So the walk home from school, I discovered that me and Cat (formerly known as Caterina, but no one dared call her that while I was around) only lived a few houses away from each other. I will admit to being just a little bit excited to find this out. Cat was my first best friend ever. Cat was my first friend ever. You have a problem with that? Yeah, didn't think so.

"So, thanks for doing that in class…" she kind of mumbled.

"No problem. If anyone ever messes with you, just come to me."

Her little, heart shaped face lit up. Actually, her whole entire body kind of lit up. It was amazing how she got so excited over little things. It was as if nobody had ever been nice to her before.

"Thanks, Jade!"

Cat lunged at me and wrapped her little arms around my waist. If it was anyone else, I probably would have either slapped them or shoved them to the ground. But this wasn't anyone else, this was Cat. The girl I've only known for a day, yet bonded with so quickly. She's different from everybody else.

I couldn't stop obsessing over how small she was. It was like you could blow on her and she would just topple over. Like a gust of wind could just come and carry her away. She was so fragile looking; but with her arms so tight around me, it sure didn't feel like she was so defenseless. She was actually kind of strong. Ish… She can't be healthy, she so small, even for someone our age.

So we walked on to our homes. Cat's was first house we came to. It was yellow and had green shutters. The front door was also green. It kind of made me want to puke, but I held it in. I mean, just imagine a three story house, all yellow and green, it's sickening, I hate the color yellow so much.

"Do you want to come inside?" Cat asked, tugging me out of my mental mini-rant.

I nodded my head and followed her inside. Her parents, or who I thought were her parents, were sitting at the kitchen table reading the newspaper. They didn't seem to friendly to me.

"Hi Mommy! Hi Daddy!" Cat squealed. She ran over to hug them.

Her parents merely flapped a hand, not even bothering to look up from what they were reading. They didn't even let her hug them! I had half a mind to tell them off. Before I could, Cat dragged me straight into her room.

Ohmigod, her room looked like a rainbow puked up all over it. The walls were pure pink and there were foam flowers and butterflies all over the walls. Her whole entire bed was pink with green pillows. This… This made me want to puke. I almost did, too. I couldn't imagine living in a room that was so frilly. I don't understand how our little friendship lasted the first 7 hours, we were complete opposites! Nothing alike; we had nothing in common. But this actually didn't bother me; it was just kind of a thought.

She brought me to a poster of some blonde girl singing her heart out.

"I wanna be a singer when I grow up!" she announced, pointing towards the poster

There we go! There's something!

"Really? Me too!" I told her. "Either that or an actress."

"How 'bout both?"

Her whole entire face lit up again. It was kind of nice being the cause of somebody's happiness. I don't think I've ever made anyone smile before; it gave me a weird, fuzzy feeling way deep down inside. I didn't really like the feeling, but I didn't hate it either. Maybe this is what being friends felt like. For all I know, it could be.

"Do you have any brothers or sisters?" Cat asked me out of nowhere

I look at her; she was still gawking at that big flashy poster. Secretly, I've always wanted a little sister, someone to boss around and blackmail into doing my chores for me. But sadly enough, my mom says that she can't have any more kids. She was crying when she told me this; I don't know if it was because she couldn't have anymore kids, or if she was sad that she stuck with just me as a daughter. It could've been both I guess.

"No…"

That was it, just a simple no. I didn't exactly know what else to say. I didn't exactly know if I wanted to say something else. I really wanted a sister… but I could never have one.

"Do you want my brother?"

I don't remember seeing a brother when I went inside the house. Maybe he was in his room.

"Can I meet him first?"