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Chapter 1
"FINE! I DON'T CARE!" I screamed to my sister as she slammed the door to her room
"YOU WILL WHEN I LEAVE! IM DONE WITH YOU!"  She yelled back.
I got up and ran to my room, tears streaming down my face.  "I don't care if she leaves!" I thought, "She can go, I don't care!" I pulled the covers over my head; I didn't want anyone to see me cry.  The stream of light coming from the window was the only thing in my room that could allow me to see.  I didn't want to put on any lamps or lights; I was too distraught for that. I looked in the mirror beside my bed, my curly brown hair falling over my face, and a gleam of light in my lifeless light grey eyes.
Me and my sister Cori have had problems lately, and I'm just so sick of her now, everything is always about her.  She's in her own little world where everyone has to wait on her and she's the princess in the castle.  She orders me around all the time, "Lacey do this, Lacey do that." I don't want to wait on the princess anymore.  She's only 10 seconds older than me!
Oh yeah, did I forget to mention were twins?  No one can tell us apart, not even our parents, but they could care less.  The only one who can tell us apart is my cat, Lucky. She absolutely hates Cori.  And I'm perfectly fine with that, she's the only one who actually prefers me and not my sister.  No one really talks to me in school.  Their all focused on my sister, the one with the personality, and the one who puts herself out there and isn't afraid of anything in the world.
Sometimes I wish I was her.  To be that fearless, I don't know what I'd do.  Except there's one this that she can't do, she can't sing or play music the way I do, and she isn't as smart as I am either.
I've always been able to talk to animals, it's just something I've been doing since I was about 3, and could widely talk on my own.  It's a cool thing to be able to do.  It makes me different, and it makes me think that I'm not always a package deal with my sister.  I never wanted a clone, I just got one.
I pulled out my journal and began to write.
Dear Diary,
Got into a fight with Cori Today.  I don't know what I'm gonna do, 'rents will always side with her cuz shes so perfect.  All I have is lucky, and my song book and guitar.  And u know, that's all I need.  I don't wanna be a pakage deal anymore.  People look at us and say "oh you girls are so cute, but which ones which?" then mom has to point out that I'm me and Cori's Cori; it makes me kina mad sometimes because if they really cared, they would know.  But I guess they can't help it that were clones.  Two different people in the same body . . . very different people.
Well, I have to go, got to make a plan so that I'm me and no one can take that away, not even Cori.

The sun set over the mountains as Lacy lay on her bed.  It was so peaceful and loose outside, but so loud and tense in here.  "You know what, I don't wanna just sit here, and I don't feel sorry for what I did.  Why should I? I didn't do anything wrong in the first place.  She just broke out and started screaming at me."  I got up and looked out the window.
How come that when I look out the window, everything seems to be ok, and nothing can hurt me?  And it's just me and the wind blowing through my hair, and the sun on my face.  I walk out of my room, trying not to make a sound as I slip past Cori's room, and I go down the stairs and into the living room.  With the pale peach walls, and the brown couch against the wall.
I walk outside and just sit on the porch.  I didn't know what to think about.  I just wanted to sit there and stare.  Things just aren't going well, and I don't know why.  They just aren't.  Everything I do is so wrong all the time.

Chapter 2
I woke up early in the morning, the birds outside were going insane, I could hear them all.  Individual souls and not a cloned experiment.  Mom walked into my room.
"Hey Hun! Your Lacy . . . right?"
"Yes mom. . ." I say irritated.
"Ok, good, because I needed to tell you that Cori's friends are coming over tonight for a sleepover!" she sounded exited, like she enjoyed my pain.
"Oh no! Mom why would you do that to me!?" I said in a panic.
"I thought it would be good for you to because you need to get some friends! I didn't even know how you could get a boyfriend when no one talks to you!" she said sincerely.
"Mom he's a nice guy! That's just the way Ethan is!" I said defensively.
"Well, he's gotta be if he picked you over your sister!"
That hurt . . . a lot, and she knew it.  She didn't care. Everyone likes my sister more than me, but I've never been used to it (even though I should be, because people say that so often), and I never will be.
