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forensicscientist101 
Yeah I guess I can't. But the kids use to call me Romeo Girl. I don't know why. She smiled at the memories the words brought. Sure.I'll take Mina and you take Julie. See how it works out.She was only half joking.
Julie laughed suddenly when the girl called her evil, I guess you won't believe me if I said I am jealous of you than? But then again maybe she was meant to stay a giant.
Julie looked at the girl then at the sky, I guess I should start feeling special. If you met only seven people then they all must be pretty important or you wouldn't have dealt with them. She got up and laid on the semi-cold ground so she look at the sky better. But in doing so she missed when Mina tensed.
Julie chuckled, It is, believe me, it is. Luckily we live in a farm house with a barn and everything so we all have plenty of room to move and find a quiet place if we have too. at least till the next kid decides you are done being alone. She thought back to Lucy. She always took Lucy with her if she went somewhere quiet so that they could be alone. She smiled when she remembered how Lucy would play with a toy while she would read her latest book.
Julie blushed as she pillowed her hands behind her head, Yeah, his name is Jess. I met him once and fell for him like a rock off the side of a cliff. She chuckled at the image. She half shrugged, I haven't seen him since, we always miss each other. She felt the now familar sadness creep up and crammed it down. So, Mina. Do you like someone?
Romeo Girl ... it took Mina a second to place it together - but then again, English literature wasn't something she'd learnt in school.
'See, now that's a nice nickname.' Romeo Girl ... it was also quite catchy, if she was honest. Which she daren't be right now. But then she laughed again; Julie's joke was one she would honestly jump at, were it possible.
Mina was startled.
'Jealous? Of me?' It was such an odd thing to say that she actually glanced around her, just to make sure there were no other people who Julie might've answered instead. Jealous of Mina ... something new and different.
'How come?' It couldn't be because of height - how could someone tall be jealous of somebody who couldn't even get into some stores because "kids under the age of nine can't enter".
She'd never thought of it that way; a serene smile worked across her face as she nodded.
'I suppose so. I mean, those seven people contained my first ever friends - are my first ever friends.' And yes, already, Mina included Julie in those seven. There weren't many who could deal with her like Julie was doing. Those were the rarities; and then there were the few who had an inkling of why who still dealt with her.
She snapped out of the thoughts again when Julie continued their conversation. Had she been spacing out? Bad Mina.
She laughed.
'You guys must be pretty close then,' she commented.
'I mean, if you haven't killed each other for that ...' She trailed off, but her intent was clear.
The blush spiked her attention, and she sat up, curling her knees to her chest and crossing her arms over them before resting her chin on the skin.
'Love at first sight.' She sighed wistfully; it sounded such a lovely thing. If only Mina could experience it ...
'I'm sure you'll see each other soon. If not ... tell the initiative and find him - be his personal stalker if it means you get to see him and not miss him!' Do you like someone? Mina froze, and behind her tanned cheeks a tiny blush rose as a face appeared in her mind. It took her a moment to snap out of her speechlessness.
'I suppose ... you could say yes. But he doesn't feel the same way; I'm a friend he doesn't see often. He has girlfriends, and he doesn't know about my feelings. But that doesn't matter.' She smiled sadly.
'I'm happy to know he is.' She bent her head forward, allowing a curtain of ebony hair to fall between her and Julie so she could try and banish the blush from her cheeks. She murmured something into her arms in her home language that even she couldn't hear properly.
After a minute she looked back up, a smile on her face. Honestly, it didn't bother her. At least, that's what she told herself - and she desperately hoped it was true.
'Anyway - go all out for Jess. If you like him, do whatever it takes to see him again.' Subtle, Mina, very subtle change of subject. She kicked herself internally.