the boy next door | mariano castano

part one

i sat on my bed in my brand new room. i just moved from upland, california all the way to ottawa, ontario.

moving from one country to an other is so odd but also very nice. canada is so much more beautiful compared to the united states. i actually was scared moving far away but it has been a nice start.

i sadly would have to obviously start a new high school next week but lucky for me my father told me the church he was taking over was filled with teens my age. the whole move was because my father had been given the opportunity to take a over a big church out here as the pastor.

i was the pastor's daughter my whole life so of course i am a good girl. i had a perfect 4.1 gpa, i didn't use foul language around adults, i followed all rules, and i was a virgin. i had a purity ring as well as match bracelet and necklace.

while i was looking around my room i heard a knock at my door followed by it being open by my father.

"y/n, the neighbors to the right invited us over for dinner at six so please look presentable." he said before leaving.

my father and i weren't the closest due to many fallouts we have had with my choices of friends. i have always seemed to be drawn towards the troubled kids and my father believes i will follow them and their ways.

looking at the time i groaned seeing it read "5:34pm". seeing as i was still in my moving clothes id have to look better. i moved towards my bag that held a pair of skinny jeans and slightly cropped champion hoodie.

i put my hair up and started on basic makeup just to look a little less like a zombie. as soon as i finished i put my hair down on and put on my basic pair of nike's that everyone possibly owns.

walking out of my room i met my mother who smiled at me and looked at my father.

"let's go." he said before heading out the door.

both my father and mother looked sunday church ready which had me rolling my eyes. of course they had to look nice but they looked a little extra just for a dinner.

following my mother towards to the house next to ours i realized how big our house was. it was bigger than the one in california and it kinda amazed me. as soon as we got to the door my father rang the doorbell.

after a few seconds of waiting the door opened revealing a curly haired boy. at first impression he looked very good looking to me but i was just the most shy person in the world.

"you must be mariano! you're mother told me a bit about you. i am mrs.(y/l/n) this is mr.(y/l/n) and our daughter y/n." my mother spoke to the boy.

"come in mrs.(y/l/n)." mariano said moving out of the way. me and my father followed after her and i couldn't help but think of the boys face as if i have saw him somewhere.

"mar take y/n up to your room while i finish dinner!" i heard a woman scream while i looked at the familiar faced boy.

"come on." the boy said motioning for me to follow him up the stairs.

upstairs he made his way into a room and waited for me to go in. as soon as i got in he shut it which left me somewhat worried being in a strangers room.

"so what's up?" he said sitting on a chair in front of his bed.

"um...not much." i said awkwardly sitting on his bed.

as he spoke i saw he had braces which also had me thinking of where i might have seen him.

"im sorry but you look really familiar." i said looking the boy over.

"thatwhitelatino." he responded.

"excuse me?" i said confused as to what he meant.

"tiktok?" he said also confused.

"what about tiktok?" i responded wondering what this boy meant.

"i am sort of kinda tiktok famous like i have over 500k." he responded and i couldn't help but laugh.

"no, i was thinking like at the store on fifth." i said shaking my head. i mean it was cool that he was tiktok "famous" but my father hated that app and said the devil controlled all social media so i could only sneak it.

"i honestly don't have tiktok so sorry mariano." i said looking at him with a sweet smile

"mar, mar is my name." he said with a more angry tone which had me roll my eyes.

"keep acting up and i'll show you some things." he then said.

i was confused at what he meant but the realized he meant it in a sexual way.

"i will pass." i said quickly.

"whatever you say babe." he said winking.