"Thanks mom. . ." I said as tears started streaming down my face.
"Oh honey I'm so sorry I didn't mean that." She said.  It looked like she was trying to hide a smile as she was saying it though.
"Sure you didn't, just like when you said that Cori was born lucky, and I was lucky to be born. . ."
She had said that when I was about 2 years younger.  It's true, but it still hurts.  Cori has the luck of the freaking Irish! And were full-blown American.
"You're still bringing that up?" she said sounding kind of ticked off.
"Things you say that hurt, just don't vanish, Mom."
"Ok well, I'll leave you to get ready for tonight. By the way if you want to have Ethan over, that's ok to!"
"Ok Mom." I said as I wiped the tears from my face.
I picked up the phone and called Ethan.
It rang about 5 times then a deep voice picked up the phone and said,
"Hello?"
"Hey it's Lacy" I said, still sounding a little congested from crying.
"Hey what happened?  You sound like you were crying. Are you ok?" he asked.
"Yeah, I was.  My mom can say some horrible things" I said to him, about to break down again.  "I was wondering if you wanted to come over tonight, my sister is having a ton of her friends over, and I really don't want to be alone with her and her cronies."
"Sure Lace, I'll be right over." He sounded so caring.
We hung up the phone and as soon as I did the doorbell rang its usual tune.  I hummed along and harmonized with it.
"There's no way that could be Ethan already." I said to myself. And I was right, I looked out the window to find a pink sorts car in our driveway.  It was one of Cori's friends.  They always pick on me the same way that Cori does.  I opened the door.
"She's upstairs in her room." I said and began to walk away hoping she wouldn't call me back.
"Hold on a sec, Music Maid, get my bag and bring it up for me. I just got a mani-pedi and since you have nothing to live for you can get it."
"Oh you better not me talking to me." I said to her loud and clear.
"Excuse me?" she said looking up from adoring her nails.
"Did I stutter?"
"Just get the bag." She told me, ignoring my last comment.
I looked down at her sequence bag and said,
"Nah I'm good." And walked away. I didn't think it would be that easy, I could've sworn she would either call my sister down, or come after me.  But she just shrugged and groaned, picked up the bag and walked up the stairs to my sister's room.

Chapter 3
The doorbell rang again, I hoped it was Ethan.  I ran to the window again.  I saw a blue 2009 Mustang GT in the driveway so I knew it was him. I opened the door to let him in, he walked in and he hugged me
"Well its ok now, I'm here" he said smiling, laughter in his eyes, but it was the good kind of laughter.  The kind where you laugh along with it, not the kind where people are mocking you.  .  I love it when he hugged me, I always felt so safe, like nothing could hurt me.
He let go and we walked into the living room. I told him what happened, and he listened to me as I went on and on about my mom and my sisters friend.  He's amazing, he'll just listen to you when you talk and he'll let you vent to him.
"Yeah, your right, that does make it better." I said laughing along with him.
The doorbell must have rang at least 20 times, because the girls that were here went back and forth from the door to upstairs, answering it for other people coming.  Eventually Cori came in the living room, she looked at us and said
"Just stay down here, you don't have to go upstairs."
"Well what if I have to go to my room?" I said.
"Suck it up! I don't want you upstairs."
"Well to bad! I can go upstairs if I want to!" and I got up and motioned for Ethan to follow me.
"STOP!" she yelped at me and I felt a sharp pain go across my face.  She slapped me! I stood there motionless as she stomped upstairs and slammed the door in her room.
"Oh my gosh. . ." Ethan said.
"Yeah, that's a usual." I said and walked to a wall with a mirror mounted on it.  My cheek was beet read, and I could feel my pulse through it. The throbbing was driving me crazy!
"We better go get some ice on that." He said and held my hand; he led me into the kitchen.  He got into the freezer and yanked out an icepack that was in the far-back corner, the only one we have.  He handed it to me wrapped in a towel.
"Here you go." He said as I held it against my face.
