Lilac Diana Rider

Female

14

Ninth

Bisexual, but hasn't actually had any romantic relationships

Single

Lilac stands two inches taller than the American average of 5'4", though she often slouches or walks hunched over to hide her face, which makes her appear slightly shorter. She's not particularly curvy, but rather has more of an athletic build, and, while not extremely buff, is well toned, with visible muscles in her arms and legs and a six-pack. While Lilac has the potential to be an attractive young woman, she tends not to take care of herself, with jagged, chewed-on fingernails, lack of any form of make up, and disheveled hair. She tends to stay away from dresses and other "girly" clothing, and often ends up wearing black tank tops under black hoodies, topping all that with black or blue jeans.

-Strong
-Silent
-Serious
-Antisocial
-Independent
-Mysterious
-Socially Awkward

Lilac isn't the type to go to parties and hang with friends on the weekends. Hell, she's not really even the type to make any friends. She's the type to study enough to maintain a passing grade, hang with her family enough to maintain a loving relationship, and then devote the rest of her time to perfecting a single passion. In this case, that passion is boxing. She practices whenever she can, and even has a punching bag for her room (which is a good thing, seeing as she has not yet found a place in Arrowsmith to practice). But there's more to her than her passion for boxing. She is the silent type, but not in a shy or timid way. No, she's not quiet because she's afraid of messing up, but rather because she simply doesn't have anything to say to anyone. To those who aren't close to her (anyone who's not her family or ex-boxing trainer) she has a menacing vibe. Despite this, though, Lilac has a fairly heroic personality. When she sees someone in trouble, she does what she can to help, especially if the trouble they're in has something to do with violence. She doesn't really know how to interact with people, so she doesn't, and due to her menacing appearance, people don't interact with her.

● Her hazel eyes make her look like she wants to destroy whatever she looks at, even when she doesn't. There's just something threatening about her eyes. It's sort of like a permanent glare.
●She always carries her boxing gloves around in her backpack.
●On the rare occasion that she does talk to somebody, if there is suddenly an awkward and uncomfortable silence, Lilac will either creep away or start talking about her cat.

● Boxing
● Baking
● Cooking

+ Boxing
+ Working out
+ Bread
+ Her cat
- Unfairness
- Attention
- Awkward silences

Mother - Rose Rider - Baker/Business Owner
Father - Elliott Rider - Baker/Business Owner
Cat - Mr. Samson - Er...Cat

For both financial reasons and convenience, the Riders are currently in the back of Mr. Samson's Bakery. The front of the bakery looks just as you'd expect it to look. But if you go through the door behind the counter, you're in the Rider Residence. Of course there's a kitchen, which is the biggest room in the living area, and there's a bathroom, which they have to share with the public. But there are also two bedrooms. One belonged to Lilac, and the other to her parents. In Lilac's room, there are a few small, half-empty bookshelves, a desk, a lamp, a bed, and a punching bag. In her parents' room, there's a queen-sized bed, a single bookshelf, two nightstands with two lamps, and a small TV. Since this room has the TV, they also use it to watch shows and movies together.

No car

(Warning:Mature Content! Viewer discretion advised!) Let's face it: middle school is hell for everyone. But for Lilac, it was beyond hell. You see about a week in, the most popular girl in school, Amy Teller, went missing. There was a big freak out, and nobody could find her. But eventually, halfway through the year, the police had found that Amy Teller had been kidnapped and (*Censored*) by the school's janitor, a man named Edward. Why, you may ask, did this make Lilac's middle school life so terrible? Well, I'll tell you. Lilac had an uncle. His name was Edward Rider, and he was sent to prison for the kidnapping and (*Censored*) of Amy Teller.

After that, people didn't take to kindly to Lilac. At first, it was just insults. But then, things started getting physical. She'd get sent home with a black eye or a busted lip. And after countless times of her mother and father's shared gasps of shock and embraces of distress, Lilac had had enough. You see, there was a man named Mr. Tanning. He was a muscular man with black hair and a handlebar mustache. He was a regular at her parents' (original) bakery, and he ran a local boxing gym. So one day, when he came in to get his bread, she begged him to train her. So he did, for two reasons: he liked the fact that she just wanted to be strong, and she promised she'd get him a discount on all bakery items.

