The Boy Next Door

part one

Jessica's p.o.v
'It happened again today. I peeked past my blue curtains,and looked at the house next door. I couldn't see a single thing. Then,as I gazed hard at the kitchen area,I saw the same figure. But,it went as quickly as it came.'
I looked up from my diary,my brow narrowed in concentration. I was confused,and annoyed. Me,mum and James had been living in this house for over 2 years,and yet the neighbours hadn't introduced themselves. Then again,we hadn't,but only because mum insisted that it was polite for the neighbours to say 'hi' first. Sometimes,me and James though that no one actually lived there,and the shadow was a trick of the light. Sighing,I closed the smooth leather bound diary and placed it back underneath my mattress. As I ran my hand through my curly shoulder length hair,the front door slammed open.
"Jessica! James! I'm home!"Our mother yelled.
My mother was in her thirties. She constantly worked,as our dad had died a couple of years ago,leaving her with a to nave daughter and a young son. Her mahogany coloured hair was constantly in a messy bun,and her azure eyes were now dull. My mothers name was Angel,and she certainly lived up to it.

We all sat around the dinner table,me in a comfy black sweater,mum still in her work suit and James in his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles PJs.
" How was your day James?"
"Mega boring. All we learnt about today was animals. Oh,and I got sent to the headmaster." Mum looked up in alarm,her eyes flashing at her 6 year old son.
"James!What did you do?!"
"Well,Miss said I wasn't paying attention so she asked me questions about animals." My brother ruffled his floppy blonde hair."she first asked,'what do we get from the big pig?'I told her bacon. She nodded and asked what did we get from the chickens,and I said eggs."James stopped and cheekily grinned at me."Then she said,"OK James finally,what do we get from the fat cow?"I turned to her and said "homework"." My mothers mouth dropped open as i choked on my pizza roll. After taking a drink,I giggled at James. His baby blue eyes lit up,as his chubby cheeks went red
"James Zodiac Harris! What have I told you about this!? It is very inappropriate-"I drowned the rest of my mothers speech out. Gazing out of the window, I saw that the sky was now the colour of a fuzzy peach,whilst violet and rose pink was streaked against it.

Authors note:The picture is what I think Jess would look like. As you've might of guesses,this is not a fanfiction, this is purely my writing, my idea, my storyline. I hope you enjoy, if you don't,that is perfectly alright! Just tell me what could be improved, it would really help!
Bye!!

Larissa