Brianna as a Friend
Brianna as a Friend Katie Manning remembers her first day at a new high school. She remembers what it felt like to be the new kid in town. She stepped onto the yellow school bus and uncomfortably walked down the aisle. She felt unfriendly stares from her new classmates as she passed. Toward the back of the bus, she saw a ray of sunshine. "You can sit with me," Brianna Maitland, her new friend, said with a smile. She eagerly tapped the vinyl fabric of the seat, signaling Katie to join her. Katie sat down, immediately feeling at ease. "You have such pretty hair," Brianna said, gently touching a strand for herself. Kira Trombley remembers fondly a bubbly, beaming stranger approach her on the first day of school. "I love your leather jacket," Brianna, her new friend, said earnestly. Kira remembers the girl who never forgot her birthday. After months of not keeping in touch, Brianna unexpectedly appeared at her home on her birthday to wish h...