Chapter One

{ Moving In }

 You finally pulled up to the driveway and parked your car. You opened your door and a sudden heatwave hit you straight away. You could feel yourself melting as you walked to the back of your car. You opened the trunk of your car and put your hands on your hips and shook your head. You had so much to unpack and in this heat, you were having second thoughts.

 A sudden chill came down your back, you had a feeling you were being.. Watched. You shifted your eyes up and saw the house next to you, it was a decent house. The window curtain was pushed to the side and a little girl was staring at you through the window. You lifted an eyebrow and gave her a small wave with your fingers, feeling a little awkward. The little girl shuts the curtain immediately releasing a sigh from you.

''Hopefully this neighborhood isn't as weird as the one I just barely moved from.'' you think to yourself, chewing on the inside of your cheek.

 You shut your trunk and pulled out your phone as you felt it buzz. When you took it out, you rolled your eyes as you saw that it was your ex-boyfriend trying to call you. You just declined and stuffed it back into your pocket. You left your recent place because your ex-boyfriend was absolutely psycho. You couldn't even remember why you were with him in the very first place.

 But whatever the reason was, it faded away real quick. You were moving into the house right next to the decent house with the girl who was recently staring at you. You decided to see what your house looked like before unpacking, just to see if you wanted to stay or not. As you started to head towards your house, you hear a door burst open. Your head turns and you saw the little girl running out of the house, but she was holding a water bottle.

 The closer she got, the more you realized.. She had two water bottles, not just one.

''Hi!'' she greets.

 The first thing you noticed was that she was missing her two front teeth. You smiled and bent over and she finally reached you.

''Hello there, what might your name be?'' you ask, smiling.

''Mary! Mary Adler!'' she answers, give you a cheeky smile.

 You froze as you heard that last name. Adler.. That name.. It sounded somewhat familiar. But before you could fully think it out, the door opened and a tall, muscular man came storming out, yelling Mary's name.

''Mary! Mary where did you g– MARY!'' he shouts, finally spotting mary.

 She turns around and groans as he stomps his way up to her. He reaches her and kneels down in front of her, placing his hands on her tiny little shoulders.

''What are you doing out here Mary?'' he asks, his eyes full of concern.

''I was giving this young woman some water.'' she says, pointing at you.

 His eyes swing up to you, his eyes meeting with yours. His blue eyes pierced into yours, it made your heart skip a beat. You smiled at him, and he smiled back, but his smile disappeared immediately.

''Y/N.'' he nods sternly, standing up and grabbing mary's hand.

''Wait, you know her?'' mary asks, looking up at him.

''Unfortunately.. I do.'' he narrows his eyes at you.

 You didn't know what to say. You didn't know who this man was, but than Mary spoke, and your stomach twisted.

''Frank! Who is she?'' mary asks, tugging on frank's shirt.

''Never mind her Mary. Let's go back inside, it's hotter than hell out here.'' frank says, wiping his forehead with the back of his palm.

''But Frank! I came out here to give Y/N a water bottle.'' mary whines, her feet dragging on the ground as frank pulled her away from you.

''Oh, you did?'' frank says, looking back at you.

 Frank gives you an evil glare and than swipes the water bottle out of Mary's hand. He opens it up and starts to gulp it down, making Mary go crazy.

''Frank! That was Y/N's water bottle!'' she screeches, whacking him on the leg.

''Ahhh.. That was good!'' frank boasts, wiping his mouth, glaring back at you.

''Don't worry Y/N, you can have mine.'' mary says, walking up to you with her water bottle held out.

 Frank came and took Mary's water bottle away, making her even more angry. He took it and poured it all out on the grass, you just stood there shaking your head. He was being a complete dick like he always has been. Because Frank was a jerk to you ever since high school. His looks might've changed, but certainly not his personality.

''Come on Mary, let's go back inside.'' frank says, grabbing mary's hand.

 As Frank dragged Mary back inside, she looked back at you and winked at you. You didn't know what that meant, but you decided to ignore it. You just continued to go inside and take a nap. And that's exactly what you did.

***

 When you woke up, you looked out the window and gasped as you saw the weather. It was raining. You loved it when it rained. Rain made you happy, not sad. You loved jumping in the puddles when you were a little kid, having fun with yours friends and just plain out feeling the rain hitting against your skin.

 You didn't even hesitate and swung your legs off the bed. You took a nice stretch and than rushed outside. When you got outside, the feeling of the rain hitting against your skin took you back to when you were younger. You smiled as you twirled in the rain. You looked up and opened your mouth, trying to catch the raindrops in your mouth.

 It felt wonderful all of your stress and worries just got washed right away. Your hair was soaking wet after a minute or two, that meant it was raining pretty hard.

''Hey Y/N!!'' you hear that sweet voice call out.

 You turn around and saw Mary running up to you with an umbrella. She had on rubber yellow boots. She purposely started to jump into the big puddles that the rain created, laughing. After she was done with that, she ran up to you, seeing that you were soaking wet.

''Do you need an umbrella? I've got another one inside, it's Frank's though.'' mary says.

''Thanks, but I don't need one Mary. The point of coming outside was to get wet. I don't need an umbrella.'' you smile, running your hand through your soaking wet hair.

 Mary put on a thinking face and than she just shrugged. She closed her umbrella and screeched as the rain poured on her. It wasn't a threatened screech, it was a happy screech. She threw her umbrella down and held your hand. You smiled as she started to dance around with you, she was so adorable.

 She looked like she was having the best time of her life, but it got interrupted with the door opening and Frank screaming Mary's name.. Again.

''Mary! What are you doing?! I said you could be in the rain if you had your umbrella! I don't see any umbrella honey!'' frank scolds, stomping up to her.

 Frank squinted as the rain hit against his face, it was making it hard for him to see. He finally reaches Mary and holds her hand.

''But Frank! I was having so much fun with Y/N!'' mary whines.

''You could've caught a cold. I'm taking you inside before you get sick. And I told you before,'' frank glanced at you and than leaned into mary's ear. ''Y/N's not good. She's the kind of person you want to avoid.'' he whispers.

''But she's–''

''Upbup! We're going inside.'' frank says, putting his finger on her lips.

''Bye Y/N!'' mary waves as she gets dragged off.

 You smiled and waved as she got dragged off. Frank seemed to be offended that you were hanging out with Mary. You have forgiven him for everything he's ever done to you. But it seemed to you, that he hasn't forgiven you quite yet.