Character sheets to come! :)

Name: Elissa Lily Danvers
Age: Eighteen
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History:
Elissa is the youngest twin by four minutes and her brother doesn't ever let her forget it. Even so, he's one of her best friends, despite how often they argue. They've always been very close and even as they grew up, that didn't really change. It was in high school that she met Cara and Caleb met Norris. Most of the time they spent their lunch breaks in their different circle of friends but as they neared their final years, they began to spend more time together - just the four of them. Caleb had always been more popular than Elissa but she didn't really mind. She wasn't the kind of person that had much time for the pretentious and the bitchy and she was sure that she would have made more enemies than friends if she had spent time with the popular crowd. She had always been one to speak her mind. She was a strong person. At least, until she met Jack.

In the beginning, things were great. He was the kind of boyfriend she'd always dreamed of having. He was generous and sweet and romantic in all the right ways and she fell for him quickly. Towards the end of their relationship, however, things grew sour. Jack got really jealous all of a sudden, especially because she spent so much time with Norris. He tried to convince her to stop seeing her friends and when she refused, he threatened to end things. She was mostly miserable now but she clung onto the hope that he would change. He'd been so good to her before, she knew it was in him.

At a party one night, Jack got really wasted. He accused her of cheating on him and called her all sorts of names. Upset and refusing to be seen crying, Elissa left but Jack followed. He started pushing her around, demanding to know who it was she'd been sleeping with, and when she wouldn't answer him, he hit her. She managed to get home after that and avoided him for a few days but she was frightened. She knew she needed to end things but she was worried about what he would do and how he would react. After much convincing from her friends, she went to see him to get it all over with. Cara and Norris came with her and promised they'd be nearby if she needed them and she made them promise not to tell Caleb how he had been violent because she knew how he'd react.

Jack was a completely different person. He cried, begged her to stay and that he'd just been drunk, promised her he would treat her right. It was hard for her to see him like that but she had to remind herself of how he'd treated her. Then, he changed. She saw him begin to get angry and he got aggressive. He lifted his hand to hit her again but Norris appeared and caught his arm before he could. They brought her home and she didn't see him again.

It was a couple months later that things between Elissa and Norris began to get more intimate. It was strange how she suddenly saw him as less of a friend and in more of a romantic light. Perhaps it was how he had helped her deal with Jack, she wasn't entirely sure. Now, they're dating and it's so much better. Things are easier with Norris than they ever were with Jack. She's finally happy.

Or, mostly happy. There's been a worry in the back of her mind the past couple of weeks that she knows she needs to check but she's doing her best to ignore her mood swings and morning sickness and the slight weight gain that seems to be confined to her belly and chest. She wants to just enjoy the road trip without the worry of anything else...Especially not that.

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Name: Caleb Michael Danvers
Age: Eighteen
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History:
Caleb had always been an all around good guy. He had always been someone that people just get along with very easily. Charismatic, friendly and those around him found him an easy person to open up to. He didn't make people feel nervous and he rarely felt nervous himself unless there was some sort of problem. He didn't see the sense in worrying his life away too often when he could be spending those moments enjoying it instead. Caleb had always up for a laugh and a good time. If it were up to him there'd be no such thing as work or school and he'd just spend all his time doing what he loves and is passionate about. In his eyes life is too short to spend any amount of time doing things you don't enjoy.

He was popular in high school and while he often spent a lot of time in a big crowd of people, Norris was always his closest friend. He knew that a lot of the people he spent time with weren't really his 'friends'. Or at least, that was what Elissa tried to tell him. He supposed she was right, to an extent. He knew that if he were in trouble, these people wouldn't back him up. Not like Norris would. Even so, he enjoyed their company and, if he was being really honest, the attention they gave him. He joined the football team and dated his fair share of cheerleaders but as they neared their final years in school, Caleb decided he'd had enough of being the popular kid. Of course, he still got invited to all of the parties and people still called out to him in the corridor, but most of his time was spent with his sister and their friends.

Part of the reason for this was because Caleb had begun to develop feelings for Cara. Of course, he'd always found her attractive and they would tease each other when they were growing up about getting married so that she and Elissa could be sisters. He never really dreamed of acting on these feelings, however. Cara was Elissa's best friend and he didn't know how she would feel about him suddenly dating her. Elissa was the closest person to him in the world and he didn't want to let her down. But...

