Elizabeth finishes typing her resume. She already had her cover letter, she just needed to give it a small polish. There! Looks great. She already told Maria she was moving back, Maria understood, she knew how much Elizabeth missed her family and friends back in Sweet Valley.

Elizabeth googled the magazine's owners, she was curious on what the magazine was about. Hmm. It was kind of like People magazine, but was more than just about celebrities and Hollywood. It also was about sports, world events, crimes. Elizabeth was intrigued. Sounded exciting. Especially the name, Spotlight Monthly.

She didn't recognize the names, apparently it was owned by a major parent company. Hopefully she got a phone call back, even if she didn't, she was moving home anyways. Maybe not in Sweet Valley, but definitely in California. Jessica, Steven, Billie, and little Austin would be so happy. Especially her parents.

She heard the door open, her soon to be former roommate was home.

"Honey, I'm home." Maria said in a sing song voice.

"Too bad, I just threw out my lover." Elizabeth joked back.

They had that running joke for years. Maria and Elizabeth were too busy to date, and while living in New York the first time, they were poor as heck. Especially after student loans, and the high cost of living in New York. Maria after graduating college got a job working for a theatre company. She dreamt about working in Broadway, even though she graduated from NYU with honors and could have worked in any of the major newspapers and media outlets. But her acting career was calling. She majored in journalism, but acting was in her blood. She roomed with a bunch of theatre kids living a a shitty run down rat hole, paying too much money for what that place was.

She acted sporadically over the years, New York was very competitive. She and her roommates got along fine, but it when it came to acting, everyone was cuthroat with one another. It was when she signed up for a independent play off Broadway when a up and coming agent saw her. He asked her to audition for his independent movie. She read the part, and immediately wanted it.

Her role as a strung up meth addict was a hit. She had to fly to Toronto Canada for filming, and had to lose a ton of weight for the role, but she won a lot of awards for her work. She refused to move to Hollywood, her life was in New York. But did stay with her parents whenever she visited California. As much as she enjoyed making movies, it was the stage that called to her. She moved out of her old place, to her present one. It was expensive, but when Elizabeth called and asked if she knew any cheap apartments in New York, Maria asked her if she wanted to be roomies instead.

Elizabeth was lost when she moved back to the States. She and Jessica were barely speaking back then, and she didn't want to come back to California. So when Maria offered her a chance to move in, Elizabeth accepted. She was hoping to get hired by any of the national newspapers, or networks, but even with her fancy degrees from London, they might as well be worthless, since none ever called Elizabeth for a interview. Desperate for money, she applied everywhere, she got some call backs, most wanted Elizabeth for temp work which Elizabeth did to pay the bills. But when TMZ's rival Tease n' Tell called, Elizabeth accepted the job. Unfortunately she found out why she was chosen for a interview, it was her sort of ex, sleazy Scott Sinclair that was the one of the producers.

Elizabeth was excited for this interview. She was running out of her savings. Maria said not to worry, she was financially okay, but Elizabeth wanted to prove she was meant to live and provide on her own. She was dressed professionally, she was determined to get this job, no matter what.

She arrived at the building Tease n Tell was being held at, and after arriving, she sat and waited for her interviewer. When she saw who it was, her heart sank. Scott Sinclair was walking towards her.

"Miss Wakefield? Come with me." He says with a wink. Ew. Just as Elizabeth feared, he was sleazy as ever. But as much Elizabeth disliked him, he was her only ticket for a full time job.

"So Elizabeth. What brings you here to Tease n Tell?" He asked with a smile leaning back against his leather chair. Elizabeth tried not to show emotion, he skeeved her out. It was him and Dana that almost ruined her relationship with her college sweetheart Tom Watts, but it was Scott that almost ruined her career. Thank god Tom got on that plane and got her away from Scott. Last time she heard from Scott, he was expelled from journalism school for plagiarism and was forced to move back in with his parents.

"That advertisement I seen for a writer stood out to me, if you look over my resume, I have several published articles written while I was attending school in London England." Elizabeth said with nervousness. How did the hell did Scott get this job? Tease n Tell was hardly newsworthy, but even so, the position Scott was in needed a college degree.

"You don't need to explain Elizabeth. I been reading your work for years. You are very talented."

