Should I Date My Neighbor Novels & Stories

Both equally excite me. When I pull up to my apartment, my neighbor James waves at me. I smile at him as I get out of my car. He'd asked me out on a date when me and Kamila had first moved here, but I'd told him I was too busy with school to go on any dates. He'd then become a friendly acquaintance, and pretty helpful once Kamila had started getting sicker. Taking out our garbage onthe days I wasn't home to, letting in the landlord when they'd needed to change the filters on the central air. And he always asked how Kamila was when he saw me.

For my first on-line date, I call this a win so far. "Yeah, they keep me busy. I'm not sure how working moms do it, especially when they're single. It seems like it's never-ending work." "Who is watching them tonight?" "My next-door neighbor. He and I have become great friends since we moved in." "That's nice. Having someone you can count on live next door." "Yeah. It is. And my husband's captain lives a few doors down, so I'm kind of surrounded by people to take care of us in the event of an emergency."

Suddenly I feel nervous. It’s not like he would try to pull something on me on the first day we met, right? And certainly not while I am dressed like this? But why did he inadvertently try to ask if I had a boyfriend? Maybe I should invite him in and see where it goes? No, that’s probably a bad idea... we are neighbours after all. How awkward would it be to have a one night stand with your neighbour and have to see him all the time. Bad Blair! It’s ok to just have guy friends without benefits too! I’d best just go home and do some work...

I knew it was dangerous to date my colleague's friend, it would be disastrous especially when she notices my sexuality. But this also got me thinking, and I made up my mind to start dating someone and fast. To avoid the curiosity and gossip-mongering of both my colleagues and neighbors.

Gazing into her eyes I could tell that her guesses were as good as mine. Slowly, my vision started to blur, and I realized there were tears forming. I quickly wiped them away with the sleeve of my shirt, and just gave up, "Nope, nope I am not fine!!" and unexpectedly sprinted out my apartment with my keys and Amiga in my embrace, towards my neighbor's. "Hopefully she will be fine with this." I am actually very fond of her. If very fond means saying hi when we pass by one other, exchanging smiles, occasionally. Then yes, I am very fond of my neighbor.

"Another blind date? Or maybe some friend?" The jealousy was practically dripping off him. "Hayden Hart!" I tried to stop him, but I ended up backing right into a corner, nowhere left to go. Before I could say anything else, he was like, "Yeah, I have feelings for you. But you turned me down, so I'm not gonna push it." Wait, what? Now I was the one who was totally confused. Hayden's expression stayed serious, his eyes locked on mine. "I'm just your neighbor now. If you don't overthink things, there's nothing to worry about."

I answered absentmindedly, having lost appetite for anything and everything. “Gosh, I can't wait for you to be back. We'd have so much fun together. We'd have a great time living as neighbors. From sleepovers to indoor date nights to movie dates…” she sighed, "the list is endless. We can even go jogging together! “Who knows?" she wiggled her brows but I could tell she was half serious, “maybe it could even help you make up your mind faster.” Oh God. "Wait, do you gym at home or there's a gym nearby you go to?”

“I have never been in a secret relationship, but I imagine… watching movies and cozy dates sneaking around? Just let me handle it. What I want to really know is if you want to date me.” “Of course I do!” I exclaimed. “But you don’t need to plan out dates… really! I would be okay with the other option you presented: throwing me on the floor… that one.” He arched his brow. “Don’t tempt me.” I shuddered, very much wanting to tempt him. But the thought of a random drone flying over our head and catching us making out would be disastrous. I knew that. So I held back.

"Our lives together are very important to me and I never want anything to mess that up. If doing something like date nights strengthens our relationships, I'm for it one hundred percent." "In actuality, there's a double benefit," I said. "While two people are out on a date, the other two people can spend time together. It doesn't have to be as elaborate or planned as I'd like date night to be, but we'd actually have twice a month we'd be spending time with only one other person." "Tomorrow is Saturday," Lisa said. "Are we going to start it tomorrow night? And who should go out?" "I think we should start tomorrow," I said, "and I think we should do two of the people who haven't yet had much o