AmazingPhilisnotonefire Jumps the Barrier

Meeting New Neighbors

"It sucks here!" I say as I lug the bass drum into the new house. "Would you've rather stayed in Missouri by yourself?" Zoe taunts from behind me. "No," I admit, " but it always looks like it's gonna storm, everyone laughs at our accents, and I need a fucking translator to tell me what people are trying to say!"

"We've been here for five hours!" I hear Gabe from the house, "It's not that bad." I walk in and set the drum down.

"You know they're right Sage." Megan says as she nudges her head towards Gabe, while rumaging through a box. I stay silent, I can't sass Megan, she's too sweet for that. I know they're right, but I already had enough trouble with people back home, I didn't need more.

I walk back outside to bring more stuff in. Standing at the back of the van, I hear footsteps. This is a quiet neighborhood and I've yet to see one person outside. I stay still and listen, two people, I see their shadows, two tall people, probably guys. I'll assume the best, they're just walking pas- NOPE NOPE THEY'RE COMING THIS WAY! Oh hell no. I stay still watching their shadows get closer and closer... Then BAM!

When they get close enough I turn and swing. I see the one who got hit grab his face and back up. He has black hair and an awesome pokemon shirt. The one with brown hair next to him yells at me, "What the hell is wrong with you?"

"Me?! You two we're the ones who approached!"

"To say Hello to the new neighbors, not to be punched by a sociopath!" He retorts, we stand less than a foot apart, I have to look up to see his eyes, but I could take him.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!" Zoe opens the door to see me and the two guys. She notices the one still in pain, "Sage, what did you do?"

"Damnmit," I sigh quietly after being caught. She walks toward them, Gabe comes out of the house after her.

Zoe apologizes, "She's sorry! She isn't good with new people!" Gabe talks to me, "What happened?"

"They snuck up on me!"

Megan walks out with an ice pack for Pokémon-shirt guys face. He takes it and I almost start to feel bad, "Sorry," I say holding my hand out, "but you shouldn't have been standing there." He takes my hand and shakes it. "Well now we know I guess."

Now I really do feel bad, he seems like a nice person. "Do you guys wanna come in?" Megan asks. "Sure," says Pokémon-shirt guy, "by the way I'm Phil, and this is Dan." He looks at brown-haired guy, who still seems peeved at me. I get it I guess, if someone punched one of friends I'd go ape-shit.

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Our living room was still a work in progress, but we carried in all the furniture, so it was at least presentable. Although our couches only hold 5 to 6 people so I had to bring in a chair from the kitchen. There was some chat going on between everyone and I just sat there, listening until I thought out loud, "When is Gabby getting back?"

Megan looked at the time, "I'm not sure." Dan asked, "Who's Gabby?"

"The manager," says her voice from the other room, she walks in. "Hi, you guys are gonna love me, I got us a gig at the pub just down the way, Friday night!"

We whoop and cheer as Gabby jokingly bows. "You're welcome peasents."

Phil and Dan looked confused, "Manager, gig?"

I point to the instruments at the other end of the hall near the garage, where we would keep them later.

"Ohh that's cool, a band." Phil states.

"And," Gabby continues, "I got the paperwork from the school," we groan as she hands it out. "And to top it off, we start on Monday."

"You'll be going to school with us then, what year are you?"

"Juniors, except Zo, she'll be a Sophomore." I said without thinking.

Gabe says then, "It's year 11 and 10 here."

"Whatever, same thing." I scoff, before Phil jumps in, "Same as us, hopefully we'll get some classes together." Everyone starts to agree, except for me, because I don't really have the energy to care, and Dan, because I guess he's stilled pissed, I keep getting the death glare. I guess Phil means a lot to Dan, you can even tell by the way they sit together, hip-to-hip almost.

I'm pulled from these thoughts as they stand to leave. Goodbyes and phone numbers are exchanged and I open the door, shutting it behind them.

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*Dans PoV*

As soon as we're on the pavement after leaving their house I turn Phil so I can see the mark that's left. "Damn, that really got you good didn't it?" The left side of his jaw by his mouth was red, with a small purple bruise slowly forming. I rub my thumb over it, and he winces, pulling away slightly. Only then do I realized just how close we are.

I back away, saying that the bruise will probably be there for a couple days. We continue walking home mindlessly chatting, but this feeling in my stomach and slight burning in my hand at contact... Before I even realize it, Phil is waving goodbye as he goes into his house, leaving me to walk home, looking at my hand and smiling, these thoughts will go away right?

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