-Andrew-
I yawn and stretch as the light shining through my window wakes me—my window. I smile. It’s all my own.
A glance at the alarm clock sends a jolt of panic through me. I never set it last night, and now I’ve overslept. I need to get ready quickly before Mom comes looking for me. I take the fastest shower of my life and throw on a pair of shorts and a hooded sweatshirt before I rush out.
“Good morning, Neighbor,” David smiles as he closes his own door. “Everything good?”
I nod. “Yeah. Just need to get upstairs for breakfast before Mom panics,” I tell him as I go down the hall, but then I realize he was leaving too. “She sent you to check on me, didn’t she?”
“No,” he says, but it’s clearly a lie. He’s not even trying to hide it. “She just wanted me to sniff and make s
