More Than Neighbors - JM

Naughty Neighbor|5

"I'm Reggie" Reggie says to my surprise in a kind way. Jonah shakes his hand and grabs what I assume are his keys.
"Y-you live next door?" I stutter and redness is spreading all over my goddamn cheeks. Jonah nods and opens his door. HE'S MY FUCKING NEIGHBOR!
"Nice to meet you two" He winks at us both but before he can close his door,
Ruby is being her impulsive self.
"We're not boyfriend and girlfriend" I say as nonchalant as possible. Jonah is giving me a face and I want to stab myself. Play it cool Rub, you got this.
"I just wanted to say we're not together" I continue, trying to make the situation less awkward.
"We don't life together and we've never kissed each other. Or have we?" I look towards Reggie and see tears rolling down his cheeks. He's laughing at me, hard and loud and I hear Jonah snicker. I can't hold myself back either and giggle. I'm such an ass for my changes with hot guys.
"Okay, good to know" Jonah grins and laughs. I'm glad he's laughing and not cringing at me. We say goodbye and Reggie jumps on my couch. I drop my bag and walk to my kitchen, opening a carton of milk and drinking it. My whole body is wavy and hot and a cold shower is what I need now. Reggie is ordering Chinese when I hop into the shower. I have the best friend ever, and I have the hottest neighbor ever!

"What the hell was that back there, you're awful with guys!" Reggie laughs as I finish my plate and whipe my mouth with a napkin. I breathe out and flop on top of Reggie's chest. We're watching Die Hard 2. Not the typical girly movie I was hoping for. But with a dad and a brother, you're used to films like these. Reggie yawns and makes himself more comfortable on my couch, involving me in the process. I lay on top of him, our legs tangled and my head in his neck.
"Sorry that I had a relationship for the past year and I forgot to flirt" I snicker and Reggie laugh. His chest vibrates.
"It's okay, he seems fine" Reggie mutters, playing with my hair.
"Fine? That man out there was beautiful PERIODT" I laugh.
"You don't call a man beautiful Rub, we're hot or handsome" Reggie looks down on me and smirks. I roll my eyes playfully and poke his chest. He let out a scream and I giggle. Jonah is indeed hot AND handsome.

I fell asleep on Reggie's chest. But the morning I woke up, he was gone. I find a note on my coffee table, telling me he showered here and went off to work. I yawn, stretch my arms and rub aggressively in my eyes. Today it pours like hell outside, that's one thing I hate about New York. The fucking weather. There is weight off my shoulders because I got a break from work. I'm going to text Austin later this day to thank him.

I look into my mirror and see my eyes laying deep into my head and dark circles surrounding them. My skin is paler than my damn wall and my hair is creasy. I just look at myself, hoping the shitty feeling will faint. But it doesn't and I feel tears welling up. Fuck, stop crying you bitch! I literally can't help it but break down at my own sight. How fucking pathetic. I sweep them away with the sleeve of my green pajamas and notice the red spots on my face, jaw and neck. I always get them when I'm crying. I decide to make some coffee, throw on some good music and shower. A hot shower, burning all the bad feelings away.

Bella moved in with Archie, I saw it on Facebook. I barely use the damn app, only when I want to play games with friends and you need to connect Facebook with the game. I think I balled my eyes when I saw her, happily moving all her stuff into his large apartment. Not even after a year he offered me to move in. He gave the bitch two weeks. Or more, you never know right? I immediately shake that thought off of me. No Ruby, he didn't cheat on you. He politely ended your relationship because he had feelings for another woman. Isn't that already cheating? Fuck it, it's not my relationship anymore. He can do whatever he wants to do. Can he?

A week later.

Aubree asked if she could end her shift early today. I had to work in the morning, Aubree at night. We needed a girls night and after looking Austin deeply into his eyes, he let her go. It's 10pm and we're just heading out of my apartment, disappearing into the dark city with loud underground clubs and tons of vodka. I'm wearing black fleared pants with a lace body, red lipstick and my hair in a low bun. I never was that of a doll like Aubree, who likes to look like fucking James Charles when she's leaving the house. We exchange looks before I open my door to check each others looks.
"You're drop dead gorgeous Rub" Aubree smiles and I feel my cheeks heat up. She's always the one who gets the most attention from men, she loves it, she carves it. I've never experienced being single while going to clubs. I was the type of 'I'm sober but dancing and I need to take care of my drunk best friend' girl. Aubree knows I'm going all in tonight and she rubs my arms repeatedly.

"You're not forced to dance on someone's lap, not forced to kiss someone and you're definitely not forced to have sex tonight" She says sweet but I know she doesn't mean all of it and I laugh lowly.
"But it would be fucking nice if I did so!" I laugh and I swing my door open, turning the light off in my livingroom before stepping into the hallway.
"Thank you jezus, that's what I needed to hear, I suck being a holy best friend" She smirks evilly and I can't stop taking that face of her serious. We step into the elevator and when we walk into the lobby of my building, my breath hitches. I don't know if it's because of the three vodka shots we took at my place, but I'm seeing stars. That's a lie, I'm shitting stars because Jonah is walking right into us.

"All dressed up, girls night?" He asks sweetly. I nod like a dumb bitch with my mouth half open and I hear Aubree snicker next to me. When Austin would say something like that I would've marked it as pervert behavior. But the way it comes out of this mans mouth makes my panties, well uhm, you get it.
"Well have fun Ruby and..." His looking at Aubree with a questionable look.

This is the perfect opportunity for her to flirt with him but to my surprise she doesn't. She just shakes his hand and says her name. No wink, no dark eyes, no lip lick or bottomlip bite. Jonah indeed only winks at me when he passes me and I almost faint at his scent. Most people don't like dominating perfume but this is different. I like it and I want to keep it around me all day. I want to smell like him and wear his clothes so that's it's mixed with the way he naturally smells.
"I see you've laid your eye on your neighbor" Aubree blurts out and I'm glad he disappeared in the elevator a long time ago.
"I only know his name is Jonah and that he smells goo- and yeah I definitely did Aubree what do I do?" I laugh with a panicky expression and Aubree squeezes my arm.
"First fun, than you can go back to you naughty neighbor okay?" She smirks and I hate when she does that. I just want to sprint back up, fuck the elevator. Knock on his door and when he opens it, I'll push him against it and kiss the living shit out of him. Letting my hands brush through his thick brown locks and let him explore my body. I would die if he did. Literally.

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