My Next Door Neighbor is WHO?!

PROLOGUE

A girls whole life changes when a curious, outgoing boy moves next door. This boy helps her find her true self and shows her how to be a confident, young woman. Follow this pair of pre-teens and maybe you can find your true side.

CHAPTER 1

My whole life changed in the summer of 2007. I was going into 9th grade and was one of those nerdy kids with hipster glasses and long hair with straggly split ends. There was some other kid who was moving in next door. I didn't know who he was or what his deal was but he looked nice. My mom wanted me to go over after they settled down and introduce myself. Great, I thought, another person that's going to think I'm some weird child. I wasn't exactly the most social either so I didn't know why my mom made me. So, around 1 in the afternoon my mom forced me to go over. I didn't know what to say or how to act because not many new families moved into this neighborhood. Most of the community around here was retired old people that smelled like soap and oatmeal. So, I started my journey across the lawn and towards their front door. I knocked on their front door. I heard a lady yell upstairs and heard someone come down the stairs. They opened the door.

"Hi!" said a young boy with brown hair and hazel eyes.

"Hi, um, I just wanted to say hi and that my family and I are glad that you moved in." I hesitated.

"Awesome! My name's Toby. Toby Joe Turner to be exact."

"Nice, my name's Aurora Grace Arnold" I smiled.

"So, you wanna hang out later or something?"

"But don't you want like guy friends?"

"Nah" Toby smiled.

All of the sudden, I just got really nervous and ran back to my house. Toby yelled, "CALL ME!". I would never call him, never do anything with him. I couldn't believe I ran away like a loser. Just then I realized I would have to see him again because we went to the same school.

"How was it?" My mom asked.

"Um, he's nice, I guess" I said, quietly.

Then I went upstairs and tried to plan out how I would avoid Toby. Was I overreacting? Then, I heard my phone ringing. I answered.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Hey, it's Toby!"

"Um, hi."

"What's wrong?" he questioned.

"I just don't really have experience with boys. Well anyone actually" I confessed.

"Well can I come over later? I want to meet your parents!" I could almost see the way he was smiling.

"I can ask."

The conversation ended and I went downstairs to ask my parents. They ended up saying yes and at 3 p.m. Toby came over. I just looked at him and asked myself, "What's going to happen?".