Feelings slowly developed further when Caleb realized that Cara felt the same way. Somehow their simple friendship developed into something more whenever they were alone. At first, he didn't really think much of it but as things grew more serious, he decided it was time to tell the others but Cara resisted. She didn't want to upset Elissa and Caleb could understand. Even so, it was difficult for him. He didn't keep things from his sister and he wanted to be able to share his happiness. While sneaking around was exciting and different, he wanted to be able to kiss Cara whenever he wanted, or simply take her hand. Things he should be able to do without thinking about. He wants to come clean by the end of the trip but he's still working on convincing Cara. He wont say anything until she agrees. Even telling Norris is difficult now that he's dating Elissa. He doesn't want to put him into a difficult situation, either.

Name: Cara Ashley Lucas
Age: Eighteen
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History:
Cara is an only child and is often referred to as the only positive thing to come from her parents marriage. As a young girl, she and her family moved around a lot for her father's job, which never allowed her to make and keep many friends. School was hard for her then, especially because she was always the new kid and struggling to fit into communities where the children her age had already known each other all their lives. Because of this, Cara retreated into herself, becoming somewhat shy and reserved. It was hard for her to open up to anyone, and she never wanted to bother because at the end of the school year, she would just have to go somewhere else.

That all changed when Cara's mother and father divorced and she chose to live with her mother, who moved back to her hometown to be closer to family. Cara had just finished middle school at the time and although she was sad that she wouldn't get to see her father as much, and that everything she knew had essentially vanished from her life, she was excited about being able to stay in one place and possibly make some real friends.

It was the first day of freshman year that Cara met Elissa Danvers, and everything changed from there. Elissa was the sister that Cara had never had and always wanted, and she never imagined that friendship could be so easy. For the first time, she had a best friend, someone who had her back, someone who actually wanted to be there for her. It was strange, new and fantastic.

Knowing Elissa opened all kinds of new doors for Cara, and made way for more friends, but as high school drug on, she found herself hanging out with Elissa's brother and his friend Norris more often than anything. In a way, Cara could say that she had always found Caleb handsome, and he had the type of personality that made Cara gravitate toward him. She supposed that it was only natural that through the years, she developed a little crush on him. That was the first thing she had ever hidden from Elissa, though, mostly because she worried about the reaction of her best friend and didn't want to lose her over some crush.

The second thing she hid from Elissa was actually dating Caleb. Somehow, he shared her feelings and Cara was weak to resist being with him. However, she made him swear not to tell Elissa, saying that they would find a way to tell her together if it worked out, if it was actually serious. Months later, they're still together and with the road trip coming out, Cara can't help but worry that things are going to come out.

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Name: Norris Nicholas Wilde
Age:: Eighteen
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History:
Norris had never cared much for popularity, it just sort of fell into his lap one day. He was an outgoing person, friendly and witty in a dry sort of way that happened to impress people around him, and apparently, that earned him a lot of friends. That was all well and good, Norris did enjoy a party every now and then, and a cute girl to pay attention to, but he slowly began to realize that most of the friendships he'd made were terribly superficial and needed to be let go. Narrowing his social circle was surprisngly easy for Norris and that was how he started to hang out with Caleb Danvers more than anyone else.

Getitng closer to Caleb brought Norris closer to his sister, Elissa, and her friend, Cara and the last few years of high school boiled down to the four of them hanging out pretty much every night. It was those long nights together that finally made Norris notice Elissa and he couldn't help but fall for her rather quickly after that. The only thing that ever stopped him from going after her was her boyfriend, Jack. He was a terrible guy, someone that Norris had actually used to hang around. Norris knew what he was like with girls, but he never warned Elissa about it, thinking she needed to make up her own mind, and alongside that, he didn't want to be meddling for the wrong reasons.

Eventually, Jack showed his true colors and hit Elissa and Norris was there to stop him when he tried to do it again. There was always a bit of regret inside of him for not warning Elissa, though, and that has been something that he's kept to himself ever since she started to look at him differently. It had all happened so fast, really, and they went from friends to more in a matter of months. He was happy with her, honestly in love and things couldn't have been better for him.