"I think we should go upstairs" I said looking into his eyes.
"Actually I have to go." He started "My parents will be mad if I don't come home soon."
"Ok I'll see you later."
"I'll call you tomorrow" he said "I hope you feel better" he said and walked out the door.
"Ok, talk to you then." I said and walked into the dining room and passed the living room I could hear the girls upstairs talking.  I started to walk upstairs as softly as I could, the creaks under my foot coming and going as I stepped up the stairs.  When I made it to Cori's room, I could hear them gossiping.
"O-M-G! He's so cute!" one girl said.
"I know right" another said.
Then I heard Cori, I couldn't believe what she was saying.
"I can't wait 'til he's mine, Ethan should be with me, and not Lacy, he deserves so much better.  I was talking to him a couple days ago, and he totally started flirting with me.  He said that my shorts look really cute on me."
My own sister was going to try and take away my boyfriend.  He is the only one I have that actually cares about me and likes me, why would she do that to me, she knows I love him.  Oh yea, that's right, SHE HATES ME! She always has and she always will.
"Wow, he's so yours!" another one of her friends said.
"I know right, and then Lacy will have nothing to live for!" said Cori.
I couldn't believe that, but I'm going to make sure that Ethan doesn't leave my side,  plus he's way better than that, he wouldn't do that to me. . .would he?

Chapter 4
I stomped in Cori's room.
"So is this what you had planned for me?!" I said my face getting hot, trying to hold back tears.
"I TOLD YOU TO STAY DOWNSTAIRS! "She yelled at me.
"I'm done doing what you say!!!  I hate you!!!" I yelled back at her, using all my energy not to go over and dish her out something awful.
"Get out of here!"
"NO!"
I ran out of Cori's room, I didn't want to fight back the tears anymore I was sick of her, how am I going to deal with someone who purposely likes to ruin my life!? Maybe I can run away? No!  I don't deserve to leave everything I have; I don't need that, its Cori that has to leave!  My mind was in a daze, what should I do? I thought to myself repeatedly.
I pulled out my journal; I needed to vent this out to someone.  I didn't care who or what, I could vent this out to a tree if I needed to.
Dear Diary,
Everything seems to be getting worse, Cori is trying to steal Ethan away from me, and I don't know what to do.  Mom and Dad won't do anything because she's the favorite.  Most likely, they'll say "its ok honey, just let Cori have this one, there will be plenty of other guys.  But theirs not going to be.  He's the only guy that likes me for me, and I don't have to even say anything, I can just be my quiet, reserved self.  And he doesn't care.
He still cares for me.
I know what I have to do now. . .
. . . I have to kill Cori. . .

Chapter 5
I ran out of my room, the words ringing in my mind
"I have to kill Cori . . . i have to kill Cori. . ."
Nothing was going to stop me now, I ran down the stairs and grabbed the knives, my parents just gave them new blades. I thought to myself
"Ha! Mommy and Daddy isn't gonna help you on this one, they practically put you on your death bed."
I grabbed the sharpest one I could find, I knew I wasn't going crazy, I needed to get this girl out of my life and I'm done with her!!!
I ran upstairs again, busted open Cori's door, and stood right in the doorway, head down, hair in my face.
"What are you doing in here!" she snapped at me.
"I'm gonna end what Mom and Dad started!" I yelled.
I yelled back at her friends.
"SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR LITTE PRINCESS!" I screamed to them, the words rolling off my lips.
I pulled out the knife, the room went silent, time was going in slow motion, and everyone was staring at the crazy girl in the doorway.  I ran to Cori, feeling as if my feet were hardly touching the floor, she fell backwards, and I felt the knife break skin and slide into her flesh, I heard screaming as the girls went ballistic running around and piling out the door.
I jabbed her again through her chest, her brown eyes staring into mine, they were eyes of hatred and disbelief.   I sat there, I couldn't believe what I just did, a burden was lifted off my shoulders, but replaced with a new one, I just killed my sister.
