(http://cdnimg.visualizeus.com/thumbs/36/ac/female,beautiful,girl,hayley,williams,red,hair,redhead-36ac8669ee717ff523d5af26b3d8fd31_h.jpg)<br/><br/>Unlike some of her friends, Katie had not been given the opportunity to sleep in despite the fact that it was the first real day of Summer.  Her father, being the disciplined military man that he was, had instructed his daughter to go and help Mr. Faulk down at the grocery store.  Katie had played along with the whole idea and had ensured her father that was indeed exactly what she was doing.  However, as she left home at near 7:00 she had other thoughts in mind already.<br/><br/>She had started school here only the past year.  Despite being relatively quiet in comparison to some of the other more 'drama queen' type girls, Katie slowly made friends by the end of the Fall semester.  It was now these friends who had urged her to come on down to the river.  While not top on her list for places to have fun, Katie was not about to go work in a grocery store for the next 8 hours.<br/><br/>Walking from her home in the direction of the grocery store, Katie was dressed rather conservatively, at least by 50's standards.  Simple black high heeled shoes adorned her smallish feet with only short one inch heels and pointed front.  On her waist she wore a rather uncomfortable black pencil skirt that went down to just below her knees.  Lastly she wore a fitted white button up blouse that she currently had buttoned up all the way to her neck and simple sleeves that went down to her elbows.  Last of all, for the moment she kept her hair loose around her shoulders as it draped down to reach the top of her back.<br/><br/>As she walk down the sidewalk, her high heels clapped noisily beneath her and her steps were held back by the thin skirt she wore.  Katie had never enjoyed wearing high heels nor skirts..they always felt so ... feminine.  Growing up in a family of all males and no mother, she had never really grown accustomed to trying to look girly.  Regardless as she went along Katie kept an eye out for anyone that might recognize her and might talk with her father.<br/><br/>Not seeing anyone that she knew, the red haired girl stopped half way to the grocer before darting inside a local fashion store that she had been eying up for a few days now.  Because her father was rather strict he had never approved of the idea of her swimming and she had therefore never bought a swimsuit before.  Katie spent the next few minutes browsing the available suits though ducked her head down whenever anybody entered the place.  Eventually she was just so nervous about being caught by a family friend that she picked out a suit that looked like it would fit and paid for it.  Not even bothering to try it on or see how well it fit, Katie quickly stuffed the suit into a bag before darting out of the store.<br/><br/>Content that nobody had seen her, the girl now reversed directions as she headed out of town towards the river.  It took her a few minutes until she managed to reach the outskirts of town.<br/>Altogether her little venture into town had taken more time than she thought and it was already after 9:30.  Katie sighed to herself before looking for the path that her friends had told her about that would lead down to the river where they planned to meet.<br/><br/>Eventually finding the path, Katie took a few seconds to reach down and peel off her high heels before stepping off the cement sidewalk and making her way towards the river.  She looked all together out of place wearing the pencil skirt, carrying a bag, and sweating slightly as she made her way down the path.  After a few more moments she could hear the rushing water of the river and she grinned to herself before running to see if she had managed to find the place.<br/><br/>As she ran, her small soft feet feeling wonderful in the dirt and grass, she nearly ran into the backs of Danny and Peter.  Katie let out a surprised yelp before grinning to herself and sighing to make herself noticeable.<strong>"Ah...looks like I made it to the right place after all huh?  And just in time too.  So just how much further is this spot that you guys have been speaking so much about?"</strong>Standing behind the pair of males with her hands on her hips, Katie glanced back between the two of them, her hair a little more messy than it had been earlier that morning already.  She thought she could hear another voice up ahead of them, but could not make out who it was yet.