16: Almost made that mistake

KATERINA

It had been two weeks since I last spoke to Haydon. During those three weeks I had met his friends, at school.

First was Christopher, he was more of the quiet loner of the group. I had met him by literally bumping into him the hallways on my way to give the receptionist her coffee. He was actually kind and soft spoken. A real gentleman, which was why I had not treated him with the same seething hostility as when I was with Haydon, despite wanting to really be a rude brat.

Second was Brian. The one with the whitest hair I had ever seen and bright blue eyes that seemed luminous against his pale white skin. He was the funny happy-go-lucky one in the group. We met in my physics class when he asked to bo