Maybe change isn't bad - Payton Moormeier

eighteen

I put my bag in my car and head back into the house. My mum and Ava are waiting in the hallway. I give Ava a hug first.

"Bye I'll see you in a month" she says. Then I give my mum a hug.

"I'm going to miss you" she says hugging me tighter

"I'm going to miss you too but I've got to go pick someone up" I say pulling out of the hug

"Who your boyfriend Payton" Ava teases

"Shut up before I hit you with my car" I say.

I say bye one more time before I drive to Payton's house. I text him when I'm outside, he comes out and I put his bags in the car. He says goodbye and we start driving back.

"Did Esther say goodbye to you" Payton asks

"Yeah why" I ask confused

"She didn't say bye to me. Not even a text" he says

"Awwww someone sad that they didn't get a goodbye" I tease and he rolls his eyes "are the others getting back today it tomorrow"

"Liv and Liam are back today, Jordan and Mads are back tomorrow" he says

"Ok" I say

We get back to school and I go back to my room. I hear someone banging on the door. I open the door and Payton rushes in.

"I'm scarred, like actually scarred" he says

"Why what happen" I ask

"I saw them, on the sofa. On the fucking sofa" he says and I burst out laughing "not funny. I didn't even make it to my room. I just dropped my bags and left"

"Omg that is hilarious. Man I feel sorry for them" I say

"Why them, I'm the one who had to witness it" he says

"Because they had some one walk in on the and thats alway embarrassing. Just don't think about it and it goes away" I say and he shook his head.

I go back to my room and Payton follows. I finish unpacking my bag and sit on my bed next to him. We watch tv for a while.

"I'm gunna make some food, want anything" I ask as I get up

"Yeah, whatever you making" he says

"Mkay" I say as long leave the room

I go to the kitchen and start making pasta, I get Payton bring me my speaker and I play music. I sit on the counter and Payton stand in front of me.

"Can I braid your hair" I ask

"Sure why not" he laughs

Get him to face away from me and start braiding his hair. I tie it off with a hair band that was in my wrist and turn him around. I smile at how well I did.

"Your smiles cute, it shows off your dimples" he says.

I can feel my face get hot so I put my head on his shoulder. He lifts me off him.

"Awww I made you blush" he says

"No you didn't" I say trying to deny it

"Clearly I did" he says pointing to my red face.

I put my head back on his shoulders. He lifts me off them again and looks me in the eyes. He starts moving in closer but before he can get to close the timer goes off. I get of the counter and put the finishing touches on the food. We go to the living room and watch tv while we eat.

Once we've finished eating Paton takes the plates and stuff to the kitchen. We carry on watching tv when Liv walk through the door.

"Hey Olivia" I almost laugh

"Hey" she says quietly and Payton doesn't even look at her. She first straight to her room.

(Time skip -Tuesday)
"Good afternoon boys" I say as I sit down

"And happy December first, Christmas season starts" mads says

"We know" we all says

"You told us this morning, and every time you've seen us" Liam says

The teacher starts her lesson and it goes by quickly. The rest of the day goes by pretty slowly. I have a little bit of time before my session with Samantha today so I go to my dorm and my stuff away. I go to her office and sit in the couch.

"How was you holiday" I ask as she sits in her chair

"It was good, how was yours" she asks

"It was alright, but as bad as I thought it was going to be" I say

"Anything about your dad" she asks

"Nope, didn't hear from him and he didn't show up" I say "I got in an argument with Esther though"

"Really, why. What happened" she asks

"Well she was acting off and kept in saying that she wanted the old, fun me back and she tried to get me to drink. I didn't but it pissed me off. Turns out she missed me and she was jealous and thought I was replacing her with Payton" I explain

"Well I'm glad you didn't drink, it shows strength and determination. I can understand why she felt replaced, you were close with Payton and stopped telling her things" she says

"I know but I would tell her more if she wasn't always high or drunk" I say. I remember the time I got high back home.

"Kaden what do you think" she says snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Sorry I want listening" I says

"What's in your mind" she asks

"Ok so don't get mad but I may have gotten high when I was home but to be fair I said I wouldn't drink. I never said anything about that" I says

"Ok I see your point. We should focus on one thing at a time so if you want to focus on your drinking still that's ok. Plus it's only one small slip up" she says

The rest of the session goes by quickly. I go back to my dorm and no ones their. I take this as an opportunity to do my home work in peace and quiet. I get interrupted by my phone ringing.

"Hi Kai, what do you want" I ask

"Guess what" he says

"What" I ask still focusing on my work

"I beat your score, I'm suspended for three weeks and I'm gunna ditch the last week anyway" he says

"Wait you beat my score how" I ask now distracted

"Well I got really really drunk last night and high this morning but apart from that I don't know" he says

"Damn man, congrats I guess. Your gunna be top scorer now" I say

"You not going to try and beat me when you get back" he asks

"No probably not" I say.

We talk for a little longer before he goes out to meet Esther and Jamie. I finish my homework as the others get back. They brought food back, we all sit in the living room and eat.