Will Cheryl fit in at Sweet Valley High?

Jessica and Elizabeth Walefield have a new neighbor - their friend and sorority sister Annie Whitman. Annie's mother is getting married to a famous African-American photographer from New York City, and the new family is moving in next door.
Annie can't wait to introduce her stepsister-to-be to all her Sweet Valley high friends. She tries her best to make Cheryl feel at home in Sweet Valley, but Cheryl, used to the excitement of New York City, doesn't seem interested in fading into the crowd. Annie is hurt and thinks Cheryl is a snob.
Can two such different people ever become sisters?

"Have you ever thought of being a model yourself?" Annie asked.
Cheryl looked up. "What? Oh, no, not really," She said in a quiet voice. "Music's more my thing." She paused for a few moments, and Annie couldn't read the expression on her face. "My mom was a model," she said finally. "That's how she met my Dad. He was just starting out as a fashion photographer then."
"I didn't know that," Annie said. "Are your parents . . . I mean, is your mom . . . "
Cheryl kept her eyes on the bare wood floor. "My mother died of leukemia when I was nine."
"I'm sorry," Annie said, and she meant it.
Cheryl shrugged. "It was a long time ago. Seven years. That's almost half my life," she said softly.
Annie swallowed hard. "Are you . . . I mean, does it make you angry that your father is marrying my mother and making you move out here, away from your friends and everything?"
Cheryl sighed deeply. "I'm really glad he's happy, Annie. But I don't understand why he was so eager to move out here. It's so . . . different."
Suddenly a question of race flooded back into Annie's mind. She wanted to ask Cheryl what she had meant by saying that Sweet Valley was different, and wether it had anything to do with the fact of her being black in a town where most of the people were white.
Annie opened her mouth ti speak, but at the last minute lost her courage. Maybe tomorrow will be better, she thought.

Will Cheryl's and Steven's friendship develop into something more serious? Are We in Love?