Neighbors {j.g.}

Chapter 2

Zoe's POV

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Jack just left to go get burgers. I've been here for a day and already met one nice person, maybe that's like a sign or some shit that i made the right choice moving to LA.

It was either here or New York. I was sitting in my room looking at apartments and I had come down to my final two, this one or one in Manhattan. I chose the beach, and no Michigan like winters. 

First one of my friends to move out. I only graduated like a month and a half ago. I don't know what I want to do with my life; but whatever it may be, I want it to have nothing to do with that place and all the fake people there. 

I sit down on my couch and look at my new home. Its still in peaces but its mine and I wouldn't ask for more. 

I hear my phone buzz from across the room. I get up and check it, it's a text from Jack. I almost forgot I had him put his number in my phone.

Jack: Hey I forgot to ask you before I left. What do you like on your burgers?

Me: Everything but ketchup,  mustard, and cheese. 

Jack: Okay, and vanilla or chocolate?

Me: Chocolate I guess

Jack: Okay i'll be back in like 15 minuets  

He's cute. Okay, he's hot; but I just met the guy I cant have feelings for him already. Right? Plus he probably is just doing this to be nice because he knows I don't know anyone. He probably has a girlfriend anyways. There's no way someone that hot isn't taken. Please don't have a girlfriend Jack. Wait, why do I care? I just met him. I've made mistakes like this before and I'm not letting it happen again. But...

My thoughts are interrupted by a knock on the door. I get up and open it.

In front of me stands Jack, with two bags and two cups. 

"Thank god you're here, I'm starving." I say letting him in.

"Me too." Jack says setting the stuff down in the island counter thing with the bar stools.

"okay here's your food." he passes me a bag. 

"Oh my god this smells amazing." I say opening the bag.

"I can not believe you've been to California, Vegas, and Arizona, and have never had in-n-out." he says eating a fry.

"I don't know how I've lived my whole life without this." I say trying the burger.

"Try this." he says passing me a cup. Its white with palm trees on it.

I take a sip, its a milkshake. It's a fucking amazing milkshake.

"Damn." I react. 

"I know right."

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We ate the amazing food and went and sat on the couch and talked. Its almost 1:00 am now. 

"Oh wow its almost 1:00." Jack says.

"I guess it is." I say laughing a little.

"Should I go or..." he starts but I cut him off.

"No! I mean if you want you can stay or leave or whatever." I say trying to play it off even though i really want him to stay.

"I'll stay, unless you wanna come up to my place, my room mates are out and I have netflix." he says.

Wait, did he just invite me over to his apartment? Holy shit he did.

"Yeah sure I just need to change." We both stand up.

"Do you want me to wait or.." he says.

"What apartment?" I ask.

"Next floor, number 64." 

"Okay I'll be there in like two minuets." 

"ookay see ya then I guess." he says and shuts the door behind himself.

I walk into my room and take off my shorts and pull on short black spandex, and change my tank top for a volleyball shirt from high school that goes part way down my thighs.  I pull on so grey sweater socks that go half way up my thigh too because I don't want to wear shoes but I don't want to walk around bare footed.  I pull my hair into a high pony tail, grab my phone, and walk up to jack's apartment.

I knock on the door. It opens and reviles a shirtless Jack in grey basketball. 

"Hey." he says obviously checking me out, no shame tho I'm doing the same thing to him. His abs are amazing. 

"Come in, come in." he says.

"So you share this place?" I ask.

"Yeah two other guys, my best friends."

"Cool, cool."

"Sooo netflix?" he says.

"Yeah."

Jack leads me into what I'm assuming is his room. Its the exact same size shape whatever as mine, has a huge king bed a dresser and a bed side table.

"what should we watch." he says taking out his mac and sitting on the bed. 

"I don't pic something scary." I say jumping on the the bed next to him.

"You like horror?" he asks.

"Do you not?"

"No I love it, it's just that I've never met a girl who in't crazy who dose too."

"How do you know I'm not crazy?" I ask. 

"I couldn't hang with you if weren't at least a little crazy." 

"Well then you got lucky. Do you have popcorn?" I ask.

"Yeah. Its on the shelf above the microwave." 

"Okay I'll be back." i say getting up and walking to the bedroom door.

"Zoe?" Jack asks.

"What?"

"How old are you?" he asks.

"17, why?"

"I was reading your shirt and it says 2015 so I was wondering. Wait How did you move and buy car and apartment and whatever?" he asks sounding almost considered.

"I'm an emancipated minor. I started school a year early and graduated like a month and a half ago. How old are you?" 

"I'm turning 19 next month." he says.

"Two year difference." I say leaning in the door frame.

"Why are you an emancipated minor or whatever?"

"Guess you'll just have to find out." I smirk. 

"Wait so are you a legal adult or?" he asks.

"Kind of. I'm gonna go make popcorn."

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