Katie was a kid who aimed to be like her big brother. They would play aliens vs space rangers, the floor is lava, and video games. It was all fun until her brother started growing away from her as he got older. Matt had made a friend in the Space Academy where he went to school and often brought him over. Takashi Shirogane was his name. He was tall, taller than Matt at least, and a little bulky with short black hair yet there was a little long tuft in the front. He was loved within her family because her dad was a teacher at the Space Academy, and apparently Shiro was a straight A student like Matt.

Katie had tried to get closer to her brother and his friend, but she just didn't know what they were talking about. It was in-depth math and talk about an astronomer whom she had never heard of. To them she was just that cute little sister with the long hair and pretty dresses. It frustrated her to no end. That's why when Matt went abroad with their father at the beginning of summer, she was going to change that. She will no longer be a pretty cute little girl, she will be tougher and smarter than anyone her age, or at least she was going to try.

She spent all summer learning as much as she could, she was even able to skip her last year of middle school and jump straight to high school, where Shiro was currently a junior. She was able to build robots, code computers and handle more physics and calculus problems than most seniors. She was never going to let anyone make her feel stupid again. She also began training for the baseball team that summer. Her brother's team had gone to championships and she wanted to be just as great as he was. Only problem is Pidge couldn't get in as a girl, so she cut her hair, to hopefully look like her brother, a man. It would work, of course it would, she didn't exactly have the curves of a woman, and her father wouldn't be here to mess things up either.

It was finally time for school to start,and Katie was given the girls uniform, but she would be able to steal a boys one from the school storage before tryouts happened. She put on that orange pleated skirt and the sailor top, she tied the bow, not bothering to brush her light brown hair and was on her way. She didn't live to far from the school so she just walked.

As she was walking in she saw Shiro, whom she hadn't seen in months since Matt left at the beginning of summer. There weren't really friends, so he had no reason to come over.

He had glanced back at her and then did a double check. He stopped and waited for her notice him. She of course did notice, how could she not notice, she had had a crush on him since they had first me. She stopped and looked up at him, ignoring the fact that he was extremely confused since she looked like her brother. "Hi Shiro, long time no see." She said.

He smiled, a bit puzzled, "Katie? Is that you?" He had grown a bit taller and way more muscular since the last time she had seen him, and boy did he look better than before. The once little tuft of black hair was now white and he had a layered shave around his head. Katie had noticed a new scar over his nose though.

She smirked, "Of course it is me, who else would I be? Anyway, how did you get that scar?"

The lack of attention to Shiro's confusion was doing just what she wanted, ignoring the topic that she had changed. Yet Shiro just couldn't get it out of his head. There was something just too different. It wasn't just her hair, maybe it was that she had grown a bit taller? He looked her up and down, but that didn't seem to be what was bugging him. He decided to push it to the back of his mind till later and answer her question. "Oh this, haha, I got it this summer. My dad and I went on a big hiking trip and there was a couple of trips and falls here and there. It was fun to spend time with him since he really isn't here. Wait a minute, you are supposed to be in middle school!"

Katie frowned and started heading to the school entrance, it was about time for the bell to ring. She hated the mention of her being young. She wanted to push this childlike image Shiro had of her out of his mind. "Oh yeah that, well I skipped it. They found that putting me through that grade wouldn't do me any good so they put me straight to high school. Impressive right?"

Shiro rubbed the back of his head and headed in with her. "Yeah I guess so! Just as smart as Matt, and your father! Well I have to go head to my first class. See you around sometime?"

Katie smiled at that and nodded, looking through her class schedule and the awful map the school had given her. Her first class, AP Physics, was on the 3rd floor so she made her way up quietly. There was a sea of teenagers, but it seemed to vanish in an instant as she entered her class. Katie took a seat next to this lanky boy with light brown skin. He stared at the window like he didn't want to be here. The boy right behind the dreamer flicked him in the head.

"Lance, it's time to pay attention, this is a whole new year and we need to make it great." The boy said, he was a hunkier guy, big in every way. He had a medium brown complexion and a big round nose, he wore a orange headband that tied in the back. He seemed pretty worried for his friend, Lance. Lance didn't seem worried at all.

"Listen Hunk, high school is going to be all about getting the ladies. Ladies don't like men who are worried about grades and being here on time. Ladies like the tough guys who are relaxed and funny." Lance looked back at Hunk with a grin, wiggling his eyebrows. Katie rolled her eyes.

"Yeah but the lady that is your mom will kick your ass if you act anything like you did last year. She worked pretty hard to get you in this school, didn't she?" Hunk narrowed his eyes, annoyed by Lance's ignorance to his situation. Katie snorted.

"Aw C'mon!" Lance almost shouted, crossing his arms, completely embarrassed. The teacher cleared his throat to get everyone's attention and started class. Everyone had to stand up and introduce themselves. Lance stood up confidently and said, "My name is Lance Mcclain, I was a swimming champion at my middle school." He looked around the class to see everyone's reactions, but nobody really seemed to care. He sat down, a little disappointed.

Hunk stood up nervously, "Uhh, my name is Hunk and I like to cook things." he sat back down immediately. Katie found these people interesting, and she was going to have to.

She stood up, "My name is Katie Holt. I skipped my last year of middle school." This caught people's attention because it doesn't happen often. A lot of people seemed impressed. She sat back down quietly, ignoring Lance's jaw dropped stare. After the rest of the class finished the teacher gathered their attention back.

"Alright class, this is a project heavy curriculum so I will be pairing you into groups of three that you will have till the end of the year." He proceeded to list off groups and Katie looked around aimlessly as she saw some people happy with their groups, and some not so much. Then she heard her name called. "Pidge, Lance, and Hunk, you three will be a group. That's it. Since today is the first day I will let you get acquainted, but tomorrow we will go over school rules and guidelines. After that, we will start as normal." He smiled and wrote his name on the board and then sat as the talking commenced.

Katie turned to look at Lance and Hunk, taking in their reactions. They must have went to different schools or maybe they went to the same middle school and just never met. "Hi guys, my name is Katie, nice to meet you."

Lance leaned in, observing her, "You don't seem like a Katie."

Hunk smacked him on the head, "Dude you can't just say she doesn't look like a Katie. Apologize."

Lance rubbed his head, glaring at Hunk, "I'm sorry, I am Lance by the way. Nice to meet you too." He winked, Katie almost vomited.

Hunk grinned at her and stuck his hand out, "And I am Hunk. Nice to meet you Katie."

She shook his hand and thought to herself, this is going to be a long year.