liana

liana liked me

she was a pretty blonde girl with braids in her hair

she spoke german and it was very impressive

one time we went to sing for the elderly at the nursing home

there was an old austrian guy there who barely spoke english

she sat with him and she spoke to him for ages

it made his face light up

she was 11

one day we came back from swimming and her teddy bear undies fell out of her bag

the boys found them on the asphalt and laughed

she grabbed my hand and ran to the girls' bathroom

she said, "bella those are MY undies! i'm so embarrassed!"

and when she got her first period at inter-school netball

i got her pads from the teacher

sometimes i went to her house for sleepovers

we sat in her bed and she told me she didn't understand why lily was so popular anyway

she said lily wasn't even that pretty

she said, "bella i think even YOU are prettier than lily."

she read me pippi longstocking in german

being friends with liana made everyone like me more at school

instead of drawing with pilar, i sat and watched the boys play soccer at lunchtime

liana liked my jokes

she used to make me tell them over and over

she told me i was nice

i liked liana

liana liked me