chapter 1

It was summer and everyone seems to be busy with their various work and because of that mommy have to leave the house very early in order to catch up with a bus to get her to her workplace. Being alone in the house with my little sister was something which I don't enjoy doing cause Alice was a troublesome girl who always gives me headache whenever she gets the chance to do so.

I was relaxing in my bed and I heard Alice screaming from the garden and I wonder what was wrong with her for her to make such noise disturbing the neighborhood. I sprang up to my feet and head towards the garden to check on her . Immediately I got there I saw Alice sitting on the floor with her dress full of mud. She raised her head and realized l was standing in front of her. "Bella, I was trying to climb the tree and I fell off the branch" she said to me cause she knew am gonna shout on her so she just have to explain herself before I start talking. "are u supposed to be climbing trees as at this time Alice" l asked her and she just stare into my face with a mischievous smile on her face. "To your room" I pointed to the house and she stood up and left for her room.

I walked back to the house and sat down in the sofa bringing my phone out from my pocket realizing Jessica sent me a text message few minutes ago. I read the message and reply her immediately and she replied back as soon as she got the message. " am I supposed to go to Jessica's house" I asked myself trying to figure out what to do. Jessica is my best friend and we do almost everything together and she's always happy to have my little sister Alice around her.

Alice was 14 and am 17 so just imagine how tough it will be for me to handle Alice since am just three years older than her. Alice walk down the parlor and said to me " Bella, ain't mummy back from work already" she asked sounding worried "not yet sweedy am sure she's occupied with work that why" I tried explaining things to her in order to calm her down. She walked to me and sat down next to me and gave me a smile " so tomorrow am gonna be in school again with that annoying teacher teaching chemistry again" I heard Alice saying to herself while burying her face in her palms. I smile cause whenever you see her behaving that way that means she doesn't want to go for class on Wednesdays. " I thought you guys had test tomorrow and you are supposed to be preparing towards it" I looked at her then she suddenly remembered she has test to write tomorrow " oh my gosh l almost forgot I had test to write tomorrow and I haven't done any preparations yet" then she came close to me and hugged me tightly then added a peck to it and said " you are the best sis and thanks for reminding me I have test to write tomorrow".

She left to her room and banged the door behind her leaving me alone in the living room. After waiting for sometime, I  stood up and left for my room but before I will get to my room, mummy suddenly entered looking stressed out. " honey have you guys eaten anything this evening" my mom asked leaving her bag on the table along with the brown paper she was holding full of fruits and vegetables. " no mum" I answered her and entered my room leaving her behind. I could hear noises coming from the kitchen and it seems mum was already preparing dinner for us to eat before going to bed.