Hi, I don't know how I came up with this idea, but I did it because no one else has yet. I just think everyone is sort of wearing out the new mew and Masaya cheating thing. So I decided to come up with something a little fresh. Not totally but a little.

The Boys Next Door

By: Beloved Kitten

Chapter One: I was always….alone

Ichigo sat on the stoop bouncing a ball against the pavement. Her sterling silver bracelet jiggled with the motion of her hands as the charms hit against each other.

I'd always been alone…I was used to being alone

"She can't go on like this. Always by herself." Her mom always said. Ichigo bounced the ball.

I was always alone…

"There aren't any other kids for her to play with." Her dad always said. She bounced the ball.

I was used to being alone…

Then out of now where a moving truck pulled into the drive way next to the house of which Ichigo played with her ball. Her head turned towards it as she continued to bounce the ball. A van pulled in next to the truck and step out a family of three. Still the ball moved between the pavement and her hand. A boy with dark hair stepped out the car.

Ichigo stopped the ball…He was her age; with a smile on his face, as bright as the sun that beamed heavily on her. She watched his smile. A sound came from the opposite side. She turned her head to face it. Her hair swishing with the sudden movement. Another truck had pulled in at the vacant house at the other side of them. A richer family stepped out the car. She stared… A boy with blond hair stood beside his parents. He was a little older…Her ball rolled down the driveway. Her bracelet jingled.

Suddenly…I was no longer alone…

I wasn't used…to not being alone…