Neighbors

Chapter 7

Chapter 7

The next day, when I woke up there was no one in my house. I go downstairs and see no one at all. This is great, some peace and quiet. But as I walk in the kitchen I see Lance sitting outside looking intently at the pool. I know I should leave him alone but something inside me tells me I should talk to him...

... And so I did.

"Hey." I said as I approached him and he doesn't reply, he just nods. "Are you okay?" I asked. "What's it to you?" He retorted. "Geez even when I'm trying to be nice to you, you shrug me away." I said in annoyance. "Okay, I'm sorry." He said and he offers me to sit next to him and I take him up on his offer.

"If you're wondering where breakfast is, it's in the fridge." He said seriously. "What's up?" I changed the topic. He looks at me in a serious way and I can see the pain that was just plastered on his face. "Yesterday, I received the greatest and the worst news of my life thus far." He said. Great news? What could be the great news?

"The great news is, is that I'm opening for Erin Harper in her last leg of her headlining tour by the end of this summer." He said almost sounding so sad for such a fantastic news. "And for the worst news..." He trails off. "I don't wanna talk about it." He said. I knew what it was but I respect his decision to keep it to himself because it's hard to tell someone you barely know that their father is dying, right?

So I did the most irking thing to do in this kind of situation... I held his hand and gave him a warm smile. He looks at our hands and he smiles back at me.

Then after a while I had to leave him and do something I should have done a long time ago.

I marched over to Kyle's house and knocked on the door. As I waited for someone to open the door, I thought about what I was going to say. I was so nervous like my palms were sweating and my heart was beating so fast. I hadn't done anything like this in my entire life and here I am today, doing it!

So when I hear the door open, I turn around and I see Kyle leaning on the doorframe. "I've got something to say to you." I said nervously. "If you're here to tell me that you choose that jerk then just leave." He said seriously. "No." I raised my voice. Oh my, where did that sudden boost of confidence come from?

"I'm crazy about you Kyle ever since the day you moved next door. I hate not being able to talk to you because I really wanna talk to you about all kinds of things. I wanna kiss you, pinch your cheeks and stay up all night with you - we don't have to talk, we could just be in each others arms. I hate that you made me choose you over Lance because you know that when it comes to you there's no competition. I'll always choose you." I said as bravely as I could.

Kyle walks towards me, then wraps an arm around my waist, "I let too many years pass without telling you how I really feel and now it's like a dream come true to have you." He said. "Sorry can you say that again?" I asked with a smile. "How about I just show it to you?" He said and kissed me. He kissed me so passionately like never before. God I'm so happy and I'd never trade this moment for anything in the world.

"Do you wanna eat breakfast?" He asked with a smile. "Sure, why not?" I said and we go inside their house. It was fun eating breakfast with Kyle and his mom. If you thought it was weird eating with his mom, I gotta say it wasn't weird at all. I think maybe it's because we grew up together and we're all family friends.

When we finished eating, Kyle brings me back to my house and the mailman happens to bring in the mail. I got the mail and we go inside my house. As I browse through the mail, I get a letter from Jake. Then we sit on the couch in the living room and Kyle sees the letter.

"Hey it's from Jake." He said. "Thank you for that Captain Obvious!" I joked and we both laugh. "What does it say?" He asked. "If you don't mind, I want to read it by myself first." I said. "Oh sure, go ahead." He said and I went upstairs to my room. As I reach my room I hear Lance singing a new song. I smile at the sound of his voice, it makes me feel happy that he's putting his feelings into paper.