"Is Melissa there?" Katerina asked Melissa's mother.
"Sorry, no, she went to Krissy's...sorry again."Katerina hung up the phone and sighed. Ever since the beginning of the schoolyear she felt Melissa had been ignoring her. As she glanced out her window, she saw Krissy and Melissa walk by.
"Now's my chance," Katerina decided.
Running outside and ambling down her front steps she waved to Melissa. With a
distrought look, Melissa waved back, then, with a quick turn Melissa walked the
opposite way, abandoning Katerina one again.
Melissa just felt the tiniest twinge of guilt. She knew she and Katerina had been best friends for a long time. But she's changed. And so has Katerina. They've both grown up and... well, frankly, it was time to go their separate ways. Now if only she could tell Katerina that without having to hurt her feelings TOO much.
Katerina went back home... feeling betrayed and alone. "What did
I do to have Melissa treat me this way?", she thought. Suddenly, all the happy memories of their friendship came back to her. The ol' swimming
hole they used to spend their summer days in, the toy shop where they always bought their Christmas gifts for each other. Katerina laughed when she
remembered the time they got identical gifts from each other! They were toys
they've always wanted, but decided to get for the other instead since
they had money enough only for one toy. Her mother had said, "You two girls
have a special bond. You know each other more than anyone else!". Katerina
sighed.
"Whatever happened to that special bond?" she wondered.
