SistersAlessandra closed the textbook. Math was tough; not that it posed a particular problem for her, but it certainly wasn’t her favorite subject. Just then she realized she was home alone.
She went into the kitchen to make some tea and took out her favorite green tea. Then she thought that she might make some for her sister, too, and selected the peach flavored one, Alessia’s favorite.
Alessia opened the front door and came in.
- Wow, you look fancy! Who did you go out with? - Alessandra asked.
Alessia thought about the fact that up until that moment she and her sister had shared everything: not just clothes or friendships, but all the childhood illnesses, as well. If one caught a fever, or had a sore throat, the other was sure to get sick too. One’s friends had been the other’s, an
