A/N: I'd just like to thank everyone for all your support! Yay!
Ok, this might get a bit weird, but I got stuck in 2007. SO, I'm jumping forward to 2023 for a chapter. Alright?
Send me any ideas or thoughts or flames….I'm a pyro! I love fire!
1 CHAPTER 5
2023- MEMORIES
"Kate! Will you please set the table?" Jessica called, stirring the pot one last time. She breathed in deeply, enjoying the scent of lasagna. As footsteps rushed down the stairs, Jessica turned around.
"Maggie, I asked Kate to come down!" Jessica told her, hands on hips. Maggie shrugged, reaching for an apple before Jessica could slap her hand away. "Dinner's in 10. Now, go get your sister!"
"Yes, ma'am!" Maggie saluted and ran over to the stairs. Jessica shook her head in disbelief.
"But mum, Jimmy's on the phone and he wants to talk to me about Saturday!" Kate whinged, holding the cordless to her. Maggie rolled her eyes, leaning over the counter.
Jessica gave her daughter the "look". Kate muttered "fine!" and hung up the phone, walking into the kitchen to get dinner ready.
"When's dad coming home?" Maggie asked, watching Jess prepare the lasagna.
Jessica looked at Maggie. The blonde hair, blue-green eyes, even the small dimple was there!
"Complete replicas of their mother," Jessica thought smugly.
"In 2 days, sweetie. Hopefully with a big cheque!" Maggie and Kate giggled, locking eyes and sharing something.
Jessica felt a pang in her heart. She missed sharing that with her sister.
"Knock, knock!" The door startled them all. Maggie screamed, running down to the door.
"Grandma!"
Jessica shared a look with Kate. Maggie was the active twin, the one with millions of energy. She was on the soccer and volleyball teams, and ran every morning. Kate called her a sports freak.
Kate, on the other hand, only did one sport. Shopping. She shopped continuously. Jessica thanked God the twins had jobs to pay their own way.
But both girls studied, Kate more than Maggie.
"Hello, Jessica. Hey, Kate," Alice said quietly, coming around the corner. Kate squealed, giving her grandmother a hug. Jessica held back, waiting for her mother to come to her.
"Hey, precious!" Alice whispered into her daughter's ear.
"Dinner was wonderful!" Maggie exclaimed, finishing off her plate and throwing the fork on the table.
"Maggie!" Alice warned, causing Maggie to blush. Jessica giggled.
"Reminds me of someone," she told them quietly. Both twins giggled. They loved their mother's stories about her childhood.
"Yes, it does. A young girl who always flounced responsibility onto her sister and vanished from the table as soon as work needed to be done," Alice mused. Jessica laughed, nodding. "You've done a good job, Jess," she continued, with a brief nod at the twins.
"Yeah, mum's the greatest!" Kate yelled, reaching over to give her mum a hug. Jessica smiled, but quickly faded. The twins exchanged looks. Maggie glared at her sister, as Kate slid down her seat.
"Come on, we'll clean up!" Maggie said, dragging her sister up. They picked up the plates and walked out of the kitchen.
"I feel like I'm in a time-warp!" Alice cried out, laughing. Jessica smiled, sniffling.
"Oh, baby, I know you miss her." Alice said, reaching out to her daughter.
"Maggie's like her, kind of." Jessica looked up, nodding.
"Yeah, Maggie studies a lot. She's got a good mind. But she wants to go into the film industry anyway." Jessica sighed. "How do I stop them?"
"Jessica, you're in the film industry."
Jessica shrugged.
"Kate wants to be a newsreader." Jessica's eyes met her mother's, who was looking into the far distance.
"What a strange mixture…"
The twins came back, yelling and laughing at each other, ladled with ice- cream bowls.
Alice's eyes lit up.
"Ooh, someone's getting extra presents today!" they all laughed before beginning a ferocious battle over the ice cream.
"Bye, Kate. Bye bye, Maggie. Goodnight, darling." Alice walked out, heading back to her home in Sweet Valley.
"Give a kiss to Steven, Amanda and Jamie for me!" Jessica called out. Alice smiled, before driving down the street.
Jessica closed the door. It was quiet. Curious, she walked down the hallway, and turned into the lounge room.
The twins were huddled on the couch, a large stack of photo albums between them.
"There they are!" Kate whispered. Maggie nodded.
"Mum and Dad." They looked at each other briefly, before flipping the page over. Jessica felt the tears start again. She could remember those days all too clearly, back when life was so much easier.
"See, here's the article when mum married Clark, and…"Kate looked up in mid- sentence, to see Jessica standing in the doorway.
"We're sorry. We were just…" Maggie slowly cut herself off as Jessica shook her head.
"The photos are there to be seen. I never intended to hide them from you." She walked over and flipped a few pages over.
"Here. Here's Lizzie holding you in her arms," Jessica told them, gently touching the picture of her sister. Elizabeth would always remain 24 to Jessica.
"She's beautiful," Maggie whispered softly. Kate merely stared at the picture. She looked up at her mother.
"Mama," Kate whispered, "Can you tell us the story again?" Jessica looked at them uncertainly. Maggie and Kate both looked at her with big bluish eyes. Although they were 16, they were still young. They were still children. Her children. She nodded and wedged herself in between them.
"Alright." The twins cuddled up to their mother, as she began the tale they knew so well.
There. A bit short, but a little breather before we get into the thick of things. What, you think I've already caused enough damage? Mwahahahaha! There's plenty more to come!
