Oh this had me dying of laughter 
An elaboration on the relationships.
STORY #1
Hailey, Shannon, Jenna, & Amanda
Shannon and Hailey are barely 2 years apart in age. They’ve been best friends ever since Hailey was born, because Shannon just has that big sister energy. And both Shannon and Hailey were just as quick to welcome Jenna in, not 2 years later, forming their inseparable trio of sisters.
Amanda doesn’t come into the fold until 10 years later. She’s an unplanned child, and her birth nearly kills both her and her mother, all on Jenna’s 10th birthday. Despite all of this, all three girls, and most ironically Jenna, adore Amanda to pieces and spoil her rotten.
Things are going great until 4-5 years later, aka Shannon’s freshman year in college. She leaves as her normal loving and responsible self, but comes back in a harmful relationship with a guy who ultimately poisons her and gives her a blood infection. Hailey’s steaming mad when she learns this, while Jenna feels upset, and Amanda doesn’t really understand anything. Their relationship with Shannon doesn’t return for a while, until Amanda unknowingly welcomes her back.
Hailey, Hannah, & Claire
Hailey and Hannah have been friends ever since meeting each other at the toddlers class at their church. On the first day of kindergarten, they bring Claire into their little fold.
Their group dynamic is quite interesting, especially as they get older. Claire, a bossy and outgoing extrovert, is polar opposites with Hannah, a sweet and quiet bookworm. Hailey is often caught in the middle of the two, and usually doesn’t know who to stand up for.
They still manage to keep their friendship together until the end of high school, and even until the start of college. Then tensions rise when Hailey transfers into the same university as Hannah, driving a divide into their group. Neither Hailey nor Hannah realize just how upset Claire is until they come home for summer break, and Claire just explodes on them. They try hard to explain that Hailey transferred for reasons that had absolutely nothing to do with Hannah, but Claire won’t budge until their friends Natalia and Courtney confirm these facts. It takes a while to regain trust, but they do manage to maintain their relationship through college and into life.
P.S - Claire ends up marrying Hailey’s cousin, Charley, and having two children with him, Chase & Charlotte. They actually have a really happy marriage and family.
STORY #2
Kennedy, Juliette, & Aliya
Kennedy and Juliette, more affectionately known as Juli, were just destined to be best friends. They’re cousins, but behave more like sisters. Born just 3 months apart, with Juli coming first, they have a tight bond for life.
Aliya comes into the picture about a year later, and both Juli and Kennedy adore her. Even though Juli has no blood relation to Aliya, and Aliya to her, they look and act like sisters.
Their group dynamic is wonderful as well. Juli, being the oldest, is the protector and defender. Sure, she’s sassy and loud and bossy, but they love her for it. Kennedy, the middle, is sort of the caregiver, the responsible and just happy-go-lucky member. Aliya, the youngest, is the princess of the group. Drawn to all things ballet and art, she has the sweetest and most creative personality to go with it.
Kennedy, Melanie, Sierra, Lillian, Ariannah, Ashley, Jaidyn, & Isabella
Kennedy and Melanie, both two friendly and bubbly girls, have known each other since they were babies. They met Ariannah at church when they were just 4, and they loved her.
As they grew up, so did their friend group. Ashley and her best friend Isabella joined the fold in 2nd grade, when the 5 girls were put in the same group for a skit. Sierra and her best friend Lillian came in on the first day of middle school. They’re lucky that this happened, because they’ll be the first to admit Sierra and Lillian are the two most mature girls in the group. Melanie has said that Sierra and Lillian are two of the reasons she didn’t become a perverted and obnoxious middle schooler. The last to join the group, Jaidyn, joined in 8th grade when she transferred in to play volleyball. A firecracker and strong-willed girl, she and Ariannah are very similar and clash a lot, but also make the best friends. (Their older sisters, Jordan & Madesyn, also become best friends.)
The real test of their friendship came just before the start of their freshman year of high school. At a back-to-school sleepover Sierra was hosting for Lillian, Kennedy, & Melanie, they receive devastating news. Michael, Sierra’s brother, a rising senior, who they couldn’t contact for hours, was killed in a car crash. Sierra breaks immediately, and neither her friends nor her younger siblings Aidan & Mia know what to do for her. It’s something that she never gets over, not for the rest of her life, although it does slowly subside to the point where she’s able to talk about it. Her friends have literally nothing to do except be there for her, and in the end, that’s all she wants.
