So There's a New Boy Next Door...Did I Mention He's Rather Cute?

Sharon came to a stop outside of a door and knocked. “Casey our neighbours are here.” Then she opened the door and I saw before me a room full of boxes, half full and half unpacked. As I was scanning the room, I saw him. He had beautiful longish brown hair and amazing honey coloured eyes. He had a shy smile on his face and he was in the middle of unpacking a box labelled ‘books’.
“Casey, this is Skye and she lives next door to us.”
“Hi,” he said rather quietly.
“Hi,” I replied just as quietly, not sure of what else to say. We both just stood there not knowing what to do.
“Come on Casey, you’re never this quiet. You’re normally bouncing off of the walls...literally.” When she added that at the end, I couldn’t help but giggle slightly.
“Urm...” responded Casey, still unsure of what to say.
“Sharon!” called Matthew from downstairs. “Are you coming down?”
“I suppose that I’ll leave you two to it. Skye, if he doesn’t talk, he’s rude or he bores you, just come and get me, okay?” I just nodded in reply. “Now Casey, make her feel welcome. Understood?” He too just nodded in reply. Then she left, closing the door behind her. So here I was, standing in the room of a boy that I had only just met. An attractive boy at that. All I know is that his name is Casey, he is the same age as me and he has just moved in next door. We just stood there for a while longer, then finally he broke the silence.
“Hi.”
“Hi,” I replied again, shyly.
“Urm...I’m not really sure of what to say,” he admitted, blushing slightly, making me giggle a bit more.
“Me neither,” I confessed.
“So...urm...you live next door?”
“Mm-hmm,” I replied, nodding my head.
“That’s cool. What school do you go to?”
“Whitlock.”
“Cool,” he commented once more, smiling this time. “I’m starting there when summer’s over. At least I’ll know someone.” His smile was adorable. “So...is it nice around here.”
“Mm-hmm,” I nodded, I really needed to think of something constructive to say. He just giggled.
“You know...you don’t say much.”
“Sorry,” I said. “I’m just quiet around new people.”
“Haha. It’s okay, you don’t need to apologise.” He sat down on his bed and patted the empty space beside him. I just looked at him and he laughed. “Come and sit here, you look uncomfortable standing.” I went and sat down next to him. “Better?” he asked.
“Yes thanks,” I replied, he smiled at hearing this.
“So...urm...what kind of things do you like?” he tried striking up a conversation.
“Uh...” I thought about it for a while, not being able to come up with an answer.
“Do you like music?” he asked, changing the question.
“Yep,” he looked at me, asking me to carry on. “Urm, I like lots of different music.”
“Like...”
“Promise not to laugh or make fun of me?”
“Why would I possibly make fun of you?”
“Because it’s kind of weird.”
“Weird?” he asked. “Do you listen to whales or aliens or something like that?” We both burst into laughter as I shook my head no. “Well then it can’t be that weird. I promise that I will not laugh or make fun of you.” I actually felt like I could trust him, so I opened up to him.
“Okay, well I like All Time Low, Justin Bieber, Mayday Parade, Metro Station, The Maine, Lil Wayne, Escape The Fate, Drake, Bring Me The Horizon, Jason Derulo, Jonas Brothers, Taylor Swift, Asking Alexandria...and the list is a lot longer.”
He looked surprised, but he didn’t look as if he wanted to laugh.
“Okay, that is weird,” he said. “But not for the same reason that you think. It’s weird because I never thought that I’d ever meet anyone who likes all the same artists as me. Especially with all the variety. That’s just freaky, but also really cool.” Now it was my turn to be surprised. I had never met anyone who liked all of those artists either. In my opinion, he was now officially amazing.
“Really?” I asked. “That is weird.”
He just laughed, “It sure is.”
“Do you like video games?” I asked.
“I love them, what about you?”
“Same here, I love Skate 3.”
“No way! Me too! And NBA”
“Me too! And NHL!”
“Snap!” we both laughed.
“This is way freaky,” I commented.
“The freakiest,” he added. “I know I only just met you, but you’re the best neighbour that I ever had.”
“I was thinking the exact same thing about you.” It was true. “Our old neighbours had an obsession with dolls which was quite frankly, one of the scariest things that I have ever come across. Their eyes would follow you around the room. And honestly, I’ve been scarred for life; I don’t think I’ll ever get over it.”
“Ugh, that is scary. I would hate that.”
“And the lady before looked as if she had just stepped out of Halloweentown.”
“Love that film!”
“Me too!”
“High five!” he held up his hand and we high fived. I was beginning to get really comfortable around him. I don’t think that I have ever warmed up to anyone as quickly as I did with Casey. I mean as soon as we started talking, we clicked just like that. We also have so much in common. You know that feeling in your stomach when you just know that you’re going to be good friends with someone? I had that.
We had been talking for a while, I’m not sure how long, but I was having a great time. Just as we were both laughing at Casey’s impression of Hayley Williams, Sharon walked in.
“Awh, I’m so glad to see that you’re both getting along so well,” she smiled. “But it’s getting late and Skye, your mom is leaving now and wants to know if you are ready.”
“Oh, okay,” I got up to leave. “It was nice meeting you.”
“It was nice meeting you too,” beamed Casey, as his mom walked back downstairs. “I hope that I will see you again soon.”
I couldn’t help but laugh, “I only love next door, so I’m pretty sure that I’ll see you.”
“But next door’s so far, I may not see you for an hour,” he joked and I couldn’t help but laugh. We walked downstairs and we all said goodbye to each other.
Sharon hugged and kissed my cheek. “I’m so glad that you two are getting along so well. Skye, you are welcome here anytime, just come right over, and you too Michael. And Jane, I’m always here if you need anything.”
“Thank you very much,” my brother and I replied politely.
“If you need anything either, you know where I am. It was lovely to meet you all, especially you Casey. You are welcome at our house anytime. Skye will be there nearly all the time and it would do her good to have a new friend around, especially in the summer.”
“Thank you very much,” Casey replied, like my brother and myself.
We all called goodbye as my mom walked out of their door, closely followed by me and Michael. Casey waved at me and I waved back, before stepping into my house.
“Mom, I’m tired I’m going to bed,” I announced. I said goodnight to my mom and Michael before I went upstairs to change into my pyjamas.