You Are My Favorite "What If" (Peterick)

01: The New Neighbors

So this is my first actual fanfiction I have written besides the Doctor Who and SuperWho ones. This one actual has chapters. So if y'all have any comments about it, please let me know. So, I guess let the story begin.

*Pete's POV*

I was on my way home from school on my bike, listening to one of my favorite bands,Panic! at the Disco. I was only a few streets away from my house when noticed a moving truck go by. It was headed in the same direction as me. A few seconds after, a car passed by with a Florida license plate. If that family is from Florida then they had a long drive to Illinois. I continued to ride my bike home. I reached my street and noticed the same moving truck and car next to my house. I didn't catch a glimpse of the family. I just put my bike up and went inside to grab a snack.

It was always the same questions from my mom when I got home. "How was school? Learn anything new? Make any new friends?" It was honestly kind of annoying, hearing the same questions every single day. I usually just gave her one-word answers to her questions like, "Fine. No. Nope." What am I supposed to say? I'm a 17 year old boy. "Yo, author, I'm a young man for your information." Anyways, I don't like being questioned cause it just puts me on the spot. Plus, I've been using my brain all day at school. I'm at least trying to pass my classes.

I went up to my room after grabbing my snack. I set my backpack down on my bed. I didn't really have much to do so I just unplugged my earbuds and let the sound of Brendon Urie's voice fill the air. I relaxed onto my bed as I listened to the final song of the Pretty. Odd. album.

The poor son of a humble chimney sweep
Fell to a cheap crowd
So stay asleep and put on that cursive type
You know we live in a toy.
Paul Cate's bought himself a trumpet from the Salvation Army
But there ain't no sunshine in his song
We must reinvent love
Reinvent love
Reinvent love
He took the days for pageant
Became as mad as rabbits
With bushels of bad habits
Who could ask for anymore?
Yea who could have more.
We must reinvent love
Reinvent love
Reinvent love

Once the song was finished, I let the rest of music play on shuffle. I stood up from my bed and started making my way to the door. I stopped before I could leave my room. I decided to look out the window to see if I could possibly catch a glimpse of the new neighbors. I still didn't see anybody except for the movers unloading the truck. I made my way downstairs to get yet another snack. I'm a growing boy, okay? Don't judge me. I grabbed some crackers and a glass of water. We didn't have a lot of interesting food.

I finished eating my snack and went on a bike ride just for fun. I know, I'm one of those weirdos who does physical activity for fun. I went to the garage to get my bike and when I walked out of the garage, I finally caught a glimpse of one of the members of the family who just moved in. He looked short, but only a few inches shorter than me. He was wearing a red cardigan that covered almost the entirety of his hand except for his fingers. He was wearing a black and white t-shirt underneath the cardigan. He had strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes, I think. We made eye contact for at least 2 seconds and he just gave a little smile. I thought that smile was adorable. I thought he was adorable. What am I doing? I don't even know his name and I already think he's adorable. Oh, I forgot to mention earlier, I'm bisexual. I am slightly more attracted to males than females. Maybe that's why I think he's adorable. I'll have to talk to him sometime. I put my earbuds in and started listening to Twenty One Pilots.

*Patrick's POV*

I saw the new neighbor. He was walking out of his garage with a bike. I was never into physical activity. He looked kind of edgy. Black hair, some tattoos on his arms. He was wearing a plain gray t-shirt with some jeans. I never understood people who wore jeans in summer, but who am I to talk. I'm wearing a cardigan and jeans right now. I guess I shouldn't really judge people based on what they wear. We made eye contact for a few seconds. He had these beautiful amber eyes. The way the seemed brighter when the sunlight hit them. They were marvelous. I gave a small smile to him before he rode off on his bike. It be nice to actually talk to him, but I am very shy when meeting new people.

I went back inside to help my parents unpack some stuff from boxes. We started in the kitchen and made our way around the house. We didn't really have any food to eat right now, so we went out for dinner. We ended up going Buffalo Wild Wings. I had BWW when I was younger, but I don't really remember the taste of it.

After dinner, we came back home. The moving truck was gone. I couldn't really sleep anywhere until everything was put together. There was still some light outside and the temperature had gone down, so I went for a short walk. On the way back, I noticed the lights next door were still on, so I walked up to the door and knocked three times.