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===Chapter 3: A Pleasant Day===
The alarm clock beeped Lilith out of her dreams. She looked around her dark, dismal room. Even though it was large, her room was bare, with only a dresser, a bed, and a nightstand. She groggily sat up and headed towards the bathroom she shared with her twin, Angela. There was no sight of her. Lilith started combing her tangled mess of hair, trying to put it into her typical hairstyle, but couldn't pull it off. It was a mess.
"Out of the way, Lilith!" Angela yelled, shoving her sister aside. She stood in front of the mirror, ran a brush through her hair, clipped some of it into place, and took two small strands and flipped them over her ears. In six seconds, she achieved a flawless hairstyle that took Lilith minutes. Angela flashed a brilliant smile at the mirror, adjusted her floral green dress, and strolled away.
"Good morning, mom! Good morning, daddy!" Angela said as she strolled downstairs.
"Good morning, Angela!" they both said cheerfully. Mary-Sue had been talking with one of her work supervisors on the phone, but put it down long enough to greet her daughter.
"I'm making omelets for you guys," Angela said sweetly.
"Thank you, dear," Mary-Sue said before turning back to her phone call. Daniel slowly reached his hand over and grabbed Mary-Sue's, but his wife quickly pulled away. Leaning in towards her, he began to caress her shoulder gently, smiling flirtatiously at his wife.
Mary-Sue managed to smack her husband's hand and mouth the words, "Not now," before turning back to her phone call.
"Good morning," Lilith said as she slouched downstairs. Mary-Sue continued talking to her supervisor, while Daniel sulked about his rejection.
"I said good morning," Lilith insisted.
"Lilith, we're busy right now," Mary-Sue snapped before quickly turning back to her phone call.
"Yeah, Lilith," Angela said, strolling into the room with a plate of piping hot omelets. "Stop bothering them."
She started to serve the food. "Here's one for dad, and one for mom," she said as she handed each person their plate. "And one for me, of course. That's it; let's eat, guys!"
"What about me?" Lilith asked.
"Lilith, you can make your own food," Angela said angrily.
"Yeah, stop relying so much on Angela," Daniel scolded.
Lilith rolled her eyes and served herself some cereal.
The morning went by as it always did: Mary-Due busy talking to her controller on the phone, while Daniel alternated between flirting with her and listening to Angela's reports. Lilith just try to bear through it all without being noticed. It was only a matter of minutes before Mary-Sue's carpool and the girls' school bus were outside their house.
"Bye, daddy!" Angela said affectionately kissing him on the cheek.
"Bye," Lilith grumbled, slouching after her sister.
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