Sweet Valley Senior Year

Characters

Returning characters

• Lila Fowler took Melissa's side during the Jessica/Melissa war and later admitted that she felt like she was always in Jessica's shadow. The two slowly repaired their friendship over the series. At the beginning of the series, the Wakefields stay at the Fowlers' mansion while the former's house is being rebuilt after the earthquake.
• Aaron Dallas was part of the football team's clique and dated Cherie Reese. Melissa Fox tried to seduce Aaron in revenge for Cherie's perceived disloyalty. When Will confronts him for supposedly coming onto Melissa, Aaron is able to expose to Will and Cherie that it had been Melissa trying to seduce him, not vice versa.
• Annie Whitman was on the cheerleading squad with Jessica. She does not take Melissa's side in the Jessica/Melissa conflict. Annie was the only one aside Jade whom Jessica remained friends with. Annie had often come to her defense by calling Melissa, Lila and Amy out for being selfish around her. In turn, Jessica realizes how loyal of a friend she is to her. Annie became Melissa's enemy and attempted to ruin her reputation. However, Tia defends her and Jessica and threatens to have Melissa kicked out of the cheerleading squad if she doesn't behave herself.
• Amy Sutton also took Melissa's side. Unlike Lila, she and Jessica's friendship remained over. She tried to reconcile with Amy, but she rejected the efforts. She went as far as telling Jessica off that she felt like she was too much in her shadow and believed Melissa was the better friend to her. Amy was basically the only one who remained friends with Melissa after Gina and Cherie abandons her and Lila reconciled with Jessica.
• Jeffrey French, formerly a soccer star from Sweet Valley High became funky DJ Jeff in Senior Year. After revealing himself as the writer of Elizabeth's secret Valentine's Day letters, the two began dating. They broke up after Jeff lied about his university plans and maintain an awkward friendship.
• Enid Rollins is mentioned as attending the same creative writing class as Elizabeth, Conner, and Andy. She and Elizabeth drifted apart; Elizabeth later remarked that she has turned goth.
• Winston Egbert was mentioned and appears briefly in the final book in the series.
• Bruce Patman was mentioned briefly and did not appear.
• Todd Wilkins joined the football team and was respected by both El Carro and Sweet Valley students. At the end of the series, he invited Liz out for coffee to catch up. They were together when Sweet Valley University began. He dated Megan, Conner's half sister.

  New characters

• Megan Sandborn was Conner's younger half sister, a sophomore at Sweet Valley, and she and Conner share a good relationship. She was a member of the school newspaper The Oracle, where she met Elizabeth and offered to let Liz stay at her house. She looks up to Liz as an older sister figure. Megan dated Todd, much to Conner's disgust.
• Cherie Reese was Melissa's best friend. Like Jade, she left the cheerleading squad to join the basketball team. She dates Aaron Dallas, despite Melissa's attempt to use Aaron to get back at Will and Cherie for perceived betrayals. Her friendship with Melissa eventually ends upon realizing her manipulation and betrayal. Cherie becomes close friends with Jade and the Wakefield twins.
• Gina Cho was another of Melissa's clique, frequently seen with Cherie and antagonizing Jessica. She is a member of the cheerleading squad. Like Cherie, Gina would later feel guilty for hurting Jessica and also end her friendship with Melissa upon seeing her for who she truly is.
• Josh Radinsky and Matt Wells were close friends and teammates of Will Simmons. Josh briefly hooked up with Jade Wu and at some point, dated Lila Fowler. Early in the year, Melissa started a rumour that Jessica slept with Matt. Matt is later mentioned as dating Six Hanson. The pair hated Ken until Will reunited the football team.
• Angel Desmond was Tia's longtime boyfriend and a good friend to Conner, Andy, and Evan. As a former member of El Carro's football team, he is also acquainted with Will Simmons. Though he had been accepted into Stanford, Angel began college a semester late, as he gambled away his tuition and had to come up with more money. He broke up with Tia after catching her with Trent and later dated a girl at his college.
• Six Hanson was a sophomore girl that Andy met in an outdoor adventuring club, when he was trying to become more involved in extracurricular activities. She expressed a romantic interest in Andy and they date briefly until Andy realizes that he is gay. They remain friends and she is supportive of Andy when he struggled with telling his friends about his sexual orientation.
• Dave Niles was Andy's boyfriend, after Andy comes out. In contrast to Andy's parents, Dave has trouble informing his parents that he is gay; while his mother is very supportive, his father has more trouble accepting Dave's coming out. His father also dates Evan's mother after Evan's parents divorce. After graduating, he plans to attend Columbia University, which Andy accompanying him to New York.

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