It was the beginning of 8th grade. I moved to my locker slowly, wondering what this year would bring. I was in 8th grade now. Too small to be big, but too big to be small. I was in between.
As I got to my locker I noticed that there was a new girl. Her locker was right next to mine. She was beautiful in a sad, worn sort of way. Long brown hair, sad brown eyes. She was thin, tall, and silent. I had to say hello.
"Hey." I said to her, big smile on my face.
"Hey" she said responded, with a faint, faked smile. "I'm Katelyn, I guess we're locker buddies!"
"Yeah!" I said, as I struggled to open my locker. I was always such a klutz with that.
"So what classes do you have?" She asked me. We went over our classes and teachers, I gave her the basic gossip on students, and the teachers to avoid. She told me that all that she wanted was to be popular. Whatever the cost. I told her that I wanted to be free, and I didn't care where that took me. She said that we would be friends forever.
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When we were wintergirls
RandomIf you have heard of the story wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson then you will understand. That book really hit me hard. It made me realise how unhealthy I was. How unhealthy our relationship was. I loved her. But it was killing me. She just kept...
