Prologue
She was never smarter. I could reassure myself that as amazing as she seemed to be, she was never smarter. Even though we were identical twins, Selene still managed to end up prettier. Selene's straight strawberry-blonde hair was always shiny and neat, her ocean blue eyes were always wide with excitement and she just seemed to ooze perfection. She was always the more social one, the cooler one, the better one. I was more reserved, quieter, my head always stuck in a book rather than at the pool or mall. Selene rose to the top as head cheerleader, prom queen and homecoming queen, while I wrote for the school literary magazine that no one read. We lived in a fairly rich community, with closed gates and pristine lawns. Mom was a housewife, who ended up pretty desperate and Dad was a divorce lawyer, which was a big fat slap of irony from lemon throwing life. Selene played the neighborhood golden child, the one who won all the talent shows and got free cookies at the local bakery. I got the role of the understudy to the star, forced to stand back and watch as she brightened the stage.
I never really cared that much though; I had my group of friends. I wasn't a complete freak, I laughed and had crushes and acted like a silly teenager too. Just not as obnoxiously as Selene. I was content was life and life was content with me.
Well, it was. Until she ruined it all by telling the only secret that as my sister, she should have kept. The bitch didn't care though, she was only looking out for herself. Not using her brain for half a second and thinking 'Maybe I shouldn't do this. Annette never actually did anything to me. I'm already the prettiest Barbie doll alive, what's the point?', nope, she told everyone she could, of course, in a way that couldn't be traced back to her.
I'm tired of the whispers and pointed fingers that flounder whenever I walked through the hallway, just trying to get to my next class. I'm sick of the fact that I'm now referred to as Ana Ann. She already had everything but still wanted the little I had. She made my life a living hell and now, finally, it was her turn.
