The Girl Next Door

Chapter 2

It was the next day, the alarm buzzed at 8am and I got up with a new motive on my mind. I thought I was in love, but was I really in love or just obsessed? My nights would go by, thinking about her, looking at her pictures, imagining all my fantasies with her.

I got up from the bed and went to the washroom to freshen up. I splashed water on my face and brushed my teeth. I decided to shave my face and then took a cold shower. I loved cold showers. It'd bring chills but freshen me up. I got out of the bathroom and checked my phone for any extra classes today. I had enrolled for the college band of which Lily was a part of. This was only so that I could spend as much time as possible with Lily, looking at her and admiring her.

I opened my closet and chose a white t-shirt with thick red strips on the chest area. To compliment with my t-shirt I took out my favourite, navy blue pants. I quickly put on the outfit and went downstairs. Mom was fast asleep so I didn't wake her up. Usually she would've gotten up, made me my black coffee and pancakes but yesterday she'd come late from work, so I thought of not bothering her.
My parents had been long separated and happy in their lives, atleast this is what I could say for my father. He left us when I was 4. He would still come and visit me until I turned a teen. Every year on my birthday I receive gifts from him and his ever changing girlfriends. My father never tried to built a relationship with me and I'm actually fine with it. All my life I've been with my Mom and she is both my father and my mother.

The clock hit 8:40 am and I had to rush. Lily would come to college by 9:15 am and it would take me at the least 20 mins to reach college. I wouldn't want to miss her soft skin glow, my first favourite thing in the morning.

I quickly made bread for me and some black coffee. Wore my loafers, took my books and bag and headed straight out of the house.

You know, when there are times in your life when you are struck with an unexplained emotion. Its just empty, hollow, no feelings at all. You seem totally fine from the outside and you perceive yourself to be fine, but when dusk arrives, the hollowness starts crawling up to you, like that spider on a web, crawling towards it's prey. You know something's not right with you but you still choose to let that feeling consume you and then it becomes you.

The time had already reached its brim. I was so close to miss seeing Lily. My mind keeps quoting adjectives for her and I can't seem to control or stop it for that matter. I'd never felt something like this before. The adrenaline rush I'd get was so much like when on a roller coaster ride. I took out my camera and waited behind that white wall for Lil. She would enter any minute.