The New Girl

The Phone Number

The first week of school for Ashton went by quick and it was boring. The next Monday, Ashton and Claire were standing in the hallway talking about their weekends until a girl with blonde hair, wearing Gucci and Tiffany and Co. came up to them. Another girl tagged along with the blonde haired girl wearing the same type of stuff.
"Are you Ashton?" The blonde asked in a angry way.
"Um...yes?" Ashton said confused.
"I heard you were flirting with my boyfriend last week." she glared.
"What? Who?" Ashton didn't know how she felt about this chick.
"Don't act so stupid. You know who I'm talking about. Luke. If I catch you flirting with him aga-" she was cut off by Claire.
"Just shut up Brooke! She wasn't flirting with him. Its a thing called talking. You should try it sometime instead of being a jerk."
"Whatever. Just stay away." and she and her friend walked away.
Ashton turned and looked at Claire with a bit of shock and happiness.
Ring!
"It's time for lunch. Come on let's go." Claire said, she hated Brooke and didn't want to talk about her. She had bad experiences with her in the past.
When they entered the cafeteria Ashton saw Josh and he saw her too. They were just staring at each for what felt like forever until Claire waved her hand in front of her face.
"Uh.. you okay." she kinda laughed.
Ashton nodded and they went through the line. When they found a place to sit they got out their phones. Ashton looked up from her phone and saw that Josh was walking toward them.
Ash👐
Why is he coming over here???👀

Claire💦
Who?

Then he came and sat down by Ashton.
"Hey, mind if I sit here?" He asks.
"No it's fine." Ashton replies.
They all awkwardly ate in silence. As Josh was getting up he placed a piece of paper next to Ashton that had a number.
"Call me sometime." He said and walked away.
Claire just stared and smiled at me.
"What?" I said smiling too.
She just laughed and together they left the lunch room.

At Ashton's house:

Ashton ran upstairs and into her room and typed in the number Josh gave her. The phone was ringing then someone picked up.
"Hello?" Said a familiar voice.
"Hey, it's Ashton." she said.
"Oh hi. I was wondering if you wanted to hang out sometime?" He asked.
"Sure. When?" Ashton asked.
"How about this weekend. We could go see that new movie.... 'Attack of the Marlins'.... I think that's what it's called."Josh said.
"Okay sounds like a date."
"Oh gosh I have to go. I'll see you at school. bye." he said frantically and hung up.
Ashton was happy on the inside and felt like she could run 50 miles. She grabbed her phone again to tell Claire the news. As she was waiting for her to respond Ashton looked outside her window.
"Oh my gosh..." she said to herself as she saw a familiar figure, an older man, and a moving truck. And they were moving in right next door.
"Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit!" Ashton exclaimed.
She paced around her room, wondering what she was going to do. This was bad.
No this was terrible.