that is an awesome story gibber
glad it worked out for you..
i lost one as well.. who coincidentally is also named Katie
We were friends starting my freshman year in highschool. We grew closer and closer, till eventually I basically asked her out my junior year..
suffice to say, religious differences strike again!... she told me she might have a year ago, but not then and the following year we barely spoke to one another..
even now our friendship is a bit strained because I still have feelings for her, and she knows it..
although, as Meridian said.. You can't let one person keep you down.. If someone doesn't want to be with you, they won't.. Move on, date others, try not to think about them..
you will be better off and actually end up having a couple of happy moments.