A/N: I'm very, very unhappy. For some strange reason, Hide Your Love Away
has disappeared off the Sweet Valley page! * cries* Why? Why me?
I've updated it twice now, so chapters 16 & 17 are up. If you click on my name, you can go and read the new chapters. I'll try getting to the bottom of this debacle, and hopefully it'll be up and operating soon!
CHAPTER 7- UNCERTAINTY
"I'm home! How did it go?" Jessica flung the door open, causing Clark to catch it before he was hit in the face. Jessica smiled cheekily to him before bounding into the kitchen.
"Liz?" She couldn't see her sister anywhere.
"Out here!" Jessica opened the balcony door and walked out onto the patio.
"Well?" She was impatient. She saw her sister look up at her, uncertainty in her eyes.
"Girls," Liz told her, sipping her tea. Jessica smiled.
"See! I knew it would be a girl!" She crowed turning to Clark. She stopped and turned back to Elizabeth.
"Girls? As in plural? As in….twins?" She whispered. Liz nodded.
"Yeah, it's kind of freaky, actually." Jessica yelled out excitedly.
"OH my god! Twins! Twins! HA!" She started dancing around the patio, causing Liz and Clark to laugh.
"Jessica, chill out! Geez. You'd think it was you who was pregnant," Liz yelled out, looking towards the sunset.
Jessica stopped jumping, noting how often Liz watched the sunset these days.
"So, I guess Jessica has heard the news?" Steven asked, walking outside with the phone in his hands. Jessica nodded energetically, before throwing herself at Steven.
"Girls! Twins! I was right and you were wrong! Hahahahaha!" Jessica laughed maniacally, making Steven burst into laughter.
"Oh brother," Liz muttered, sharing a look with Clark. Somebody had to stay sane in this house!
Two weeks later, Elizabeth was really beginning to show. She got off the couch, promising herself to go for a walk later that day.
The phone rang.
"Hello, Wakefields," Liz said politely, waiting for a screaming fan to start….screaming.
"Liz? Honey?" It was their mother.
"Hey mum, how are you?" Liz moved into the kitchen, desperate for an avocado.
"OH, alright, honey. But how are you? Any trouble yet?" Liz fished around in the fridge.
"No, not yet. I'm only 3 and a half months, mum! There's a whole 5 months left!"
"Hum. That's if you're lucky," Alice muttered. Liz snickered finally finding the avocado.
"Yes!" She yelled out in success.
"It's just…well, I've been there. I know what it's like having twins. Call me, alright?"
"Yes, mum. Don't worry. It's all good!" Liz replied, before hanging up and getting stuck into her avocado.
The phone rang again. Liz let out a cry of frustration. Why didn't Steven pick up? Oh right, he was still asleep!
"Hello, Wakefields," she answered, cutting up the avocado.
"Um, hello. It's Amanda Wood here."
"Amanda? What's wrong?" Liz asked, alarmed.
"Oh, Elizabeth? I'm sorry. No, I'm calling for Steven." Liz blinked. Steven?
"Um, I'll see if he's up."
"Thank you." The avocado was forgotten as Elizabeth made her war up the stairs and knocked on Steven's door.
"Steven?"
"I'm still asleep!"
"Amanda's on the phone?" She heard crashing noises before the door was opened, revealing a boxer-clad Steven.
"Right. I've got it!" He yelled, running down the stairs. Liz had to laugh a little at his antics.
She leaned against the wall, sighing. It wasn't any easier. She missed Tom like crazy.
Liz rubbed her belly. If it wasn't for the twins…
"Twins," she told herself. She walked down the hallway, bored beyond belief. She missed work like crazy. She'd managed to scrape her way through the journalist ranks at the New York Times, becoming a senior journo in 2 years. She missed working all day, finding stories and following them up. She spent all day bumming around home, occasionally going to the beach. But now it was getting cold, and the beach was no longer an option.
"God forbid I'm going to end up shopping soon," She told herself.
Cringing, Elizabeth realized that's exactly what she had to do. She needed to get the nursery set up, and buy clothes and material…
"Ok, I need a rest," she told herself. That was too much thinking.
"Ok, cut! That was great, Jessica! Now, take a break and be in make-up in one hour, ok?" The director said, as he hurried off to the next set. Jessica yawned and made her way to her dressing room. Playing Marcia was hard work.