I had a new plan, one that would forever hide the fact that I killed Cori.  I put on her cloths that were in her dresser, and called the police, they answered and said
"Hello 911 what's your emergency?"
I tried to sound panicky in the phone and said
"M-my sister has just been s-stabbed by a m-man that broke in to m-my house!!! I need help! Please help me!"
The woman on the other line started talking to people in the background
"A girl has just been stabbed" she said.
"Who are you sweetie? And where do you live?"
"I'm Cori Banks, and I live on Cain Street." I said
"Ok," she said and I could hear typing in the background. "And are your parents' home?"
"N-no 'mam, just me, I had a sleep over w-with my friends, b-but then this man breaks into our house and went after m-my sister."
"I see, ok, were sending people over right now.  Do you want me to stay on the phone with you until the police come?"
"y-yes please" I said nervously
She talked to me until the people came, and I opened the door for them I acted nervous and scared, and they took my sister away and called my parents.  They didn't react like I thought they would when they told them it was Lacy who died and not Cori.
I guess I'm going to be living the life of my sister now.

Chapter 6
My parents and I attended "my" funeral on June 6th; two days after "a man" broke into our house and killed "my sister".  Ethan came and when I saw him I pulled him aside, he wanted nothing to do with me.
"Come on just listen to me!" I said as he pulled away from my grip.
"No I want nothing to do with you," he said as he started walking away.
"I'm Lacey!" I said to him.
He stopped dead in his tracks.
"No you're not!!!" he yelled at me.
"Yes I am, I know that you were at my house the day Cori died, and she slapped me on the face, and that you got me an icepack in the far-back of the freezer, because that was our last one, Ethan, I'm Lacey."
"How . . .? Did . . . you . . .?"
"Ethan I will double swear its me."
A double swear has been our thing since we were four.  That's when we met and how he could tell if it was me or Cori.
He gave me a weird look, like he was crazy or something, then he rushed towards me and gave me a big hug and kissed me.
"I can't believe you didn't tell me sooner!!! Lacy what-"
"SHHHH!!!" I put my hand over his mouth and pulled him further away. "No one can know that I killed my sister"
"YOU KILLED YOUR SIS—"Then I put my hand over his mouth again, muffled words were still shooting out of his mouth.
"Shut up ok?! No one knows. And no one can know!" I said to him looking in his eyes.
"Oh my gosh, I can't believe you did that. What happened to Cori, and what are you going to do now? What are you going to tell your parents? What are you going to do about school? How is this going to work between us too?!
"ok listen, calm down, ok? Cori is in the coffin right now, I'm pretending to be Cori, I'm not going to tell my parents, at school, I'm going to act like Cori and wear her cloths, and between you and me, you can just say that since Lacey died, you fell for Cori instead." I said to him breaking down every word so he could catch what im saying and go through with it.
He looked at me wide eyed, his face turning a pale white; I could tell he was holding his breath because his chest wasn't moving.
"Breath, Ethan, breath." I said to him. He caught his breath.
"How did you kill your sister" he asked me, his eyes closed with disgust.
"Ethan listen to me, you know that my sister was no good to me—"
"Just tell me how you killed her!"
"You don't wanna know!"
"JUST TELL ME!"
"I stabbed her," he let out a gasp. "and then told people that a man broke into our house and killed her."
". . ."
"Please say something" I said to him
". . .there's not much to say, you're a murderer, and people wont suspect you because you told people that a man came into your house, and I don't think that you will confess, so I'm saying were over."
"Ethan please don't do this, your all I have, and—"
"No! I'm not all you have anymore! I used to be, when I felt bad for you, because you really didn't have anyone else! But now your Cori! So have a great time acting everything but you! Lacey, your smart, talented, and nice, you didn't need to make up for anything by killing your sister and making people think its you, because your amazing.  But that's over now because your going to change who you are, and make sure no one ever thinks that the horrible twin is dead, no, it had to be the nice one.  But that doesn't matter anymore, goodbye."
"Ethan please! — Please don't leave me!"
"Goodbye "Cori"." He said to me as he turned and walked out of the funeral home.

