My phone beeped and I quickly put down the pair of jeans I had decided on and picked up my phone.

Philly: Are you even ready?

I laughed, grabbing my phone and quickly replying.

No I'm in my underwear. Wanna a peak? ;)

I laughed as I threw my phone on my bed and grabbed a pair of black shorts instead.

Philly: Just hurry

I giggled, Phil invited me over to hang out at his place since his mom was still out. I organized it since I would watch for his neighbor. I had my hair in a bun, with a sleeveless white button up shirt and my black shorts.

"Mom I'm heading to Phil's, he has a hot neighbor I need to check out." I yelled out.

"Yeah sure, have fun." She yelled sarcastically, knowing I wouldn't ever get a boyfriend.

She gave up on the idea, my mother and Phil's wanted us to date but that horribly failed since we were both grossed out by the idea. That's what developed my teasing with Phil, at first it was a joke and now it's how we talk.

I rang Phil as I began to walk,and he answered after two rings.

"Where are you?" He asked and I bit my lip. We have surpassed the stage of greetings, it to the point where when his number flashes across my screen it's so casual to skip greetings and just ask whatever. We were comfortable with each other, and it's a sense of comfort.

"Well hello to you too, no I'm fine." I answered sarcastically brushing my hair out of my face as I kicked a rock on the pavement, awaiting Phil's response.

"Great to know. Are you walking over yet?" He asked me, I crossed the small road to the next block, I heard footsteps behind me, but chose to ignore it. Whoever it was would just pass me.

"Yeah, I passed Caspar's block." I said giving him a sense of my location, as I smiled thinking of the funny boy.

Caspar Lee, he was a friend of mine and Phil's. I remembered when he came over to my house for dinner with his mother and I offered to order him pizza, which he replied with a generous hug. So we snuck up and ate the pizza, getting in trouble in the process and a lecture on home cooked meals.

"Good, I wanted to ask you-" While I listened to Phil someone crashed into me from behind causing me to fall over and scrape my knee. I screamed bit dropping my phone, caring more if the screen cracked than if I broke my knee.

"Oh my god." I heard a deep voice I grabbed my phone and turned over and viewed my already bloody knee. Not cracked, I sighed in relief. I looked to the sidewalk where my blood was.

Oh my god what if a dog licked it? What if an evil scientist takes my DNA and makes a clone? I shook the stupid thoughts out of my head.

I looked up at the stranger and my eyes widened a bit. He had hair styled just like Phil's but it was lighter shade. His outfit was completely black, making his pale skin stick out. Right now his eyes were wide and his mouth was slightly open in shock. I wondered why...oh yeah he bumped into me and now I scraped my knee.

"Um..that's alright. Can you hold on a second?" I asked pressing my phone to my ear, hearing Phil call my name in worry.

"Uh I might be a bit late. Call you later." I said quickly shutting off my phone, felling bad that I would make Phil worry.

"Are you ok?" The boy said to me and I nodded looking at my bloody knee in panic. It began to hurt like shit, causing me to bite my lip.

"Not really, can you help me up?" I asked and he nodded. I held out my hand and he grabbed it helping me up, and I cling to his jacket as the blood began to pour down my leg.

"Oh my god this is worse than I thought." He said and I agreed with him because my boob began to itch. I know he was referring to my injury but having an itchy boob when an attractive stranger is holding you is worse. He had his arm around my waist, and for now I ignored the itch the butterflies were much stronger.

He smelled good. He's tall, maybe even taller than Phil, and he has earrings. Wow ten out of ten.

"It's ok, I'll just get to my friends house and he'll help me." I said awkwardly letting go of his jacket as he jerked his arm away from my waist, awkwardly scratching the back of his head like it just occurred to him that he was holding me.

"Where is this place? I could walk you if you want." He asked and I smiled brightly at the idea. That is a brilliant idea kind stranger, now put your arm around my waist. I should pretend to be hurt so he could help me.

I rolled my eyes at my immaturity and desperate thoughts.

"Just a few blocks down, nothing too far." I said in a cheery tone, I was kind of happy that this really attractive stranger is now stuck walking with me.

"Okay then how about we go?" He said and I nodded, limping with him to Phil's house. This is the first time I was in severe pain with a smile on my face.

"What's your name?" I asked, wanting to start a conversation with him.

"Dan. What about you?" He asked me and I smiled at his name. Dan. It was cute kinda like Phil's. Even though Phil and I are just friends, he was cute and I couldn't deny that. However, it'd be awkward with Phil, so let me focus on Dan.

"Anna." I replied and he smiled to himself as I still limped. We were roughly a block away, and that dimple was killing me.

"So where were you heading before you got stuck walking with me?" I asked and he laughed lightly as shoved his hands into his pockets. Hopefully that wasn't a 'oh my god I'm stuck with her' laugh, maybe it's a 'she's not that bad' laugh.

"Just home, I just moved here." He said and Phil's neighbor clicked into my head. Wow what a coincidence, why are so many people moving to Bridgewood anyways?

"Hey my friend just got a new neighbor." I said causing him to furrow his eyebrows.

"Really? What does his neighbor look like?" Dan asked me as I shrugged, wanting to explain my motives to him. Telling a stranger I wanted to check out my best friend's new neighbor isn't that bad. It's better than telling Caspar who would find out who that neighbor is and terrorize him to date me with his friends in six minutes flat. So I guess one stranger wouldn't hurt, plus it's a good way to keep this conversation going.

"I'm actually going over to spy on him. I do need another friend." I admitted, Dan wouldn't tell anyone would he? Why would he? I awaited his response but it seemed a bit too natural for him.

"Oh really? He must be a lucky guy then." Dan said causing me to blush, man I sure wish Dan moved next to me. I wonder where he moved anyway? Maybe Phil's neighbor wasn't all that great because Dan had surely set the standards high by just having a simple conversation with me.

"No one is lucky to be stalked." I joked, laughing a bit with him as I looked at my knee. I wouldn't be able to wear shorts for a long time, it's not like it's allowed anyways.

I looked towards Dan who looked at the sky while fixing his hair, modeling accidentally. He looked towards me and I quickly looked away with another slight blush.

"Well I wish you luck on this journey." Dan said as we approached Phil's block. I frowned, knowing that I might not see Dan again, he might go to the rival school instead of mine.

"There's my friend's house." I said limping a bit faster to Phil's house, and walking towards his door.

"I...live right next door." Dan said and my eyes widened as I look to the blue house next to Phil's.

Of course Dan is his neighbor, no body moves here that often. We hadn't had anyone come into this neighborhood for three years. This area is a place where everyone knows you, and if you're new your welcomed like a you're a rare species.

"Oh...I guess I don't have to spy on you." I said and smirked a bit afterwards. "Or do I?"

He swallowed nervously as I approached him, I don't know where this confidence is coming from but I locked my eyes with his. He was really tall so I had to look up, he brought his lip between his teeth.

"Anna!" Phil yelled as he ran down the steps of his house. I turned as he gasped, looking at my knee, the blood that went down my shin had dried but the wound itself was still bloody.

"Hey Philly, I kinda fell..." I said as he looked at Dan with a weird look.

"Hey I'm Dan, your neighbor. The guy who pushed Anna by accident." Dan said awkwardly as I smiled mischievously at Phil, who shook his head knowing I was ready to mess with Dan. However I ignored him and turned to Dan who looked nervous.

"Hey Dan, wanna come inside and hang out?" I asked, batting my eyelashes. He looked towards Phil then to his house, then back to me before he shrugged.

"Sure."

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