Special Person(or People)

       "I call Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!" I yelled.
       "No, that's mine!" Elisabeth yelled back, swapping the book off the green glass table before i could reach it.
       "I want to read it, though." I argued, grabbing the book from her.
       "But it's my book and I got it for my birthday which happened to be yesterday." Elisabeth took the book back scowling.
       "But my birthday was a week ago." I shot back. "And I'm a bigger Harry Potter fan than you are. HA! Can't beat that."
       Elisabeth paused in thought. "Well, it's mine, so I get to read it."
       "Do you not realize the importance of reading these books quickly? There are so many other people reading this book, and I am going to read it the fastest, but definately not first, since obviously people have already finished it and so since I haven't I won't be the first to read it, even if you don't count the people with the Advanced Reader's Copies." I said without taking a breath.
       "Why do you talk in run-on sentences and always speak so fast?" Amelia questioned.
       "Uh... because?" I answered. She snorted and turned to Elisabeth.
       "Can I borrow Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix?" she asked Elisabeth.
       "Yeah," she replied, "It's in my room next to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."
       "Hmm... How coincidental," I said.
       "Can I borrow the Goblet of Fire?" Marilyn asked hopefully. Elisabeth nodded.
       And for the rest of the day we sat around bonding over Harry Potter.


       Marilyn, Amelia, and Elisabeth have been some of my best friends for over a decade. When we were aound 2 years old, we attended Pacific Rim International Scool, or PRINTS in Emeryville, California. This is a trilingual school where you are taught English, Japanese, and Chinese during your Preschool through First Grade years, then you concentrate on English and either Japanese or Chinese when you reach the  Elementary Divison. When  you reach the Elementary Divison , you have class with your whole grade. Altogether , this adds up to an insane number of people: 5. Since  the classes are so small, everyone  develops a close relationship with their peers.This is what happened with Sita, Jody, Sarah, and I . We grew close to each other over the years, and then I moved to New York, New York in 1997 when I was 4.