Description
Chapter 1
"FINE! I DON'T CARE!" I screamed to my sister as she slammed the door to her room
"YOU WILL WHEN I LEAVE! IM DONE WITH YOU!"  She yelled back.
I got up and ran to my room, tears streaming down my face.  "I don't care if she leaves!" I thought, "She can go, I don't care!" I pulled the covers over my head; I didn't want anyone to see me cry.  The stream of light coming from the window was the only thing in my room that could allow me to see.  I didn't want to put on any lamps or lights; I was too distraught for that. I looked in the mirror beside my bed, my curly brown hair falling over my face, and a gleam of light in my lifeless light grey eyes.
Me and my sister Cori have had problems lately, and I'm just so sick of her now, everything is always about her.  She's in her own little world where everyone has to wait on her and she's the princess in the castle.  She orders me around all the time, "Lacey do this, Lacey do that." I don't want to wait on the princess anymore.  She's only 10 seconds older than me!
Oh yeah, did I forget to mention were twins?  No one can tell us apart, not even our parents, but they could care less.  The only one who can tell us apart is my cat, Lucky. She absolutely hates Cori.  And I'm perfectly fine with that, she's the only one who actually prefers me and not my sister.  No one really talks to me in school.  Their all focused on my sister, the one with the personality, and the one who puts herself out there and isn't afraid of anything in the world.
Sometimes I wish I was her.  To be that fearless, I don't know what I'd do.  Except there's one this that she can't do, she can't sing or play music the way I do, and she isn't as smart as I am either.
I've always been able to talk to animals, it's just something I've been doing since I was about 3, and could widely talk on my own.  It's a cool thing to be able to do.  It makes me different, and it makes me think that I'm not always a package deal with my sister.  I never wanted a clone, I just got one.
I pulled out my journal and began to write.
Dear Diary,
Got into a fight with Cori Today.  I don't know what I'm gonna do, 'rents will always side with her cuz shes so perfect.  All I have is lucky, and my song book and guitar.  And u know, that's all I need.  I don't wanna be a pakage deal anymore.  People look at us and say "oh you girls are so cute, but which ones which?" then mom has to point out that I'm me and Cori's Cori; it makes me kina mad sometimes because if they really cared, they would know.  But I guess they can't help it that were clones.  Two different people in the same body . . . very different people.
Well, I have to go, got to make a plan so that I'm me and no one can take that away, not even Cori.

The sun set over the mountains as Lacy lay on her bed.  It was so peaceful and loose outside, but so loud and tense in here.  "You know what, I don't wanna just sit here, and I don't feel sorry for what I did.  Why should I? I didn't do anything wrong in the first place.  She just broke out and started screaming at me."  I got up and looked out the window.
How come that when I look out the window, everything seems to be ok, and nothing can hurt me?  And it's just me and the wind blowing through my hair, and the sun on my face.  I walk out of my room, trying not to make a sound as I slip past Cori's room, and I go down the stairs and into the living room.  With the pale peach walls, and the brown couch against the wall.
I walk outside and just sit on the porch.  I didn't know what to think about.  I just wanted to sit there and stare.  Things just aren't going well, and I don't know why.  They just aren't.  Everything I do is so wrong all the time.

Chapter 2
I woke up early in the morning, the birds outside were going insane, I could hear them all.  Individual souls and not a cloned experiment.  Mom walked into my room.
"Hey Hun! Your Lacy . . . right?"
"Yes mom. . ." I say irritated.
"Ok, good, because I needed to tell you that Cori's friends are coming over tonight for a sleepover!" she sounded exited, like she enjoyed my pain.
"Oh no! Mom why would you do that to me!?" I said in a panic.
"I thought it would be good for you to because you need to get some friends! I didn't even know how you could get a boyfriend when no one talks to you!" she said sincerely.
"Mom he's a nice guy! That's just the way Ethan is!" I said defensively.
"Well, he's gotta be if he picked you over your sister!"
That hurt . . . a lot, and she knew it.  She didn't care. Everyone likes my sister more than me, but I've never been used to it (even though I should be, because people say that so often), and I never will be.