Elizabeth was surprised. She was writing and submitting her opinion articles in college, but wrote and edited part time for money. Other than her parents, she has no clue others were reading her work.

"Thank you. I also edited in my college's student newspaper in London, and you know about WSVU and Sweet Valley's newspaper."

"Yes I know. I been very impressed by your work. Here at Tease n Tell, I been searching for someone like you. My head writer just quit, and we are scrambling to fill the role soon, especially when we found out actor Vince Keel is acting in Maxwell Theater again. I'm sure you know him."

Elizabeth nodded. She wrote a play about her and Tom's relationship. It was a romantic comedy, and she remembered the headache that theater was. Over bloated egos, bad acting and those talentless hacks that almost sabotaged her play with their nonsense productions. Thank god Jessica and Vince saved her play. Her play was a hit, unfortunately, it was was her one hit. Even with rave reviews, her other plays barely achieved the success of her first one. Even with talented actors, hardly anyone attended the plays.

"Anyways, I have to interview more candidates, but Elizabeth, I will keep in touch." Scott shook her hand. Elizabeth grimaced, but tried to hide it. Luckily for her Scott called back a week later and offered her a job.

She worked there for a year. It paid well, but Scott was the reason she quit. He was just the same as in college. He kept hitting on the women that worked there, even Elizabeth. Elizabeth liked the job, but Scott's presence made it unbearable. The last straw for her was when he tried to kiss her in the mailing room despite being married with two kids. She told him off and walked out. Now she understood why that place had such a high turnover. She moaned at Maria after she came home that afternoon.

"So much for Tease n Tell! That place should be called Touch and Don't Tell!" Elizabeth said with frustration. The touch of Scott's arms around her. Ugh.

"Yeah, that place has a reputation for a reason. They had a piece about me, remember that role I played that one summer in seventh grade?"

"Oh yeah, that controversial movie you did about your character being a teen prostitute."

"Yep. That sleazy place hinted it was that role that was loosely based on my life after my parents moved me away from Hollywood. My dad was not happy, he threatened to sue if they didn't retract the article, but the damage was already done."

"At least it didn't hurt your acting career."

"No, but it did keep me on the map for Hollywood. Tease n Tell. I'm not surprised it has Scott Sinclair as a producer."

"I don't think I ever told you, he was expelled from school."

"I read it. He applied to a local college. He went to film school instead, you know how he got that job?"

"Nepotism."

""Yep, his father in law got him that job. His wife, Kristin Seltzer's dad owns that rag."

"Kristin married Scott. I thought she had better taste than that." Elizabeth muses. She knew Kristin back in eighth grade at SVJH, but Kristin moved away before ninth grade started. When she met Kristin at the first employee meeting she was surprised to see her and Scott married. But as much as Elizabeth disliked Scott, he was a great producer. He and Kristin made that show a hit.

"Yeah. But she won't divorce Scott. She needs him."

"Not my business. Anyways, I can pay my half of the rent next month, but it look like I need to look for another job instead."

"Well, since you asked, NYC Slick is hiring. It's not TV, but is a great magazine."

Elizabeth worked that place since. She found out many former Tease n Tell employees worked there, including her ex, Tom Watts. Elizabeth loved that job, it payed better than Tease n Tell. Now after so much time, she was ready to move on. She hoped she got a call back, her new life was waiting in California.

Their friend Johanna was taking over Elizabeth's room, Elizabeth was moving away in the end of the month. She knew Johanna was auditioning for Rent next month, and needed a place to live. For now Elizabeth was staying with her parents in Sweet Valley, she wanted to stay with them before living with Jessica in Malibu.

"Well, I'll miss you. New York won't be the same without you." Maria said in a sad tone.

"I know. But California is my home. My family needs me." As much as she loved the Big Apple, she missed the familiar shores of Sweet Valley. "I can visit as much as I can."

"I'll hold you to that. Anyways, Liz before you go, Nick Fox called."

"About Cara?"

"About your family."

"Oh?"

Before Maria can answer, a knock on the door interrupted them.

"Hold on." When Maria came back, she was holding a package. "It's for you"

Elizabeth opened it, and what was inside made her blood run cold.