Hayley's POV

Class had been stressful, what with getting asked a million and one questions about the band and been gawped at by a bunch of teenagers, who were actually not that much younger than me… it was kinda weirding me out.

But the guys' deciding not to help at all was the last straw!

When the bell finally rung, I had never been more grateful to be called to the Principal's office!

I managed to drag the guys with me, all whining and moaning that they were hungry and wanted to go already.

"Listen, this will only take a minute, alright? If you keep quiet and look pretty, like you did in class today, thanks for that by the way!" I snapped, glaring at each of them in turn. "Then we can be outta here in less than five minutes and go get something to eat! Now come on!"

I stalked off down the practically empty corridor, knowing the guys would follow, because I have the car keys.

"Ah, Ms. Williams! Gentlemen, come in, come in, you are right on time!"

Principal Montgomery smiled cheerily as we all filed into his office.

"Have a seat, please."

"Thanks." I muttered, dropping myself in one of the empty chairs, the others did the same.

"Well." He ran his gaze over us as if to see if we were all in one piece.

"I guess I should-" he began, but there was a knock on the door, so he stopped mid-sentence and call for whoever it was to come in. The door opened and the brunette girl from earlier walked in, looking slightly flushed, like she'd run here.

"Umm sorry I'm late." The Principal only nodded and gestured to the empty seat next to me.

"Thanks." She sat quickly, ignoring the mock tutting and head shaking from the guys.

I smiled at her when she looked my way, but she only blushed and stared up at the Principal who had started talking again.

"Thank you for joining us, Ms. Davis. Now that everyone is here…" he rambled on for a good while about… well I wasn't sure exactly, since I stopped listening the moment Ashley walked in and sat next to me.

We'd only spoken briefly, right before lessons started, but I already knew a bit about her, and I already knew I liked her.

She was pretty hot, quite tall and tan… totally my type!

And the best part? She's into girls and single!

How awesome is that?

For me anyway, the guys, especially Josh, were kinda disappointed… but what do I care?! I thought.

By the way she keeps sneaking glances at me out of the corner of her eye and, blushes whenever I catch her.

Maybe I have a chance.

Maybe she likes me too.

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"Oh thank god!" I muttered, shutting the door to the Principal's office behind me.

"I thought we'd never get outta there!"

He had talked for what seemed like days, really it had only been half and hour, but seriously, what was there to talk about for that long?

Nothing that's the answer!

"You and me both!" Ashley smiled at me,

running her fingers through her hair as we started off down the corridor towards the main entrance.

The guys were walking ahead of us, talking and laughing loudly, so I got to talk to Ashley alone.

"So, umm, is he always that boring and long winded? Or does he really like us?" She laughed but nodded.

"Yep, by the sound of him, I'd say he's pretty much always like that!"

"Oh, and here I was thinking we we're special!" I grinned at her, but she suddenly looked serious.

"You are." I stopped walking and stared at her, frowning slightly.

"Ashley, you-" But I never got any farther, because the guys chose that moment to be impatient again and come annoy me.

"Hey, would you two hurry up, we're starving over here!" I managed to tear my eyes away from Ashley long enough to throw a dirt look Josh's way.

"Here, just take the keys and go, if you are all so damn hungry!" I dug in my jeans pocket and threw the keys to our van at them.

Josh caught them and disappeared out the door, his brother hot on his heels.

"Aren't you coming, Hales?" Jeremy was still standing there.

He looked from me to Ashley and back again. His eyes widened then and he nodded, understanding.

"I'll make they save you something." With that he flashed me an encouraging smile and disappeared sfter the other guys.

Then it was just the two of us.

I looked back at her now.

She was watching me carefully, a guarded look on her face.

Maybe she was wishing it wasn't just us, but I wanted to talk to her without any interruptions……

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