New Girl // A.I (completed)

ten

< Monday >

{ Ashton }

"Where's Payton?" Grace asked as she and I got out of our cars,

"She'll be late. Her dad's getting deployed and he leaves this morning"

"Aww. That's so sad" Grace pouted,

"She's coming to school later. I'm taking her home after since her mom's bringing her"

"I wouldn't even come to school" Grace shook her head,

"She told me that since she's new she doesn't want to miss much" I shrugged, holding the door open, letting Grace walk in before me.

We headed to our lockers where the others were hanging out. I quickly grabbed a couple of books out and leaned back against it, answering the guys' questions about where Payton was.

The first bell rang and Luke and I headed to English. He sat next to me since Payton wasn't here.

After English, I went to Algebra alone which sucks. Payton makes that class bearable.

Our teacher talked and talked then gave us an assload of worksheets for homework.

The bell rang to dismiss us and I made my way to our teacher, Mrs. Tucker's, desk,

"Mr. Irwin, can I help you?" she questioned,

"Yeah. I need to grab Payton's worksheets. She asked me to get them for her"

Mrs. Tucker nodded and rifled through the stacks and stapled all the papers together,

"These are due tomorrow," she told me. I nodded and stuffed them in the folder in my backpack before heading to my next class.

****

{ Payton }

Watching my dad walk off, knowing he's going into dangerous situations, is hard. His life is going to be on the line.

Once my dad had taken off and was out of site, my mom, brothers, and I got in the car and started going to our schools. My brothers were asking questions about my dad leaving. They still don't quite understand. My mom has always told them that my dad was a superhero and he was going to save us and a bunch of other people.

After we dropped my brothers off at school, Mom started heading to mine as I got a text:

-messages-

Ashton: [ hey, do you know
what time you'll be at school? ]

[ I'm on my way now ]

Ashton: [ cool! It's been
boring without you ]

[ haha you'll live ]

————

"Is it Ashton?" Mom asked, making me drop my phone in my lap,

"Yeah. He was asking when I was going to be at school" I shrugged,

"You like him don't you?"

"I do" I nodded, "I think he likes me too"

"He seems like a good kid"

"He is"

****

I got to school and headed to History. That's where I should be right now.

I stepped into the classroom, making eye contact with Ashton before my teacher cleared her throat,