Small Hometown Girl

Chapter 4: Katie

Is Katie going to be mad at me for yelling and then running away from her? I am such an idiot! I might have hurt her feelings really bad. What if she doesn't want to see me? What if..... Ok, I need to stop thinking of the worst and start thinking of the best. I take a deep breath and I walked through the tall, black door. As I walked out, butterflies developed again in my stomach. I felt like I was going to be sick. "Alina, you have to do this, not for your sake, but for Katie's."I thought to myself, reminding myself that I am doing this for Katie. I walked down the driveway and turned left. I looked down the long, rough, dark road thinking about what Katie's reaction is going to be. I began to walk down the road, still thinking about what she said. For all I know, there could be a good reason for why she is moving. I don't know until I ask Katie. I had finally reached the corner where I had to turn left or right. I turned left and saw Katie's house. Her house was the fourth house on the left right before the roundabout. Katie was not outside sitting on the porch this time. I walked down the street until I finally reached Katie's house. I looked up toward the roof, looking through the window to see if Katie was in her room. There was no sign of Katie in her room. I walked up to the door and knocked three times, paused, and then knocked two times (we had a knocking code, so that they would know that it was me). I then heard footsteps coming towards the door increasing the volume.

"Hi, Alina. Can I help you with anything?" Christine asked me in a polite way.

"Well, yes. Do you know where Katie is by any chance. I need to talk to her about something and it is really urgent." I asked in a worried way.

"Katie is in her little shack in the backyard. You can go ahead and go back there. I totally understand what you and Katie are feeling."

"Thank you Christine."

At that time, I walked to the gate that lead to the backyard. I looked to the right and I saw a minature house in the corner of the yard. Katie's shack had looked like a house inside and out. I walked across the green yard to the minature house. I knocked on the blue door three times, paused, then knocked two times.

"Alina? Go away. I want to be left alone for a while." Katie said in a sad way.

"Katie, please let me in. I want to talk to you about earlier and we need to do it now, please."

Suddenly, I heard footsteps and then the blue door opened. Inside the little house was a series of crafts, a bed, a chair, a desk, a tv, and a series of photos that were hung along the walls. As I looked toward the desk I noticed that Katie had the same photo of us from when we won our first gold metal at a swim meet. Laying right beside it was her gold medal. I couldn't believe that she still had her's.

"So, what did you want to m tell me, Alina." She said looking me straight in the eyes.

"I wanted to say that I am sorry about earlier. I was just, so upset that you hadn't told me earlier that you were leaving. Just thinking about what you said crushed me into a million pieces and teared me up inside. I don't want to lose my best friend/ wing girl/ sister. I have always thought of you as my sister. I don't want to lose our relationship, I don't want to lose you." I said as tears rapidly ran down my red cheeks.

"Alina...."

Soon aftrer, I had Katie run up to me and wrap her arms around me. This is something I never want to lose, my friend comforting me. Losing her would be like stabbing a knife through my heart. She was like a sister to me.

"Alina, I don't want to lose you either. Maybe I can persuade my parents into staying here a little longer. They will understand, they have to!" Katie said as she than began to cry as well.

We hugged each other until we both calmed down a little more. I looked at her and she looked at me. We both were very emotional at the time. I hope that her parents will understand. There is no way that I would ever allow our friendship to end like this. This is not how it should end. I thought to myself, will Katie's parents understand and stay a little longer here in Houston, Texas or will they stick with the plan and move tomorrow? I guess we will have to find out.