Meeting Trenton Myers chpt.one

"Come on Dakota lets go!" his mother squealed as they climbed into the car and started toward their new home. 1

"are you excited?" 2

"What is there to be excited about mom.. we do this every year..." Dakota said laying his head against the window.3

"I want you to be somewhere so you can make friends hunnie" she said taking a left turn into blakesville4

"I cant make friends if we keep moving, it seems like every time people start to like me a little, we have to move." he said trying to forget the fact that people weren't really starting to like him.. he just kept telling himself that so he wouldn't feel left out.5

They pulled into their new driveway and headed into their new house, the outside was big.. a white picket fence rounded in the yard and the wrap around porch made the place seem like a mansion. Dakota smiled at his mothers glowing face, but on the inside he felt so small. His tiny hands gripped the box of his old baseball stuff and he blinked unbelieving at his mother not knowing what to make of the house. He took one step toward the gate, when he heard a dog barking, Dakota turned his head toward his new neighbors house. A tall boy stood on the porch, a giant black dog on a leash pulled at his hand. The boy didn't budge, the muscles in his arm tensed every time the dog pulled at the leash but he never moved. 6

Dakota headed into the house at a rather fast pace, trying to keep up with his mother. He entered the door to see a huge window looking out into a big flower bed.. climbing red roses found their way up the porch railings and little petals drifted off onto the steps. The back yard was mostly empty except for a big pine tree where his mother had promised he could build a tree house. 7

"Don't you want to pick your room?" his mother asked taking the box from him and setting it on the floor next to the rest of their things.8

"Okay" Dakota said hurrying up the winding stairway to the three bedrooms he had to choose from.9

The choice wasn't very hard to make, the first room was big with a balcony off of it. A picture window looked out onto the yard and Dakota could clearly see the the street from way up here. The closet was big enough to hold all of his collected baseball stuff, and the room was giant to him.10

"I take it this is the room you want?" his mother said smiling and raising her eyebrows11

Dakota nodded and expected his mom to say no, but she didn't..12

"alright, then there are going to be some rules in here and you better come help me carry your stuff" she said winking and heading back down the stairs.13

Excitement took over him and he hurried down the stairs after his mother, he grabbed his box full of baseball stuff and headed up the stairs. His mother had already made is up there with the rest of his stuff so all he had to do was put it all where he wanted it.14

"Make sure you hang up all your shirts .. and fold your pants before you put them away!" his mother said leaving him to decorate his room. Dakota`s big green eyes grew at the thought of finally having his own room. This place was a step up from the old trailer they used to live in, it only had two room and he had to share his room with their over sized dog max... max had to go to the SPCA though because they weren't allowed to have pets here until they owned the place.. at least that is what his mother told him.. He wondered if she told the truth or if she just wanted to save the white carpet in the living room from max`s hair and mud. 15

Shrugging off his thoughts he began unpacking his things.. by the end of the day he had his room all set up and was ready to fall asleep. Crawling into his bed, he pulled the soft covers up to his chin and started to doze off.. The doorbell rang and he heard his mother talking.. climbing from bed he hurried down the stairs to see the tall boy next door standing there talking to his mom. 16

"Hello" he said his voice unusually deep, his yellow eyes seemed a little too big for his head and Dakota just stared. 17

"My name is Trenton" he said brushing his hand through his shoulder length black hair and smiling... He had a toothy grin, his teeth slightly parted in the middle.18

"I`m Dakota" he managed to say and shied behind his mother19

"that's a cool name" he said holding his hand out to shake Dakota`s20

"Well I better be getting back home"Trenton said heading out"and again welcome to the neighborhood" he chuckled and headed home.21

Dakota stared up at his mother, "he scares me mom" he said turning to head back upstairs.22

"Hes a nice boy Dakota" she said "are you hungry" 23

"no just tired" he said with a yawn and headed the rest of the way up the stairs24

Dakota climbed into bed and tried to forget the giant madman that lived next door.. finally he dozed off. 25

Two yellow eyes stared at him, a gorilla laugh penetrated the silence in his room... Black snake like hair slithered all around him . Dakota screamed, sitting straight up in his bed his body trembled. 26

"Dakota whats wrong?" his mother was at his bedside in a second27

"I had a nightmare" he said frowning28

"oh you poor thing, what was it about" she asked pulling him into a hug29

"nothing, just a scary dark place" he said and leaned back against his pillows.30

His mother left the room, the small knob on the balcony door wiggled a little and the wind blew hard against the glass.. Dakota climbed from his bed with his blanket and headed to the closet, he crawled inside and curled up on the floor.. his body relaxed and he fell asleep.31