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The nice thing about being kind of self absorbed was that Kate didn't really think about the shit she did affecting people negatively.
She was sure it happened -- hell, she'd tried to burn down the bookshelf -- and she was sure there was at least one person on the island who didn't like her much, but the other nice thing about being self absorbed was that it brought a kind of confidence to a person, too. Someone out there might hate her, but it was pretty easy to not care about that much. Still, part of not thinking about it was avoidance of certain things and although Kate knew she hadn't exactly done anything wrong, she still felt sort of awkward now and then if she let herself think about Harry and Ginny.
He'd decided to stay with her, so that had to mean something, and Kate was happy with that decision. But it also meant she avoided thinking about Ginny much, just in case she wasn't happy with that decision.
Avoidance only worked so long as she could actually avoid someone, though, and sometimes that got tough. Especially when the person she was sort of avoiding -- not actively, though, that would be weird and they did have a class together -- looked exactly like someone she considered a friend. It was with the thought that she had spotted Wichita ahead of her on the boardwalk that Kate hurried to catch up with the other girl.
"Hey," she said, sounding a little breathless, though not nearly as breathless as she might have once been. That self defense class was paying off in that sense.
It was only when she arrived there that she realized that she wasn't standing beside Wichita. She tried not to be an asshole, but she also didn't exactly go out of her way to talk to Ginny either, which meant her sudden arrival at the other girl's side was probably pretty weird. "Ginny," she added, not wanting to let on that she'd confused her with someone else.
She was sure it happened -- hell, she'd tried to burn down the bookshelf -- and she was sure there was at least one person on the island who didn't like her much, but the other nice thing about being self absorbed was that it brought a kind of confidence to a person, too. Someone out there might hate her, but it was pretty easy to not care about that much. Still, part of not thinking about it was avoidance of certain things and although Kate knew she hadn't exactly done anything wrong, she still felt sort of awkward now and then if she let herself think about Harry and Ginny.
He'd decided to stay with her, so that had to mean something, and Kate was happy with that decision. But it also meant she avoided thinking about Ginny much, just in case she wasn't happy with that decision.
Avoidance only worked so long as she could actually avoid someone, though, and sometimes that got tough. Especially when the person she was sort of avoiding -- not actively, though, that would be weird and they did have a class together -- looked exactly like someone she considered a friend. It was with the thought that she had spotted Wichita ahead of her on the boardwalk that Kate hurried to catch up with the other girl.
"Hey," she said, sounding a little breathless, though not nearly as breathless as she might have once been. That self defense class was paying off in that sense.
It was only when she arrived there that she realized that she wasn't standing beside Wichita. She tried not to be an asshole, but she also didn't exactly go out of her way to talk to Ginny either, which meant her sudden arrival at the other girl's side was probably pretty weird. "Ginny," she added, not wanting to let on that she'd confused her with someone else.