They had a new neighbor according to Jill who lived next door to Scarlet. With her brief escapade outside while the sun was still up she overheard Jill and Anna Talk as she walked out to her mail box. She paused to listen pretending she was reading the addresses on the envelopes as she flipped threw her mail.

" I hope that their better than the last neighbors we had living their" Scarlet thought to herself as she recalled the family who had previously inhabited the house. There had been three boys triplets all on the verge of puberty that had lived there with their parents. Loud and well very loud had been what they were. Thank the lord that their dear old mom and dad had decided Vegas was not the best place to continue to raise three boys. So the family had packed and moved leaving the house up for sale.

"No I haven't seen him" said Jill as she crossed her arms.

"Well I hope he's single" replied Anna as she began to walk away. "We could use a good looking single man in our neighborhood" she continues as she waved her hand over her head.

"Single and good looking" Scarlet mumbled as she leaded against her mail box in thought. 'not like Anna needs another single good looking man in her life' Scarlet snorted to herself in thought. Glancing over her shoulder at the house across from her own. Scarlet noted that it did indeed look as if someone had moved in. There was a huge dumpster sitting in the drive way and all the windows had been painted black. And as she thought about it she had passed a U-Haul truck one night on her way into town. 'well let's just hope that he's a quieter neighbor than the last ones we had'.

With that thought Scarlet glanced at the setting sun and decided it was time to go on in and begin her morning ritual for the night. Pushing away from her mailbox Scarlet glanced up and saw Jill still standing in her driveway . She was staring at the new neighbors house as if she had seen something. Turning back toward the house Scarlet headed inside. She didn't have time for this she still had yet to have a cup of coffee and go for her run. "mummy coffee" she hummed to herself yes some coffee was needed indeed.

Scarlet Lee was a 25 years old and didn't have much of a day life . Most of the time she spent in the sun was at dawn mowing her lawn before bed or at dusk when she went to get her mail, or for her morning run. Scarlet was a night trader on the foreign market that how she made her living. So switching her day life for a night one had been a must. Being 25 and female and owning your own house was very uncommon with the way the economy was at the moment was rare indeed.

Taking the last sip of her coffee she set her cup down and headed for the door. Being sure to lock it behind her Scarlet tucked her keys into her pocket and made her way to her favorite spot on her lawn. Sitting herself down she began her stretches. After she had stretched to her satisfaction Scarlet stood preparing herself for her run. When her gaze settled on a figure leaning against her mailbox. Jumping slightly Scarlet settled her hand over her chest to calm her racing heart.

"A little late for a run don't you think" The dark haired stranger all but purred as his molasses colored eyes traveled the length of her body before settling on her face again.

Taking a step back Scarlet replied " umm sure I guess it could be" moved her own emerald eyes on his own dark ones.

"You know it might not be safe for a pretty woman like yourself being out after dark. " He said just as a street lamp flickered to life across the street illuminating him against the darkness. He was dressed in plane black jeans with a black cotton shirt that stretched pleasantly over his fit torso. It showed off his sculpted abs and lean arms. Moving her eyes to his face she was surprised to find his handsome face smiling at her showing off his straight flat white teeth.

Taking a breath Scarlet said" Only if the people who happen to be out at night are unsavory and awful enough to attack a unarmed woman in her own yard." exhaling slowly she awaited his reply but was startled when he laughed.

"My name is Jerry Dandrige I just moved into the house across the street" he said while taking a step closer to her holding out his hand for her to shake.

Sighing in relief Scarlet took a step closer and hesitantly extended her own hand out to his. Pulling back slightly in hesitation Scarlet replied " I'm Scarlet... " Before she could finish he snatched her hand into his own and brought it to his lips. Holding her hand a breaths away. She could feel his warm breath on her skin. Scarlet quickly finished as she pulled her hand out of his grasp. " and as you can see I live across the street from you" Taking a step back she pulled her arms around herself. 'I think he just tried to smell me' she thought to herself.

"Well it's getting late and... I really."She tried to say but was cut off when he cut in "and you must get going" with another smile.

"Um ya if don't get going now I won't be back it in time for a conference call" she blurted out. Mentally kicking herself Scarlet ran her had threw her raven hair uneasily with a embarrassed laugh.

At this Jerry smiled even wider almost as if this little tidbit of information meant something. " Well then I won't keep you from you evening jog" He replied. "Moring run" Scarlet corrected and mentally kicking herself again.

At this Jerry's dark eyes seemed to sparkle with this newfound information. " So another night owl I see" he asked while leaning against her mailbox again.

Shifting her weight Scarlet responded with "I ya I work at night from home. So umm ya" she finished all but elegantly. Blowing a stray lock of hair from her eyes Scarlet moved her arms from crossed over her chest to behind her back. 'What am I doing' she thought 'I'm acting like a idiot school girl in front of this HOT guy and reciting my schedule to him as well' . In an attempt to change the topic Scarlet moved her gave from her feet to the dumpster in his driveway. "Remodeling I see" she said.