid upperclassmen but a city that was alive with my kind of people."
I listened intently even though his story was a little shady it was kind of like mine.
"Courtney, I know it may all seem perfect, buts its not all you think."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm saying that your asleep, this is a dream, and it's all just to cover up the fact that you're not where you rested your head at night and when you wake up you will not be alone."
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