The night Eden's parents died in that car crash almost a year ago had changed her. The once sweet and innocent girl was not gone - but buried under the facade of sarcasm and ignorance. Unlike her fraternal twin sister Elena, who, although had always been kind and sincere, just seemed to become - well better.

Elena had always been the better twin. She had always been kinder, more forgiving, and genuinely selfless. Whereas to Eden - trying was more of an afterthought. She would always come to the correct conclusion, it just took a little longer.

Waking up in the morning was one of those skills that Eden had never really mastered.

"Eden, get up." Elena said as she shook the bed trying to wake up her night owl of a sister.

"Fine, fine. What time is it?" Eden asked, her voice still heavy from sleep.

"Seven. We need to leave in ten minutes, so I would hurry up." Elena responded as she walked back towards the bathroom in between the two sister's rooms.

"Are you freaking kidding me?" Eden muttered to herself. "Didn't my alarm go off?" She asked as she sat up in her bed.

"Well it did, but you threw it across the room." Elena responded while flat ironing her hair. Eden thought her hair was already straight, but Elena still insisted on hogging the bathroom mirror each morning to straighten it.

"Crap." Eden responded. She got out of bed and stepped over the fallen blankets on the floor to retrieve her phone, which sure enough, was on the other side of the room. On the bright side it didn't seem to have any new cracks, but when your phone has as many as hers does, a new crack or two doesn't really seem to matter.

After checking her phone and seeing that it was in fact seven, Eden threw her phone back on her bed and walked over to the bathroom, where Elena was still doing her hair.

"Really Elena. Do you have to straighten it? Your hair is already stick straight." Eden said in a frustrated huff while looking at her bed head in the mirror and throwing some mascara on her eyes.

"Thanks Eden." Elena responded while rolling her eyes.

"Okay, don't give me that look. If I were trying to be mean or sarcastic or something, you would know it." Eden said while glaring at Elena in the mirror, who was now touching up her makeup.

"I have got to get a good mirror in my room." Eden mused while she shook out her slightly past shoulder length hair. It was the same color as Elena's, and it was also pretty straight. But Eden's hair had more volume, so she could get away with the bed head look.

Running her hand though her hair she ran back into her room and threw on the navy blue sweatshirt that she had bought on a family vacation to Colorado a few years back. It was old, but it got the job done. She pulled on a pair of black skinny jeans, put her phone in her back pocket, and ran downstairs. After she turned the corner into the kitchen she was met by Jenna, her aunt.

"Hey Eden. Way to dress up for the first day of school." Jenna sarcastically remarked as Eden walked into the kitchen and grabbed her black Jansport backpack from last year.

"Shut up. Are Elena and Jeremy ever going to come, or are they waiting for an invitation?" Eden responded while grabbing her lanyard off of the counter and throwing it around her neck.

"Elena, Jer! Hurry up!" Eden yelled up the stairs. "I'll be in the car an you both better be in there before I leave!" She grabbed her grey, beat up Converse and headed out the front door yelling,"Bye Jenna!" Then she hopped in her car and started the engine.

Eden had gotten the car as a sixteenth birthday present from her parents. Elena had chosen the giant party route as her gift. In Eden's opinion, it was a stupid choice. But whatever, she got the car, that's all that mattered.

Just before Eden honked the horn, Jeremy and Elena hopped into the back of her car.

"Why do we have to sit in the back and your bag gets to sit in the front?" Jeremy asked.

"Because unlike you, this bag spends it's spare time doing things other than pot." Eden responded.

"Do not." Jeremy shot back. Eden could tell that she had gotten to him.

"Jeremy! You said you were sober! Were you lying?" Elena asked, clearly unaware of her brother's continuous drug usage.

"No Elena, Jeremy's sober. His pupils are just blown, he reeks of pot, and he's been acting high as a kite for the past week for no good reason." Eden responded sarcastically. She loved her sister, but her tendencies to see the good in people sometimes gives her a sort of tunnel vision.

"Just shut up okay! I'm working on it." Jeremy muttered.

"Whatever," Eden responded, too tired to get into it. Elena was gazing out the window, thinking about who knows what, and Jeremy was playing some game on his phone, so Eden turned on the radio and drove to the high school.


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