Sisterhood of the Travelling pants fan fiction.

Disclaimer: Nothing is mine except my own imagination. Characters by author of 'Sisterhood of the travelling pants' Ann Brashares.

It was that time again. Summer. Four best friends sat, staring in awe at the pair of blue jeans laid out on the floor in the centre of them. The jeans had been in storage, kept tucked away in the cold weather, when they would have been most appropriate. But with these jeans, appropriate wasn't an issue. These jeans were the magical item that kept these four best friends somehow bonded together all summer, no matter where they were, or how far away from the others. These magical jeans had a title, christened by the girls themselves as 'The Travelling Pants'. You may wonder, what made these jeans so special. Any pair of Jeans, which can fit four girls, each with a different shape and height, perfectly, must indeed be magic, and worthy of a special title.

It was the third summer since the Jeans had come into their lives. Carmen had causally bought them at a thrift shop for $3.49 without even trying them on, three years ago when they were splitting up over summer break, each spending the holiday in a different destination. They had decided that these Jeans, which fit them all, would be shared around during the summer. The jeans linked them to each other whenever they felt lonely. They each had life changing experiences in the jeans, and each learnt something from these experiences, whether they realised it or not.

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Lena, Tibby, Carmen and Bridget sat in Gilda's, drinking orange juice out of wine glasses and speculating over what the summer ahead would bring.  Once again the Jeans were at the centre of their speculation. It was decided that Bridget, who was going on a soccer tour to Australia would have them first. From Bridget they would travel to Carmen and Lena who were travelling to South Carolina to stay with Carmen's Dad Al. Carmen had invited Lena, who she knew was itching to see Paul again and had nothing to do during the summer while her family went to Greece. Of course Lena could have gone with them, but she couldn't stand another summer of hurt and confusion. Seeing Kostos and his 'wife' again was enough to tear her heart right out of chest, just when she was truly moving on. Once Lena and Carmen had both had the jeans for their week the jeans would then go to Tibby, who was travelling with Brian to a film festival in New York, before starting the cycle again.

Tonight, through the flickering candles, most of the excitement was directed at Bridget. She had won a place in a prestigious soccer team, which was travelling on a tour. Because Bridget was the only one in the team still in school she had missed out on most of tour. Her Dad had told her 'school comes first'. Luckily her talents at the sport were so extraordinary that the team had agreed to meet her in their final destination of Australia over the summer. She was the only one leaving the country and none of them had ever been to Australia before.

'They have those big hopping animals' Tibby said matter-of-factly.

Carmen laughed 'You mean Kangaroos?'

Tibby rolled her eyes 'Yeah, those. I wonder if you'll see any Bee'

Bridget grinned, 'I don't think there will be much wildlife where the tour goes, but I promise to take photos if anything interesting comes up'

'You better' Tibby grumbled.

Lena nudged her with her knee. ' Don't be jealous Tib, you get to go to New York and be independent. I cant believe you told your parents you were going with your film club, they'll be furious if they find out the truth.'

Tibby shrugged, not denying she was jealous of Bridget getting to go to a country they could only wonder about. 'Well, they would never have let me go if I'd told them it was just Brian and me. I swear, sometimes it's like they forget I'm almost eighteen, you know, an adult'

The others exchanged glances

'What' Tibby snapped, looking around at their expressions.

Bridget leaned over and put her arm around Tibby 'we just want you to be careful okay Tib, we know you have Brian, but you'll be basically alone in a huge City.

Carmen nodded 'Yeah, you have to call at least one of us every night. Just so we know your okay.'

'Oh' Lena said, just remembering the parting gift she had bought for Tibby. Tibby rolled her eyes as she took the gift from Lena.

'Pepper spray, really, you shouldn't have'

They all laughed. And thus the summer began.