Good For Eachother- Donnie Darko

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         New town, new life. Starting over has to be one of the hardest things you have to do. From being known as the girl who was in the mental institution to being the new girl really puts pressure on you. My mom and i moved to Middlesex because of our reputation and "issues" i had at school. She wanted to have a fresh start and wanted to do things better, and im glad we did. I just hope i don't screw this up again, they say I'm getting better, but they don't know me. They don't know how I feel or if the medication does work. I do what I need to for my mom.

         Today was our first day moving into a very nice neighborhood, we were doing pretty good in California but considering how prices drop in Virginia we were able to get a much better place with lots of space. I was taking a small break from moving things around in the front lawn when i noticed people from the house in front of us walking over. I stood up and they came towards me, a woman and a man with a small child. "Hi, were Mr and Mrs. Darko, you must me the Reyna's?" The woman said reaching her hand out. "Yes ma'am, you've heard of us?" I asked worried if she heard of what happened back in California. "Sure, I'm friends with the relator that sold you this house, it's lovely to meet you" she said, "it's lovely to meet you too, who's this little girl?" I asked kneeling down, "this is Samantha, our little girl" Mrs. Darko said, "it's lovely to meet you too Samantha" i said reaching my hand out to her, which she took and shook it, i giggled at her which she returned with a small smile. My mom then came out from inside the house towards me asking me for something till she notice we had visitors. "Hello there, I'm guessing your our neighbors?" my mom said reaching her hand out to them. "Yes, I'm rose and this is my husband Eddie" Mrs. Darko replied while slightly laughing. "It's very nice too meet you too, you live to our side or across the street?" My mom asked. "We're from across the street, we just wanted to drop by and get too know our neighbors a bit" Mrs. Darko said. "Well how lovely are you, it's very nice meeting you both" my mom said with a smile. "Of course, like wise" Mrs Darko said. "Why don't you go help with taking stuff down" my mom told me as to signal me to let them speak. I nodded and went my way picking up boxes and helping the movers.

            After about half an hour later almost all the stuff is inside and my mom was still talking with the neighbors, they seemed to be getting along really well. I went on to bring in the last couple of boxes down from the truck and went inside to pay the movers. They closed off the trucks and left our drive way. "Your done already?" My mom asked. "Yup, just gotta unpack everything now" i told her, "well then i gotta help her, i can't leave her to do everything all by herself" my mom said to the Darkos. "Alright then, it was nice talking with you Stella" they said to my mom. "Like wise, hope to speak again soon" she replied as the darkos were leaving our lawn. I looked over and was looking at their house. It was bigger than ours and very pretty. I loved looking at big houses like theirs imagining what it would be like living there and imagining how they must look like from inside. I was looking at their beautiful windows when i noticed on the second floor window someone looking out, a boy staring out his window looking at us. I saw him, and he saw me. He had messy brown hair and a white shirt. We stared at each other when my mom called me, i broke eye contact and went inside.

        For the rest of the day me and my mom decided to unpack our rooms so we could have a place to sleep at night. I put my bed together and picked my room up. I put everything in place and it all took me about and hour and a half. When i was done with my furniture my mom called me out to help her with something. "Yes?" I asked as i entered her room. "Can you push this back so i can screw it in please?" She asked from the floor. I pushed her bed back as she screwed in something and went on my way when I was done. I decided on working on our extra rooms, which were gonna be a guest room for when family come over and my own room to paint. I worked on building the bed for the guest room on my own and did the same for the rest of the furniture. Me and my mom are very independent women, we do things on our own and don't like to ask for help unless it really is needed, we do things on our own.

   
         Once i was done it took 2 hours and it was already night. We decided to get ready and go out to eat since we had no food at the house. I showered and got myself dressed in some pants and a small shirt with a jacket on top and let my hair down. We got in the car and drove out to some random restaurant and ate as we talked about our new start. "So the neighbors, they seem nice" i said to my mom. "Oh yeah, their real nice. They have two other kids, a boy about your age" my mom said with a wink. "Mooomm" i said with a small chuckle. "Come on, a boyfriend wouldn't be so bad, give you something to do" she said with a smile and wide eyes. "Ew mom" i said as we laughed. "I'm just kidding, but it would be a nice distraction, maybe it'll help" she said sincerely. "I don't know, i like to be alone" i told her. "But you shouldn't be alone all the time" she told me as she held my wrist for a moment. " Your hands are all greasy mom" i said with a fake look of disgust on my face. "Yea then maybe i should rub my hands all on your face" she laughed as she reached for my face. We laughed and continued to speak like that for the rest of dinner.

        When we were done we went back home and called it a night. We said our good nights and went to our bedrooms. I changed into my pajamas and got into my sheets. I started to read a book to help me sleep when the words started to get all clumped together, and i couldn't focus. I kept re-reading the same sentence over and i just couldn't. I got frustrated and put my book down, staring at my ceiling. It felt like the ceiling was moving and i started to realize what was happening. I quickly closed my eyes but all i could see was him. I opened them quickly and sat up as i took deep breaths. It wasn't working so I decided to go to open my window and sit there letting the cold air hit me and look at the sky. While i was at the window i heard a door open and i thought it was from inside my house, but i looked out and saw it came from the Darkos house. The same boy i saw in the window was walking away from his house. I quickly checked the clock on my nightstand and saw it was midnight. 'what could he be doing walking outside at this time?' i looked over and he was walking out of our neighborhood. I contemplated to myself if i should follow him or not, i thought over and over but in the end decided not too. I don't know him or this city and who knows what could happen. Seeing him seemed to distract me as i started feeling better. I went back to my bed and began reading my book again, until eventually falling asleep..

((AN: helloooooo, i hope you liked the first chapter:) there are mannyyy more to come and i hope you enjoy my story, im trying my best to make this as interesting as possible and i apologize If anything seems out of place or wrong, i just don't feel like going back and checking 😭😭 thank you for reading!!!))