Even though we had gone to the same school since the begging of the school year I had never noticed her until after the softball season ended. I guess the fact that I was an eighth grader and she was a sixth grader kind of affected that. Once softball season ended I saw her one day when I was walking to class. I kind of did a bit of a double take because I wasn't sure if it was her until she turned around and said hi.
"Hi"
"Hey. I wasn't sure if it was you or not.I kind of had to do a double take."
"Yeah it's me. I didn't know you came here"
"Yup. I'm an eighth grader. What grade are you in?"
"I'm a sixth grader."
In that one sentance I now see all the problems I should have seen but I couldn't just walk away then. Or at least not right then. From that day on I was always with her at school when I got the chance.Once our friendship grew a bit her friends warmed up to me a bit. For some reason though they would always let me walk by Katrina when we walked as a group.
Once I strated spending every day at school with Katrina I got to know her a lot better. She had an older brother named Derek. She also had a little brother and sister whos names I did't know. She was head over heals about her boyfriend at the time, Edward. To her he was everything. Nothing mattered without him. After I learned all that about her I expirienced something that made me see as different side if her. I saw her happy to be around me. It changed a lot that day. From then on I was determined to defend her whenever I had to, no matter what it meant for me.
My first moment of absolute shock with Katrina was the day we came back from Christmas break and she told me what she almost did with Edward. Let's just say it ended with her little cousin walking in and her parents making them break up for a little bit. When she had told me that I didn't know how to react. I just kept walking with her and blew it off like nothing had happened. I never talked about that moment with her again. We just let it blow over. My main reason was because I hated the thought of what could have happened that night. I mean she was a sixth grader for crying out loud. Luckily she waited though.
Another one of my many memories with her was the day I came to hate her now ex-boyfriend, Edward. We were walking to the busses after sixth period and it was just her and I. Her friends had all gone ahead. She had seemed sad all day but I didn't want to ask her in case she didn't want to talk about it. I figured i should just wait until she tile me something. She did.
"So Edward and I broke up."
"What? Why?"
"He was cheating on me."
"What?"
"Yeah, I was over at his house and his phone rang. He asked me to pick it up and I did. When I asked who it was a girl answered and said she was his girlfriend. I was just like no I'm his girlfriend and hung up. I walked back into his room and threw his phone at his nuts. Then I went and cried in his brothers room cuz he's like one of my bestfriends."
"Wow. He's so stupid."
"Why is he stupid?"
"Cuz, he cheated on you. I mean does he know how many other guys would kill to be your boyfriend? I mean seriously. You're amazing."
She laughed "I know I'm amazing." and then she hugged me.
