~PROLOGUE~
A new school year, a new beginning awaited me. As usual I did not know what to expect on the first day of school, especially since this was only my second year in the United State’s school system. I come from Kiev, the capitol of one of the largest European countries on the east of Poland. I come from Ukraine. Immigrating was a tough challenge both physically and psychologically for me, and to this day my heart yearns to return home. But I got sidetracked…
It was the fall of 7th grade, the first day of school; I receive my schedule and hurried to my first period class, gym class. I saw a blonde girl standing in the center of the room looking confused as to where to go. I walked up to her. –“Hey, what’s your name?” I asked, trying to be as friendly as I could. –“I’m Katie”, replied the girl. –“I’m Kateryna, and I have no clue where the class for Siebe is meeting…Do you know?” I asked hoping we were both looking for the same thing. –“Actually, that’s what I’m trying to figure out..” , she said smiling, so we both walked over to the far part of the gym in hopes we were in the right place. Many unfamiliar faces filled the old, blue, gym and as I was still not used to the school system, even after a year, I was overwhelmed by all that I saw and was faced with. Soon the teacher, Mr. Siebe, came into the room and called his students over. Surprisingly enough, our class did meet by the back wall of the gym. He arranged us in alphabetical order.
My best friend from 6th grade ended up being in that class. Her name was Julianne, a quiet girl much like me. She sat in the back of me and this brought a sense of security since not all the faces were unfamiliar now. In front of me sat a blonde girl, the one I had just met, Katie I think it was. I tapped her –“Hey!” I said with a wide smile which quickly faded when I realized I had made an error. –“Hi-i-i...” replied the blonde girl turning around and looking a little confused. –“Oh sorry, I though you were someone else…” I said quickly, realizing I had tapped the wrong person. At that point I did not understand how to make friends in this country, it was new to me, alien, and I was lost.
That day I met my very best friend that I would share all my further life experiences with, whose shoulder I would cry on and who would become the bearer of my secrets. I had met a girl that would come to me to disclose her joys and problems, a girl who I would later write a novel about. This novel is about that girl, a girl named Jen.
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