Next Door Love

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This is for NyanCatLova 's romance story contest. I'm kinda awful at romance but just bare with it for a while, k? And you should suspect the next chapter of March coming tomorrow! I'm sorry it's taking so long but I'm just trying to perfect the ending >w<!
There she is again. This girl is my next door neighbor and my biggest crush. I don't know her name but every once and a while we exchange glances, smiles, and waves. We've never really talked but she's a sight to see. She's pretty short and I'm pretty tall so I think of her as a midget. She has black hair with natural, random streaks of light brown everywhere. She has warm light brown skin and hazel eyes. Every time I'm done with work, we end up getting home at the same time. She's usually tired but she's still cute.
My name is Clyde Baker, I'm twenty four, and I am totally stalking this girl.
I was just around the corner of my apartment complex when I saw her walking inside. My heart skipped a beat. I started to walk a little faster. What am I doing? Am I.... AM I FOLLOWING HER!? I thought. My brain might've been like HOLY CRAP DUDE WHAT THE FUDGE ARE YOU DOING!? But my body just kept speeding up inside the building. I saw the girl waiting outside of the elevator. I parked right next to her. She almost had a heart attack since I came up so quickly. She looked at me. I looked back. She smiled and did a quiet giggled and looked away. Wow this girl is cute. The elevator opened and we stepped inside together. I clicked the button to go to our floor.
We stood in silence but not awkwardly, it's just that we both wanted to talk to each other but had nothing to say.
Clyde you idiot, say something! This is the girl you've been living next to since you got out of college and you STILL haven't said a word to her!! I mentally abused myself. The elevator door swung open and we walked out together. We walked down the hallway without a word. She kind of shifted uncomfortably. I looked down. When we got to our apartments she looked at me.
"Bye!" She smiled so cutely my heart almost exploded.
SHE SAID SOMETHING TO ME! I felt like I was just accepted into heaven. She had the cutest voice, smooth as a bird's song. She took out a key and opened her door. My body moved on its own and grabbed her wrist.
Let go, let go, let go, let go, let go. I told myself over and over again. I felt my face grow red.
"My name is Clyde Baker." I swallowed hard. "And I would like to know you."
The girl stood frozen. She grew pink in the cheeks and grinned. "My name is Justine.... and I would like to know you."
I just had an internal nosebleed. In my mind I was waving my arms around like crazy and winning Olympic medals. In reality, I had the stupidest smile plastered on my face and stood in silence. Justine made a coughing noise.
"Wh-What's the matter!?" I let go of her wrist and freaked out.
She started cracking up until tears welled up in her eyes. She had the cutest laugh. Justine wailed until she was red in the face.
"You had," She breathed, finally calming down, "The weirdest and most adorable smile on your face!!"
She started literally dying of laughter again. I blushed of embarrassment and utter joy I was finally talking to her. I started to crack up too. We stood in her doorway and laughed until we could barely breathe.
Justine wiped a tear from her eye. "Oh, that was great."
She took my hand and held it tight. She started blushing and smiled. "How about you come in for a drink?"
Yay I did it! It was actually kinda fun writing about these characters so maybe I could turn it into a story! It's up to you though cuz I honestly don't care right now. I hope ya liked it NyanCatLova and peace until the next chapter of March.

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