The Boy Next Door

Chapter 12

Brent's POV

When Mel opened the door, she looked beautiful.

I was speechless but I had to play it cool.

I said, "Hey. I'm Brent and I'm your new neighbor."

Melanie looked like she was about to fall, but instead she closed the door in my face.

"Ok. I'll wait here," I said to myself.

Melanie's POV

I shut the door in Brent's face and screamed! Did that really just happen?! Did I really just slam the door in Brent's face?! Shit!

I quickly opened the door to see a very handsome Brent looking down the street.

"Sorry about that, Brent. Just a fangirl moment," I said to him. "It won't happen again I promise."

"Oh it's fine. It's kinda cute," he said winking at me.

Did he just call me cute?!

"Haha. Yes I did."

"Sorry. I do that a lot," I told him.

"It's fine. Oh by the way, happy birthday!" Brent said to me then handed me some beautiful red roses.

"Aw. Thank you! My name is Rose actually," I told him. "How did you know today was my birthday?"

"Well," he started," there was your tweet last night, that car over there says 'Happy Birthday Mel!' and we planned this 3 days ago."

I started to blush, then I got confused.

"Wait-" I said but he cut me off.

"Before we talk, would you want to go get some food?" he asked me.

I was shocked that THE Brent Rivera asked ME out on a date, if that's what you want to call it.

"Sure! There's a Taco Bell in the next town over," I told him. What? Knowing him, he's gonna want to know where the closest Taco Bell is. "Let me go and grab some money before we go," I said turning to my house.

"No. No. No. It's your birthday, so I pay," he said sweetly.

"Are you sure?" I asked him.

"Yes. Now let's go get some food!"

We got in my car, and the first thing I had to do was put the radio on. Once it was on, I heard my favorite One Direction song was on and of course, I had to sing it. I think Brent recorded my terrible singing, but I don't care.

Maybe it's the way she walked

Straight into my heart and stole it

Through the doors and past the guards

Just like she already owned it

I said can you give it back to me

She said never in your wildest dreams

And we danced all night to the best song ever

We knew every line now I can't remember

How it goes but I know that I won't forget her

Cause we danced to the best song ever

I think it went oh oh oh

I think it went yeah yeah yeah

I think it goes...

Said her name was Georgia Rose

And her daddy was a dentist

Said I had a dirty mouth

But she kissed me like she meant it

I said can I take you home with me

She said never in your wildest dreams

And we danced all night to the best song ever

We knew every line now I can't remember

How it goes but I know that I won't forget her

Cause we danced to the best song ever

I think it went oh oh oh

I think it went yeah yeah yeah

I think it goes...

You know I know you know I'll remember you

And I know you know I know you'll remember me

You know I know you know I'll remember you

And I know you know I hope you'll remember how we danced

how we danced

1, 2.. 1, 2, 3

And we danced all night to the best song ever

We knew every line now I can't remember

How it goes but I know that I won't forget her

Cause we danced to the best song ever

I think it went oh oh oh

I think it went yeah yeah yeah

I think it goes...

And we danced all night to the best song ever

We knew every line now I can't remember

How it goes but I know that I won't forget her

Cause we danced to the best song ever

I think it went oh oh oh

I think it went yeah yeah yeah

I think it goes...

Best song ever

It was the best song ever.

After the song ended, we told each other funny stories, and we finally pulled up to Taco Bell.

We ordered our food and sat at a booth.

Brent told me how our parents set this up when my dad figured out that they were moving. Then I saw Brent look down at my wrists.

"Wait. What's on your arm?" he asked after he finished eating.

"I fell off my longboard," I told him using the same story I told everyone.

" You're lying," Brent said looking right into my blue eyes with his perfect brown eyes.

"How did you know?"

"You look down when you lie," he said. "Now tell me."

"Ok. Just promise you won't tell anybody."

"I promise."

"I cut my self a few times," I told him sadly.

"Why would you do that to yourself?!" Brent asked almost yelling at me.

"It's a long story, Brent. I don't want to bore you with it all."

He looked at me then said, "We have time, Mel. Tell me. I want to help you."

"The first one was because my mom died. The second one is because my dad is getting married to his girlfriend, who I can't stand. The third one is because people started to make fun of me just because I was wearing something my mom made for me before she died. And the final one was because I lost my best friend, Alex, because cut herself too deep."

By the time I was done, I was crying. I guess it's a good thing that I wore waterproof mascara today.

Brent sat next to me and gave me a huge hug and I didn't want to let go.

We pulled apart and just stared into each other's eyes and before I knew it, our lips met.