"Jessica darling, I need a favour!" Stefan came screeching over to her, with that pouty look that made Jeremy loved all over the world.
"OH but Jeremy…" Jessica whined, causing him to laugh.
"Now, now darling, nothing too serious. It's just that I'm attending Elton John's party tonight, and it's my life-long dream to meet the man, and I really need your Passions lipstick. Please?" He walked alongside her, begging. Jessica rolled her eyes.
"Of course! I've only got about 15! Which colour?" She opened the door to her room, allowing Stefan to follow her in.
"Ruby Red. I have to be totally bootylipscious tonight!" He pouted, looking like a model. Jessica laughed.
"Ok, ok!" She rummaged around on her table, trying to find the specific colour.
"Here we go! Ruby Red!" She grabbed it and handed it over to Stefan who squealed with delight. "Keep it. It's not my colour," she smirked. He thanked her, immediately running to her window to put it on.
"Absolutely fabulous!" He drawled, smiling at his reflection. Jessica flopped down on the couch, ready to take her break.
"How's that gorgeous sister of yours?" Stefan asked, glancing over at Jessica.
"She's getting better. I think having the distraction of the twins had a lot to do with it," she reached over to her mini-fridge, grabbing a sandwich.
"Twins. Oh my, I don't know how she'll cope!" Stefan tittered, grabbing Jessica's mascara and using it.
"Hm. Don't you have a shoot in a few minutes?" She watched him frantically rubbing the makeup off. "Anyway, she'll be fine. She has me, Steven and Clark to help her, and…it's Liz! If she can't do it, no one can!" She munched down on her sandwich. Stefan turned to face her.
"So, Jess darling, when will be seeing any miniature you?" He smirked.
"I don't know. I'm thinking about it…" She smiled to herself. ZA loud beeping interrupted the conversation as Stefan checked his pager.
"Oops. I'm needed on set. It's time for me to seduce your evil sister before she catches on that we're having an affair!" HE added dramatically, whisking out of the room. Jessica lay down on the couch, intending to grab a quick catnap. Then, when she got home, she'd talk to Clark about trying for a baby of their own.
"A baby," Jessica whispered, closing her eyes.
Voila! I've banged off another chapter! Look out for the next one! We're going to warp speed and jumping a couple of months to….Christmas!
I've updated it twice now, so chapters 16 & 17 are up. If you click on my name, you can go and read the new chapters. I'll try getting to the bottom of this debacle, and hopefully it'll be up and operating soon!
CHAPTER 7- UNCERTAINTY
"I'm home! How did it go?" Jessica flung the door open, causing Clark to catch it before he was hit in the face. Jessica smiled cheekily to him before bounding into the kitchen.
"Liz?" She couldn't see her sister anywhere.
"Out here!" Jessica opened the balcony door and walked out onto the patio.
"Well?" She was impatient. She saw her sister look up at her, uncertainty in her eyes.
"Girls," Liz told her, sipping her tea. Jessica smiled.
"See! I knew it would be a girl!" She crowed turning to Clark. She stopped and turned back to Elizabeth.
"Girls? As in plural? As in….twins?" She whispered. Liz nodded.
"Yeah, it's kind of freaky, actually." Jessica yelled out excitedly.
"OH my god! Twins! Twins! HA!" She started dancing around the patio, causing Liz and Clark to laugh.
"Jessica, chill out! Geez. You'd think it was you who was pregnant," Liz yelled out, looking towards the sunset.
Jessica stopped jumping, noting how often Liz watched the sunset these days.
"So, I guess Jessica has heard the news?" Steven asked, walking outside with the phone in his hands. Jessica nodded energetically, before throwing herself at Steven.
"Girls! Twins! I was right and you were wrong! Hahahahaha!" Jessica laughed maniacally, making Steven burst into laughter.
"Oh brother," Liz muttered, sharing a look with Clark. Somebody had to stay sane in this house!
Two weeks later, Elizabeth was really beginning to show. She got off the couch, promising herself to go for a walk later that day.
The phone rang.
"Hello, Wakefields," Liz said politely, waiting for a screaming fan to start….screaming.
"Liz? Honey?" It was their mother.
"Hey mum, how are you?" Liz moved into the kitchen, desperate for an avocado.
"OH, alright, honey. But how are you? Any trouble yet?" Liz fished around in the fridge.
"No, not yet. I'm only 3 and a half months, mum! There's a whole 5 months left!"
