Thread: Desperate Times, Closer Bonds (PatientOne & Celeana)

Alex had been eighteen when his parents died. Coming home late from work they were carpooling and were hit by a drunk driver. The impact alone killed both of them. Alex had just been accepted into a college but the college was in a different state and with both of his parents gone, his sister Anna had no where to go but foster homes. Alex wasn't going to let that happen so he ditched the college idea and instead did the college online. He jumped straight into the work force, doing odd jobs on the side as well as working a full time job in a factory. Having a steady job, a car and a two bedroom apartment he was given Guardian rights to Anna since she was not eighteen yet. That was two years ago. Now at the age of twenty Alex was a management position at the factory and making a decent living. However he was working almost every day, staying up a few hours a night to do his online courses and keeping Anna in school. Granted her school wasn't expensive but her books and her food had to come from some where. Alex loved Anna like any big brother and he was very protective over her...maybe a bit too much since their parents died but she was all he had. No Aunts or Uncles, and their grand parents were all too old to raise Anna, so it was literally Alex or foster homes. The life insurance that his parents had was enough to help him but he kept that on a tight hold. Only using it when it was absolutely needed, like hospital visits or something like that. Alex was always smart with his money, something both of their parents had taught them at a young age. Only use what was needed, not wanted. It had been hard on Alex, putting a hold on his own life and his own goals but at the same time, he never once blamed Anna for it. He wanted her to be able to have a life even in such shitty times. He got to enjoy his high school life with little worries, he wanted her to have the same thing. High school was a big mile stone in a child's life and he'd be damned if he was going to have this hurdle ruin hers. Today was just like any other day and like all days, he'd taken her to school, about a half hour early so that she'd be sitting in the school cafeteria waiting with other kids. He then went to work. Standing at six feet tall and weighing in at one hundred seventy pounds he was a little light for a man his height but he wasn't lacking in the muscle department. Working in a factory nearly every day for 10-12 hours a day tended to put some muscle on you. He had short black hair, cut in a crew cut style since it was so damn hot in the factory. His skin was lightly tanned and his eyes were a pale blue. Anna looked more like their mother with dark brown hair and pale green eyes. The freckles she had were from their dad. Her slender frame was definitely from their mom as she was a slim woman as well. Alex had left a note on the kitchen table as well as thirty dollars for Anna when she got home from school. He'd be working late due to a company inspection, but after that the factory would be shut down for two days to get re-organized and get a much needed cleaning and maintenance. Which was a nice thing since it had been two years since Alex had two days off in a row. His first full weekend.