Sherri & Terri: A Tale of Twins
Part 1: Beginning
Not much has changed in the good old Springfield after all these years. My twin sister Terri and I were already 15 years old. We went to the Springfield Junior High, in the ninth Grade. We had not much trouble in the school at all. We still liked to tease Bart Simpson. He grew up a lot but was still a bit chubby as usual. We still had a little crush on him. But he already hung out with a lot of girls. No wonder, for guys like him.
However, We didn't have so much interest on other guys and didn't like much to hang around with them. Terri and I mostly liked to play around with the other girls. I still remember the day when we were surprisingly invited to the birthday party of Lisa Simpson. Yes, Lisa. She was still the nerdy one. But became a nicer girl. She was a bit shorter than us. My twin and I were same 5'7" tall. Lisa was only around 5'3". Anyway, this was first time ever she invited some friends to her birthday party. She turned into a quiet shy girl and didn't talk too much like years ago.
There were no guys in the party except Bart. Ah, and of course, Mr.Simpson, his father. We all had a good time in the party. And Lisa even showed off her very improved skills with the saxophone. Her music was wonderful even if this wasn't our style. Terri, the other girls, and me rather liked the modern pop music. Lisa described the modern pop music as commercial trash. So, there was no modern pop music played we could dance to during the party.
"Do you feel alright?" Terri asked to me. She looked quite tired as I looked at her eyes. "Yes, I'm fine. Are you tired?" I asked her. She shook her head. "No, since you are doing fine. I think I'll wash my face with cold water for refreshing." She responded to me smiling and went to the bathroom to wash her face. We all didn't do much in the party. We just talked and discussed about something and also had a tea. Alex Whitney found it all too boring and said that she needs alcohol. Lisa told her that they're all underage and alcohol is not good. "Mmm. Alcohol!" Her dad said and ran out to Moe's Tavern to get a beer.
Now, we were all alone. Mr.Simpson went to the bar and Mrs.Simpson was visiting her sisters. Maggie, the baby sister of Lisa, who was now 8 years old and went to the 2nd grade, was already sleeping. Only Bart remained except us. Everyone thought that the party could begin. But Lisa didn't want a usual party everyone wanted to have. So, many girls including us got a bit bored. Some of them left the house early and rather wanted to go to sleep at home. The only one who still stayed except us was Janey Powell. She was Lisa's best friend. She tried to comfort her all the time. But Lisa said that she felt sorry for everyone. They all congratulated to her and even gave her big presents. "I couldn't give them anything. At least I wanted to make them happy." She cried. I could see it on her eyes that she didn't want to make us bored.
We had to go home as it was getting pretty late. We tried to comfort Lisa, too but it wasn't successful. We walked to our home. It was pretty cold and foggy in that night. Our parents were not there at home because they went to a concert. Terri and I were really tired. We fell asleep together at the couch in the living room when we watched an old movie. I really enjoyed hanging around with her like that.
We didn't have much trouble in the school and always got good grades even if not straight A's. And we were also the stars in the volleyball team of the school. One day, we won the championship finals against Shelbyville. That was one special moment for both of us. "Sherri! Can you believe this? We did it!" Terri shouted at that time as we just won the championship. "Yeah! We defeated those damn girls from Shelbyville!" I said. I was so proud, too and almost dropped a tear. After we went back to home with golden medals around our necks, we hugged eachother. Later, We were like stars in the school after both of us were named as Most Valuable Player(s) of the tournament. We really enjoyed this.
We became a lot of love and fan letters. We never expected of this before. And all the letters were actually to both of us. So we had much fun reading them all and even received some presents. "Look at this!" Terri once said surprised. She showed to me a letter with bad handwriting. I read it:
"Nice job in the volleyball tournament, girls. Best wishes from me, sorry but I don't like to write long letters. I don't know what to write in the next line. Bye!" The handwriting was really bad and that guy who send it to us sounded lazy. I tried to remember whose handwriting it was. After a while, I searched all over for this handwriting in the yearbooks. I finally found it after few minutes. It was the handwriting of none other than Bart. I don't know why but Terri and I were so happy about it. I'm sure it was because Bart was the one we really liked to tease and even had crush for so many years.
Well, we had so much fun and happiness all the time. We never used to fight or mock at each other at that time. "Sherri, I'm scared. Let's get out of here." Terri told me, as there was one fight at the schoolyard. We used to watch it with many others. It was a fight between Milhouse and Dolph. Milhouse was still the same but he got much more stronger. He was still best friends with Bart and always followed him. Dolph was really short and thin. But he looked extremely dangerous. He used to beat up Milhouse along with some other bullies before. He dominated in the fight and really beat up Milhouse, who was a bit bigger than him. Terri looked really afraid and didn't want to watch it anymore. I already could see it on her eyes. Milhouse lost the fight and was heavily injured. He was bleeding very much and Bart gave his best to help him. We were afraid that something would happen to Bart, too and helped him taking care of Milhouse. We called an ambulance. Milhouse's glasses was totally broken. Both of his eyes were black and it even bleeded because of the cuts. That was really horrible to see for me. Terri didn't want to see it at all and used to hide behind me. "Don't worry, He will be alright." I said to her quietly. "I'm more afraid of Bart. I hope he'll not end up like that soon." She said while hiding behind me. I started to caring of him, too just after she said it. Milhouse had to stay in the hospital for about one month and luckily nothing bad happened to Bart. Dolph tried to beat him up but Nelson stopped him. Nelson changed a lot and wasn't a bully anymore he used to be. He still liked to fight and beating up someone but not so much like before. Anyway, something like that didn't happened in the school anymore after that Dolph guy got kicked out. "It will be alright, again. You don't need to hide anymore, Terri."
