The Boy Next Door

32: The Boy Next Door

I glued my eyes to the TV screen as I stuffed more popcorn in my mouth.

"You're impossibly fast and strong. You're skin is pale white and ice cold. Your eyes change color. And sometimes you speak like you're from a different time." Bella spoke to Edward while they were in the woods.

I've watched Twilight probably about a thousand times already. But I just can't find it in me to ever stop watching it.

"You never eat or drink anything. You don't go out in the sunlight." I spoke along. I also know every single word. "How old are you?" Bella asked.

"Seventeen." Edward spoke.

"How long have you been seventeen?"

Edward took a long pause and a smile grew on my face as I stuffed more popcorn in my mouth. "A while."

"I know what you are." Bella said.

"Say it." Edward replied.

I nodded my head and put more popcorn in my mouth. "Say it!" I yelled with excitement.

"Out loud. Say it." Edward repeated.

"Vampire." Bella said.

"Yes!" I yelled. "She said it. She said-" I was about to do more chanting before I heard a knock at my window.

I rolled my eyes and grabbed the remote to pause the movie. I heard another knock and I got up. There was nothing at my window. I was about to turn back around before I saw something that looked like a rock being thrown at the window.

I furrowed my eyebrows and lifted my window. I looked down to see Michael about to heave another rock. When he saw me, he dropped the rock on the ground and smiled.

"Michael? Why are you throwing rocks at my window at six thirty p.m.?" I asked.

"I need to show you something and you need to hurry before it's seven o'clock."

I winced and threw my head back. "Why? I'm watching Twilight."

"What is with you and vampires and werewolves?" He asked, crossing his arms over his chest.

"It's interesting and quality fantasy brought to life mixed with drama and excitement." I informed.

"Okay. I'm pretty sure my situation is much more important." He said.

I sighed. "Alright fine." I said, closing my window and turning around to leave my room.

I grabbed my phone off my bedside table and stick it in my pocket. I exited my room and walked down the hall. "Mom, I'll be back in a little while." I called when I walked past her room.

"Wherever you're going, be careful!" She yelled from inside her room.

"Yeah, yeah." I called as I left the house.

Michael met me at my driveway. "Hi, crippled." I greeted.

"It's not nice to call a crippled person crippled." He stated.

I laughed and shook my head. "So what's so important that you had to interrupt my Twilight time?" I asked curiously.

"It's a surprise." He said, walking towards his car.

I cringed and followed behind him. "Are you kidding me?"

"Nope."

"Why can't you just tell me." I said.

"Cuz I can't. Now get in the car please." He said with a fake smile.

I shrugged and got in the passenger seat of the car. Michael got in the driver seat and was about to crank up the car before I grabbed his wrist. "You sure you don't want me to drive. You know, I don't think crippled people are supposed to be driving."