The me you've never met

Chapter 1

"KATEEEEEEE!"I can hear Agnes' voice from even miles away. I open my window and see her standing right in front of my house. She's the only one that has seen me with my new look besides her mom and my parents, so she's surprised when I open the door wearing a sweatshirt and sport shorts.

"What are you doing?" She says, the shocked look still in her eyes.
"I'm just enjoying my last weekend at this house"
"Well you're gonna have to enjoy it somewhere else, because it is your last day and we need to SHOW. YOU. OFF." She says imitating Cher from clueless (our all time favorite movie) and me being, in this case, Tai. But I don't have a clue of what she's talking about. "Agnes, slow down, what are you even talking about?"
That surprised look is back when she says "You really don't know, do you?, Today my brother is throwing a party, THE party, the greatest party of all time. I was so busy giving me a make over that I forgot Josh has been talking about THE party since last month, except I haven't seen him since summer break. I only talk with him at Agnes' house and because everything I've been doing Agnes has been coming to my place all the time. We don't talk to each other at school because we are from totally two different groups. He's popular, handsome, and he got accepted in all the universities he applied for, so he's also smart. After I give Agnes the whole speech of why I didn't remember THE party she just says: "Ok it doesn't matter, just get ready to go and I'll come pick you up in an hour".

While I get ready I can't stop thinking why Josh, being such a good student, isn't going to college this semester. No one knows, not even Agnes. Everyone at school has a crush on him and he's kind of a player so my theory is that he got someone pregnant, which is more credible than Agnes' theory of him working with the FBI.
Before I know it, Agnes is at the door again. I take one last look at the mirror and for the first time in my life, when I look at myself on the mirror, I like me. I like how my black hair contrasts with my tanned skin and blue eyes. I like the makeup I did today, it is soft but it makes my eyes look bigger (thank you YouTube!). I like the way the waves of my hair fall over my shoulders. And I like the way the black-and-white-striped-sleeveless-blouse-that-shows-my-belly-button looks with my denim skirt and my toned-just-because-I-used-to-be-on-the-swimming-team-legs look altogether with my black small boots, I add the final touch: my favorite sunglasses and a silver necklace my father gave me when I was little.

I don't know why I didn't do this before. I think I might actually be kind of pretty. No. Beautiful. This is the first time people from school are going to see me like this and I don't know why, but I have a feeling that today is going to be different from the other days.