Alison And Courtney Book Report

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Alison and Courtney are twin sisters and were best friends when they were younger, they did everything together. Alison was always jealous of Courtney Courtney was more popular and Alison sometimes forced Courtney to impersonate her, she would torment Courtney to where the girls would start fighting. Courtney was always forced to pretend to be her sister. When the Day-DiLaurentises found Courtney trying to choke her sister because Courtney had enough. Doctors were called and examinations were performed. Ali had passed the tests, but Courtney panicked and the doctors diagnosed her with paranoid schizophrenia. Courtney said that Alison threatened her and forced her to impersonate her, but no one believed her. The Day-DiLaurentises moved to …show more content…

Courtney asks her sister about it but they get into a fight. Alison walks up the stairs and Jason storms out of the house. Courtney realizes that it is her only chance to trick her parents into thinking that she is Alison and Alison is Courtney. She puts on Alison's shoes and goes outside to meet the Liars (Spencer. Hanna, Aria and Emily).Her parents force Alison into the car and drive off to the Preserve, thinking that she is Courtney. Courtney now has to continue acting like Alison. She puts on Alison's ring and reads Alison's diary to find out about her life and friends. She can't be friends with Naomi and Riley because they could find out her true identity. Courtney decides to ditch Naomi and Riley for the Liars. She quickly becomes friends with them. Courtney creates a special bond with her new best friends and she meets an old friend of Alison's, Nick Maxwell. They flirt and Courtney gives Nick her number. Spencer didn't tell Courtney about Melissa's party. Courtney makes the deal with Ian if he kissed Spencer she would kiss him. Ian kissed Spencer, but then Ian tried to kiss Courtney but Nick saw and dumped her. When Spencer admitted kissing Ian to Courtney, Courtney wanted her to confess to

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