Jane

Jane is one of Shannon's best friends in the third book, Friends Forever. The two first met near the end of Best Friends, and grew closer in seventh and eighth grade.

Appearance
Jane is a young girl with brown eyes and curly golden-blonde hair that she wears down. She's drawn and described as having a curvy body, which Shannon is often envious of. Jane wears clothes in the latest fashion, and she seems somewhat invested in what people think of her fashion-wise.

In Best Friends, Jane had been wearing glasses, which she doesn't anymore by 8th grade.

Personality
Jane seems to be a very sweet friend to Shannon, and the two are hardly ever seen arguing. On Shannon's birthday, Jane decorated her locker to surprise her; she really cares about her friends. Jane is a very confident and bold person, and is also shown to be very flirtatious, already having kissed many boys by age 13. She is portrayed by Shannon to maybe be a little "boy-crazy"; when Shannon asked her the name of a boy she'd been kissing, Jane admitted that she couldn't remember.

Despite this, Jane, of course, knows her boundaries and doesn't like being defined as boy-crazy. Shannon doesn't defend Jane when someone called her a "cheap wench", according to Jane, which had made Jane angry and embarrassed. When Jason and Jane are kissing, but Jason is trying to do more things that make Jane uncomfortable, she leaves.

Jane can also be silly and often goofs around with Shannon. She also seems to be somewhat dramatic in a silly way, like when she isn't dating anyone during Valentine's Day, so she and Shannon sit in the bathtub and eat chocolate.

History
Shannon and Jane first met in sixth grade, near the end of Best Friends. Shannon was planning on carpooling with Jen, but Jenny rode with her instead, so Shannon had no choice but to ride with Jane, who she didn't know that well. The two seemed to hit it off during the car ride, and only became better friends throughout Friends Forever.