She jerked her head up, and my breath caught when I saw her wobble on the branch she was trying to balance on. I yanked up my window and peered out into the night air. I narrowed my eyes to see her better as she opened the double doors but then widened them when I saw what she was doing. My mom probably wasn’t cooking tonight.īut then I saw the girl’s curtains open, and I stopped.Īnd for some reason, I smiled. I stood up straight, ready to just forget about it and go make myself something to eat. Or that I could hear Alice in Chains coming from her bedroom? At least I think it was her bedroom. So what if she seemed cool and liked to ride bikes? My mom drinks alcohol a lot, especially on the weekends, and all of a sudden I didn’t want to meet the blonde-haired girl next door. She probably went to the bathroom to puke. After a moment, I heard her walk away and slam a door down the hall. “Jared-” she started but didn’t continue. I was alone a lot, and she pissed me off. Actually, I didn’t know how to talk to her. I knew what was coming, and my stomach tightened. “And you can’t be friends with a girl?” Her voice cracked, and I heard her swallow. “No.” I shook my head, looking back out the window, wishing she’d go away. “I saw that we have new neighbors,” she continued.
She got sick whenever she drank the bottle drinks. She was smiling, but her eyes were teary, and her clothes were wrinkly. I turned my head to see my mom leaning on my bedroom doorframe. No one had lived there for a long time, and even before then it was just old people.Ī big tree stood between our houses, but I could still see through the green leaves. I leaned on my windowsill, checking out the house next door, alive with music and light. Other girls in my neighborhood didn’t dress like that, and she was pretty, too. There was a kid living next door now-probably ten years old like me-and I’d smiled when I saw that she wore baseballs caps and Chucks. I wanted to go and meet our new neighbors, but I was nervous. I kept repeating it over and over again, trying to get my heart to stop beating so fast.
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