New Girl // A.I (completed)

six

< Monday >

{ Payton }

"So how was your date?" Grace yelled as she jumped into my car,

"Wasn't a date, but I had a lot of fun" I spoke,

She gave me a blank stare,

"What?" I laughed,

"Did Ashton kiss you?"

My eyes furrowed,

"On the cheek" I answered, "How the fuck do you know that?"

"I was with Calum. Ashton was texting him about how nervous he was. Then Calum told him to kiss you on the cheek before he left. Ashton then texted saying he did"

I couldn't help but laugh. So Ashton does like me...

"And you've got a big ol' crush on him too. I can see it when you look at him. Plus I know you all texted all summer"

Grace was very proud of herself,

"You know, he introduced himself to my parents before we went to the concert" I smiled,

Grace now looked at me with her mouth open,

"That boy is head over heels"

I went to say something, but stopped myself when Ashton got in the backseat,

"So what are we talking about?" he poked his head between the two front seats. He was grinning so his dimples were popping out,

"Your's and Payton's date Saturday night and how you kissed her" Grace answered bluntly, the goal being to embarrass us. She succeeded because Ashton and I were bright red,

"Yeah-yeah on the cheek" Ashton coughed as he recovered.

The bell rang seconds later. I was grateful because we had to go in and Grace couldn't say anything else about Saturday night.

****

Morning classes went by quickly and easily. Now we all gathered around the lunch table as everyone threw smirks mine and Ashton's way,

"Can two people not just hang out?" Ashton chuckled, looking around the table,

"They can but we all know you like her" Luke smiled cheekily. I looked at Ashton and his face was bright red. I laughed a little and Grace kicked my leg and gave me a smirk. I rolled my eyes and continued to eat,

"Oh hey, Payton, you try out for that soccer club today don't ya?" Calum asked,

"Yeah at 4:30. I'm nervous" I nodded,

"Where are you trying out?" Michael questioned as he shoved food into his mouth,

"It's called LA Ignite" I shrugged, "I have to go to the park to try out"

"That's like the top club soccer program in the state" Calum added,

"Well now I'm really nervous" I chuckled,

"You'll do great" Ashton nudged my arm and flashed a smile.

****

I headed to the fields right after school. I ate a quick snack in my car and got all my gear on before walking up to the field. I signed myself in at the table then went where I was told.

"Okay ladies. We have some new people here with us. If you were previously on the team, you are still on the team. Please move to the side" the coach spoke. Seventeen girls moved, leaving me and seven others,

"The eight newbies" the coach looked at each of us, "I have one spot open. Good luck"

We started with warm-up drills then moved to some passing drills before getting into shooting lines,

"It's Payton right?" I heard behind me. I turned slightly and looked at the girl,

"Yeah. That's me"

"You go to my school. I'm Teagen. We have English together"

I nodded. She did look familiar,

"What position do you play?" she asked as we moved up in line,

"Striker"

"Well you're going to have to find a new place because that's my spot" she spoke with a fake smile, "Also, stay away from Ashton"

She then moved to another line. I furrowed my eyes but shook it off. I guess I'm just going to have to beat her for her position, and not to sound cocky but I think I've already got Ashton.

We finished up and I went to my back and started to take my cleats and shinguards off as the coach walked up,

"Payton McCormick?"

I nodded,

"Welcome to the team" he smiled and tossed me a jersey and shorts. I grinned and unrolled the shirt, seeing my normal number on the back- three.

I bounced to my car. I was happy. I tossed my stuff in the back then got in the driver's seat, grabbing my phone and seeing texts from my friends:

-messages-
-groupchat: gangg-

Luke: [ Payton! How did it go? ]

Grace: [ Did you make the team? Do you know yet? ]

[ It went great. I made the team! ]

Ashton: [ Yes!!! ]

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I smiled then put my phone down, heading home.

****

I walked into the house and the scent of food hit me. I dropped my stuff by the steps and headed into the kitchen. My family was getting the table set for dinner,

"There she is" Dad grinned, "How were tryouts?"

"I made the team! And got my number"

"I knew you would" he smiled and kissed the top of my head as my brothers jumped into their seats. I took my seat as Mom walked over with the large bowl of spaghetti, my favorite.

"Sissy! Guess what?" Evan exclaimed as Dad put some spaghetti on his plate, then did the same for Jude,

"What?" I asked, equally as excited,

"I made a new friend" he grinned, "He's super cool"

"That's awesome Ev!" I smiled, "What about you Jude?"

Jude shook his head and both Mom and Dad sighed. Jude's always been the quiet one. He ever makes friends because he has Evan. That's why Mom and Dad had them put in different classes, but that didn't seem to help.

"Okay. Eat boys. You have your first baseball practice tonight" Mom spoke up, "And congrats on making the team Pay"