Name: That Girl

Song: Love You More

Patton's Age: 8

Owen's Age: 6

Veronica's Age: 7

Grade: 3

Patton kicked a stone in front of him while he walked down the sidewalk of Praga, Poland. A suburb of Warsaw, the capital of the country. It wasn't the best neighborhood in the country, people actually tried to avoid it. He was currently walking with his two best friends. Owen and Veronica Wit. They were cousins and their dads, Robin and Alexander had been his father's best friends along with Campbell Bonkski.

Owen was the youngest. He was shaggy brown hair and dark brown eyes. His skin was tanner then Patton and Veronica's but was still lighter than most poles. He was a very large child with braces and freckles. He was currently running to keep up with Patton and Veronica. Veronica had long blonde hair so light it looked almost white, pale skin like Patton, and olive colored eyes. She was a very pretty girl but was super shy and only hung out with Patton and Owen. She was walking beside Patton with a white faux fur vest on; it was kind of her signature.

Owen finally caught up to the other two kids while panting, Veronica and Patton stopped "You….guys….need….to….slow….down! Where…is….my…inhaler?" Owen patted his pockets before reaching in the pocket of his jacket and pulling out his inhaler. Taking two hits, he put it away and glared at his cousin and best friend "Why do you guys always move so fast?"

"We don't move fast Owen, you're just really slow." Patton said continuing on his way "As I was saying, Cleveland is a great town but it's no Warsaw."

Veronica stopped causing Patton to turn around and look at her "Your accent is getting weaker."

Patton cleared his throat then started speaking with a really strong Polish accent "Sorry, I have to talk with a weaker accent or my friends can't understand me. Most of the time when I'm doing missions or stuff I talk with an American accent." Veronica and Owen looked at him sadly "Guys come on, I may be living in America now but Poland is my home. I'm always going to be Polish, not American."

"We are actually referring to your new friends." Owen said sadly "Your new American friends."

"Oh come on you two! I could never replace you guys, I told Bartie all about you guys just the other day and he knows that even though they may be my friends they can never replace you guys."

"Bartie?" Owen asked leaning against the wall of the donut shop "Who's Bartie?"

"Bartie Stork, he's really nice, he hung out with Rachel first, then started hanging out with Fanny. He's really smart and good with electronics; he's the 2X4 tech for our sector."

"Hang on," Veronica said pushing in between Owen and Patton "Who are Rachel and Fanny?"

"Oh come on Veronica, you know you're the most important girl in my life and you always have been. Fanny and Rachel are two of my new friends." Patton jumped when he heard a bottle breaking behind him "We better start heading back to my grandparents, mom told me not to get into any trouble while we were here."

The three kids started walking up the hill they had been approaching, it left the city area and there was a forest on the other side of the hill. Patton's grandparents had a mansion his grandfather had gotten as a present from Patton's great-grandfather after his uncle was born, it was in the Drilovsky family for generations and his grandfather just settled the whole family in. The Drilovsky's had won the land in a poker game over 100 years before Casmir (Patton's dad) had been born so they didn't have to pay on it, if they did they probably wouldn't own it. While climbing the hill, Veronica caught up to Patton.

"I miss you, it's just Owen I hang out with now and he's…..Owen…."

Patton looked at her and sighed "I know, I miss you guys too, but America is great. They have a crappy political system but us Poles can't really talk I guess" He laughed and gestured around them with his hands "Point is, Warsaw is great and Cleveland is great but after high school I'm coming back here."

Veronica scoffed "You making another promise you're not going to keep? Mój boże Patton, you told me you were never going to be friends with another girl as long as you lived, you said you'd marry me when we got older, and you said you'd never leave Poland permanently. You seem to be breaking all those promises."

Patton stopped walking and turned to Veronica "What was I supposed to do Veronica. I don't think my mom was in the mood to be bargained with, the love of her life had just been killed! To jest szalone! Jesteś szalony!" Patton started on his way up the hill again after calling Veronica crazy, she growled and ran up to him.

"What about marrying me?" Veronica asked crossing her arms and putting her nose in the air

Patton glared at her before scoffing "Mój boże Veronica. You were feeding me candy and soda, give me soda and candy and I'll agree to anything." Veronica frowned "I've tried to like you Veronica, believe me, I've tried. I just don't, and I should! You're beautiful and smart and nice but I just can't get myself to like you and I'm not going to act like I do so that you get hurt."