Jordan, Jaidyn, & Ashlyn
note: I have so many plans for this relationship but this story is on hold, so all you get is their personalities.
Jordan, Jaidyn, & Ashlyn are all very tightly bonded. They share so many interests, such as volleyball, and their personalities are very similar (they’re all firecrackers).
Jordan, the oldest, is 17 years old when she’s introduced, and almost 18 at the end. She’s the most mature, and is the only one able to control both Jaidyn and Ashlyn at the same time. She’s an incredibly talented volleyball player, and that combined with her mature personality leads her to being the captain of the varsity volleyball team. Despite her more responsible personality, she is a fireball and can be quite bossy, especially when mad. And both of her sisters can tell you that she is scary when mad.
Jaidyn, aged 14 in the story, is the middle girl. She’s probably the most happy-go-lucky out of the three. She loves people and just has that desire to live life to the fullest that her sisters don’t have. Jaidyn is also a very good volleyball player, landing her on the varsity team with her big sister. This has lead to many bonding moments as well as fights, many of which turn quite fiery. Jaidyn may be a happy girl, but she can hold her own, especially with a fiery older sister like Jordan.
Ashlyn, the youngest, being 12, is probably the most feisty of the three. I mean, she kind of has to, with her high-achieving, outgoing, stubborn, and strong older sisters. And she easily has the most friends out of the sisters as well, she’s just a social butterfly, and a little sassy. Ashlyn also plays volleyball, and that’s partly where her feistiness comes from, always playing with two big sisters who are much better and stronger than her. Due to this, Ashlyn’s actually really good, and ends up making the high school JV team in 8th grade.
STORY #3
Elizabeth & Natalya
Elizabeth and Natalya, as many of my other characters, have been lifelong friends. Their parents are friends, and they have siblings similar in age. Their relationship is actually one of my favorites, and it makes me happy to write.
Elizabeth and Natalya are basically opposites in personality. Elizabeth is more quiet, thoughtful, and open, while Natalya is definitely a protector and a little bit of a spitfire. They both share their loves of family, friends, volleyball, and talking together however.
Elizabeth is one of the few people Natalya will actually break and open up to, and as a result knows many secrets that their other friends don’t know. Like the fact that she’s suffering, a lot, from the backlash and comments about the current war and her being both Russian and Ukrainian in heritage. Comments asking her to pick a side, or even some racial things. Or how her mental health and emotional stability has never been and currently isn’t good, something that she tries to hide from other friends.
These two girls never ask too much of each other though. Elizabeth hearing all of Natalya’s secrets is only in exchange for her being Elizabeth’s rock as well, such as when her younger sister Jasmine is bullying her. Jasmine is very direct, and could possibly have some major anger issues. Elizabeth and her older brother James usually end up being her targets, and when she talks, it usually stings. A lot.
Natalya & Lena
Natalya and Lena have what I consider to be one of if not the most beautiful sister relationships that I’ve written. (Helen & Kaylee, Veronika & Aleksandra, Gemma & Vivienne, and Lucy & Lyla are close contenders as well.)
Lena is a very soft and fragile little thing. Natalya (I know, poor girl) has actually almost lost Lena more than once. Lena was a very sickly young child, and Natalya actually thought Lena was dying, back when she was 13 and her sister 10.
However quiet and soft Lena may be, she’s a wonderful listener and a very sweet and patient girl. She knows absolutely everything about her sister, even more than Elizabeth. She knows her sister has been bullied, both in person and online. She knows she’s lost friends. She knows that she’s scarred from the school fire. She knows that her sister has bad mental health and could possibly be depressed. And she knows how concerned she is about her, and that’s something she feels guilty about.
Natalya never makes her sister feel guilty though, ever. As a result, Lena is able to talk to her sister about how scared she used to be as a child. Nothing in their family was ever sugarcoated, meaning 10-year-old Lena was very aware, and very terrified of the possibility that she could die. She is able to talk to her sister about wishing she could’ve experienced more earlier in life. But Lena, bless her little soul, also talks to her sister about her dreams of being a dancer and a singer. And this especially makes me really happy to write.
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