I met her a few minutes ago. Her name was Ashley Davies. She was the first person to talk to me when I moved to Florida. When my parents told me we were moving I was very worried about making new friends. I arrived to my new school Fig High at 7:00 am. My first period class was advanced social studies with Mr. Myer. I walked in the room a little late and everyone was staring at me. I felt my face get red as these jerks stared at me like I was some sort of alien with 60 eyes and four necks. That class couldn't be over fast enough. You would think that being the new girl you might get a friendly welcome or hello, but no nothing.

After class on the way out Ashley walked out of the class with me. She was probably the only one who didn't give me a dirty look out of all of them.

"Hello new girl, I'm Ashely," she said.

"Oh, hello, I'm Spencer," I replied.

"Are you a senior?" she asked.

"Yeah I am."

"Cool, so am I, well it was nice to meet you."

She walked down the hall and disappeared into the crowd. I looked at my schedule for my next class. Room 116 AP chem. I walked down the hall and started looking for my class. Finally after about ten minutes I found it. I walked in and there was only one seat left so I sat in it.

"Okay class, welcome to AP chem., I'm looking forward to a great year with all of you," Mr. Rapsy announced.

I looked around the room at all the other students. As I was looking, my eyes stopped. It was her, Ashley Davies, in another one of my class .The only nice enough person to talk to me, the new girl. That period could not have gone by slower. When the bell finally rang, I ran out of there faster than a cat running away from a dog.

"Hey Spencer." I heard.

I turned around and saw Ashley calling me.

"Hey Spencer, what's up?" Ashley asked me as she was catching up.

"Nothing really, I have a free period now."

"Awesome, so do I."

She was so beautiful. Long dark brown hair, that flowed perfectly down her back. Her eyes were bright and blue and reminded me of a blue M and M. I was so happy she was talking to me and making me feel welcome.

"That's cool, we should hang out," I suggested.

"Yeah we should, I'm going to Starbucks now, wanna come with me?" she asked.

"Sure, thanks."

We walked outside together to her car and got in together.

Starbucks was only a few minutes away. On the way there we had the top down and the music blasting. Ashley was swaying back and forth to the music. It was so much fun and I really didn't want the moment to end. I couldn't keep my eyes off of her. From the distance, I saw the Starbucks sign. We drove up to the parking lot and walked into the shop after waiting for a spot for about five minutes.

"Spencer, what do you want, it's on me, your new best friend." Ashley looked at me and I felt my face get red.

"Wow thanks, I'll have a mocha light please, Ill go get us a table.

"Okay great, be right over."

I went over to where the tables were set up and sat at one. It was pretty crowded in here, but luckily I found us a table.

"Here's your mocha." She said as she was handing it to me.

"Thank you so much Ashley."

"Don't mention it. So tell me about yourself, what brings you to Fig?

"Well, I used to live in Japan actually, my dad was on business there and decided to start a family there once he met my mom. Eventually he decided to move his business down here and hopefully expand it." I explained to her.

"Interesting, well I'm glad you're here."

"Yeah me too." I spit out as I was sipping the last few sips of my mocha.

"We better get back to school so we're not late to class."

"Okay sounds good, lets go."

We headed to the door and got back in her convertible, then headed back to school.

"Alright, well I have to go to class now, thanks for the coffee." I said to her.

"You are very welcome."

Before I walked away from her, I built up the courage to ask her to hang out after school.

"Hey Ashley, do you want to come over after school?" I asked her smiling through my teeth trying not to freak out.

"Sorry I can't, I am going to a movie with my boyfriend James, but we will definitely make plans for another day."

"Okay well next time."

I was secretly upset that she couldn't hang out and more so that she had a boyfriend, but why?

We took off in opposite directions and headed to our separate classes.

My next class was English, the only non-advanced class I'm taking this year. I walked in to the classroom and took a seat next to a good-looking boy. He had dark brown hair almost black and very curly.

"Hello, you must be the new girl." He said to me.

Now I was all the sudden a celebrity here.

"Yeah, I guess that's me. I'm Spencer, what's your name?"

"I'm James, you're going to like it here." He insisted.

James, why did that sound familiar? I could have sworn I heard that name earlier today. That's right! When I asked Ashley to hang out she said she was hanging out with her boyfriend "James." I wondered if he was that James.

"Excuse me! Can you two be quiet!" Mrs. Kandy screamed.

"I'm sorry ma'am." I said afraid.

That period Mrs. Kandy taught about Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare. I loved his plays; they were so beautiful and so amazing. The bell rang when we got to the fifthteenth page of the play.

"Wow, that went by fast!" I said out loud not knowing whom I was talking to.

Finally, it was time for lunch. I was so hungry I could hear my stomach growling. This was the part of the day I was afraid of because I didn't know who to sit with or if anyone would want to sit with me for that matter. I walked into the crowded lunchroom. My stomach was still growling, so I got on the line to get something to eat.

"Hi, can I get a wrap with turkey and mayo please?" I asked the lunch lady when it was my turn.

"Sure sweetie, that's $5.55 please."

"Here you go," I said handing her my money.

Oh gosh I thought to myself, where the hell should I sit? I started walking down the row of tables to look for a familiar face. There she was sitting at the third table with James. It was him: the kid in my English class was Ashley's boyfriend. There was an empty seat next to her so I plopped my tray on the table.

"Hey guys, do you mind if I sit with you." I asked her shyly.

"Of course you can." Ashley said smiling.

"James this is my new friend Spencer, she just moved from Japan."

"Oh yeah, you're in my English class." James remembered.

I ate my wrap after a short conversation with them.

"So Spencer, how's the first day going?" Ashley asked.

"It's alight, kind of hard to make friend, you're the only person nice enough to talk to me all day.

"Well, I could always use another good friend." She said comforting.

"Yeah, thanks Ashley, well I'm going to go now, and I'll catch you two later."

"Wait Spencer, can I have your number so we can hang out this weekend?" Ashley asked me.

"Sure."

I pulled out a piece of paper and wrote my name and number then handed it to Ashley.

"Great, I'll add it in my phone and call you later today or tomorrow."

"Cool, looking forward to it."

I got up and threw my plate out and left the lunchroom.