Veronica sighed "Tell me about her."

Patton stopped and pulled his coat tighter around him as the wind blew, Poland in February was nasty "Tell you about who?"

"Fanny."

Patton's eyes got wide "What? What do you want to know about her for?"

Veronica laughed and took Patton brown hat off his head and started up the hill while putting it on hers. He ran up behind her "I can tell when you like someone Patton." Veronica said "The way your eyes lit up when you said her name. What's she like?"

Patton sighed and smiled "Well, she's half Irish and half Scottish so she's completely Gaelic."

Veronica stopped and looked confused; they heard a panting behind them meaning that Owen was catching up "I thought you hated Irish people?"

"Well, they aren't all like Dylan, Veronica." Patton said laughing as he started back up the hill "She's really cute, she's got frizzy, bright red hair, freckles, and dark blue eyes."

"Really? Totally not like the girls here is she?"

"Not at all, maybe that's why I like her so much."

Veronica laughed "You always did like the ones no one else did. What does she act like? She like me?"

"Kind of, she's defiantly as stubborn as you that's for sure. She's loud and hates boys because of something that happened with her cousin, she's bossy and mean to a lot of people so a lot of people don't like her but I just think they don't understand her cause she's really not that bad."

Veronica grabbed Patton's hand and laid her head on his shoulder as Owen finally caught up to them "I heard you talking about the love of your life Patton."

Patton pulled away from Veronica and turned to Owen violently "She isn't the love of my life! I'm not even sure if I like her like that or not!"

"How is that?" Owen asked "How do you not know if you like someone?"

"Well, I know I don't see her as a sister like Rachel and Veronica. I really think she's pretty and I care about her….I just don't know how exactly." Patton sat down on the front steps of the house "I would do anything for her and if she asked me out I can't say I'd decline."

"Wow, you working on saying big words now?" Veronica said sitting next to him, he gave her a dirty look.

"Come on, we need to get inside before your guy's families get freaked out." Patton said standing up and opening the door, walking inside with Owen and Veronica.

As soon as they got in, the three kids took off their coats and started walking into the family room of the large house. 5 year old Natalie jumped down from the couch and ran up and hugged her brother's waist.

"Hi Patton." She hugged Veronica and Owen too "Hi Veronica, hi Owen." She walked back over and started drawing; she was drawing a very accurate picture of the very, very, very fat, fluffy calico cat that was sitting in front of her.

Patton walked over and looked at it "Natalie, his eyes need to be closed, Foofoocuddlypoops isn't ever awake."

Natalie grinned at her brother "Thanks Patton."

The thing about the Drilovsky kids was that they were very good artist. Patton was better than Natalie and it wasn't a common Drilovsky trait to be a good artist but Patton and Natalie got it from their mother. Patton sat down next to the super fat cat apparently named Foofoocuddlypoops and started to pet him, he growled but didn't move.

Owen gave the cat a nervous look "That cat kind of scares me. He acts as if he's going to rip off your arm."

Patton laughed "He'd never do that, it would require moving."

"You sound like Fanny." Natalie said "Did Patton tell you about her? She's his girlfriend."

Patton stood up and glared at his little sister "She's not my girlfriend Nat! You know that!"

Natalie acted as if she didn't hear him as she sat up on the couch and faced the two kids across the room "He talks about her night and day…well, the nights and days when he's not hanging out with her. He can't keep his eyes off of her and she's perfect for him."

"Natalie shut up!" Patton said jumping up and glaring at her brother

"Patton gets along with her one of her little brothers too!" She put her finger up to her mouth in thought "He'd probably get along with both if he'd met the youngest yet…what's his name again? Shane?"

"Shawn! Now shut up Natalie!"

Natalie turned to her brother, stuck out her tongue, and laughed. Patton glared at her and crossed his arms over his chest while glaring. She stopped laughing when she saw his face, screamed, and ran out of the room with Patton chasing her yelling in Polish.

So Patton's Polish friends know about his American ones…and Veronica who is head over heels for Patton knows about Fanny. Don't worry; those two will meet in a later chapter. I also gave you a glimpse of Patton and Natalie's relationship along with Patton and Owen's. Owen does move to America shortly after graduating so he's going to become a major part of my stories.