"Thanks mom. . ." I said as tears started streaming down my face.
"Oh honey I'm so sorry I didn't mean that." She said.  It looked like she was trying to hide a smile as she was saying it though.
"Sure you didn't, just like when you said that Cori was born lucky, and I was lucky to be born. . ."
She had said that when I was about 2 years younger.  It's true, but it still hurts.  Cori has the luck of the freaking Irish! And were full-blown American.
"You're still bringing that up?" she said sounding kind of ticked off.
"Things you say that hurt, just don't vanish, Mom."
"Ok well, I'll leave you to get ready for tonight. By the way if you want to have Ethan over, that's ok to!"
"Ok Mom." I said as I wiped the tears from my face.
I picked up the phone and called Ethan.
It rang about 5 times then a deep voice picked up the phone and said,
"Hello?"
"Hey it's Lacy" I said, still sounding a little congested from crying.
"Hey what happened?  You sound like you were crying. Are you ok?" he asked.
"Yeah, I was.  My mom can say some horrible things" I said to him, about to break down again.  "I was wondering if you wanted to come over tonight, my sister is having a ton of her friends over, and I really don't want to be alone with her and her cronies."
"Sure Lace, I'll be right over." He sounded so caring.
We hung up the phone and as soon as I did the doorbell rang its usual tune.  I hummed along and harmonized with it.
"There's no way that could be Ethan already." I said to myself. And I was right, I looked out the window to find a pink sorts car in our driveway.  It was one of Cori's friends.  They always pick on me the same way that Cori does.  I opened the door.
"She's upstairs in her room." I said and began to walk away hoping she wouldn't call me back.
"Hold on a sec, Music Maid, get my bag and bring it up for me. I just got a mani-pedi and since you have nothing to live for you can get it."
"Oh you better not me talking to me." I said to her loud and clear.
"Excuse me?" she said looking up from adoring her nails.
"Did I stutter?"
"Just get the bag." She told me, ignoring my last comment.
I looked down at her sequence bag and said,
"Nah I'm good." And walked away. I didn't think it would be that easy, I could've sworn she would either call my sister down, or come after me.  But she just shrugged and groaned, picked up the bag and walked up the stairs to my sister's room.

Chapter 3
The doorbell rang again, I hoped it was Ethan.  I ran to the window again.  I saw a blue 2009 Mustang GT in the driveway so I knew it was him. I opened the door to let him in, he walked in and he hugged me
"Well its ok now, I'm here" he said smiling, laughter in his eyes, but it was the good kind of laughter.  The kind where you laugh along with it, not the kind where people are mocking you.  .  I love it when he hugged me, I always felt so safe, like nothing could hurt me.
He let go and we walked into the living room. I told him what happened, and he listened to me as I went on and on about my mom and my sisters friend.  He's amazing, he'll just listen to you when you talk and he'll let you vent to him.
"Yeah, your right, that does make it better." I said laughing along with him.
The doorbell must have rang at least 20 times, because the girls that were here went back and forth from the door to upstairs, answering it for other people coming.  Eventually Cori came in the living room, she looked at us and said
"Just stay down here, you don't have to go upstairs."
"Well what if I have to go to my room?" I said.
"Suck it up! I don't want you upstairs."
"Well to bad! I can go upstairs if I want to!" and I got up and motioned for Ethan to follow me.
"STOP!" she yelped at me and I felt a sharp pain go across my face.  She slapped me! I stood there motionless as she stomped upstairs and slammed the door in her room.
"Oh my gosh. . ." Ethan said.
"Yeah, that's a usual." I said and walked to a wall with a mirror mounted on it.  My cheek was beet read, and I could feel my pulse through it. The throbbing was driving me crazy!
"We better go get some ice on that." He said and held my hand; he led me into the kitchen.  He got into the freezer and yanked out an icepack that was in the far-back corner, the only one we have.  He handed it to me wrapped in a towel.
"Here you go." He said as I held it against my face.
