Chapter 3

In the State of Pennsylvania Alex O'Conner stood in front of the mirror, she buttoned her khaki trousers and clipped her belt, she sat down on her bed and laced up her boots, her sleevless top exposing her arms and showing the wolf print tattoo she had on her right arm, her parents had gone nuts when they found out she had it done. They had eventually calmed down after about three weeks but they never missed a chance to mention how dissapointed in her they were over it. She pulled on her blue hooded zipper top and looked in the mirror again, she looked okay. Her parents would probably say something about her choice of attire, as usual. Today though, she was going to her Dad's work, and she was not going to dress up in a little summer dress to please or impress his colleagues, anyway, she didn't even own any summery dresses. She looked in the full length mirror and smiled, "not bad girl, not bad at all"she said to her reflection.

The bedroom door flew open, Alex swung round to see her brother Lee standing in front of her, although he was her twin, Lee looked a lot more childlike, he was always the one who wanted to do good in their parents eyes, a young man heading in his Fathers direction, he was going to be the one who get all the great jobs. Alex on the other hand was the one who done all the thing her brother never dreamed of doing, she was the one who stole the cookies instead of asking for them, the one who climbed the trees higher that the other kids would dare to. Lee stood in front of his sister, he wore his respectable clothes, the ones that would set a good example, they suited him, he was wanting to be like his Dad.

"your not wearing that to go to Dads work are you" Alex said.

"yeah, unlike some I don't care what people think, I dress the way I want to and this is how I want to dress, I am not going to impress anyone I'm going because I have to come and hold your hand" she replied.

Lee blushed, "you are not coming to hold my hand, your coming because Dad wants you follow in his footsteps instead of me." he told her.

Alex sat Lee down on the edge of her bed, she had had these pep-talks with Lee on many occasions....always having to boost his confidence, she looked him in the eye and said; "Hey, listen, we've all known that you were the scientific one of the family, I couldn't do a chemical equation if I had a gun aimed at my head, but you can do it at the drop of a hat, you've always been the smart one I'm the one who has the strength and you're the one with the brains, it's been like that for the past eighteen years, and everyone knows that, not just Dad but the people he works with, he's always boasted about you and the reason I know that is because Mum told me at the function they were at you were the one everyone asked for not me. I can almost guarentee you that when you come out of that building today you are gonna have either an offer of a job or a training oppertunity. Ok, so stop putting yourself down, and lets get down to breakfast cause I'm starving".

Lee smiled as his sister ruffled his hair, she put her arm round his neck and lead them out of the room and downstairs to breakfast.