Katarina slowly opened her eyes to find the blaring morning sun shining brightly into her eyes. It was August 31st, her first day of school at John H.Green Middle School. She was beginning 6th grade, and everything seemed to be harder when Kat had transferred from her scenic Colorado home in America to the bustling streets of Tokyo. It was difficult to accept that here; they of course fly the Japanese flag instead of the American. She studied hard to learn the basic Japanese she needed to communicate with the many who didn't speak English. But was relieved to know that children at the school she was attending were required to know both Japanese and English. So she wouldn't feel like a third wheel. But it didn't make a difference anyways. She wasn't very comfortable when it came the meeting new people. This was strange since she was usually stubborn, sarcastic and well, her. She was the kind of person who waited for people to come to her. Which obviously wasn't working very well since she didn't have any friends. She wasn't the best at math, and didn't have the courage to speak in front of people without getting nervous. She didn't think anything was special about her.
She crawled sleepily out of bed and pulled out the long brown box under her bed that contained her new school uniform. She went into the bathroom and cleaned herself. She washed her face and brushed her teeth. Katarina sighed as she looked into the mirror at her acne covered face. She had beautiful golden tan skin, pretty dark brown eyes, and long legs. But she didn't notice that. She turned to the side to look at her stomach. She wasn't overweight or even chubby, but just because her figure wasn't perfect, she criticized herself. She pulled her black, curly, shoulder-length hair into bun, leaving the first strands in the front out. She slipped on the white short-sleeved blouse and pleated blue skirt that reached just above the knee and clipped on the red tie. She did a 360 turn and checked herself in the mirror.
"Please God, don't let me embarrass myself today", she thought as she pulled up the white knee highs and fastened the buckles on her black loafers. She checked her backpack, making sure she didn't forget anything, and made her way to the front door.
"Your dad says to give you this." Her mother said and give her a tight hug.
"And this is from me." She said and gave her daughter a peck on the cheek.
"Please be careful alright? I love you." Her mother told her.
"I love you too Mom. Goodbye!" She said and smiled as she closed the front door to her house. She was so happy to be able to go out for once by herself. Her mother always went everywhere with her – so it seemed. She took a deep breath and smiled into the morning sun, trying her best to calm her nerves. But it didn't work.
Because that was when she saw HIM.