Through all of this happiness, there was something a little darker lurking in the back of Norris's mind. Things had started innocently enough, a headache here or there, a ringing in his ears when he sat up too quickly, some double vision after staring at a book too long; things that could easily be explained away. Then there were a few nose bleeds and finally a seizure that prompted his mother to take him to emergency one night. There were a battery of expensive tests after that and doctors speculating about what could be wrong; a tumor, cancer, a virus. Norris didn't know what was wrong, and he didn't want to, he thought that maybe if he ignored it, whatever was wrong would just go away.

All through this time, Norris failed to tell Caleb, Cara and even Elissa about what was going on and he had no immediate plans to clue them in, especially with the road trip coming up. It was probably one of the last things he was going to do before whatever was wrong finally took hold of him, and he wanted to have a good time with the people he cared for most.

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Hope everything that I wrote was okay and sorry for the wait! Also, I realized that in my last message to you, I was confused about who I was playing and thought I was going to be the sister, so I'm sorry if I came off like a jerk about the last name thing!

I also had a thought that when the group reaches their last state (maybe California?), Norris takes a turn for the worse and ends up in the hospital out there where he finally has to tell everyone what's going on, or before he gets really sick, he tells them and then has an episode. I kind of don't want him to die, but I'm curious about where you want to go with this.

Yay :D Everything looks great! I hope I didn't make your character planning too difficult with some of the things I said in mine. I meant to tell you to tell me if you'd like to change some things but I forgot. And don't worry about the sibling thing, that's totally fine haha. Are you happy with your characters or did you want to change around? Sorry, that was my fault too for not being clearer.

I don't want him to die, either! It'd be so sad xD Maybe he almost does but manages to just about fight it? :P I'm a sucker for a happy ending haha.

No, it's all good, haha. It was just a misunderstanding on my part and I'm very happy with my characters. Everything you wrote was also fine with me, and I didn't have a problem planning mine. I think the majority of their personalities are going to come from the story itself.

That's what I was thinking too! Him surviving is going to create new hurdles as well, like hospital bills and recovery in general. I need to do some research about cancer and make sure I know what I'm going to be writing about. I was also thinking, just for the conflict, maybe along the way they could go into one of the towns and we could have the cliche jealousy going on with locals hitting on the girls?

Where did you want to start them off, btw? I was thinking somewhere along the east coast, like Florida or North Carolina, maybe New Jersey or a suburb in New York? and then where do you want them to go and end up?

Okay, cool. Glad to hear it :)

Yes, definitely. Especially since Elissa is pregnant as well and taking care of a baby costs so much. As for the cancer, don't worry too much about getting your facts straight. I'll just take your word for it with whatever you say :P The jealousy thing also sounds like a really good idea. There's something so appealing about a little bit of jealousy xD

Florida would be cool to start with. They could be renting a place on the beach for a couple of days before moving onto wherever. Honestly, I don't mind where they go. I'm not 100% sure what there is to do in each state so if you feel like sending them off somewhere in particular next, that's fine with me :)

Right, exactly! So he's got incentive to stick it out and they'll have their moment when all the secrets come out.

Awesome :) I'm just trying to plan a map in my head, haha. So, we'll start them off in Florida, and then maybe send them up the east coast, maybe back down through the south or across through the midwest (even though there isn't a ton to do there). Part of me thinks Norris would really dig New York, and because Cara has moved around so much, maybe she could sort of be like a little tour guide.

Cool beans. Can't wait :D

Sounds good! Honestly, if you think a different line up will work better, that's cool with me. And sounds good about Cara being a tour guide haha. Elissa will be full of questions for her :P

Is there anything else you want to iron out before we get started?

I think the only other thing is where they'll be staying along the way? Are they sleeping in the car, or would they have money set aside for motels/hotels?

Other than that, I think we're good to go! :)

Well I was thinking they could have a huge RV type thing that they can sleep in while they're travelling and then stay in a hotel or a house here and there depending on how long they're staying. What do you think, though? It doesn't really matter either way :)

That works for me :) An RV would enable some camping too if we wanted.

Would you like to start, or should I?

I can start, if you like?

Sorry for the delay. My internet was down for a while.

thanks for starting c: I got off for a bit for dinner earlier.

I went to bed, so sorry I'm only getting back to it now haha. Replied again, anyway :)

Sorry for the wait and the shortness! I was busy this weekend for Independence Day and just now had a chance to get on. If you need me to add more, I can.

It's alright :) I'll get working on a reply