A/N: This is my first fan fiction, so sorry if some of the chapters are a tad short.
Disclaimer: I adore Sweet Valley High but unfortunately do not own any of the Sweet Valley books nor do I own any of its characters, or any of the songs mentioned in Chapter Four.
"Oh Lizzie, you won't believe how unbelievably cute the new guy is," Jessica Wakefield gushed to her twin, flopping down on her twin sister Elizabeth's bed.
"Jessica, I just made that!" Elizabeth cried, pulling her sister off the bed and straightening the plastic sheet she covered it with to stop any form of dust, lint or dirt getting on it. The same plastic sheet covered everything in Elizabeth's bedroom: it was a running joke in the Wakefield family that Elizabeth was the neat one whereas Jessica, with her sty of a room complete with walls covered in mud and it's very own pig, was the messy one.
"Never mind that," Jessica said, dismissively whilst picking up Elizabeth's brand new top, skirt, bag and lipstick. Jessica was a closet kleptomaniac, which explained why she always had Elizabeth's belongings in her bedroom. "The important thing is, how do I get the new guy to notice me?"
"Um... Jess, didn't your boyfriend die only a week ago?" Elizabeth reminded her sister, tentatively.
"Well, yeah, but it only took me like two months to get over Sam's death – even though you killed him, which was my fault – oh, thanks for forgiving me by the way, sis, seeing as I got you arrested an' all... what was my point? Oh yeah, Sam's death... and Christian, I was madly in love with him but I soon found someone else. So I figured a week is about right for getting over this guy, I mean, his death wasn't all that tragic. No drink-driving accident, no high school war... why should I waste my tears on him?"
"True. But I still feel you're being a little inconsiderate. I don't know what I'd do if Todd died," declared Elizabeth.
"Well, there's always Jeffrey. I'm sure he'd take you back, although saying that he did let you go without much of a fight, but, look, we're digressing here. What about my problem?" Jessica asked, pocketing one of Elizabeth's bras while Elizabeth began to write an article for their school newspaper, The Oracle.
"Since when have you worried about how to get guys, Jess? And since when have you asked for my advice? You usually go to Lila or Amy for this kind of thing, I'm only your twin sister, the closest person to you..." Elizabeth pointed out.
"Good point, Liz," Jessica replied, gratefully.
"Now can I get some peace while I finish this article?" Elizabeth requested, rolling her eyes. She didn't really know why she was rolling them, but it was something both she and Jessica did at each other a lot, so she felt it would go with the moment.
"But you only just started it-" Jessica began.
"So? I usually get them finished within a chapter, don't I?"
"Oh yeah," remembered Jessica. "Well, I guess I'll leave you to it. See you big sis!"
'Big sis' was another running joke between the Wakefield twins. Elizabeth was born four minutes before Jessica, and they joked that Jessica's late arrival was to set the pace for a habit of a lifetime. However, neither of them had thought how difficult it would have been for Alice to squeeze two watermelon-sized babies out of her at once... and to think Elizabeth was supposed to be the intelligent one.