The Neighbors - Chapter List

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Chapter ONE

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The Neighbors - TWO

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Sidenote: I’m so sorry if you’re on mobile lol this is gonna be long as shit (why does the “read more” thing not work on mobile)

5:00 AM on Monday morning came entirely too soon.  With the ability to select college courses all in the afternoon for my last semester, I'd been sleeping in until 11 o'clock in the morning.  It certainly didn't help that I'd been sleeping past noon the last few days I was at home on my "summer break."  There was something about finishing college that made me exhausted.  I would have thought I'd be energetic and stoked to greet the days void of research papers and group presentations, but instead, it was like every single all-nighter I ever pulled was catching up to me.

I threw on the new lavender scrubs my father bought for me and proceeded with my morning routine.  I made sure I had a lunch packed.  Since I was trying to be healthy, I packed a salad with some chicken I'd prepared the night before and some popcorn.  I loved popcorn.  I printed and filled out all of the grown-up paperwork I had to turn in to the company to make sure I got medical insurance coverage and direct deposit to my bank account every two weeks.  I felt like such an adult, having to do all of the background checks, I-9s, W-4s, and whatever other legal paperwork the company had to do before I could officially start work.  Then again, I had to call my dad about forty times in the process of filling out the forms because I had no idea what they were asking me.  Maybe I wasn't actually an adult just yet.

The Neighbors - ONE

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SO I don't know if I’m sticking with this title but give the first chapter a read and let me know what you think! :)

It was hot.  When my dad told me that my new home, Easton, would be in the mountains of North Carolina, I was expecting that sort of non-humid, pleasantly warm weather during the summer.  I always watched movies with old people living in the mountains whose wardrobe didn't extend past long-sleeved flannels and jeans.  However, on this densely-humid, 98-degrees-er of a Saturday, I was dripping sweat in just shorts and an old college t-shirt.  It didn't help that I was standing in the back of my dad's trailer while he took an eternity to decide what we needed to carry into my new apartment next.  It was basically like standing in an oven.

"Let's just take the couch," I said, using my thumbs to scoop the sweaty hair off of the back of my neck and into a high bun on the top of my head.  I felt cooler for a moment, but the moment ended when I stepped backward into the sun and felt the heat burning down directly on my neck.  "Then we can come back for the dresser and mirror," I said, stepping back into the trailer.  It was the last three things we needed to unload, but by far the heaviest things.  We'd been unloading for the last hour - boxes, lamps, clothes, shoes.

Hey guys!!! It has been a long, LONG while. I’ve been working hard on my mental health as well as getting on my feet after college and stuff and it’s been crazy! I’ve been trying so hard to continue Constant but I’ve really hit a creative wall with that one.  I’m not ending it - I’m not trashing it - I’m just going to start another story while I try and figure out how to continue it!! I don't want to end it abruptly like I did with TT&AL because that’s not fair to you guys!! Just give me some time to work it out. 

In the meantime... I’m excited for this new story and I’m excited to have at least some of my writing mojo back! I’m going to post the first chapter a little later this afternoon :) 

For those of you that stuck around through my unannounced hiatus, I really appreciate it more than you know.  For those of you who left and I hope somehow see this, I really hope I can win back your love with this next story! <3

PS who the FUCK is ready for Dunkirk??? not me??? are any of us?? 

Chapter 11: I punched him again.

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"Would you mind passing me another box?" Harry asked.

I slipped a cardboard box into my fingers and dropped it onto the floor, sliding it across the hard slats of the wooden floor of the room to Harry. "Tape," I warned him as he caught the box under his foot and looked up for me to toss him the clear tape.  As I returned to picking things up off of his desk and placing them in a cardboard box of my own, I glanced his way and watched him extend all sides of the box and quickly slap some tape across the bottom of the box.  He was wearing a faded blue "Holbrooke" shirt and some jeans with his hair down.  He extended his long, inked arm across the expanse of his wooden dresser and slid it across the top so that everything fell into the box he'd just taped together.  He placed the now full box on the bare mattress of his bed with a few other boxes we'd filled and taped shut.

