This is a story that is based on the movie 13 Going on 30…. But it is the story of two friends who become more…. These characters are the creation of BKC, Warner Brothers , and NBC…
Today was Rachel's thirteenth birthday. She peeked in the mirror on her vanity table. All she could see was the nose she wanted to get rid of . Her sisters Amy and Jill had perfect noses, why didn't she? She felt so ugly. She looked up at the posters that adorned her wall. Shaun Cassidy and Parker Stevenson, the Hardy Boys. She was so in love with Shaun Cassidy. He had that blonde hair and that perfect smile . She had one or two really good friends , that was Monica and her brother who was two years older. Ross was always so nice to her. But Rachel wanted to be with the in crowd, the cheerleaders and the jocks and the country club set. So sometimes she would actually ignore them, especially if the rah rah girls were around.
The Rah Rah girls were the cheerleaders of Lincoln Junior High School. They were led by the terribly , shallow and mean Mindy. Mindy lived in a mansion like Rachel and had designer clothes. Rachel had all that as well, it is just that sometimes her nose made her feel so ugly. Rachel would turn on the television and there would be these beautiful women like Victoria Prinicipal, Linda Gray , or Morgan Fairchild . Their hair was so full and curly. Their eyes had tons of make up around them and their lips painted a brilliant red. Rachel wanted to be like them , or work in fashion , that was her real dream. Her closet had all the best designers in it because her father was a successful vascular surgeon.
"Happy Birthday Pumpkin." Leonard Green said as he came into his daughter's room. "Today you are a teenager." He said with a kiss . "When are your friends coming over?" her mother said as she suddenly appeared out of no where. "Carmela is working on the cake as we speak."
"Mindy and the girls are coming at five. " Rachel said excitedly. "And so is Chip Matthews." She said dreamily. Rachel's mother reminded her gently. "And Monica and her brother are coming soon as well." Rachel liked Monica and she had always been her best friend, but Monica had a bit of a weight problem, so she wasn't one of the popular girls. And Monica's brother , he was kind of on the thin side and at his age , he was actually starting to grow a mustache. Ross was two years older than Rachel but there was one thing that Rachel didn't know about him , he had a secret crush on her. The worst thing about him though was his absolute passion for dinosaurs, and that was fine when you were ten , but not at age fifteen.
At that moment, the doorbell rang and one of Rachel's bratty sisters ran up the stairs. "Rachel , that fat Monica Geller is here with her loser brother." Jill said snidely. "Jill!" said Sandra sharply. "Be nice."
"Happy Birthday Rachel." Monica said excitedly and wrapped her girth around her dear friend. She handed her a wrapped gift and then gave her a hug. Monica was wearing a rainbow striped sweater and a pair of hefty jeans. "Thanks oh you shouldn't have." Rachel said as she unwrapped the package., already planning to exchange what was ever in the package. She saw it was a pair of earrings. "I love them." She said to her friend. Ross looked on eagerly as he got ready to give her his special present."I have something that I made ." he said as he took her hand and led her to the large box that sat on the floor. Rachel was intrigued, what could Monica's brother possibly have gotten her that was this big.
"I can't even imagine what this would be." She said as she examined the wrapping paper. It was pink with little lilies on it. Then it was tied together with a wide white bow on it. Rachel kneeled down and looked at it. "Open it." He said . Rachel tore off the bow. "No no , you just have to lift it up." Ross demonstrated as he picked up the box. Rachel was amazed he took this much time to do this for her.
"It's your grown up dream house." He announced. "See here is your closet with all of your designer stuff , and your shoes and purses. There is that jerk Shaun Cassidy in the living room and here is me who will kick his ass when he hurts you. In here is the television that you will be on someday as a beautiful girl in New York as a fashion executive. You will have a handsome boyfriend and everyone will love you. And then little girls will see you and they will want to be just like you." Rachel thought the whole thing was sweet, but after all , she was thirteen now. She was a grown up, well she thought she was grown up. "Thank you Ross." She said with a tiny peck on the cheek "That was so sweet." Ross began to blush. Aw it was nothing. I wanted to give my best friend a special gift for her birthday." There was a loud noise upstairs as the rah rah girls started down the stairs. Rachel looked over at the house and started to panic. How was she ever going to be cool and sophisticated with the doll house. She picked up the house and put in her and her sister's play closet.
"But Rachel you forgot the best part. The wishing dust. " Ross said as he dumped the bag of dust on the house and got a little on Rachel. "Have you lost your mind?" she squealed as he pushed the dirt off of her . "Sorry." He apologized.
"Rae ray, " Mindy squealed as she hugged Rachel. Ross was rudely pushed aside. "Happy birthday. I got you the latest style from Louis Vuitton. My mom works there." The other girls gathered around her and squealed as well. Then he came into the party . His hair was blonde and glistening. He was wearing a letterman's jacket with an L on it. "Hi Chip. " Rachel drooled.
"Hey ." he said as he tipped his head.
Ross could see that they would just get in the way. "Come on Mon. " he said as they left. He was dejected once again. "Wait before we go , let's get some cake." Monica said. "Bye Rach." She said sadly. Then they headed up the stairs.
Rachel loved the fact that she was standing in the midst of these popular people. She was a cheerleader herself and these were her type of friends. Popular and rich and stylish. Then she kept looking over at Chip.
"Hey I have an idea." Screamed Mindy. "Let's play seven minutes in heaven. The other girls got excited as well. "And the first person to play is the birthday girl. You and Chip will go in the closet over there for seven minutes." Mindy motioned to the closet. Rachel looked at him excited. "No you go in first." Mindy said as she opened the door. Rachel walked in the closet and then looked back.. Mindy gave a nod to the girls and then they started to giggle. "Chip will be in a minute." He started to snicker. "Okay Ray Ray here's chip." Mindy smiled. "Okay now." One of the other girls shut the door and then the group left the basement.
"Chip ? Chip?" Rachel called as she sat in the dark. Then it dawned on her . She was alone in the closet and they had tricked her. Rachel sat down on the floor and started to cry into her hands. "I hate my life . I hate being thirteen . I want to be thirty and fabulous , thirty and fabulous ," she kept repeating the words over and over. Some more of the dust from Ross' gift came pouring down on her. Then she fell into a deep sleep.
"Daddy , Mom?" Rachel called as she opened her eyes. She slowly opened the closet door. She looked around and she had no idea where she was . It wasn't her parents huge house it was an apartment and one of the walls was purple.
"Rach?" a young woman with dark hair called out to her. Rachel had no idea who she was or where she was. She was walking around and staring. "What's wrong?" Rachel still didn't know who the woman was. She had blue eyes and her hair was long and dark. She was very pretty and thin. "Who are you?" Rachel asked. The woman looked at her and then gave her the strangest look. "Rachel I'm your roommate Monica."