WINTHROP, KATHLEEN MAYA

kathleen chuckles, shaking her head, "it's not a problem ms. jenkins, i realize you're a busy woman." she said, making an excuse for the interviewer, "plus, i'm probably just extra early." she added, just to make the older woman feel a little less embarrassed. she made her way in and sat down even though her bandmates weren't here. which sort of confused her because she had thought the purpose of this interview was so they could write an article about the band for the high school newsletter. no matter, she would just have to go with the flow. "well my name is kathleen maya winthrop, but i go by kathy." she supposed kat worked too, but she would much prefer to be called kathy or kathleen. "i am seventeen years old, so that makes me a junior in high school, and i currently walk dogs for some extra cash." not that she did much spending. the only time she used money was when she was hanging out with the guys at a restaurant or something. in which case, she often ate the least amount of food compared to the rest of them. "i mean, aside from the occasional birthday gigs the band and i do." she added, just in case they were still making the article on the band. she didn't want them printing out copies about just her talking about herself. 

she raised an eyebrow at her teacher, unsure where all this was coming from. when did this interview suddenly become a twenty question game about her? she hesitated, "well i'm from douglas, massachusetts." she supposed it could be considered a relatively small city, but honestly, she didn't remember much about it. it wasn't that they were there for a short time, but it was just that nothing particularly interesting had taken place in douglas. there was nothing worth remembering from there. it was a boring little town where nothing happened. just a bunch of people who were extremely neighbourly and overly nice. 

well of course there was. kathleen cared for many people. she was personable. she was a chameleon. she was pretty much friends with everyone. except the competitive people because they certainly hated her for never being bad at anything. she smiled politely at the interviewer, "there's the band, of course. i mean, we're not huge and not many people know about us, but the guys and i love playing music, so we do gigs here and there. it's mostly just for our leisure." they were like the brothers she never got to have. all three of them. they all had their own crowds and hung around different people, but they cared for one another no matter what. just because they didn't hang out at school together didn't mean that they wouldn't be there for the other person if they needed the support. "i have my group of close friends who are also here. there's a few of us, so i won't list them all, but they are like my second family." it wasn't a particularly big group of friends. just a few of them that spent almost every waking moment possible together, and if they weren't together, they were probably group messaging away. they were a close knit group that just clicked. they were all best friends. they didn't favour one more than the other. and it just worked. they all had their own talents, their own quirks, and kathy loved them all just the same. "i also have my family here, but i'm sure you know that already. and i'm sure you know my sister, anna." people were often confused when she tried to explain why anna and her were the same age, but they weren't twins. so more often than not, she called anna her sister, not her twin just so people wouldn't be as confused because anna and herself were irish twins- which confused many people due to the words "twins" being in the phrase. 

kathleen paused, was this okay? are teachers even allowed to ask a student this? ms. jenkins wasn't a high school counsellor. just a part time teacher who helped with the school newspaper. but she was never one to question authority, so she thought that maybe it was okay to tell her a little bit about her past. "well, like i said, i have my parents and my sister here. a lot of people think we're twins because we're the same age, but we aren't. twins, that is. i was born in january, and anna was born at the other end of the year, making us irish twins." she didn't know why she was explaining this. surely ms. jenkins knows all about irish twins. "so anna, technically, is my sister, not my twin as we weren't from the same egg, so to speak." although, she supposed the two of them might as well be twins. they surely fit the stereotypes of twins. "we're originally from douglas, but we eventually moved out here to las angeles. 

the question elicits a chuckle from kathleen, "that depends on who you ask. i mean, i'm not saying i pretend to be who i'm not, but i am constantly adjusting my personality to fit the people i'm around, so i guess most of them would say i'm a bit of a chameleon." or maybe even people pleaser, but she decided to leave that out. 

"ah, well, mostly, i suppose. i don't disagree that i'm your typical elder child." she was certainly a perfectionist. she liked plans and organization. she liked schedules and itineraries. they were things that helped her keep track of her busy life. if she didn't write them down, she knew that she would forget it for sure. of course, people needed to take into consideration that she was in a band, had a dog walking job, played intramural football games, in cheerleading, drama club, choir, martial arts club, tutor club, etc. 

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