Like Her

Chapter 2

Today was mine and Minnie's birthday . Like every year we would meet at lakeside Inn for a dinner party. Minnie waited patiently for the family to arrive whilst I finished the decorations on the cakes. Me and Minnie had argued what theme cake to have so we had one each. These arguments have been going on for weeks and I was never the one to blame. Minnie had become so grown up in the way she looked but she lacked in responsibility for her own actions. She has always been the pretty one of us and I was just the clever one. I wore clothes that were formal and dignified whilst she wore clothes that were uncomfortably tight and which only got the boys attention. I felt like a bit of lippy and mascara made her look cute whereas she always covered herself in makeup which disguised her pure beauty.
But I didn't care about the way she wanted to dress and look. Although I had taken the dress our mum gave to her to wear for this birthday, She was never going to wear it anyway as it 'wasn't her style' she would answer selfishly.

Minnie was a typical teenage girl. Her hormones were crazy and I'm not lying so were mine. Although her grumpiness and rudeness continued through out the years. There was no understanding of why she was like this. The last time I saw her smile was the very last memories with mum. We would sit beside her hospital bed and just talk. Sometimes laughing. sometimes crying. Mum wanted us to promise her to never under estimate a situation as this was the mistake she made. She also said to lie when it seams necessary and to face up go the truth when it's all you have left. Mum thought she had lived her life the way she wished. It wasn't perfect but she didn't waste it. She didn't want to leave. Who would though? The only thing she was scared of was that me and Minnie wouldn't live a happy life like she did.
So we wanted to make her proud.
At this moment in time we were turning 20. No more money from Dad, we were now living are life as individuals. Never again to been known as the twinlings. That's something we always hated.

It had never occurred to me that I was turning 20. All my hopes and dreams were becoming reality. I was starting university to study architecture In a weeks time. This day may be a goodbye to most of my family as I may not see them in a months. As I finished decorations on the ceiling, I could just about see the sunset in the distance. That's defiantly something i was going to miss because I was moving to the city. I decided to sit outside on the decking were I could see the sunset clearly. More beautiful and colourful than ever.

However I became distracted by Minnie . I watched her closely as she walked closer and closer to the lake. I started to worry when she through of what I thought was her phone backwards towards the busy road. I kept an open mind to what was going on and I continued glaring ahead. But suddenly I heard a painful scream which shivered down my spine. Staring around for answers before I ran as fast as I could down the steps to where I saw my sister drown within the depths of the still water which starred back at me as if it was viewing it's next victim. I stood silent for a moment unable to think and react. It didn't make any sense to me why and how it happened but all i knew was I had to safe her. I dragged her weak body out of the dark   water leaving a trail of bright red blood behind me. Which I discovered when picking up her smashed phone. I lifted her gently into my car and drove quickly heading towards the the hospital on my right. why was she bleeding? How did this happen? Who would do this to her?

I turned to look at her pale distraught face in which I was no longer looking at the road. How many memorise I had forgotten until now. I reached over to check her pulse and luckily she I was still breathing. She began to open her eyes unaware of what she had been through. It was such a relief . I wasn't scared anymore. My tears were a sign of happiness. I continued driving  to the hospital as she still wasn't cooperating. Then it happened. Silence, darkness and pain. I awoke to see nothing but a sharp flickering light in the corner of my eye . Was this the end?....