||Hello Neighbour: A Better Timeline||

||Chapter 2: The Petersons||

"Heading out to explore?"
Nicky nods,"Uh, yeah.", Jay gave a thumbs up,"All good: Me and your mom will be sorting out the stuff from the moving van.", Nicky nods, leaving the house.

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The neighbourhood looked nice, mean there was a lama field and a tree in his backyard so. . . Tree house?
He looked across the street, he worried about going over. . . He wasn't too sure-
The door the opened, and a boy came out in a pink shirt, blue shorts and trainers.
He noticed him, and walked over,"Hi; I uh. . . Invited you over last night, sorry if I came off weird.", Nicky smiled,"It's okay, thanks for the invite. . .", he stretched his hand out to Nicky,"I'm Aaron Peterson.", "Uhm, Nicky Roth.", they shook hands,"Nicky? That's a nice name. Come on over.", so Aaron lead him over to the house.

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"This place feels like a maze."
Aaron nods,"Yeah, it has so many doors, and I dunno if we've found all of them to be honest despite living here for years now, but don't feel bad about feeling turned around.", Nicky nods,"Kind of reminds me of an old house me and mom visited that had a door that just lead to a drop outside.", Aaron nods, looked thoughtful for a second,"I don't think we have that. . . Unless we haven't found it yet.", Aaron shrugged,"But interesting story; I'll show you around.", so Nicky followed Aaron around.

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He took notes on what was on each floor; Ground Floor, 1st Floor, 2nd Floor and the attic.
"What about the door in the living room, is that a basement?"
Aaron nods,"Oh yeah, but that's off limits cause Dad wants to change it to something else, it use to be his office but that's being moved somewhere else; Dunno what he's gonna do with the basement though, we already have enough rooms as it is."
"It's a work in progress."

Nicky and Aaron spun around, in the doorway was a man that honestly made Nicky's heart skip a few beats.
He was tall. Like really tall.
Had a mustache that looked like a cartoon Villain, yellow shirt, blue vest, orange trousers and sneakers.
Though what was interesting, he had a grey streat through his hair.
He looked at him, like he was asking who he was and why he was in his house.
"Uhm-"
*CRASH*
*BANG*

Aaron and Nicky jumped, while Aaron's dad scrunched his face up, glancing down the hall with concern.
"Ike??? Are you okay???"
"All good!"
Another man stumbled into the doorway, fixing his hat and had his own mustache, and had a card around his neck.
"I swear I don't remember being this many rooms or doors."
"Probably cause a lot of them we weren't allowed in, you know how much stuff they had."
Ike nods,"True, they did own a lot of stuff, maybe since we're still sorting things out the house feels. . .?", Aaron's Dad nods,"Yeah, I get it though the house is pretty big for. . . Oh.", Ike turned, taking notice of Nicky,"Oh, hi there; Who's this new face?", Aaron smiled,"This is Nicky Roth, he lives across the street.", Ike smiled,"Ah, nice to meet you, I'm Ike-Last name is not important- and this is Theodore, or Aaron's Dad.", he waved,"Sorry if I startled you, I uh, have that habit.", he rubbed his neck,"So, you moved across the street? The bluish. . . Greenish house?", guess even they didn't know what shade of blue it was.
"That's nice; Has anyone ever lived in that house?"
"I don't. . . Think so? I mean, I remember the construction of the field being pushed back for the houses, but I don't remember if anyone ever moved in."
And the two adults went downstairs as they spoke.
"Oh."
Theodore came up for a second,"Aaron, your mom is making burgers with your sister, a snack; If your friend-, Nicky, wants one and yourself, get them before Ike scoffs them all.", Aaron peered over the banister,"Uncle Ike!", "Haha!", Nicky took next to him,"So, he's your uncle? So they're brothers??", Aaron turned to him, leading him downstairs,"No, no; But they're like brothers, and we call him Uncle Ike and Uncle Norman, you'll probably meet him soon.", "So, they're close that they're like brothers.", Aaron then stopped him from going the wrong direction,"Yeah, and he acts like an uncle so it checks.", guess so, he's like Uncle Saul.

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"Hi Dear."
Diana smiled,"Oh, who's this?", "Nicky, from across the street.", she smiled, she was very pretty, and there was Mya who guess was Aaron's younger sister.
"Ike didn't scoff them all, did he?"
"Oi, my self control isn't that bad."
Diana giggled, holding two plates,"No worries, one for you and one for the guest, hope it won't spoil your appetite, Nicky.", Nicky didn't have much since breakfast so, he gave a thumbs up.
"Thank you, Mrs Peterson."
"Your welcome, and you can call me Diana."
"Hi!"
Mya jumped off the stool,"I'm Mya!", "I'm. . . Nicky.", Diana walked over to her husband and Ike,"So, the blue house across the street?", "Yeah, we're not sure if someone's lived there before but. . . Guess it's nice to see it sold.", Nikcy looked at Ike,"Hey, I think I heard your voice on your radio, dad was listening to it.", Ike nods,"Yeah, that was probably me.", Ike pointed to himself and the card around his neck.
"I'm The Radio Man of The Banner, real fun and better than a security guard."
Nicky was surprised,"I thought a job like that would be fun?", "Well. . .", Ike nods,"Yes, but it's  better for,", he shook his wrist, which had one of those smart watches,"personal reasons and besides, I get to hang out with Norman and keep an eye on him.", Diana smiled,"We need to invite him over for dinner again.", Peterson turned to Ike,"If you pry him from that desk.", Ike rolled his eyes,"Leave it me, I think he's still adjusting to running that banner.", Ike and Mr Peterson left the room, talking about Norman and the Banner.
Diana smiled,"You'll probably meet him or see him around town.", Aaron turned to his mum,"Can I take Nicky around?", "I don't see why not, but make sure to let his parents know you're borrowing him.", Aaron nods, he turned around.
"Oh! Yeah, I'll ask my dad."