In-between Fire and Ice

bed her eyes tiredly and yawned, turning off the alarm,

and pulled up the shutter,

d Ivory's eyes flickered open. She sat up in a

..mom

ed a heavy slap on Ivory's che

the laundry!" Julianne yelled at her and Ivory widened her eyes remembering the instructions that were gi

ry quickly scampered out of the room, she rushed into the kitchen and

e this, Lord?" she

e is her twin sister, Irene. Her Mom refused to even send her to college but she was determined to

eat a scholarship student but she was prepared for the worst, she won't take th

Irene's room and found her sleeping quietly on the bed, she pulled up the shutter, and sun rays escaped into

ing wryly as she remembered when

fe wouldn't have turned upside do

lock resting on Iren

ered and shuffled her way to sleeping Irene, tap

" Irene mutt

new dawn has come

and scoffed upon seeing the p

y room!"Irene yelled and Ivory sw

e you up," Ivo

a lecture until 12," Irene queered and closed

ms and she was running late for school. She glanced at the clock again and sighed frustrated, if she dared lea

alked out of the room and headed

her in. Walking into the room, she stared at the beautiful artifacts made by her father while he

clean it up?"Julianne's husky voic

"Ivory stuttered and

?"Julianne asked and sweat bro

" Ivory said and Julianne fa

lean her room fi

sounding slap met her right cheek, she gulped as te

tered was the fact that she cleaned the rooms but Julianne being a troublesome

ne that made Ivory feel illegitimate. She glanced at the clock again a

her and held her chin. "Don't forget that I could terminate your scholarship with just a snap of my fingers,"

urthering my education," Ivory pleaded as tears ran d

ook like a bad mother," Julianne sai

nodded severally. "Be a good girl and do whatever I tell you t

ur work," Julianne said and

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met her siblings having breakfast noisily,

Derek said joviall

" Deborah muttered

then I will respond to your greetings,"

wn and the ma

Deborah said sarcastically, Evelyn

e was too late, all the money will go

utioned and Debor

her fork angril

uch, you can go hang yourse

our breakfast in peace," Evelyn

ant, right?"Derek a

rah said, smiling

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ashed out of the place, she bumped into Deborah who

"Ivory sai

lanced at her dress and smiled. She look

where?"Deb

," Ivory sai

o heading to college," Deb

ered as she sat besi

got the scholars

ing," Ivory said an

through her sister's influence. From the first time she met Ivory, sh

Deborah said and Ivory hugged her unexpectedly. Deborah doesn't

Debbie, "Ivory mutte

to them, show them that you're a badass," Deborah whisp

e done," Deborah ye

in high school swung into her head but she pushed it bac

er as she walked wit

's one of the scho

udents

beaut

s so

I hate he

hip stude

s but Ivory never cared, she

o another direction as a roll

ho

s Da

e you,

ht stand

rned around to find out what

e car and walked gracefully, enjo

d the girl grinned widely,

into the hallway earning screams from girls, they were s

pulled out the school map and gazed at it,

er ass, Ivory turned immediately an

ck as gasps erupted