You're the reason why passwords exist
It's sunday morning and yesterday's setting up was hectic but we managed to set everything up by Midnight but by this morning mum and dad were still asleep so breakfast wasn't available hence why I am sitted in a café right now sipping on hot coffee while watching NSB YouTube videos.
I feel a tap on my shoulder, I turn around to see a quite tall girl with a shy smile on her face staring at me.
"Um..sorry but you look like a newbie around here because I have never seen you before and your emerald eyes are quite unique" she says, I'm quite stunned by her words and feel
awkward, "I just moved here yesterday from chicago and thank you for the compliment" I managed to reply, Her shy smile broadens at my reply " oh that's so cool , I'd love to go to Chicago one day though" she says thoughtfully, i only nod as a reply, if only she knows the bad events that place caused me, "I'm Clara by the way" she says while holding out her hand , "I'm chloe" I reply while shaking her outstretched hand and that's how I made my first new friend in New york.
Clara and I spent the whole of this morning talking and I got to know that we will be attending the same school and I'm low-key happy that atleast I won't be a loner on the first day of school, and that reminds me... I check the time and its already noon!
"um Clara? , thank you for making my day but I need to get home now before mum and dad get furious" I say while standing up, "it's fine, infact I can walk you home if you want....I might as well get familiar with where you live" she says with a cheeky grin, I reply with a nod and a similar grin as we both walk out of the café.
When we get to the front of my house Clara looks stunned and Is staring at something.....which I learn is actually a someone when I trace the direction her wide eyes are looking at. Its the brown-eyed boy next door...and...he's shirtless!!(side eye). He looks over to us and simply looks away like we aren't there, I reluctantly drag my eyes from his torso (reluctant being the keyword) and look over to Clara who's still staring , with a sigh I pinch her cheeks which makes her jump back to reality.
"Why were you staring at him like that?" I ask, she just sighs and says "never mind that for now you will find out by Monday" , I nod. "So... this is my home" I say gesturing over to the house , what I wasn't expecting was to hear a squeal and to see her jumping like a 5 year old.
"Chloe!!! You live here????? , this is like a mansion! You must be like filthy rich and shiii" she practically says between squeals,"girlll, calm down! You are so dramatic" I say bursting into a fit of laughter, "okay okay , I'm calm but I can't wait for when I will get to see the inside though because the outside is givingggggg" she says, "don't worry when I get familiar with this place soon enough we will have sleep overs" I say, "I can't wait , see you on Monday chloe" she says as she turns to walk away, I wave back walking into my house not without giving a glance to where the brown-eyed boy next door was, only to see that he's not there anymore.
I walk into the wafting smell of blueberry pancakes , as if on cue my stomach growls so I walk to the kitchen and see my mum dancing to a 90's song while watching the pancakes, I go to hug her from behind which makes her jump a little from shock, I giggle. "Hey mum, hope I didn't waste time?"I ask, "not really, atleast you came back in one piece" she says playfully. I kiss her cheek and walk up to my room. With a sigh I hop on my bed facing the window only to see brown-eyed boy next door just coming out of the shower and let me just say it was a sight to behold...as if he felt my gaze his head snapped towards my direction and I immediately averted my gaze to the ceiling suddenly finding it interesting to look at, after sometime I look through my window to see if he is still there and he is , infact he's staring directly at me with his phone up and a smirk on hes face... I think he's taking pictures of me!! , with a huff of embarrassment I shut my curtain. At this rate if this is going to be a constant occurrence then I think I'd be fine with closed curtains 247. There's just something off about him but I can't quite place a finger on it....but one thing I know is I need to get his phone and delete what ever picture he has of me but how can I do that when I don't even know anything about him or even his family. As if on cue my mum knocks on my door, "come in mum you know I don't lock my door" I say, she walks in with a mischievous glint in her eye that I don't like, " honey, please dress up the family next door invited us for dinner"
She says, "mooooom! You know im not into socialising" I whine, " if you agree I will make pie for you tomorrow " she says , "ughhhhhhhhh fine!" I whine , she just giggles while shaking her head like she finds me amusing then she walks out leaving me to my thoughts.
But when I think about it..... brown eyed boy is the neighbour next door.... so I may be able to delete my picture from his phone! I can't just thank earth enough for being in my favour at this point.
I get up and go to my closet picking out ripped jeans and a grey hoodie to wear in the evening , I walk up to the bed and drift into a deep sleep. Suddenly all I can see is darkness and all I hear is a familiar sinister laugh, a voice booms "you can't be loved and you won't be" it says, I cant bear the hurtful words I crouch to the ground crying and screaming and asking it to stop but it doesn't, with a jolt I wake up, realising it was just one of those dreams that I get on a daily I roll my eyes and turn on my phone to check the time and see its already evening so I dress up and rush downstairs to check up on mom and dad , I see them already dressed sitting at the dining like they were waiting for me. "I was just about to come upstairs and check on you honey, lets go" Mom says, then we all head out to the neighbours doorstep , we knock just twice when the devil himself answers the door, he's dressed up in a simple polo and joggers. "Evening Mr and Mrs micah(yes that's my last name, sue me!!) , he say with a toothy grin showing off his dimples, mom and dad replicate his smile and settle down in the living room while brown eyed boy (I'm going to keep calling him that until I figure out his name) goes upstairs to call his parents. Soon they came downstairs, " evening neighbours" says a lovely looking lady which I suppose is his mum. "It's so nice to meet you mrs Carter" my mum replies, oh....Carter is his last name.. okay....I guess I'm making progress in this knowing his name thing.
"This is my last child, chloe" my mum pushes me towards mrs Carter as she introduces me. "Hello young lady, you're quite a pretty girl" mrs Carter says, making me blush a bit. I look for my dad and sight him talking with Mr Carter at the dining already. Well, this is cute but I'm bored and really want to go home, but I feel like I'm forgetting something...hmm..... just give me a minute....my brain is at 99%.....1% left......ding ding ding!! The picture.
My eyes scan the room for the devil himself, I see him going up the stairs probably to his room and being a daring girl that I am I followed him. I get up to what I suppose is his room , placing my ear to the door to hear any sign of movement and to my luck I hear him go into the bathroom {probably to go pour out all the shit he's made of}, I quietly open his door , feeling like a ninja all of a sudden , I turn on my phone light because the room is pitch black. I managed to see his phone laying on his bed , I quickly pick it up and turn it on feeling a bit relaxed that I'm about to get over with this, but as soon as I turn on the phone I am greeted by a password!
I think it would have been easier to guess the dude's password if I tried a bit to know something about him like his favourite colour, pet , middle name , even he's first name that I still don't know. I decide to try my luck with his last name, I'm too busy typing away to notice that I'm not alone anymore, I feel a hand at least 2 times bigger than mine on my shoulder, my eyes grow wide at the touch. A deep husky voice whispers into my ear, "You're the reason why passwords exist". I freeze on the spot.