"Hum. That's if you're lucky," Alice muttered. Liz snickered finally finding the avocado.
"Yes!" She yelled out in success.
"It's just…well, I've been there. I know what it's like having twins. Call me, alright?"
"Yes, mum. Don't worry. It's all good!" Liz replied, before hanging up and getting stuck into her avocado.
The phone rang again. Liz let out a cry of frustration. Why didn't Steven pick up? Oh right, he was still asleep!
"Hello, Wakefields," she answered, cutting up the avocado.
"Um, hello. It's Amanda Wood here."
"Amanda? What's wrong?" Liz asked, alarmed.
"Oh, Elizabeth? I'm sorry. No, I'm calling for Steven." Liz blinked. Steven?
"Um, I'll see if he's up."
"Thank you." The avocado was forgotten as Elizabeth made her war up the stairs and knocked on Steven's door.
"Steven?"
"I'm still asleep!"
"Amanda's on the phone?" She heard crashing noises before the door was opened, revealing a boxer-clad Steven.
"Right. I've got it!" He yelled, running down the stairs. Liz had to laugh a little at his antics.
She leaned against the wall, sighing. It wasn't any easier. She missed Tom like crazy.
Liz rubbed her belly. If it wasn't for the twins…
"Twins," she told herself. She walked down the hallway, bored beyond belief. She missed work like crazy. She'd managed to scrape her way through the journalist ranks at the New York Times, becoming a senior journo in 2 years. She missed working all day, finding stories and following them up. She spent all day bumming around home, occasionally going to the beach. But now it was getting cold, and the beach was no longer an option.
"God forbid I'm going to end up shopping soon," She told herself.
Cringing, Elizabeth realized that's exactly what she had to do. She needed to get the nursery set up, and buy clothes and material…
"Ok, I need a rest," she told herself. That was too much thinking.
"Ok, cut! That was great, Jessica! Now, take a break and be in make-up in one hour, ok?" The director said, as he hurried off to the next set. Jessica yawned and made her way to her dressing room. Playing Marcia was hard work.
"Jessica darling, I need a favour!" Stefan came screeching over to her, with that pouty look that made Jeremy loved all over the world.
"OH but Jeremy…" Jessica whined, causing him to laugh.
"Now, now darling, nothing too serious. It's just that I'm attending Elton John's party tonight, and it's my life-long dream to meet the man, and I really need your Passions lipstick. Please?" He walked alongside her, begging. Jessica rolled her eyes.
"Of course! I've only got about 15! Which colour?" She opened the door to her room, allowing Stefan to follow her in.
"Ruby Red. I have to be totally bootylipscious tonight!" He pouted, looking like a model. Jessica laughed.
"Ok, ok!" She rummaged around on her table, trying to find the specific colour.
"Here we go! Ruby Red!" She grabbed it and handed it over to Stefan who squealed with delight. "Keep it. It's not my colour," she smirked. He thanked her, immediately running to her window to put it on.
"Absolutely fabulous!" He drawled, smiling at his reflection. Jessica flopped down on the couch, ready to take her break.
"How's that gorgeous sister of yours?" Stefan asked, glancing over at Jessica.
"She's getting better. I think having the distraction of the twins had a lot to do with it," she reached over to her mini-fridge, grabbing a sandwich.
"Twins. Oh my, I don't know how she'll cope!" Stefan tittered, grabbing Jessica's mascara and using it.
"Hm. Don't you have a shoot in a few minutes?" She watched him frantically rubbing the makeup off. "Anyway, she'll be fine. She has me, Steven and Clark to help her, and…it's Liz! If she can't do it, no one can!" She munched down on her sandwich. Stefan turned to face her.
"So, Jess darling, when will be seeing any miniature you?" He smirked.
"I don't know. I'm thinking about it…" She smiled to herself. ZA loud beeping interrupted the conversation as Stefan checked his pager.
"Oops. I'm needed on set. It's time for me to seduce your evil sister before she catches on that we're having an affair!" HE added dramatically, whisking out of the room. Jessica lay down on the couch, intending to grab a quick catnap. Then, when she got home, she'd talk to Clark about trying for a baby of their own.
"A baby," Jessica whispered, closing her eyes.
Voila! I've banged off another chapter! Look out for the next one! We're going to warp speed and jumping a couple of months to….Christmas!