"I think we should go upstairs" I said looking into his eyes.
"Actually I have to go." He started "My parents will be mad if I don't come home soon."
"Ok I'll see you later."
"I'll call you tomorrow" he said "I hope you feel better" he said and walked out the door.
"Ok, talk to you then." I said and walked into the dining room and passed the living room I could hear the girls upstairs talking.  I started to walk upstairs as softly as I could, the creaks under my foot coming and going as I stepped up the stairs.  When I made it to Cori's room, I could hear them gossiping.
"O-M-G! He's so cute!" one girl said.
"I know right" another said.
Then I heard Cori, I couldn't believe what she was saying.
"I can't wait 'til he's mine, Ethan should be with me, and not Lacy, he deserves so much better.  I was talking to him a couple days ago, and he totally started flirting with me.  He said that my shorts look really cute on me."
My own sister was going to try and take away my boyfriend.  He is the only one I have that actually cares about me and likes me, why would she do that to me, she knows I love him.  Oh yea, that's right, SHE HATES ME! She always has and she always will.
"Wow, he's so yours!" another one of her friends said.
"I know right, and then Lacy will have nothing to live for!" said Cori.
I couldn't believe that, but I'm going to make sure that Ethan doesn't leave my side,  plus he's way better than that, he wouldn't do that to me. . .would he?

Chapter 4
I stomped in Cori's room.
"So is this what you had planned for me?!" I said my face getting hot, trying to hold back tears.
"I TOLD YOU TO STAY DOWNSTAIRS! "She yelled at me.
"I'm done doing what you say!!!  I hate you!!!" I yelled back at her, using all my energy not to go over and dish her out something awful.
"Get out of here!"
"NO!"
I ran out of Cori's room, I didn't want to fight back the tears anymore I was sick of her, how am I going to deal with someone who purposely likes to ruin my life!? Maybe I can run away? No!  I don't deserve to leave everything I have; I don't need that, its Cori that has to leave!  My mind was in a daze, what should I do? I thought to myself repeatedly.
I pulled out my journal; I needed to vent this out to someone.  I didn't care who or what, I could vent this out to a tree if I needed to.
Dear Diary,
Everything seems to be getting worse, Cori is trying to steal Ethan away from me, and I don't know what to do.  Mom and Dad won't do anything because she's the favorite.  Most likely, they'll say "its ok honey, just let Cori have this one, there will be plenty of other guys.  But theirs not going to be.  He's the only guy that likes me for me, and I don't have to even say anything, I can just be my quiet, reserved self.  And he doesn't care.
He still cares for me.
I know what I have to do now. . .
. . . I have to kill Cori. . .

Chapter 5
I ran out of my room, the words ringing in my mind
"I have to kill Cori . . . i have to kill Cori. . ."
Nothing was going to stop me now, I ran down the stairs and grabbed the knives, my parents just gave them new blades. I thought to myself
"Ha! Mommy and Daddy isn't gonna help you on this one, they practically put you on your death bed."
I grabbed the sharpest one I could find, I knew I wasn't going crazy, I needed to get this girl out of my life and I'm done with her!!!
I ran upstairs again, busted open Cori's door, and stood right in the doorway, head down, hair in my face.
"What are you doing in here!" she snapped at me.
"I'm gonna end what Mom and Dad started!" I yelled.
I yelled back at her friends.
"SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR LITTE PRINCESS!" I screamed to them, the words rolling off my lips.
I pulled out the knife, the room went silent, time was going in slow motion, and everyone was staring at the crazy girl in the doorway.  I ran to Cori, feeling as if my feet were hardly touching the floor, she fell backwards, and I felt the knife break skin and slide into her flesh, I heard screaming as the girls went ballistic running around and piling out the door.
I jabbed her again through her chest, her brown eyes staring into mine, they were eyes of hatred and disbelief.   I sat there, I couldn't believe what I just did, a burden was lifted off my shoulders, but replaced with a new one, I just killed my sister.
