 Fortress of Brilliance ღ Mommy Quad
Did she want to give up? No, no she really didn't. Katie didn't know what to do, though. Didn't know what to do at all anymore, and that wasn't.. normal. That wasn't HER. This wasn't her. An eleven, twelve, thirteen year old Katie wouldn't have given up on anything, especially not her friends. A younger Katie would have faught for what she believed in and what mattered most. In fact, she had always made it quite clear that no girl was going to take her spot within their circle of friends. No girl was going to replace her when it came to her guy friends. And.. now? What had happened to that?
Before she could get any words out, and what felt very sudden to her as she hadn't expected the motion, Legend had leaned foward and wrapped her in his arms, holding her tight. It was surprising, but it was welcomed almost immediately as she relaxed the tinsiest bit, enough to return the embrace and hide her face in his shoulder as she listened to him. Legend didn't want to not be friends. He was trying to make it better. When he even went as far as to say she knew he didn't like hugs, with her eyes closed, it was like turning on a video of memories throughout their childhood in her mind; she had always known, it was a tool a much younger Katie had used against him time and time again. And then, there was that one summer when she was about.. seven? That she had kissed him on the cheek right before leaving. The memory brought a weak little smile to her lips, a huge improvement from her tears. Slowly, very slowly, Katie nodded her head. "I don't want to not speak ever again.." Her words came out in a mere whisper. She didn't want to lose him.
The little black box was still being held tightly in one hand despite the hugging, some very small subconscious part of her not wanting to drop whatever was inside.
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Dream. Try. Do Good.
I love you all,
Class dismissed. |