10 ☼ VIDEO

[sweetvalleygirl]

[Jessica is in her hot pink bikini by the pool at the MAC. In the background, some bitchin tunes can be heard.]

Today is my seventeenth birthday. Or forty-fourth, I guess, whatever. Anyway, I was just thinking, it's my first birthday without my sister, and it... feels really weird. I mean, Liz and I do everything together, she knows me better

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[elecdouble]

You didn't tell me it was your birthday!

[ Wait, more goes with that. ]

Happy birthday.

[sweetvalleygirl]

Surprise?

You want some cake? Sanji made it for me.

[elecdouble]

Yeah.

[ Pause. ]

Gimme twenty minutes. [ AWKWARD RUSHED GIFT HUNTING TIME. ]

[sweetvalleygirl]

Yay! Bring a swimsuit too! We'll have a pool party!

video;

[askedtobe]

[ Way to ping just how much he misses his brother. ]

Happy Birthday.. I know what you mean.

video;

[sweetvalleygirl]

Thank you.

Are you a twin?

video;

[askedtobe]

No, but I miss my brother.

video;

[sweetvalleygirl]

It's hard being without them. I guess I didn't realize how much I depended on my sister until we were separated.

[voice] /totally pinged by the word 'twin'

[oncemercurial]

I think I might know how you feel.

[permavideo]

[sweetvalleygirl]

Oh really?

[fine, video. be that way.]

[oncemercurial]

My sister Wanda was here for a while. We're fraternal twins. She was from another universe entirely, yet I still felt the same bond with her as I do with, well-- My version of her.

She's gone now. It's been several months and while I've kept very busy, I've even been married in that time, I still miss her deeply. It's as though a piece of my very heart is just empty.

[mwahahaha]

[sweetvalleygirl]

[Oh my god someone actually gets it. Pietro, you get a look of understanding and sympathy.]

Exactly! That's it exactly! Nothing can replace her, and no one can even fathom what it's like to be without her...

[voice]

[notadartboard]

Be right downstairs as promised. Give me two minutes.

[permavideo]

[sweetvalleygirl]

Seriously, you're the best, Sanji!

[but then action]

[notadartboard]

[he just needs a minute to find his trunks, he wasn't expecting a pool party. But sure enough a couple minutes later there he is, entering the pool area all smiles]

Happy birthday Miss Jessica~!

[perma-action!!]

[sweetvalleygirl]

[Running over to give him a biiiiiiig hug!]

Thank you, Sanji! Thanks for coming!

action okay?

[girlverine]

[Laura is sitting on a chair nearby in a simple black bikini. When Jessica is finished with her phone, she sits up and moves to pull a small wrapped package from her bag. She looks almost tentative about it.]

Happy Birthday.

permaction!! <3

[sweetvalleygirl]

For me? Thank you, Laura, that's so nice of you!

[She takes the present, grinning brightly as she starts to unwrap it.]

What is it?!

[girlverine]

[It contains two bracelets similar to the ones Laura often wears. But they are a mixture of blue and pink instead of black.]

It's fine if you do not like them.

[sweetvalleygirl]

Ohmigawd!

[Hurriedly putting them on!]

Oh, Laura! They're so cool! I love them!

[Tackle hug tiemz!]