my next door neighbor

three; moving in

after dinner, maddie and i headed upstairs. and hung out. usually we stay up until 6 am, but i was so exhausted, and i knew i had to wake up early to help move in. so, we went to bed around eleven.

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i woke up to hayden knocking on the bedroom door.

"bro what are you doing it's literally 6:30 am" maddie groaned

"um the moving truck is almost here and breakfast is ready" he answered opening the door a little bit

maddie rolled out of bed and shuffled over to the door just to slam it in hayden's face

"shut. up." she said with her eyes half open. she walked back over to her bed and face planted right on my knee

"ouchhhh. what was that for" i whined

"shut up"

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after a couple minutes of waking up, i finally gathered the energy to get out of bed and eat breakfast

"they're awake!" mrs white yelled

i turned around to see maddie practically sleepwalking down the wooden stairs

"took long enough" hayden mumbled

"here, have some eggs and toast, i'll get the chocolate milk" mrs white pulled out a chair for me to sit in

i rubbed my eyes and started scarfing down the food

"thank you all for helping me and liv out," my mom said as she put away her dishes

"really alison, it's no big deal," mr white answered, "in fact, we want to help you both out, and so do the neighbors"

"tim! (maddie's dad) you didn't have to get anyone else!" my mom replied, "its not like we have that many things anyways between the two of us"

we all laughed

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as i was putting my dishes away, i heard a knock on the door

"maddie, could you go get that please?" mrs white asked her

maddie opened the door to a tall boy and a lady, which i think was his mom

"hey griffin!" maddie swung open the door and gave him a hug

first of all, who tf is griffin. and how do i not know about him.

"hey mads!"

he walks through the doorway with his mom.

he had messy dark hair, and a jawline that could cut diamonds. he wore an oversized tshirt and sweatpants, with some vans. his eyes were a dark chocolate brown. (a/n: griffin is played as young keanu reeves🥺)

"hi, im griffin" he held out his hand for me to shake

i shook it gently, but he had a firm grip

"so, liv this is my friend i was telling you about" maddie said as she put a shoulder on him

"oh right!" i do a fake smile

i- maddie definitely never told me about griffin. sis what

"the truck is here!" hayden yelled through the house

we all walked over to the house through maddie's backyard.

"so how long have you been friends with maddie?" i asked griffin as i try to start up a conversation

"around two years, ever since i moved here"

friend of two years? and i didn't even know who he was?

"oh, so you live near here?" i asked

"um yea," he laughed softly, "i live right behind you"