If you’ve never had a crush on your neighbour you’re truly missing out on some painstaking years.
Laura, the daughter of the family next door, was 2 years younger than me and had this gorgeous petite figure. I would always see her in passing coming home from somewhere or heading out. We rarely exchanged much more than a passing nod or a “Hey there”, and I could never seem to work up much more than that. I guess part of me was scared that had I been forward in any way and she wasn’t interested, things might become weird between us. Definitely a stupid thought looking back now.
For a couple years I had dreamed of something more than a passing glance happening between us. I could dream up a million different scenarios in my head in which we somehow ended up naked together. But I never thought anything would happen.
In the winter, our town would always get at least a couple days of heavy snowfall. I was back home from University for reading week and we got a pile of snow overnight. So the next day when I was out shovelling our driveway I decided to clear my neighbours drive as well.