Rae, Sarah, Kate, and Eli

Original fonts
Rae – Century Gothic, 10 pt Sarah – Kartika, 12 pt
Kate – Book Antiqua, 10 pt Eli – Courier New, 10 pt

Revised fonts for blogger
Rae - Trebuchet Sarah - Times
Kate - Georgia Eli - Courier
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So let’s start with talking about my friends and our little “group.” Talking about us is the best start I can think of.

My friends are honestly more interesting than me. Not kidding. I’m boring.

Sometimes it feels like my friends have more interesting lives than I do. I’m jealous of them in that way. Of course, that can’t be true all the time. ...Right?

So I suppose I should introduce myself. My name is Elizabeth, but I go by Eli. Of course, my parents insist on calling me by my full name. Actually, I guess Eli is mostly what close friends call me. I have three best friends, by the way.

Sarah. Even my name is boring. There are too many Sarahs.

Even if my life seems boring compared to my friends, at least I can go through life knowing I spell Kathryn the right way. Also, going by Kate makes me stand out from the billions of Katies.

Of course, telling you my name might be a good idea. You need to know who’s telling you about my wonderful friends. My name is Rae and if you make a crack about it being short for Raymond, I will literally kick your ass. It’s just Rae. ‘Tis much fun to confuse people about our names with Eli. ‘Tis much fun, indeed.

Rae is... In three words? Insane, uncool, and awesome. She’s always doing crazy things and she’s such a dork. That’s what makes her awesome, though.

Rae doesn’t care if she’s acting like a dork. She actually has a shirt that says “Embrace your inner nerd.” You would think that because she’s so weird and dorky and crazy, she’d get made fun of or something. Well, she does get made fun of, but it’s in jest. Because she’s a total theater geek and a dancer, she’s become universally adored.

Sarah describes Rae as “universally adored.” Rae denies it, but it’s true. There’s something about her that people just like. I think it’s just that she isn’t afraid to be herself.

People always comment on her name. They always ask if it’s short for Rachel or something. While I go by Eli, short for Elizabeth, Rae is just Rae. That’s actually one of the better ways to describe her. She’s just Rae.

One thing that surprises people sometimes is that I’m really sarcastic and swear a lot. Sarah, too. That doesn’t really surprise people, though.

I’m a bitch. It’s true. I’m the first one to admit it. I swear too much, I’m sarcastic, I make fun of everyone (myself included), and I’m a bit jaded. I can also be bitter. I don’t know how my friend can stand me sometimes. I can’t stand me sometimes.

Yeah, Sarah can be a bitch, but I love that bitch. It’s mostly towards people that annoy her. She’s easily annoyed, though... I think it’s mostly a mask. On the inside, she’s not that bitchy.

Sarah’s hella smart. She and Rae will get into sarcasm fights. It’s like a “your mom” fight in the sense that they try to one-up each other with witty and sarcastic statements. They can get annoying, especially when they last longer than ten minutes.

I joke that Sarah has “middle child syndrome” and that she’s how she is because her parents forgot about her. With her older brother in college and her younger sister, the piano prodigy, she does get forgotten sometimes. She’s crazy hilarious, though, for all her middle child, outer bitchiness.

She’s got this column in the school newspaper called “People Are Idiots: The Real Fictional True Stories.” It’s just about everyday high school life, embellished a little bit. It talks a lot about how weird people in high school are. It’s a popular column. I wish I had her writing talent.

Kate’s always saying how she wishes she could write as well as me. Well, she’s got a talent I’m jealous of. That girl can sing like no other. I can’t really describe her voice, but it’s amazing. People melt and angels rejoice when she sings. Choir will die when she graduates. She doesn’t seem to realize that, though.

Kate’s parents met at a law firm they both used to work at, so they’re pretty successful. She has a gigantic house and whenever there’s a group project and they work at her house, people are amazed. It embarrasses her a little bit. She doesn’t like showing off. I, on the other hand, am used to it, and I could probably find everything with my eyes closed. For the most part.

Kate doesn’t really like being considered one of the automatic popular girls because she’s considered rich. She hates that scene and the drama. People don’t really want to start drama with her, though, so that’s good. Being the daughter to two lawyers means that she knows how to argue. She kicks ass in class debates.

People often think that Kate is going to be a lawyer like her parents and that she’ll end up being a rich snob. Kate is the least snobby person I know. Honestly, though? Kate often says her life is boring and she has no idea what she wants to do with her future. That surprises people.

Kate actually likes photography, but she thinks her parents won’t take it seriously. She thinks they’ll treat as just an expensive hobby. They’ll buy her the most expensive equipment and then say, “Now what are you really going to do with your life?”
I wish people would take me seriously.

It’s true. People don’t often take Eli seriously. Maybe it’s because she goes by Eli? Most teachers call her Elizabeth, her full name, but still... She does sleep in class also and is a bit of a class clown when she’s not sleeping. She gets some of the higher grades, despite that. I think she’s just not challenged enough.

Eli hates that people don’t take her seriously. People generally like her. They just don’t take her seriously. They see her as “funny, but won’t amount to much.” People don’t realize she’s a really good artist. She actually wants to write comics or go into animation. She’s a film junkie, especially when it comes to the classic Disney movies. She’d spend hours studying them frame by frame if she could.

Eli works on the paper with me, but people don’t really know that. She does the comic “The Erth iz a Skware” under the pseudonym Darlene McNotreal. It’s popular and really funny. She draws really well, which surprises people.

She’s kind of a tomboy, which is why Eli fits so much better than Elizabeth. She’s tall so people think she plays basketball, but really she likes track. She’s a total track rat. A track rat that draws well.

So that’s us. My awesome friends and me.

That’s us. I love us.

I don’t like saying they’re my friends because honestly? They’re more like an extension of me. I feel like I’m missing a limb when one of them is gone.

They sometimes feel more like family than my real family. I love that. I love them. They’re my sisters and together, we’re awesome. We’re the Fantastic Four, but without the powers and none of us are guys. Although two of us have/go by guy names... Yeah.

They’re the siblings I don’t have.

They’re better than my brothers.

They can get in your face sometimes, but I love them. They’re also less annoying than the piano prodigy sister.

They’re family, simple as that.

Author's Note
Wrote this... in August. The fonts don't necessarily matter, but it makes it a little easier to differentiate the girls. plus, with the original fonts, I had spent so much time trying to find one that would match their personalities.

So, originally, I thought this could be the opening to a story. It would start off with this, and then it would follow the girls through junior year and as it went on, the voices would each become more recognizable and then they would sort of merge into one voice at the end again (like how it does at the end of this). And of course, the whole thing wouldn't be constant back and forth like this. You'd get more extended parts with each character. And I suppose this whole thing could also be thought of as a character study.

In the end, I like this just as a short story-ish thing. Although if I ever wish to expand it, I can. Although I would nee to think of an actual title... I never really came up with one for this. Oh well.

Keegan <3

Oh, also on dA. http://violentkiwi3511.deviantart.com/art/Story-Idea-93808047 You can see the real fonts I used there. You have to click "download," but it doesn't actually download anything. So... Yeah.