Not much has changed in the good old Springfield after all these years. My twin sister Terri and I were already 15 years old. We went to the Springfield Junior High, in the ninth Grade. We had not much trouble in the school at all. We still liked to tease Bart Simpson. He grew up a lot but was still a bit chubby as usual. We still had a little crush on him. But he already hung out with a lot of girls. No wonder, for guys like him.
However, We didn't have so much interest on other guys and didn't like much to hang around with them. Terri and I mostly liked to play around with the other girls. I still remember the day when we were surprisingly invited to the birthday party of Lisa Simpson. Yes, Lisa. She was still the nerdy one. But became a nicer girl. She was a bit shorter than us. My twin and I were same 5'7" tall. Lisa was only around 5'3". Anyway, this was first time ever she invited some friends to her birthday party. She turned into a quiet shy girl and didn't talk too much like years ago.
There were no guys in the party except Bart. Ah, and of course, Mr.Simpson, his father. We all had a good time in the party. And Lisa even showed off her very improved skills with the saxophone. Her music was wonderful even if this wasn't our style. Terri, the other girls, and me rather liked the modern pop music. Lisa described the modern pop music as commercial trash. So, there was no modern pop music played we could dance to during the party.
"Do you feel alright?" Terri asked to me. She looked quite tired as I looked at her eyes. "Yes, I'm fine. Are you tired?" I asked her. She shook her head. "No, since you are doing fine. I think I'll wash my face with cold water for refreshing." She responded to me smiling and went to the bathroom to wash her face. We all didn't do much in the party. We just talked and discussed about something and also had a tea. Alex Whitney found it all too boring and said that she needs alcohol. Lisa told her that they're all underage and alcohol is not good. "Mmm. Alcohol!" Her dad said and ran out to Moe's Tavern to get a beer.
Now, we were all alone. Mr.Simpson went to the bar and Mrs.Simpson was visiting her sisters. Maggie, the baby sister of Lisa, who was now 8 years old and went to the 2nd grade, was already sleeping. Only Bart remained except us. Everyone thought that the party could begin. But Lisa didn't want a usual party everyone wanted to have. So, many girls including us got a bit bored. Some of them left the house early and rather wanted to go to sleep at home. The only one who still stayed except us was Janey Powell. She was Lisa's best friend. She tried to comfort her all the time. But Lisa said that she felt sorry for everyone. They all congratulated to her and even gave her big presents. "I couldn't give them anything. At least I wanted to make them happy." She cried. I could see it on her eyes that she didn't want to make us bored.
We had to go home as it was getting pretty late. We tried to comfort Lisa, too but it wasn't successful. We walked to our home. It was pretty cold and foggy in that night. Our parents were not there at home because they went to a concert. Terri and I were really tired. We fell asleep together at the couch in the living room when we watched an old movie. I really enjoyed hanging around with her like that.
We didn't have much trouble in the school and always got good grades even if not straight A's. And we were also the stars in the volleyball team of the school. One day, we won the championship finals against Shelbyville. That was one special moment for both of us. "Sherri! Can you believe this? We did it!" Terri shouted at that time as we just won the championship. "Yeah! We defeated those damn girls from Shelbyville!" I said. I was so proud, too and almost dropped a tear. After we went back to home with golden medals around our necks, we hugged eachother. Later, We were like stars in the school after both of us were named as Most Valuable Player(s) of the tournament. We really enjoyed this.
We became a lot of love and fan letters. We never expected of this before. And all the letters were actually to both of us. So we had much fun reading them all and even received some presents. "Look at this!" Terri once said surprised. She showed to me a letter with bad handwriting. I read it:
"Nice job in the volleyball tournament, girls. Best wishes from me, sorry but I don't like to write long letters. I don't know what to write in the next line. Bye!" The handwriting was really bad and that guy who send it to us sounded lazy. I tried to remember whose handwriting it was. After a while, I searched all over for this handwriting in the yearbooks. I finally found it after few minutes. It was the handwriting of none other than Bart. I don't know why but Terri and I were so happy about it. I'm sure it was because Bart was the one we really liked to tease and even had crush for so many years.
Well, we had so much fun and happiness all the time. We never used to fight or mock at each other at that time. "Sherri, I'm scared. Let's get out of here." Terri told me, as there was one fight at the schoolyard. We used to watch it with many others. It was a fight between Milhouse and Dolph. Milhouse was still the same but he got much more stronger. He was still best friends with Bart and always followed him. Dolph was really short and thin. But he looked extremely dangerous. He used to beat up Milhouse along with some other bullies before. He dominated in the fight and really beat up Milhouse, who was a bit bigger than him. Terri looked really afraid and didn't want to watch it anymore. I already could see it on her eyes. Milhouse lost the fight and was heavily injured. He was bleeding very much and Bart gave his best to help him. We were afraid that something would happen to Bart, too and helped him taking care of Milhouse. We called an ambulance. Milhouse's glasses was totally broken. Both of his eyes were black and it even bleeded because of the cuts. That was really horrible to see for me. Terri didn't want to see it at all and used to hide behind me. "Don't worry, He will be alright." I said to her quietly. "I'm more afraid of Bart. I hope he'll not end up like that soon." She said while hiding behind me. I started to caring of him, too just after she said it. Milhouse had to stay in the hospital for about one month and luckily nothing bad happened to Bart. Dolph tried to beat him up but Nelson stopped him. Nelson changed a lot and wasn't a bully anymore he used to be. He still liked to fight and beating up someone but not so much like before. Anyway, something like that didn't happened in the school anymore after that Dolph guy got kicked out. "It will be alright, again. You don't need to hide anymore, Terri."