The Twins Next Door

Favour

"I'm Kristen." I smile at him, putting my hands down on the wooden fence but instantly I feel a sharp pinch in my hand. Shit. Did I just get a splinter? Play it cool Kristen, play it cool. For a split second I feel my face tense up in pain but quickly I release it, hoping he didn't notice.

"So you're our new neighbour, I've wanted to meet you for a while." Grayson says.

"Well here I am." I say, removing my hands from the fence and holding my arms out in a sarcastic way to let the sun come down on me as I present myself to Grayson which makes him chuckle.

"Hey bro!" I hear a deep and masculine voice call a few meters down the drive, the voice very similar to Grayson's. Turning my head to look in the direction of the voice I see a guy who is almost identical to Grayson, a few minor details between them but barely noticeable if you weren't looking for them.

"Well I'm confused." I scoff.

"Ethan this is our new neighbour Kristen, Kristen this is my twin Ethan." Grayson introduces.

"So your the one that bought the house." Ethan says, looking me up and down as he passes the basketball between his two hands.

"In the flesh." I reply. "Nice to meet you."

"Pleasure's all ours, the people who used to live here were fucking rude and annoying, you did us a favour buying this house." Ethan says. 

"So I guess you could say you guys owe me one?" I question, squinting my eyes.

"Guess so." Grayson replies, looking at me rather suspiciously.

"This is going to sound really dumb and forward and I'm not usually like this but I need a favour." I tell them.

"Which is?" Ethan questions.

"Do you guys think I could stay at your place for tonight?" I ask.

"Afraid of your new house?" Ethan scoffs. Grayson quickly nudged him.

"Of course you can." Grayson says.

"Thanks." I let out of sigh of relief as I know I don't have to sleep in my car now. "And I'm not scared of my house, I left the keys to it at home and tomorrow my brother is bringing them to me."

"Fair enough." Ethan says.

"Come on in." Grayson smiles before the two retreat to the house. Walking round the fence I take this opportunity to squeeze the splinter out of my hand, luckily it was poking out already so it was fairly easy.

"I'm going to hit the shower but make yourself at home." Ethan says before jogging up the stairs, taking them two at a time.

I study their house, jeez I'll be happy if mine looks half as good as this, it's beautiful. Suddenly I'm broken out of my trance by the front door being shut by Grayson. "So Kristen have you transferred schools?" He asks.

"Um yeah, I'm going to Eastwood." I reply.

"That's where we go." Grayson says.

"Then at least I'll know someone, unless you guys don't want to hang out with me which I completely get." I say, speeding up towards the end.

"Why wouldn't we want to hang out with you during school?" Grayson chuckles, taking a seat on the couch.

"I'll be the new kid." I state, sitting next to him. "No one wants to be friends with the new kid."

Authors note:

Hey guys! How are you liking the book so far?

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