Kinda like a teaser-trailer, only for a book...

Here's a random scene that doesn't give anything away for you to enjoy...

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Izzy flopped down on her bed and stared at the ceiling, not really caring wether or not her perfectly styled hair was messed up. From the corner of her eye, she saw Aly curl up in one of the window seats overlooking the school grounds.

"Well," Sophie began from where she stood in the middle of the room, surveying their freshly vacuumed carpet. "We have the whole day off and nowhere to go. What should we do?"

Aly heaved a big sigh and stood up from her comfortable seat.

"I don't know what you guys are gonna do, but I desperately need to clean out my closet," she said sadly, obviously dreading the difficult task ahead of her.

"Cleaning your closet," Izzy asked, sitting straight up. "That's perfect!"

She stood up and walked over to Aly's closet. Aly gasped in response and jumped in front of the closed door, her arms outstretched over it protectively.

"No! I can clean my own closet,thank you," she said sharply, glaring at Izzy.

"Oh, come on, Aly," Sophie said calmly and softly walking towards her overreative sister.

"Pleeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaasssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeee?"

Aly looked at her to pleading sisters and let her arms fall to her side.

"We won't throw anything away without your permission first, we swear," said Sophie, very convincingly.

Aly surrendered her closet to her sisters, one fashioned obsessed and the other the Queen of Organization. She actually gave in to us... thought Izzy in amazement. Well that was new...

"Seriously Aly, you're making it seem like the Land of No Return! It can't possibly be as bad as you're making it--," Izzy began, opening the closet door, before she cut off abruptly.

"Oh yes it can," Aly muttered.

"Seem," Izzy finished in a shocked half-whisper, making it sound more lika a question than a statement. What she saw in front of her was unbeliveable.

"Oh. Ehm. Gee," said Izzy slowly.

"What--oh my--Aly--how--clothes," Sophie sputtered. The closet was full of clothes in every style, print, and color imaginable. Not only were there clothes hanging on broken hangers and shoved in corners, there was other junk shoved in there,too. There were buckets, Christmas lights, broken bookbags, books galore, and shoes... SO many shoes!! Who knows what else was hidden beneath that first layer of rubble...

Izzy,making no effert to clothes her mouth that was gaping open in shock, reached forward and grabbed a hanger with her thumb and index finger as if it were an oily rag. She spun around and gestured to the strange article of-- what? It didn't look like clothing.

"What, in the bloody hell, is this," she demanded.

Aly bit her lip. "Uhmmm," she began," I honestly have no idea. I think they were overalls once but I...."

She trailed off as Izzy's look changed from demanding to confused to incredulous and disgusting in about 5 seconds.

"EW!" Izzy shrieked and dropped the unidentified article of clothing, jumping back from it as if it were a hungry anaconda that wanted lunch, and she had a big lunch menu plastered to her forehead.

"Aly," Sophie began, her eyes wide as she took in the complete disarray of clothing and other miscellaneous items," how in the world to you find things to wear in the morning?"

"You had to have known there was a reason for my blatent disregard for fashion. Not that I really care. I couldn't care less wether or not my clothes matched or were in-style!"

Izzy used a broken hanger to shove the "might be overalls" to the side.

"Trash pile," she announced nonchalantly as Aly's eyes bugged out of her head.

"Why," she asked slightly angrily. "I could make a quilt out of those--that--it." She obviously couldn't decide what the object was.

"That any hobo would be ashamed of," I zzy said continuing through the closet.

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That's all I have right now but if I get some feedback from our many fans *cough cough* I might be able to add a bit for you!! Please, don't be afraid to comment... if it sucked, I really need to know! We may be intimidating, but don't be afraid, we don't bite (well, except maybe Aly if you really make her mad)... but like I said, don't be afraid. I'm gonna stop rambling now and go before this afterthought becomes longer than the actual composition...



Did I mention this was based on a true story? Aly's closet really is this messy. Like I said "Land of No Return"...

-Isabella Morrigan (Izzy) :)