Chapter One
"Sadie, wake up! We're going to Cardiff!" I open my eyes to see Alexa, her bright blue eyes full of energy. Alexa is a morning person. I am not. Not even a little bit. We're fraternal twins, I remind people when they comment on our many, many differences. "Come on! We don't want to miss our flight!"
"Five more minutes," I whine. "Come on, our flight isn't until eleven and we only have to be there two hours in advance…"
"Look at the clock," Alexa says, rolling her eyes. "It's eight already."
"What?!" I turn to see the clock, and indeed, it says eight. "Oh, weevils," I mutter. "Fine. I'm up. But I am sleeping on the plane and if you wake me up I am going to shove you into the water tower thingie the minute we get there and if you fall into a great big hole in the ground… well, I suppose then we'd have a freaking party. But it would still hurt."
Okay, time to do some explaining. Alexa and I are super duper fans of this TV show called Torchwood. It's a spinoff of our other favorite show, Doctor Who. The show is about this organization called Torchwood and they catch aliens. Weevils are the name of one kind of alien they catch. Weevils are huge and ugly and kind of… savage? Yeah, I suppose that's the right word… anyway, Alexa and I use "weevils" as a swear. It's sort of an all purpose swear, like the f-bomb, but it never gets us in trouble because who the weevil knows what a weevil is? (See, there's an example for you.) The show is based in Cardiff, and the team has this hideout underground by that giant water tower. You can't tell exactly where the secret entrance to their base (it's called the Hub) is because it's hidden. Basically, there was once a dimensionally transcendental chameleon circuit placed right on one spot which welded its perception properties to a spatio-temporal rift. But that sounds kind of ridiculous. Invisible lift has got more of a ring to it. At least, that's how Jack (the leader of the team) explained it to Gwen (our favorite character on the show) when she first encountered Torchwood. Now that was an awesome episode. Anyway, as Gwen so very cleverly pointed out, there'd be a big hole in the ground if the lift was down in the base. I'd love nothing more than to shove my sister down that hole if she were to wake me up on the plane… We'd both profit from the discovery, right? Right?
"Oi, Earth to Sadie. Stop daydreaming about my breaking my ass falling into the Hub and get ready to go. You won't be able to do that if we miss our flight."
I roll myself out of bed and head for the shower. I notice that our suitcases are no longer in our room. "I brought them downstairs already," Alexa explains. They say in magazines that twins can sometimes sense each others' thoughts in a way that normal siblings can't. And that's definitely true with us. Alexa and I have always been able to read each other's minds.
"Thanks," I grin. Alexa may be a pain in the ass, but she's my pain in the ass. And if anyone messes with her, there'll be a pain in their ass called My Foot. "I'll be downstairs in fifteen."
"You'd better be." Alexa nudges my arm. "No way in hell that I'm missing this flight."
"Wouldn't it be great if Torchwood was real?" I muse.
"Move it!" Alexa jumps off my bed and takes off down the stairs. My sister might be the most energetic person on Earth.
"Did I make it?" I ask when I come downstairs, knowing that Alexa had timed me. She's one of those people who takes everything literally. It's annoying but it's also kinda cool.
"Thirteen minutes and forty-seven seconds," Alexa replies. "Well done, Outcast." Outcast is her nickname for me. Basically, our parents cast me out last year when I came out as bisexual. We basically turned it into a joke (Out-cast, get it?) Anyway, when our parents kicked me out, Alexa went with me. I still remember the day Mom made me pack my bags. Alexa walked right up to her and said, "Bisexual or not, Sadie's my twin. Where she goes, I go." And she packed a suitcase herself and walked out the door holding my hand.
That's the thing about Alexa and me. We're deathly loyal to each other. Whatever happens, we do it together. We're a team. Always. And I love her for it. "Alright then, Lex," I grin, taking her hand and helping her up. "Let's go to Cardiff."
Hey guys! Here's chapter one of It's Real! Hope you guys like so far!
I'm going to be responding to reviews at the beginning of each new chapter :D
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