Tennis ace Sharon Randall was absolutely obsessed with the game, but her friends Nikki and Jess didn’t share her fascination. They tried to interest Sharon in other things but she found it hard to appreciate anything which didn’t involve tennis and usually ended up on her own…
Tina Brown tired of being ignored blurted out her friend Carol’s troubles at a party and was now feeling guilty.
Kirsty Chapman and Emma Ford were great friends and tennis partners and although they went to different schools they vowed to stick together to try to save their tennis club from closure.
Michelle and Sharon are best friends. But the girls fall out when Michelle sees Sharon with her boyfriend Greg and feels betrayed.
When Chris dumps Tricia in a rather badly handled manner, she expects her friend Kirsty to dump Damon in sympathy as he is a friend of Chris. But Kirsty cannot bring herself to do it, so she is trying to date Damon in secret from Tricia.
Jenny Parker and Beth McPherson are best friends. Beth is always complaining about her brother Ben. So when Jenny falls for Ben, she keeps it a secret from Beth.
Karen Baker and Clare Matthews think life at St Anne’s Boarding School is boring until new girl Wanda Jackson arrives. All of a sudden, things liven up – not least because Wanda seems to have strange powers.
Angie Parsons, a non-assertive girl, is tired of being taken for granted and being pushed around. She thinks the answer is to take lessons from Lindy Marchant, a selfish girl who always gets her own way, and copy Lindy’s behaviour. This means being pushy, playing dirty tricks, taking advantage of people and manipulating them, and always being selfish. Although Angie inwardly questions Lindy’s underhanded methods at times, they always seem to work out for her in the end, and she thinks Lindy is a real friend.
Then Angie’s father becomes seriously ill because of her bad behaviour in copying Lindy. This shocks Angie into realising her mistake, and she finds true confidence when she gives Lindy a piece of her mind, and also discovers that the selfish Lindy is no friend of hers. From then on, she learns to act assertively and confidently, but with respect to others.
Susie Jones’ new best friend Julie fancies her older brother Steve. But Steve currently has a date and Susie is trying to keep this secret from Julie as she is scared they will fall out over it.
Joanne Hurst and Kelly Thomas are best friends. They decide to ban boys after some bad experiences with them and just stick together. Then Kelly meets Brian, a boy she can’t resist, and starts dating him in secret from Joanne.
