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It was the last order of the day, once this was done Alex could go home where she would make sister for her and her sister, Jessica. She felt relieved when she finally hung up her apron and left the restaurant.

The journey to her apartment was short. But she was tired, tonight had been busier than usual leaving Alex rushed off her feet and the walk home exhausting.

When she got in she was ready to collapse into bed, but the sight of her sister sat doing her homework at the kitchen table encouraged her to get on and make dinner.

Alex loved her sister, she was the one thing that kept her going and was the reason she worked so hard.

"Hey Jess," She walked over to look at her sister's work, "Need any help?" She asked smiling brightly, Jess smiled back.

"Know anything about physics?" She replied knowing the answer,

"Not a thing." Alex answered still smiling before laughing, but there was no heart in it. They both knew the reason she didn't know was because she had dropped out of school as soon as she could to earn enough money to care for her sister.

Alex gave up everything so Jess could be happy and Jess couldn't think of anyway to thank her.

As the laughter died Alex headed to the fridge pulling out the home-made burgers she'd made before going to work and put them under the grill. It was the normal routine for them, Alex cooked as Jessica studied, Alex wanted Jess to work as hard as possible so she could have a better life than her older sister.

It wasn't long before the food was ready and the two ate dinner together, the chatter remaining about mundane things; school, work and to anyone looking in it would seem like the perfect family scene.

It wasn't until Jessica was clearing away the plates that things went wrong. One minute Alex was talking to her like normal then the next she was slumped over the table and nothing Jessica did would wake her. Panicking she ran to a neighbour who knew the girls well and quickly took them to the hospital in a cab.