Chapter One: The Twins
"Hi, girls! How was school?"
"Great! I'm joining debate club!"
"Lousy. My article about litter got axed from the school newspaper!"
Two identical voices replied to Elaine Dolcin as her thirteen year old twin daughters returned form another day at Adams Middle School. Shane and Lizzie Dolcin were absolutely identical by appearance and complete opposites by personality.
Lizzie was ambitious and courageous, which was clear since the first day she was born. It was Lizzie who Elaine gave birth to first. Shane came twenty minutes later. Late, as usual. Shane was carefree and individual and her passion was for the world she lived in. Of course, neither twin understood the other.
It was also clear to the girls that their own parents didn't get along either. And it was that very problem that had been worrying the girls for sometime.
The twins headed up the stairs to their bedrooms, both eager tog et to their rooms to access some debating info on the internet (Lizzie) or find her original draft of her article on animal testing (Shane).
As they both headed for their rooms, the narrows staircase was wide enogh for them to travel side by side up the stairs. Within seconds, they were pushing and shoving each other childishly to get past.
"Get off of me!"
"You get off of me!"
"Let me past!"
"No! You can let me past!"
"Uptight control freak!"
"Delusional tree-hugger!"
"Prissy!"
"Airhead!"
"Bossy!"
"Pushover!"
The was a sudden crash as both girls crashed to the bottom of the stairs after their struggle to get past.
"Well done!"
"Hey, that was you're fault!"
"No, it was you! I'm surprised you don't fall down more often, wandering about with no sense of direction!"
"Hey, I have direction!"
"Oh yeah, and where are you heading?"
"Los Angeles!"
"Yeah right, dream on Shane. When are you going to get the chance to go to LA?"
"I don't know. But wait and see!"
"Ok..."
"Hi, girls! How was school?"
"Great! I'm joining debate club!"
"Lousy. My article about litter got axed from the school newspaper!"
Two identical voices replied to Elaine Dolcin as her thirteen year old twin daughters returned form another day at Adams Middle School. Shane and Lizzie Dolcin were absolutely identical by appearance and complete opposites by personality.
Lizzie was ambitious and courageous, which was clear since the first day she was born. It was Lizzie who Elaine gave birth to first. Shane came twenty minutes later. Late, as usual. Shane was carefree and individual and her passion was for the world she lived in. Of course, neither twin understood the other.
It was also clear to the girls that their own parents didn't get along either. And it was that very problem that had been worrying the girls for sometime.
The twins headed up the stairs to their bedrooms, both eager tog et to their rooms to access some debating info on the internet (Lizzie) or find her original draft of her article on animal testing (Shane).
As they both headed for their rooms, the narrows staircase was wide enogh for them to travel side by side up the stairs. Within seconds, they were pushing and shoving each other childishly to get past.
"Get off of me!"
"You get off of me!"
"Let me past!"
"No! You can let me past!"
"Uptight control freak!"
"Delusional tree-hugger!"
"Prissy!"
"Airhead!"
"Bossy!"
"Pushover!"
The was a sudden crash as both girls crashed to the bottom of the stairs after their struggle to get past.
"Well done!"
"Hey, that was you're fault!"
"No, it was you! I'm surprised you don't fall down more often, wandering about with no sense of direction!"
"Hey, I have direction!"
"Oh yeah, and where are you heading?"
"Los Angeles!"
"Yeah right, dream on Shane. When are you going to get the chance to go to LA?"
"I don't know. But wait and see!"
"Ok..."