My Best Friend... or Potentially More

Chapter 1

Okay so this is my first story here on Wattpad. Hope you guys like it. Please give me some feedback and tell me what you think.

- Maria

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Jane's POV

It was the last night of summer before we started school the next day, and I was dreading it because I couldn't face my best friend Xavier not after what happened that night between us at the party. I had been avoiding him all summer long, it wasn't easy considering he lived right next door to me.

Xavier and I have been friends since we were 5. I remember how we became friends like it was just yesterday.

***Flashback***

My family and I had to move from our old home in Arizona to our new home in California because that's were my dad's new job was.

My mom and dad were unloading boxes off the moving truck while I was playing on the driveway with my brand new pink ball that I had gotten for my birthday.

I saw the next door neighbors walk across the yard towards where my parents were.

"Hi there you must be the new neighbors. My name is Jackie Smith and this is my husband Kevin."

"Well hello, my name is Margret Thomas and this my husband Michael and this is my daughter Jane."

"Well isn't she the cutest thing. We have a son named Xavier who is about her age. How wonderful now Xavier has someone to play with."

I wasn't completely thrilled with the idea of being set up with play dates especially if it was with a boy.

I left my parents talking to the neighbors and went back to playing with my ball. The ball rolled away from me and I ran after it not paying attention to what I was doing.

The next thing I knew I was on the floor with some boy I didn't know on top of me.

I heard my mom screaming my name. I saw my parents and the neighbors running towards me and this strange boy who was still on top of me for some reason.

"Jane are you okay? Are you hurt?," my mom said.

"Mom I'm fine. What happened?"

"Honey you ran into the street after the ball and a car was coming. Luckily this little boy pushed you out of the way before you got hit and run over," my mom said.

Mrs. Smith started to yell, "Xavier are you crazy? You could have gotten hurt!"

"Mom I was just trying to save her that's all."

"I'm sorry baby I shouldn't have yelled, but what were you thinking?"

"I was thinking that the new neighbor couldn't get run over before we got to be friends."

"Oh, Xavier you scared me half to death. Promise me you won't do that ever again do you hear me?"

"I promise I won't ever do that again mom."

"Okay then, lets get you off poor Jane she's probably squished under you."

"Oh yeah I forgot."

As he got off me my dad pulled me up off from the ground checking if I had any cuts or scrapes. Once my dad was done inspecting me, I walked over to the boy who I guess was my next door neighbor Xavier.

"Thanks for saving me. My name is Jane."

"Hi I'm Xavier, you know you should be more careful."

"I will I just wanted to get my ball before it got run over."