As Katherine walked in silence next to Hana, she almost felt guilty for how she had treated her over the past few months. It probably wasn't necessary for her to be so cold and uninviting. Even if she didn't like Hana or want her or her sister in her house, she could have tried to be civil. Things didn't work like that for Katherine, though. She was an all-or-nothing type of girl, especially when it came to her emotions. Hana had showed up at the wrong time and, well, things just didn't work between them. Katherine tried to mentally justify her actions but as she quickly glanced over at her, a tinge of guilt still pulled at her conscience. A new school is intimidating enough, and Hana obviously isn't Constance material. She'll probably have a hard enough time without me being a bitch to her... but I'm not being a bitch. It's not my problem that she's ugly and annoying. She imagined that Hana had to be nervous but just as quickly as she considered accepting blame for her actions, she pushed the thought out of her mind. It wasn't her job to make sure Hana was well-liked and when it came down to it, she wasn't innocent in all of this either.
Luckily, their walk to school wasn't long and soon enough, the street became crowded with teenagers in uniform. Most people seemed excited as they huddled in circles with their friends and gushed about everything exciting that had went on over the summer. Although many of the younger girls offered her a friendly 'hello', she was uninterested in most of them. Her eyes scanned the crowd for her real friends and she soon spotted Annelise, Lexi and Cliff standing by the steps leading up to the school. Her frown lightened up at the sight of them, and for a moment, she felt better about the day. It was genuine enough of an emotion for her to turn to Hana and offer her a weak smile. Even if I wanted to help her, I don't think I could. She just doesn't belong here, really. Poor girl. Katherine opened her mouth to say goodbye to Hana, which she thought would be nice enough, but reconsidered and once again, scanned the crowd of students around her. It took her a good minute, but she soon located a group of girls who Katherine didn't know, but assumed were as smart and socially awkward as she felt Hana was. A few of them were Asian, which was enough for her, in her usual ignorantly-offensive way, to assume that Hana would feel comfortable around. "I'm going to go find my friends but I'm sure those girls will let you stand with them. Just tell them you know me, or something," she said. In Katherine's head, she believed that she had just done a nice deed for Hana. She was trying to be kind and compassionate, and even though it probably didn't come out that way, it was nicer than Katherine usually was to Hana. "I'll probably go to Annie's after school today, so don't wait for me when the assembly's over. Kay?" she asked, but didn't wait for a response before her attention switched back to her friends and she headed towards them.
She didn't get their in time to catch Annelise's explanation of why she was stressed so she couldn't chime in to agree that she was up to take a shot too, but she did embrace both of her girl friends in separate hugs. "I want your skirt," she instantly exclaimed after giving Annie's outfit a quick glance, and couldn't resist running her fingers through Lexi's picture-perfect blonde curls. Annelise and Lexi were both gorgeous and even though she adored both of her friends, their beauty often made Katherine feel even worse about herself. Maybe it wasn't even just their appearances, but how confident they were. That alone was enviable.