New Girl // A.I (completed)

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< May >

{ Payton }

I'm a military kid and being a military kid means moving a lot. That's why we are currently in California. Come August, we will be living here. We move in July and this will be our last move, at least that's what we've been told. My dad will finish out his years in the service here and then retire.

We came to California to see our new house. This is the first time we will not be living on a military base, so Mom and Dad wanted it to be perfect. My brothers and I are also previewing our schools we'd attend.

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We left the hotel early and took my brothers, Evan and Jude, to their soon-to-be school. We just had to go to mine now.

We pulled up and Dad parked the rental car,

"Ready Payton?" he and Mom turned back to me. I nodded and the three of us got out of the car.

"Hello. You must be Payton McCormick" a lady approached us. I nodded and my dad stepped forward,

"She is" he laughed, "I'm Clint and this is my wife Amy"

"It's very nice to meet you all. We are excited for you to join us in the fall" she smiled, "I'm the principal, Mrs. Arrow"

I nodded as she said some words to my parents. As they talked, a girl my age walked up,

"Principal Arrow?" she spoke with a smile,

"Ahh Grace" Principal Arrow smiled, "Payton, you will be following Grace around today. I believe you all will get along great"

"It's nice to meet you Payton" Grace smiled, "If you want we can head onto class"

I nodded and my dad shot me a 'good luck' before he and Mom left.

"You can follow me" Grace smiled. I nodded and began walking with her,

"So we're going to math first. You'll meet two good friends of mine" she nodded,

"Alright cool" I smiled, following her into the classroom where every head turned to us.

I followed Grace to a desk and a guy pulled a chair up for me to sit in as another turned around,

"Who's your follower?" The boy who got me the chair spoke. He seemed nice. He was pale and his hair was dyed, and you could tell he had dyed it multiple times,

"This is Payton. She's going to be new next year" Grace told him and the boy in front of us. The boy in front of us had quiffed blonde hair and a lip ring,

"That's cool" the blonde smiled, "I'm Luke and that's Michael"

"Nice to meet you" I nodded,

"Mr. Hemmings turn around and stop talking" the teacher called making Luke roll his eyes and turn back to the front of the room,

"He gets in trouble for talking a lot" Grace leaned to me and laughed, making me stifle a laugh as well.

****

I went through a couple more classes with Grace before we headed down to the lunchroom. I got a salad like Grace and followed her to a table that Luke and Michael sat at,

"Where's your boyfriend and Ashton?" Luke asked Grace,

"Who knows" she laughed,

"Boyfriend?" I winked, playing along,

"I already like you" Michael pointed with his fork, making me laugh,

"Yes, boyfriend. His name is Calum" she smiled right as two boys sat down too. One with tanned skin and brown hair. The other was all smiles with hazel eyes and curly brown-blonde hair. He was really cute.

Someone coughed, making me move my gaze from the cute boy,

"Payton, that's my boyfriend Calum" she pointed to the tan one, "And curls is Ashton"

"Nice to meet you Payton" the curly-headed one, Ashton, smiled,

"You too" I couldn't keep the grin off my face,

"Okay" Luke dragged out, making Ashton and I break eye contact once again,

"So you're coming to school here in the fall?" Calum questioned,

"Yeah I am. We move at the end of July" I answered,

"Where are you moving from?" Luke asked,

"Maui, Hawaii" I nodded,

"Damn! Why would you move from there?" Ashton laughed,

"My dad's in the military so we move a lot. This is our last move though" I shrugged.

****

My day at the school finished out and Ashton actually walked me back to the office since Grace was taking a test in the study hall. I didn't mind though. Ashton was cute and already pretty flirty,

"I hope you had a good day" he smiled, stopping just a few feet from where my parents and the principal stood, "If you need anything, you have all our numbers and social media's. Don't be afraid to reach out"

"Thanks Ashton" I smiled, "Tell the others too"

"Absolutely" he nodded, then held his arms out, "I'm a hugger"

I laughed and stepped in, hugging him briefly before pulling away,

"Better text" he called then walked back down the hall. I smiled and turned and walked to my parents,

"Now who was that? He was awfully cute" Mom tossed her arm around me and winked,

"That's Ashton" I smiled, "And, yeah, he is"