I had a new plan, one that would forever hide the fact that I killed Cori.  I put on her cloths that were in her dresser, and called the police, they answered and said
"Hello 911 what's your emergency?"
I tried to sound panicky in the phone and said
"M-my sister has just been s-stabbed by a m-man that broke in to m-my house!!! I need help! Please help me!"
The woman on the other line started talking to people in the background
"A girl has just been stabbed" she said.
"Who are you sweetie? And where do you live?"
"I'm Cori Banks, and I live on Cain Street." I said
"Ok," she said and I could hear typing in the background. "And are your parents' home?"
"N-no 'mam, just me, I had a sleep over w-with my friends, b-but then this man breaks into our house and went after m-my sister."
"I see, ok, were sending people over right now.  Do you want me to stay on the phone with you until the police come?"
"y-yes please" I said nervously
She talked to me until the people came, and I opened the door for them I acted nervous and scared, and they took my sister away and called my parents.  They didn't react like I thought they would when they told them it was Lacy who died and not Cori.
I guess I'm going to be living the life of my sister now.

Chapter 6
My parents and I attended "my" funeral on June 6th; two days after "a man" broke into our house and killed "my sister".  Ethan came and when I saw him I pulled him aside, he wanted nothing to do with me.
"Come on just listen to me!" I said as he pulled away from my grip.
"No I want nothing to do with you," he said as he started walking away.
"I'm Lacey!" I said to him.
He stopped dead in his tracks.
"No you're not!!!" he yelled at me.
"Yes I am, I know that you were at my house the day Cori died, and she slapped me on the face, and that you got me an icepack in the far-back of the freezer, because that was our last one, Ethan, I'm Lacey."
"How . . .? Did . . . you . . .?"
"Ethan I will double swear its me."
A double swear has been our thing since we were four.  That's when we met and how he could tell if it was me or Cori.
He gave me a weird look, like he was crazy or something, then he rushed towards me and gave me a big hug and kissed me.
"I can't believe you didn't tell me sooner!!! Lacy what-"
"SHHHH!!!" I put my hand over his mouth and pulled him further away. "No one can know that I killed my sister"
"YOU KILLED YOUR SIS—"Then I put my hand over his mouth again, muffled words were still shooting out of his mouth.
"Shut up ok?! No one knows. And no one can know!" I said to him looking in his eyes.
"Oh my gosh, I can't believe you did that. What happened to Cori, and what are you going to do now? What are you going to tell your parents? What are you going to do about school? How is this going to work between us too?!
"ok listen, calm down, ok? Cori is in the coffin right now, I'm pretending to be Cori, I'm not going to tell my parents, at school, I'm going to act like Cori and wear her cloths, and between you and me, you can just say that since Lacey died, you fell for Cori instead." I said to him breaking down every word so he could catch what im saying and go through with it.
He looked at me wide eyed, his face turning a pale white; I could tell he was holding his breath because his chest wasn't moving.
"Breath, Ethan, breath." I said to him. He caught his breath.
"How did you kill your sister" he asked me, his eyes closed with disgust.
"Ethan listen to me, you know that my sister was no good to me—"
"Just tell me how you killed her!"
"You don't wanna know!"
"JUST TELL ME!"
"I stabbed her," he let out a gasp. "and then told people that a man broke into our house and killed her."
". . ."
"Please say something" I said to him
". . .there's not much to say, you're a murderer, and people wont suspect you because you told people that a man came into your house, and I don't think that you will confess, so I'm saying were over."
"Ethan please don't do this, your all I have, and—"
"No! I'm not all you have anymore! I used to be, when I felt bad for you, because you really didn't have anyone else! But now your Cori! So have a great time acting everything but you! Lacey, your smart, talented, and nice, you didn't need to make up for anything by killing your sister and making people think its you, because your amazing.  But that's over now because your going to change who you are, and make sure no one ever thinks that the horrible twin is dead, no, it had to be the nice one.  But that doesn't matter anymore, goodbye."
"Ethan please! — Please don't leave me!"
"Goodbye "Cori"." He said to me as he turned and walked out of the funeral home.