Katrina yelled. “Don’t you come in my house with that Beckman junk on! This is a Bailey household,” she laughed, playfully tugging at Jade’s t-shirt. Because they lived in different parts of the city, Katrina and Jade had to attend rival junior high schools. It wouldn’t be that way for long, though. Both girls would be attending Lew Wallace High School next school term to start their freshman year. Until then they were stuck harassing each other and cheering for opposite teams. Landon was graduating with honors from Lew Wallace and Willa took it upon herself to throw him a party. He was ranked number ten out of a class of six hundred seventy-two and she thought that was fantastic and deserved to be recognized. As usual, Cicely was unconcerned about what was going on in Landon’s life and told Willa to do whatever she wanted. Katrina absolutely adored her big brother and wanted to be included in the party planning. So Willa and Jade stopped by to get her on their way to shop for food and decorations.
