My Sister is Driving Me Nuts!

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My sister is 16 and I'm 30. There's a big age difference between us and I try to always keep that in mind but there are times when it's obvious. We get along very well but my sister is super sensitive. She acts tough but she doesn't like it when someone calls her out on something or gets upset at her and she doesn't handle it well. She responds with anger and gets mean instead of just listening, understanding, or apologizing. It drives me crazy. I try to remind myself that she's just a kid and still has a lot of life lessons to learn, but it's hard to not get frustrated. My sister will sometimes leave things at my house and then out of the blue, will suddenly insist that she needs something back RIGHT NOW. She will then expect me to go out of my way to get it to her. I don't mind helping her out but sometimes she needs to be understanding and just accept that things can't always go her way. The other night, she texted me that she needed her jeans and wanted me to bring them to her. I was super sick that night and told her that I was in bed and wasn't going anywhere. A while later, there was a knock on my door and big surprise, there she was to get her jeans. I was furious. How rude is that? I told her I was sick and in bed and she didn't care at all because she had to have those stupid jeans. Heaven forbid she wear something else and wait to get the jeans another time. I sent her a text and told her that it made me upset that she couldn't have waited and had to just show up at my house without asking. I wasn't mean to her, it was just a simple message to tell her I was upset. She immediately got defensive as if I were overreacting. She was mean to be about being sick all the time, said that I whine too much, etc. A typical immature reaction for a teenager. I can't keep dealing with this, it's making me crazy. We hang out a lot and I think that needs to slow down or stop for a while. I can't tolerate teenage attitudes...