"The beginning"
A LITTLE GIRL is sitting alone on the beach. It's a sunny day and the beach is full of people, most of them on a vacation here. The girl watches as people walk past her, giving her pitiful looks. Yet no one stops by to ask this little child if she's alright or has lost her parents. People aren't that nice.
The girl is okay though, and she knows where her parents are. They're working in a small shop across the road. That's where the little girl lives, in the upper floor of the light blue house. Her parents had sent her to the beach to have fun, since she would only be on their way in there.
A LITTLE BOY is walking around the beach. He's watching the other kids build sandcastles and play in the water, too shy to ask if he could join them. The boy's father had promised to play with him once he was finished with his paperwork, but that probably wouldn't happen. The little boy had had to learn that the hard way.
He sees the girl too. A little girl around his age sitting alone on one of the big rocks in the beach. The boy gathers his courage and walks up to her.
The girl feels a light tap on her shoulder. She turns around to meet big brown eyes looking at her curiously. For a moment she just stares back, too scared to say anything.
"Why are you sitting here all alone?" The boy finally speaks up.
"I like it here", the girl shrugs. "But you're alone too."
"How do you know?" He frowns.
"I just do", she says, not willing to admin that she had been curious about the boy too and had watched as the boy just walked around. "Who are you?"
"I'm John B Routledge."
"John B? Why not just John?" Now it's the girl's turn to frown.
"My dad is also John Routledge", he explains. "My middle name is Booker, so I'm John B."
"That's weird. I'm Katherina."
"Katherina", he repeats the name. "That's a pretty name."
The girl smiles to the compliment. "Thanks, John B."
"Can I sit here with you?" John B asks.
The girl sits silent for a moment. It was her own little world on this rock, and she wasn't quite sure if she was ready to let this boy into it just like that.
"Sure", she finally says. Maybe it'll be easier to face the world outside her wonderland with this boy on her side.
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❝ And that girl sitting by JJ? That's Katherina Hart, but you probably know her as Kate.
We've been friends for as long as I can remember. And even if a lot has gone down during those years, she has always stick to my side. She's amazing that way, would do anything to protect the ones she loves.
She's the bravest girl I've ever met. But she'd also jump off a cliff if I encouraged her enough. And especially if someone did it first, she'd follow without a doubt. I think that's some kind of coping mechanism for her, not letting people know she's scared.
She's the pogue princess, has always been. Even her name sounds like a royal to us. That's why she doesn't like it, and only JJ is allowed to call her Katherina. Whatever he did to get that priviledge, remains as a secret to this day. ❞
-JOHN B INTRODUSING
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