The Chaos Squad (™)

Chapter 1

Alexander was sitting on his bed, doing nothing in particular, just scrolling on Pinterest (looking at food, most likely); he kicked his legs as he looked at his phone, and he then put it down on his bed. "Ugh, I need to go out.." he said. He'd been in the house for days. Sure, Eliza came to visit, but that was different; after all, she never even used the front door. He got up and peeked his head out his door; when he saw no one there, he went out and went downstairs. 'Good, Marina must be in bed,' he thought as he opened the front door and stepped out, the air of summer brushing his face. He covered his eyes to block them from the sun and started to walk. 'I forgot how nice the summer looked...' he thought as he walked around. He looked at trees and grass and the smell of his neighbor making pie. He never really paid attention to things like that; he was always busy doing something, be it reading, studying, or writing in his journal; he was always doing something. "This is..kinda nice.." he says as he takes in the sights of the outside, now standing still. It was quiet in this part of New York; he never really liked the quiet but he got used to it after a while. Back then, when he first moved to New York, his ears used to ring because of the lack of noise. They still do that, but it's gotten a bit better now; they ring a lot less.  Alexander was about to start walking again when his neighbor called his name. "Huh?" Alexander looked back to see his neighbor Megan waving at him. "Oh, Megan, hello." Alexander smiles as he walks toward Megan. "I wanted to know if you wanted a slice of pie, Alexander; after all, I can't eat this whole pie alone~" Alexander raises an eyebrow but agrees. "Uh- sure Megan, why not." Megan smiled and grabbed Alexander's hand, pulling him into her house excitedly. It was innocent enough; after all, it was just pie, no harm done, and he'd be back.