Julie Meyer had it all. She was a tall and statuesque brunette with dazzling green eyes, a killer tan year-round, and designer clothes that were perfectly molded to her every curve. Every girl wanted to _be_ her, every boy wanted to _have_ her. All of Finnigan High School was painfully aware of her existence, from the lowliest freshman to the most popular senior. Today was the first day of her junior year. Julie carefully placed a practiced smile on her face, eager to soak up the attention that was sure to follow, and then pushed open the cafeteria door. Sure enough, there was a predictable ripple of heads turning to see who'd just walked in, the hush of whispers when they realized it was her. Julie's smile widened when she saw her friend Stacy wave from one of the benches at the front. In the back of the cafeteria sat Katherine. She sat alone reading _Sense and Sensibility_ . She didn't even look up when her older sister walked in. She was used to all the fuss made about Julie, used to being a ghost. 2008-06-12T04:27:03Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/34025 <p>It&#8217;s interesting how Katherine is the exact foil of Julie&#8230; and how, through her disinterest, she is immediately OF interest to us. Nice job! I&#8217;m intrigued.<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/34025?basename=70157 2008-06-12T04:27:03Z Music-Hearted http://ficlets.com/authors/musicxhearted <p>Interesting entry. I like the image of &#8220;predictable ripple of heads turning&#8221;</p> <p>LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/34025?basename=70034 2008-06-11T20:31:58Z Ridcully Calvert http://ficlets.com/authors/user_joon <p>Powerful, Austenesque.. Poor, plain Katherine.. no doubt as pretty, but bookish..Kate Winslet could play her.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/34025?basename=70027 2008-06-11T20:17:33Z Kermitgorf http://ficlets.com/authors/kermitgorf <p>Well done piece. I get the feeling we may not know everything there is to know about Julie yet, either.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/34025?basename=70018 2008-06-11T19:52:40Z Eckhouse http://ficlets.com/authors/eckhouse <p>I know what Katherine is feeling. I can already see this ending badly ;-)</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/34025?basename=70005 2008-06-11T18:28:47Z PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA) http://ficlets.com/authors/pyropunk <p>Aha, very crafty, the description of a character in the description not of the character&#8230;ie, she is what her thoroughly described sister is not.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/34025?basename=70003 2008-06-11T18:17:42Z THX 0477 http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477 <p>I also really like this because it spoke volumes about Katherine despite the fact that she&#8217;s not mentioned until the end. It makes me want to know more about her, so here&#8217;s to hoping you continue to flesh this out. I&#8217;m a little curious about Stacy as well.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/34025?basename=69996 2008-06-11T17:15:44Z thebetweenspace http://ficlets.com/authors/thebetweenspace <p>I really like this. A slightly different take on the challenge than I was expecting, but you do get a really great sense of who Katherine is from your description of Julie.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/34025?basename=69989 2008-06-11T17:06:04Z John Perkins http://ficlets.com/authors/johnperkins21