I was 9, Holly was 10, blond and pretty... Too bad I was a total loser (wait... "was"?), she was way out of my league. I went to a local school, she went to a private school and so I didn't see her for ages...
By the by, we ended up going to the same 6th form (16-18 y/o)... Since the first time we met, she's dyed her hair brown, cut it shorter than mine, stuffed it all in a permanent beanie, got her lip pierced 3 times, her nose twice, her ears just have a ring of piercings up them, and now instead of the denim miniskirts that have held my attention for as long as I can remember, it's a lumberjack shirt and baggy 3 quarter lengths...
Yeah, I guess the "girl next door" grew up...