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Katie nodded excitedly, understanding exactily what Anna meant. Or so she believed. "Like when you want to try something for the first time but it's scary too, like riding a bike without training wheels or going on a roller coaster!" To be in the mind of an eleven year old, what joy.
Kaitlynnh Gelilah Cantara Kayleigh Mae never ever ever ever EVER wanted to hear the words 'Legend' and 'Boyfriend' in the same sentance ever again, especially being uttered in a conversation to her, no matter HOW it was meant. That was absolutely revolting, Legend.. and NO. In his dreams. No, Legend and Mat and Cy and Will were all boys that happened to be her friends, there for 'boys that are her friends'. Not boyfriends. Jae and Danny too, except they're her cousins as well. "I don't think so. There's three of them, and all the boys and girls at my old school our age do that; it's like a game." Katie explained, her childish mind making her believe that maybe Anna had forgotten what it was like to be an eleven year old. The boys picked on her, yes, but she didn't let them go that easily. It was a routine of theirs, a game, part of being little. "I can't escape Legend even if I wanted to. Our families are close friends, we get thrown together alot." She added, her nose wrinkling once again. She was never going shopping with him again, no matter what anyone had to say about it.
She would appreciate the boys being around, one day? "Why do you say that?" Katie asked shyly, shifting to place her head on her folded hands. It was unfortunate Anna would only be around for this term, and gone the next.
"Uh...huh? Yeah, I guess it might be
sort of like that, Katie," Anna replied. Maybe so, maybe not, but Anna couldn't imagine the future opportunities that awaited her could be compared to riding a bike without training wheels. Although, maybe, when she really thought about it, it could. Maybe the same excitement a little kid felt while riding without training wheels or riding a roller coaster for the first time could equal the same amount of excitement Anna would once day have about getting married and getting a job out in the adult world. "Hmm...maybe so, Katie. Maybe so."
"Ahh, I see. A game...," Anna said, giving Katie a knowing smile. Ahh, this little girl was clueless about boys. Anna could
definitely remember feeling the same way about boys as Katie currently did. When Anna had first arrived at Hogwarts, she didn't even look twice at a boy unless he was asking her about homework or classwork or anything ending in the letters w-o-r-k. Come to think of it, Anna didn't have much of a social life her first three years at Hogwart's. At least Katie seemed to be a real social butterfly. "Katie, in four years, I want you to owl me and describe to me how your friendship with Legend has progressed since I was a seventh year. Promise me that. I'll be expecting your owl."
"Why do you I say that you'll one day appreciate boys being around?" Anna repeated. "Well, for one, one day you'll wake up and decide that the boy whose poked you, picked on you, and ridiculed you for
years is suddenly the boy you want to
kiss. He'll be the boy whose hand you hold while walking down by the lake in the evenings. He'll be the one you make doodles about on all your parchment. You just wait and see, Katie!"