# ~ Meet My Friends ~

## Mele Katoa & Karyme Aguiar

This is my friend, Mele Katoa! I met Mele in the fourth grade, when she had transferred to my elementary school midway through the year. Being the new kid and all, everybody wanted to get to know her. However, she was a really shy kid and as soon as she was enclosed in a tight circle of kids from our classroom I could see her panicking and wanting to cry from fear. So I stepped in and was able to get her out of it and ever since we have continued to be such close friends and make great memories! You can often find the three of us almost attached by hip to each other each and every weekend.

This my friend, Karyme Aguiar! I have known Karyme since 6th grade, but we didn't get close til middle school came around. It actually wasn't til just this past year where we started hanging out and ever since we have became so close and have made some of the best memories. As we became closer we started to realize we shared a lot of similarities within our families, frienships and opinions. I even came to find out that she works with my aunt and at one point she even worked with my own cousin! Every weekend that we make time to see each other is always, without a doubt, filled with lots of laughter.