“Ash! Spence! Hey guys…”

The girls turned to see Aiden walking towards them grinning from ear to ear as he guided a pretty blonde girl towards them.

“Hey Aiden…”

Ashley grinned at her friend and felt her grin grow even wider when she felt Spencer like her arm through hers as she greeted the pair.  Spencer smiled sweetly at the couple.

“Hey Aiden…hi I’m Spencer…”

“Oh sorry…this is Jamie…she’s new…”

The new girl looked at the two girls shyly and Ashley felt kind of sorry for her.  Transitioning to a new school is hard enough, but doing it senior year must really be rough.  She stuck her free hand out.

“Hi Jamie…I’m Ashley…this is Spencer…so where ya from?”

Jamie smiled warmly at Ashley, glad that this new person was nice unlike many people she had met in LA over the summer.

“All over.  Lets see…Oregon…Hawaii…California…but most recently Japan.”

“Really?  Wow that’s cool…”

Ashley gave Spencer a goofy smile and she couldn’t help but feel herself fall a little bit more in love with Spencer for her quasi-dorkyness.  She turned her attention back to Jamie.

“So are you a teen runaway or do you just really like to travel?”

“Oh haha…no my dad’s in the Navy.”

“Military brat huh?”

“Ash…”

“What?  Think of it as a term of endearment…besides…getting to see all those cities…that must have been cool.”

All four laughed and Jamie just shook her head.

“Sometimes.  So are you guys from around here.”

“Yup…born and raised…”

“I’m from Ohio.”

Jamie smiled at Spencer and she was glad that she wasn’t the only non-LA native. 

“So what made you move out here?”

“Parents…”

“Ah enough said…”

RING

The first bell of the year sounded signaling to the students that it was time to head to class.  Aiden and Jamie had History first so they headed off and Aiden winked at Ashley and Spencer before catching up to Jamie.  Ashley and Spencer turned to walk towards their lockers trying to dodge the kids that were running all over the place not wanting to be late on the first day of school.