Harry's phone was playing the Weekly Top Hits playlist on Spotify. The door to the room was shut so that we were secluded from the rest of the Kappa Sig house.  After Jackson left my apartment the day before, Harry stayed with me the rest of the afternoon.  He didn't speak much, but rather listened to me talk and finally suggested we watch a movie, probably since he didn't want to talk.  Much this morning and afternoon, he didn't speak either, but I didn't take it personally. I know when I got angry or upset, I more than often got into my own head as well.  I just hoped he wasn't thinking that I was a part of the reason that he was kicked out of the frat.  Cameron was never kicked out because he was friends with me.  But then again, he was never  into me the same way that Harry was.  

hey guys! just updated and I hope you enjoy.  i’m turning off anon messages for a bit because the hate for not posting enough has gotten to be way crazier than i ever would have imagined. please don't let that stop you from coming and talking to me though, i love having what you have to say about the stories and the characters. <3 

Chapter 10: "It's just a surprise, is all."

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"If you could have any job in the world - like, do anything in the world as an occupation - regardless of qualification or how much money you'd make, what would it be?"

Harry stared up at the ceiling.  "I would travel the world for a job.  Does that count?"

I shrugged.  "I suppose."

"Ever since I saw that movie Madagascar with the talking animals and dancing lemurs when I was younger, I've wanted to go there," he said, chuckling.  I laughed too.  I'd be lying if I said I hadn't thought something similar when I was younger.  Harry asked, "What about you?"

Chapter Nine: “I’m in Heaven.”

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"It was awkward."

"Sounds like the only reason it was awkward was because you made it awkward."

"Well we made out until his mom and Cameron woke up and started walking around... Then we just... stopped..."

"Did Cameron and Harry's mom know y'all were making out all morning?"

"No, Eliza. When they woke up, we all got dressed in normal clothes and started shoveling snow. After that, I went home."

"You got dressed in more of Harry's clothes?" My roommate asked.

"No. My clothes from the day before."

"That's a shame," Eliza muttered.  I had to agree with her.  I thought about being in his warm pajamas and mentally sighed with contentment.  Being in more of Harry's clothes would have been nice, especially since mine smelled bad from being caught in the storm the day before we got snowed in to Harry's house. On top of that, I thought I was going to freeze on my hike back home on that morning. Eliza sighed. "So you stopped your 'amazing' make-out session to shovel snow... and you haven't talked to Harry since."

Thank you so so much! I’m glad I get to share my stories with such appreciative people! Much love <3 

hey my dudes!

So I’ve decided I’m very tired of like beating around the bush with my life so I’m gonna be so so honest in this little blurb while I take a break from writing one of the trillion papers I have due this week! You can read if you want or not, I JUST NEED TO GET THIS OFF MY CHEST.  If you choose not to read, that’s no prob at all, I hope you’re having a great April and just know I’m gonna post a new chapter toward the end of this week :) 

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Chapter Eight: "Don't apologize."

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"Do you have a nine?"

"Go fish."

"Do you have a queen?"

"Go fish."

"Do you have a three?"

"Go fish."

"Do you have a queen?"

"Dammit, Harry," Dana muttered, slapping her card down on the ground.  The smug grin of the queen on the playing card matched the triumphant grin on Harry's. Dana shoved her son's shoulder, forcing him to catch his balance and sit up straight before he toppled over to the floor. "I just asked Rory for a nine," she whined.

Chapter Seven: “Much better.”

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"Rory Jane Alexander, how many times am I going to have to ask you to help me with the Christmas decorations??" My mom shouted from the step-stool she was wobbling on. She was trying to hold up thick, green garland tangled with christmas lights.  At the same time, she was trying to use her other hand and a push-pin to pin the garland in the wall. By herself, she was unsuccessful. My father and I were comfortable on our own couches, trying to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade on the TV that half of my mother's body was blocking.

"Why can't dad help?" I asked, picking a thread off of the hole in my torn jeans.

My father shook his head violently at me.  I know he was mad at me for suggesting he get out of his comfy chair and do some work on one of his few days off.  My mother gave up on the spot she was attempting to pin into the wall and turned to glare at the two of us. My father shot up from his seat and hurried toward the kitchen, waving his hand at me. "I have to baste the turkey. RJ, help your mom."