~Katia~
I watched as Salem and Kyle started talking. They seemed to be getting rather friendly, and it made my blood boil for some reason and it made me unconsciously tighten my grip on Markus. I could hear a slight groan of pain but ignored it and inched closer to the other two.
"So you knew Katia when she was younger? What was she like?" Kyle asked.
I blushed and looked at Salem. What did he think of me? I reddened at the thought. Oh Salem...
"Pretty much how she is now, only a bit bouncier and she smiled more. I have tons of pictures." Salem said taking out his phone. "Luke scanned a lot of them and put them on here."
I could see Kyle visibly perk up and inch closer to Salem. I thought Salem looked slightly redder than before and took a slight step back and selected a picture. "Heres a good one. It was the summer when we were like five, so we weren't friends yet, but our families were." He held up the phone and immediately recognized it.
It had been the summer we went to the zoo. I looked so different then. I was standing by Salem, who still had his hair bright red and cut short and was wearing a pair of overalls. He looked so different. And Luke was three then, clinging onto his mother and Smiling bashfully at the camera. Kotone was doing nearly the same, but clinging onto our father. I was standing proudly in front with Summer, who had her hair rather short. My hair was extremely long, reaching down my back and pulled into pigtails. I was wearing a dress too, a blue sundress that I wouldn't be caught dead in now.
And I was smiling. My eyes were closed, like I wad caught in midlaughter of something Summer had said. Salem had a look of curiousity looking over at me and Summer. It had been so long.
"This was before you and Summer started fighting a lot." Salem stated.
Kyle leaned into the picture. "You were cute! I bet your smile looks beautiful now!"
"Like he'll I'm gonna smile, pendejo." I pouted, with my face reddening.
I turned and walked to the other side of the room. (Still dragging a poor confused Markus) and sat down on the floor.
Why the hell are they making me feel this way?!
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can you guess what made Katia stop smiling?
