I strode off as Quel and Lonnie made small talk i.e. Flirted. Figures, ya know? Not that Quel is like the worlds best boyfriend, but still �

"Maria what did you do to your hair?"

I turned around to see � um � a badly dressed Quel heading towards me.

"'Sup?" I asked.

"Terrific. You're trying to get at me about Lonnie, right?" he groaned. "You and Liz didn't approve of us to begin with, and now she's cheating on me, you're loving this, aren't you?"

"I ain't Maria," I said, amused.

"Not funny," he said. I pointed to where my twin sat with my older sisters twin. "Oh."

"I'm Esperanza," I told him, fingering my long black curls. "I know you must be bugging out right now �"

"Why � why do you look like my friend?"

"Same reason you look like my boyfriend," I told him. "Long story about genetic engineering and government conspiracies. If I'm gonna delve into that, could you at least tell me your name?" "Alex."

"Enchante," I muttered.

"Yo! Esperanza!"

I looked over to see my sister Iratze and her boyfriend Zan heading in our general direction.

"'Sup?" I said. "You two just got here? You left a week before me and Quel."

"We did a little gate crashing along the way," Iratze explained.

"About 12 parties," Zan informed me. He started to attack Iratzes neck with his mouth. Those two had to be the most public couple I'd ever met.

"Oh yeah," she murmured. "We totally dominated the dance floor, huh baby?"

Zan made an affirmative noise as they continued to make out. Alex looked shocked and very confused.

"Max? Liz?"

"Alex, meet Zan and Iratze," I said. "Guys, this is Alex."

"Quels twin, huh?" Iratze piped up. "Speaking of Quel, you two bitching again?"

"Yah. We crash this party, and he goes off with this red head in the garden shed, making like friggin Discovery Channel."

"Now he's eyeing up that blonde," Zan concluded. "Why do you bother?"

Alex looked on in confusion.

"No way. No possible way."

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