Sorry for taking a while to upload. This is flashback to high school. Yay. Don't own 'em.

"You may come in now," a voice from inside the office says. I roll my eyes and walk into the principal's office. He looks me up and down and I can feel him adjust to me.

"Right, so, Ms. Prentiss, here is your schedule. And a new student aide is being sent over to show you around. Now, I understand you're living with your aunt?"

"Yes sir."

"Okay, so I think you're good to go," he says, standing.

"Thank you sir," I smile politely.

"Ah, and here she is. This is JJ; JJ meet Emily Prentiss."

I turn and face a beautiful girl. Long blonde hair, deep blue eyes, and a lean, athletic figure make me almost swoon.

"Um, hi," I start, tearing my eyes away from hers.

"Hi. Come on, I'll show you around," she smiles. Oh God, her smile is amazing. She leads me out of the front office and down a hallway. She takes my schedule and scans it quickly.

"Okay, this," she says pointing to a door on our right, "is your English class. So, where did you live before moving here?"

"Italy. And before that Brazil, DC, France, and Egypt," I reply.

"For real?"

"Yep."

"Why are you here then? This town blows," JJ asks. I immediately put up my defenses.

"My mom had a new assignment and didn't want me tagging along so I'm stuck with my aunt for awhile," I shrug. That was sort of the truth.

"What kind of assignment? Oh, and here's your math. We have that class together."

"Oh, cool. But she's an ambassador."

"No way. That's awesome. It's so cool you got to grow up in all those places. I would kill to get out of here," JJ exclaims.

"It was… educational. But I sort of envy people who grow up with the same people their whole lives. Permanent fixtures and all."

I can feel her looking at me but I avoid eye contact. I gave up too much personal information. I looked weak.

"I guess that's true," she says softly before waving towards a class room. "That's your AP US History class. We have it together too. So, you're staying with your aunt right?"

"Yeah, Courtney."

"She's my godmother," JJ says brightly. "I love her and Melissa. I'll probably be at your house all the time."

"Yeah, they seem pretty cool so far. I've never really met them before but they seem nice."

"You never met them before?"

"Courtney was disowned."

"Why?"

"She's gay," I say. I see JJ falter a bit.

"Does your family not like gays?"

"Um, my mom and her parents are very, very conservative. I, on the other hand, am gay, so that creates a fun family dynamic," I tell her. It's a new town and I might as well get that out of the way early on.

"Oh, okay. It was about to get really awkward for us to be friends," JJ sighed. I looked at her and she notices.

"I'm also gay. Now I'm not the only lesbian in the school. We also have four gay guys. And that's all," JJ laughs bitterly.

"Damn," I comment.

"I know. So, this is your art class. And that's all. But, school is almost over so it'll be pointless going to class. Wanna go drive around?"

"Um, yeah, sure."

JJ smiles at me and takes my hand, dragging me along with her. I feel like I could get used to that.