The New Neighbor
By: QOTSAfreak
Disclaimer: I wish I could own Johnny, but alas, I do not. I am NOT the creator of JTHM. My lord and master, Jhonen Vasquez is, so don't bother or sue me. I'VE GOT NO MONEY!!! ARRRGHH!!! BEES!!!!!
Note: Some of the events in this story did happen in my life... try to figure out what. Oh and these () mean that the sentence is a thought. All right. HAVE FUN!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!
PART 1 June 15, 2004
Johnny C., or should I say Nny, lurked in front of his window. He does this sometimes, because... well because he felt like being a total perv and he wanted to spy on people. Nah, I kid. Anyway, he carefully looked through the blinds at the moving truck that was in front of the other house that was next to Squee's.
"Hmm... looks like we've got ourselves a new neighbor... A new friend or foe?", Nny whispered
Does it really matter? You'll probably kill them anyway. You killed the others that lived in that house.
"I guess it doesn't, but I'm still curious nonetheless..."
Down the street, a girl steps off a car after her mother. She's 17 with long, black hair that glares red in the sunlight. Her name is Jennifer Nikolai. She squinted her dark eyes in the bright, summer sun.
(JENNIFER'S VIEW)
"Aargh... stupid bright, shining sun. You think you're so special just because you're the only reason this planet is alive... meh, this place looks too happy... I think I'm going to take a little walk to look around for a bit, okay mom?"
"YOU PLAY TOO MUCH! GO STUDY!!!", my mom screeched and threw a SAT book at my head. "LAZY GIRL!"
"OW! Great, thanks mom, I think I just lost 10 brain cells."
"You will NEVER amount to ANYTHING with that kind of attitude!" That's my dad.
"Okaaay... bye." I walked down the street on the sidewalk when this little boy came speeding down the sidewalk on his bike. He was screaming--
"ssssssSSSSQQQUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!"
And that's when he ran over my foot.
O.o
The little boy skids to a stop and with a panicked look, he screams out, "I'MSORRYBUTIHAVETOGO!!! DEAD BODY!! BLOOD!!"
In very much pain, I spoke through my teeth, "You found a dead body? Are you sure?
The boy nods quickly and looks panicked.
"Great, I just happened to move into a neighborhood with a murderer I think we should both go home then and call the police. Where do you live?"
The boy points to the house next to mine. 779. "That one. I live there"
"OH! So you're my new neighbor! Wanna walk with me? I'd rather you not get kidnapped"
"Umm. Okay..."
"So what's your name?"
"I'm Todd, but people call me Squee. I have a teddy bear named Shmee, but I put him in the closet after he told me to set my parents' car on fire"
"Oh...(Okay... this kid might be a little... PSYCHO... but he's so cute) I'm Jennifer Nikolai, but I guess you could just call me Jen... so... does Shmee tell you to do bad things a lot?"
"No, just sometimes, but he tells me that the man who lives next to me is very bad. He kills people."
"(Oh god) Oh, I see. Well this is your house right?"
We walked up to the house and I rang the doorbell. A man opens the door.
"Shit. HONEY! Your son didn't get kidnapped after all..." the man yelled up the stairs. He totally ignores us and slams the door in Squee's face.
"O.o... umm... you forgot your son?" I mumbled into the door, "Umm... Squee? That is your dad right? How are you going to get in?"
Squee nodded, "They do this a lot... I have to crawl through the window... could you help me?"
"Your parents don't really seem to care about you... Umm...Squee? Do you want to stay over my house for the night? You know, like a sleepover"
"I don't know... I guess so, maybe the bad neighbor man won't find me tonight. Could Shmee come along?"
"I guess...(As long as he doesn't tell Squee to burn any of my stuff... except for the piano), but that means you'll have to go in the house"
Squee nods and I give him a lift through a broken window, which I suspect was from "the bad neighbor man", and he jumps inside. As Squee looked for Shmee, I stood outside the window for a minute until I felt like I was being watched. I turned to see if anyone was there. MOVEMENT! There! I saw a shadow lurking around the window across from Squee's.
"Ummm... Squee? I'm going to wait outside the front door, okay?" I said shakily through his window.
As I walked towards the front door, I felt better. The side of Squee's house blocked the window's view.
"(I wonder what that was)"
Squee stepped out of his front door with a creepy-looking teddy bear. Then a woman, I suppose it's Squee's mom, leaned out from a window and waved at us.
"Bye strange little boy that just broke into our house!"
I looked at Squee, "Okaaay..." and I held out a hand. "You know Squee, you can come over to my house whenever you want or if there's a problem with the parents, okay? I'll leave my window open in case my parents don't let you in"
Squee hesitantly took my hand, "Umm... okay. Shmee says you're nice, but he says your parents are bad"
"Well, they're not really bad, they just care more about money and grades... That's why we moved. My parents didn't want to face the rest of my family with the one, single "B" (I hate spanish so much) out of all "A's" I got last year on my report card."
We walked into my new house and went into the kitchen. I grabbed a box of chocolate chip cookies and handed it to Squee, "Here you take these while I get the milk"
(In Jen's room)
I cracked open a window, "Do you want to watch a movie or something? Kill Bill Vol. 1?"
Squee's eye twitched, "Does it have a lot of dead people?"
"Yah, and a lot of blood, but I find it all funny when it squirts out from a severed limb..."
Squee starts shaking.
"Okay, okay, fine if you're going to spaz out about it... how about Edward Scissorhands? It's sort of a fairytale"
"Are there trees?" Squee asked fearfully.
"Ummm yeah."
"Trees are scary. They're all leafy and... AND TALL!"
"Jeezus, you're afraid of trees? Well... Edward does attack some bushes and trees... so what do you say?"
"I guess... Shmee says he will protect me from the trees"
(During the movie, in one of Edward's gardening moments...)
Squee covers his eyes and screams, "EDWARD!!! WATCH OUT FOR THAT TREEEE!!! NOOOO!"
I looked at Squee, "..."
Squee peeks through his fingers, "YEAH! SHOW THAT TREE WHO'S BOSS!!!"
And suddenly, this soft voice spoke behind us. "Ooh, my favorite movie..."
I freeze and Squee slowly looks behind. His eyes go wide and his mouth drops open.
"Oh schiesse, there's something really bad behind me isn't there?" I shakily asked.
Squee squeaked.
I whipped around and looked. A man, covered in a decent amount of blood (Nice hair though). I adopted Squee's reaction.
To be continued...