Ok, this might get a bit weird, but I got stuck in 2007. SO, I'm jumping forward to 2023 for a chapter. Alright?
Send me any ideas or thoughts or flames….I'm a pyro! I love fire!
1 CHAPTER 5
2023- MEMORIES
"Kate! Will you please set the table?" Jessica called, stirring the pot one last time. She breathed in deeply, enjoying the scent of lasagna. As footsteps rushed down the stairs, Jessica turned around.
"Maggie, I asked Kate to come down!" Jessica told her, hands on hips. Maggie shrugged, reaching for an apple before Jessica could slap her hand away. "Dinner's in 10. Now, go get your sister!"
"Yes, ma'am!" Maggie saluted and ran over to the stairs. Jessica shook her head in disbelief.
"But mum, Jimmy's on the phone and he wants to talk to me about Saturday!" Kate whinged, holding the cordless to her. Maggie rolled her eyes, leaning over the counter.
Jessica gave her daughter the "look". Kate muttered "fine!" and hung up the phone, walking into the kitchen to get dinner ready.
"When's dad coming home?" Maggie asked, watching Jess prepare the lasagna.
Jessica looked at Maggie. The blonde hair, blue-green eyes, even the small dimple was there!
"Complete replicas of their mother," Jessica thought smugly.
"In 2 days, sweetie. Hopefully with a big cheque!" Maggie and Kate giggled, locking eyes and sharing something.
Jessica felt a pang in her heart. She missed sharing that with her sister.
"Knock, knock!" The door startled them all. Maggie screamed, running down to the door.
"Grandma!"
Jessica shared a look with Kate. Maggie was the active twin, the one with millions of energy. She was on the soccer and volleyball teams, and ran every morning. Kate called her a sports freak.
Kate, on the other hand, only did one sport. Shopping. She shopped continuously. Jessica thanked God the twins had jobs to pay their own way.
But both girls studied, Kate more than Maggie.
"Hello, Jessica. Hey, Kate," Alice said quietly, coming around the corner. Kate squealed, giving her grandmother a hug. Jessica held back, waiting for her mother to come to her.
"Hey, precious!" Alice whispered into her daughter's ear.
"Dinner was wonderful!" Maggie exclaimed, finishing off her plate and throwing the fork on the table.
"Maggie!" Alice warned, causing Maggie to blush. Jessica giggled.
"Reminds me of someone," she told them quietly. Both twins giggled. They loved their mother's stories about her childhood.
"Yes, it does. A young girl who always flounced responsibility onto her sister and vanished from the table as soon as work needed to be done," Alice mused. Jessica laughed, nodding. "You've done a good job, Jess," she continued, with a brief nod at the twins.
"Yeah, mum's the greatest!" Kate yelled, reaching over to give her mum a hug. Jessica smiled, but quickly faded. The twins exchanged looks. Maggie glared at her sister, as Kate slid down her seat.
"Come on, we'll clean up!" Maggie said, dragging her sister up. They picked up the plates and walked out of the kitchen.
"I feel like I'm in a time-warp!" Alice cried out, laughing. Jessica smiled, sniffling.
"Oh, baby, I know you miss her." Alice said, reaching out to her daughter.
"Maggie's like her, kind of." Jessica looked up, nodding.
"Yeah, Maggie studies a lot. She's got a good mind. But she wants to go into the film industry anyway." Jessica sighed. "How do I stop them?"
"Jessica, you're in the film industry."
Jessica shrugged.
"Kate wants to be a newsreader." Jessica's eyes met her mother's, who was looking into the far distance.
"What a strange mixture…"
The twins came back, yelling and laughing at each other, ladled with ice- cream bowls.
Alice's eyes lit up.
"Ooh, someone's getting extra presents today!" they all laughed before beginning a ferocious battle over the ice cream.
"Bye, Kate. Bye bye, Maggie. Goodnight, darling." Alice walked out, heading back to her home in Sweet Valley.
"Give a kiss to Steven, Amanda and Jamie for me!" Jessica called out. Alice smiled, before driving down the street.
Jessica closed the door. It was quiet. Curious, she walked down the hallway, and turned into the lounge room.
The twins were huddled on the couch, a large stack of photo albums between them.
"There they are!" Kate whispered. Maggie nodded.
"Mum and Dad." They looked at each other briefly, before flipping the page over. Jessica felt the tears start again. She could remember those days all too clearly, back when life was so much easier.
"See, here's the article when mum married Clark, and…"Kate looked up in mid- sentence, to see Jessica standing in the doorway.
"We're sorry. We were just…" Maggie slowly cut herself off as Jessica shook her head.
"The photos are there to be seen. I never intended to hide them from you." She walked over and flipped a few pages over.
"Here. Here's Lizzie holding you in her arms," Jessica told them, gently touching the picture of her sister. Elizabeth would always remain 24 to Jessica.
"She's beautiful," Maggie whispered softly. Kate merely stared at the picture. She looked up at her mother.
"Mama," Kate whispered, "Can you tell us the story again?" Jessica looked at them uncertainly. Maggie and Kate both looked at her with big bluish eyes. Although they were 16, they were still young. They were still children. Her children. She nodded and wedged herself in between them.
"Alright." The twins cuddled up to their mother, as she began the tale they knew so well.
There. A bit short, but a little breather before we get into the thick of things. What, you think I've already caused enough damage? Mwahahahaha! There's plenty more to come!