The Boy Next Door

Chapter 1

Raegan's POV:

So tomorrow my mom, my brother and I are moving. I am a little excited but mostly nervous. I don't know how to comp with moving because I have never moved before. I have lived in the same house since I was a baby. My dad was a police officer but was killed in action during a bomb threat, he was in the building when the bomb went off. His boss had ordered him and his swat team to go in the building to check for any civilians and before my dad could get out of the building the bombs went off, destroying the building and killing anyone inside. My mom is a doctor and she just got a promotion at a new hospital and that is why we are moving.

My brother can be mean to me but he cares about me more than he leads on. The minute someone tries to pick on me or hit me he tells them off and tells them to leave me alone. Some people leave me alone others think its fun to piss my brother off. He is smart but doesn't like to show it, he instead likes to show how sporty he is. We leave tomorrow to go to Hawthorn and my mom said we start school Monday. It takes a day to get from her to Hawthorn so we should get there Friday. So we will have from Friday to Sunday to unpack the house in time for school to start.

Right now it is eleven o'clock at night and I should be getting to sleep because we have leaving early tomorrow but I can't sleep. Johnny is still awake, I can tell because he is talking to one of his friends really loudly. Our mom is already asleep, she worked her last shift at the hospital today so she is really tired. Johnny had to give up being the quarterback on the football team and one of his teammates aren't happy about it. I get up and walk to his room, to tell him to be quiet so our mom can sleep. "Johnny keep it down mom is trying to sleep and you should be getting to bed soon because we leave early in the morning" I say into the door "Yeah yeah yeah, I know, I'm going to bed in few minutes" He says "Okay, well goodnight" I say as I walk away. Then I didn't hear anything afterwards, so I went into my room and went to sleep.

We wake up at six o'clock to go eat and then get on the road to drive to Hawthorn. We decided to stop at Waffle House and eat, the moving company decided that they will stop and eat when they are hungry. After we ate we got on the road, my mom was driving and Johnny was in the passenger seat which means I had the whole back seat to myself. I decided to lay down in the back seat and listen to music. Johnny and my mom are going to be taking turns driving because they both have their driver's license, I haven't gotten mine yet. My dad taught Johnny and he was supposed to teach me but he passed away before he could, Johnny said he will teach me one day but I don't know if he will.

We were on the road for about five hours or so before stopping for a break. After the break which was us using the restroom, getting a snack and something to drink, Johnny takes over driving. "Don't kill us please" I say jokingly to Johnny "I'll try my hardest" He says jokingly back. My mom puts her sit back and gets comfortable and I go back to listening to music. After awhile I doze off to sleep. I was woken up by a loud noise in my ears, I look down at my phone to see it telling me it only has five percent battery life left. I dig through my bag to find my portable charger and plug my phone in and I go back to sleep.

After a few hours I was woken up by Johnny, he told me to get my shoes and let's go get some food. I put on my shoes and meet my mom and Johnny inside McDonalds, we wait in line and order our food. We decide to eat inside the building. Johnny was the first one done eating and I was the last to finish. We let our food settle a little bit before getting back in the car to start driving again. We have about ten hours or so left before we get to the new house. My mom said something about the moving company only have five hours or so before they get to the house, I guess they haven't stopped that much. After a little bit we get back in the car and start driving again, this time my mom was driving. My mom only wants to stop for gas the rest of the way, so as soon as we got back in the car I went to sleep.

After a while we were almost to the new house, I think we stopped like once for gas and I was asleep then so I don't know exactly what happened, all I know is that Johnny was driving when I woke up. "Mom how much longer do we have" I ask sitting up "About an hour" she says. It's dark outside, so I look to see what time it was and it's almost two in the morning. So I lay down and go back to sleep. Johnny started to blast music in the car to help him stay awake long enough to drive the last hour and I wasn't to bothered by it, I just put in my headphones and listened to the sound of rain. I know that sounds childish but it helps me go to sleep when my body is fighting sleep.

With in an hour we were at our new house. As soon as we parked Johnny was yelling at me to wake up. The moving company beat us here by like five hours and had already unpacked the kitchen, family room, dining room, and the public and guest bathroom. Our rooms is for us to unpack ourselves, Johnny and I have a bathroom connecting our rooms and Johnny is letting me unpack it. Then my mom has her own bathroom to unpack. The moving company also unpacked and set up the guest room. I feel the house is to big but Johnny and my mom think it is fine. My mom's job is paying for the house. My mom had no idea how big the house was going to be. For the night we all slept in the family room.

I woke up to my mom answering the door, she had ordered breakfast. We all ate breakfast then went and unpacked our rooms and bathrooms. The first thing I did was unpacked mine and Johnny's bathroom. Once I finished I went and unpacked my room, well attempted to. I sat on my bed for five hours trying to decide how to set up my room. My mom came and tried to help me twice but every time she asked, I told her no and that I was going to get up and unpack and still haven't unpacked. "Hey, mom wanted me to see how the unpacking was going" Johnny says as he stands in my doorway "It's not going at all" I say "I can tell, want some help" Johnny says walking in "Sure, if you want to" I say "Better than you sleeping in the family room again" He says "You're right" I say. Then we started unpacking, after about an hour we were done.

Since I haven't eaten since breakfast my mom insisted I eat so she ordered pizza. Once the pizza got here, my mom sat it on the table and grabbed three plates. When she got back to the table she looked at Johnny and told him to wait until I got some pizza before grabbing his. Once I grabbed my pizza everyone else grabbed theirs. We ate in silence like we usually do. I finished eating before everyone else, so I put my plate in the sink and went to my room. We won't have cable and internet until tomorrow, so I don't really have much to do. I decide to lay in bed listening to music, then Johnny walks in and sits on my bed. I sit up and look at him.

"Everything okay" I ask "Yeah, I think so"he says "What's wrong" I ask turning off my music and putting my phone down "Okay, the truth is I'm nervous to start school Monday, what if I don't make the team" He says "I'm sure you will" I say trying to be supportive "But we don't know for sure" he says "I know but we need to think positive" I say "You're right but I'm tired so I gonna go to bed" Johnny says "Okay, I'm gonna to the same" I say. Then Johnny left and I laid down. I laid in bed for an hour or so before actually going to sleep.