When he slowly swam back into wakefulness. he felt a pounding in his head, his chest felt tight, and he felt slightly nauseous. All in all, he felt awful.

"Well now I official can call this day absolutely terrible" he thought

"Alec, Alec are you alright?" he heard Sam say worriedly sort-of like it was coming from underwater, not completely clear

"Mmm a'm fine Sam stoap worrying" he said

Immediately he knew that was the wrong answer. He could almost feel Samantha getting angrier until finally the famous Scottish temper erupted

"Fine, your fine?" she said quietly

Then she exploded "First, when I saw ye in th' cemetery you wur as thin as a rake and looked like crap. Then ye decided 'Oh it wid it be a great idea tae physically grab a man who wis clearly angry and clearly deranged"

Hardy felt slightly hurt and his face clearly showed it when she continued.

She sighed and said, "God Alec" while scrubbing her hand over her face "Why is it when ever ah leave ye alone you git intae trouble?"

"Ah a'm sorry Sam" Hardy said quietly

"Now Alec why don't ye introduce me to your friend here?" Sam said

"Hmmm…?" With a slight look of disgust on his face he said "Oh right first off I think friend is a little of a strong word to use maybe acquaintance…?"

"Alec" Sam scolded while she smacked him in the shoulder "Dinnae be rude"

"Fine fine" he said while rubbing his shoulder "Sam this is Reverend Paul Coates Reverend this is Samantha Hardy"

"Pleasure to meet you Mrs…?" Sam quickly interrupted him "Ms. Hardy Reverend, but please call me Sam." She laughed then continued "I don't ken how I even handled living wi' him much less marrying him. Nice tae meet you Reverend Coates" she said while sticking out her hand "I'm Hardy's older sister"

Now it was Hardy's turn to splutter in outrage "Older sister my arse ye wur born five minutes before me."

Paul's face went from amused to slightly confused "So you and Hardy are twins?

"Yes, I can imagine what yer are thinking now. Alec havin' siblings much less a twin sister? Don't worry ye weren't th' first. Alec wis a stubborn and annoying arse all his life" Sam said with a slight grin on her face "Ah remember how awful he wis the first time ah started dating. Ah had tae threaten him tae stop him from being such a

protective arse."

Flashback

Alec's POV

He was walking down the hall going to meet Sam at her locker then walk home. When he saw them together Brandon was casually leaning on the locker door and talking to Sam. Her arms were full of books and she was blushing. Even from where he was standing he could clearly see what was going on. A sudden wave of protectiveness rushed over him. He quickly stalked over moved in front of Sam and coldly said to Brandon

"Excuse me but can you leave I want to talk to my sister"

"Sure dude see you later Sam" he replied easily

Samantha turned towards him her eyes flashing angrily. She grabbed his arm and yanked him into a nearby empty hallway

"What th' bloody hell wis that fur Alec?" Samantha said angrily "Ah dinnae need ye constantly protecting me!"

"Yes ye dae Samantha! He shouldn't be talking to you!" he retorted

"God Alec! This is th' third guy ye chased awa'! A'm sick of this! Just leave me alone! She yelled

Hardy recoiled in shock. While they fought before, she was never this angry. Why does she can't she just understand that he wanted to protect her? He quickly arranged his face into a blank mask and said

"Fine... Fine Samantha ah kin clearly see ye dinnae need me. Ah will be at th' doors. Come whin yer ready." He said hurt clearly evident in his voice

He moved to walk away and still vowed no matter what he would always be there for her. Before he could, she grabbed his arm and said to stop. The anger seemed to have disappeared and Sam ran her hand through her hair and sighed softly

"Alec ah will always need ye dinnae ever forget that yer mah twin, mah other half. But ah need ye tae let me be by myself sometimes without constantly asking where ah am or stopping other people from talking tae me." She said softly

Hardy ran his hands through his hair

"Ah know, Ah know you need yer space, but ah just can't lose you too."

"Ah know Alec and dinnae ever forget I love ye and will always need ye." She said quietly

Samantha then seemed to cheer up and said "That's why I didn't threaten to permanently stop you from ever having children through a very long a painful process! And anyways I couldn't miss out with the cute nieces or nephews!" She turned and started to walk back to her locker

"Are ye jist going tae stand there or are ye coming?" she added over her shoulder as she walked away

Hardy slightly smiled shook his head and followed after his twin.