Sheila Carabine sat with her fellow trumpet players. It was the first band rehearsal of her grade 11 year. Upon turning around to check the clock on the back wall, she came face to face with a stranger. A stranger with bright blue hair. A stranger playing the bass clarinet no less. Amanda Walther was new to Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School , and two years Sheila's senior. Since that first meeting, their friendship has grown strong and they can now tolerate each other for almost hours at a time.

Amanda is a self-proclaimed control freak with a passion for salted snacks, gardening, making her own clothes, biking, smiling and figuring out which controller works the dvd player. She is good with money and absolutely abhors wearing make-up. Amanda makes and keeps friends easily and she loves sushi. She dreams of one day owning a humble farm and a kiln for making pottery. Amanda is the kind of person who will always lend you a bus ticket.

Sheila likes to borrow bus tickets. She is very moody and she reminisces about things before they actually happen. She had a crush on a boy from grade 2 to grade 8 without him suspecting a thing. She played soccer competitively for 14 years, which is why she has muscular calves. Sheila reads Leonard Cohen poetry to help her think her favourite thoughts and she dreams of one day transcending space and time in order to commune with the divine. She is not opposed to wearing make-up, because not ALL of us have perfect complexions AMANDA.