Author's Note: This chapter is a bit short. Ashley makes a few new friends. Yay.
I walked down the small sidewalk tripping over my thoughts.
Why did my dad act that way?
Was it something I said?
Did? Didn't?
I huffed a breath of exhaustion when I reached my house.
I opened the door, seeing a random guy and my father.
"Ashley, I would like you to meet Viktor. He will be taking care of you when I am not there. He is vampire, too."
I nod respectfully and shake Viktor's hand. He smiles, but pulls away quickly.
"I'll be upstairs," I say, and walk away.
I know what this is about.
It's vampire slaying season.
It might not sound like a thing, but it is.
Believe me.
My father, I guess, is going to find other vampires to make a group to protect us all. I jumped on top of my bed and lay there for a long time.
I closed my eyes.
When I opened them, it was morning.
'Why do I keep doing that?' I thought.
I got up and dragged myself over to the bathroom.
When I was done, I went downstairs.
My dad wasn't there, but Viktor was.
He was flipping pancakes.
"Ow. Shit," he screamed when he burnt his left thumb.
He didn't notice me until I sat down on the chair, and fell off of it.
"Oh. Hi. Do you want berries with your pancakes?," Viktor said.
I nodded.
"You nod a lot," He said, frowning.
I shrugged my shoulders and got up to get my food.
When I was done, I went upstairs to get ready.
School.
I walked down the street, kicking every rock I see.
I blink my brown eyes when I saw the building.
It's really hard to get used to something or someone.
I whipped the door open hard, almost hitting the girl behind me.
"Hey!," she spat.
"Sorry," I mumbled.
She patted my back in forgiveness.
"Eh. It's okay. It happens. I'm Destiny, by the way."
"I'm Ashley," I smiled.
"You're nice. Want to be friends? Or, better yet, best friends!," she squealed. She sounded a bit clingy, but I didn't refuse.
I didn't meet any friends here yet, anyway.
"Sure!"
She smiled and grabbed my arm to walk with her to class.
I had math first period.
Destiny was still grabbing my arm when we walked into class.
We were a bit late because she made conversations about things on the way.
Fortunately, Nathaniel was still substituting.
"Oh, hi," he said, the whole class was quiet.
I walked away from the awkward scene and sat in the center, again.
"Hi, Nathy~!," Destiny sang.
He rolled his eyes with a smile and went back to whatever he was teaching.
Destiny walked over to some boy in army pants and kissed his forehead.
I'm guessing it was her boyfriend or something.
His face was completely red by the time she sat beside me.
"That's Kentin," she acknowledged.
I nodded, turning my attention back to the class.
They were all staring.
At me, not Destiny.
Something about me: I get embarrassed easily. Really easily.
I stared down at my hands, my face flushed.
"Uh, Ashley? Ashley? Ashhleyyy?!"
Destiny kept repeating my name until I looked at her.
She passed a note to me and mouthed 'read it'.
I read the note.
What's wrong?
Are you okay?
I smiled at her.
The class was back to being noisy, anyway.
I took my sharpest pencil and wrote:
Yeah, I'm okay.
I kind of-maybe-sort of-really get embarrassed at times.
I passed the back to her, but heard my name and paused, um, mid-pass.
"Hey, are you guy's sending notes?"
Nathaniel walked over and gently took the note, and put it on his desk.
I sighed a breath of relief knowing that he didn't read it. Aloud.
When class was over and I was about to leave, Nathaniel called me.
"Uh, Ashley, can you please come here?," he commanded.
I slowly walked up to the desk where he was standing.
He wasn't looking at me directly, but still looking at my hair or something.
"Um. I just wanted to say that we aren't allowed to pass notes in class, alright? I-I have been told to call parents if this happens, but..," he stoped, and added: "I won't call your parents- I mean parent since you are new."
I smiled a head to toe smile and hugged him tightly around the neck.
I let go, aware of what I just did.
I turned around and saw Destiny smiling at me with Castiel, Armin and Lysander behind her.
I turned back around. "Sorry, I-" He cut me off. "It's alright."
He then walked away.
I turned around again to look at my friends. "Um. Sorry. I just hug people when I get excited," I said softly.
The boy's weren't looking at me.
They just nodded and left.
Right after they left, Destiny broke into laughter.
I frowned.
"What's so funny?"
"Everything, Ashley. Everything."
And with that, she grabbed my arm a second time and lead me to my locker.
"Want to eat lunch with us?"
"You and who?," I say.
"Castiel, Kentin, Lysander, Nathaniel, Alexy, Rosa, Armin, Alexy, and I, of course!," she giggled.
"Alright. Just a moment, let me get my lunch."
"Okay. See you!," And she walked away.
I reached deep into my locker and grabbed my lunchbox.
When I turned around, I banged my head against the locker from the surprise.
It was Castiel.
"Ouch. Thanks, really," I say sarcastically.
"No problem."
We both walk together to Destiny's table.