Just so you know, when I typed in Neighbor for the title, I accidentally put "neighboy", which I thought was funny. And also kind of makes sense....

And please tell me you got the reference in the title.

The Bad Boy is my Neighbor. Falling for the Bad Boy Next Door. The Bad Boy Next Door.

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This gets old after a while, guys.

Because, 1. Bad boys are terribly overused. And 2. It's almost impossible that a super hot dude is going to move in next door to you.

It's also annoying that the MC's window and the love interest's window line up and she sees him getting dressed or watching porn or something, I mean, creepy stalker-spy much, MC?

Like, most people close their curtains or blinds, or go in the closet or bathroom to change so that their neighbors won't watch them undressing. 

Granted, I'm not one of these people because I'm lazy af and just don't feel like dealing with my stupid broken blinds and just don't care if anyone sees me in my underwear. I do live in the middle of nowhere with no one around...

But that's still not very smart. Always close your blinds, people!!

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If Miranda had a dude move in next door to her and he kept undressing in front of his window, she'd probably be pissed.

"Yo, close your blinds before you undress, man! Come on!" I yelled from my window at him as he, for the millionth time, undressed in front of his open window.

He bent down and rested his palms on the window sill, poking his head out. Even from here I could see he was making the worst facial expression ever - a smirk. "You know you like the view, princess."

"No, I don't! It's horrible!" I replied truthfully. "I don't enjoy seeing guys undress! Or get dressed! Or seeing half-naked guys in general!"

"What, are you a lesbian or something?" He responded, sounding surprised, his smirk disappearing.

I scoffed and yelled across the open space at him, "It doesn't take being a lesbian to be repulsed by your naked body!"

Oh, I just love Miranda. She's a total nut.

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Anyway...the "bad boy next door", or even "regular boy next door" (who is usually a bad boy, but it's never stated so simply as "bad Boy") is getting overdone.

The first bad boy next door story I read, I enjoyed. But then I discovered that every single other story was pretty much the same, and so...now I don't like them.

I mean, it's nice for the MC and the love interest to be close in proximity, so it's easier for them to bump into each other, and have random meetings or talk more. 

But it's not so nice when every story is basically a copy of the first "bad boy next door" story, with slight alterations.

I don't have a problem with the MC and the LI being neighbors - I liked Paper Towns (book/movie by John Green) - but it has to be a different "neighbor" story. Not a copy of every other neighbor story in existence.

Just read up on these "neighbor" stories, and find out all the cliches, and try to steer clear of them. 

Sure, some cliches are fun, but they have to be outweighed by a bunch of non-cliche things to be enjoyable.

And that's why my book Terms and Agreements is awful, because I kept one of the worst cliches ever - popular cheerleader slut shaming. 

But that's a rant for another time.

(I'll fix it in the rewrite. You know, if I ever do one of those)

Anyway...I don't really have much to say on this one, except that it's creepy when the two main characters are spying on each other getting dressed and stuff all the time. 

And then the MC usually sees him having sex with somebody! Ew! 

And then he magically never gets any diseases...but that's a rant for another time.

So...don't spy on people, y'all! Byeeeeeeeeeeeeee