She trained almost nonstop in those few years, and Mr. Tanning bought excess amount bread. It didn't take her long to get to the point where she could defend herself against the bullies. But then, near the end of 8th grade, Lilac got into a sticky situation. She was about to go head to head with a few of the guys who usually picked on her, when they did something they'd never done before: they all pulled out knives. Some were switch blades, some kitchen knives, but it didn't matter. She was able to escape with only a few nicks and cuts, and when she told her parents, they decided that perhaps a change in scenery would be nice. So they packed up and said goodbye to everyone they knew. Mr. Tanning and some of the other guys at the boxing gym threw her a going away party. They got her a cake, and also all chipped in to buy her two presents: a pair of bright red, brand new boxing gloves, and her very own punching bag. And with that, her hand her parents set off for a small town called Arrowsmith.

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Conan

Male

14

Ninth

Closeted gay

Single

Of the three triplets, Conan is clearly the most confident of the three. Conan is the tallest, although whilst he may tower the shorter ninth graders, he certainly doesn't look that tall in his family. You would be hard pressed to find a ninth grader, and there would only be a few tenth graders, taller than Conan. This height has meant that he picks clothes from the adult section, and he enjoys this range. He picks button down shirts, with a comfortable, yet stylish, hoodie, most of the time. He pairs this with jeans, and a pair of simple trainers. Using his height to his full advantage, Conan uses a home gym four or five times a week, and this has allowed him to get quite fit, for a fourteen year old's standards at least. This is helped by his broad shoulders and naturally small waist.

Athletic | Arrogant | Outgoing | Confident | Tough

A kind boy on the inside, Conan keeps up a rugged exterior as a cover up to his homosexuality. One main reason that Conan acts how he does is to make everyone believe he's straight. When he's only with his family, or certain friends, he gets along well with all of them, in fact, him and Tadhg seem like best friends sometimes, until non-family members show up. When he's out with specific friends outside or at school, Conan quickly transitions into the bully that most people know him as. If Conan decides to take down the façade of being a bully around you, you know that he likes and trusts you as a good friend.

● Bad handwriting
● Loves buying physical CDs
● Mumbles to himself in Irish

● Exercise
● Punching
● His friends

+ His family
+ Staying fit
+ Intimidating people
- People who think they're better than him
- Homophobes

Pádraig ó Faoláin - Father - Businessman
Máire ó Faoláin - Mother - English teacher
Séamus ó Faoláin - Older brother - Senior
Niamh ó Faoiláin - Older sister - Junior
Maeve ó Faoláin - Triplet sister - Freshman
Tadhg ó Faoláin - Triplet brother - Freshman

Conan lives in a four bedroom house with the other two triplets, plus his older brother and sister Séamus and Niamh. They have just moved in, so the house is not completely decorated yet. It is in a good part of Arrowsmith, with a nice garden to do things in such as a barbecue.

No car.

Conan, along with the rest of his family, have just moved to Arrowsmith from the Gaeltacht in Ireland. All of the family are native Irish and English speakers, and speak both of them at home. This year, Conan wants to make friends, and maybe see if he can join a wrestling team at school. He doesn't really want a boyfriend at the moment, as he doesn't want anyone to know that he's gay.

Maeve, Red

Female

14

Ninth

Closeted bisexual

Single

Stylish, pretty, adventurous. These are just three words that could be used to describe Maeve ó Faoláin's dress sense. Maeve loves to look different. This could include a single stripe of blue hair, or just her normal hair, in a hairstyle that teeters on the edge of "different" and "in school suspension". Maeve will usually wear a loose fitting top, on top of a skirt. Sometimes, she'll wear tights, or long socks, but other times she'll allow her long legs to show. Most of her outfits show off her figure, being from a tall family, she is taller than most girls, and this makes her look slimmer than she already is.

Rebellious | Confident | Kind | Loyal | Charismatic

Maeve is a girl who knows exactly what she's doing. She wants to finish high school, get a couple of friends, maybe a boyfriend or girlfriend, and then go to college, either here in the USA or back in Ireland, and study politics before becoming a politician. Perhaps the first female president of Ireland. She would have attempted the first female Prime Minister of the UK, if it hadn't been for Thatcher and May. Still, you get a medal for third place. If you're friends with Maeve, you can guarantee that you won't be sad for more than five minutes. She believes that everyone is deserving of a second chance, and can make friends with practically everyone - especially when most of the guys want to be more than friends.

● Sings along to songs without thinking about it
● Beautiful handwriting
● Forgets to put more than underwear on in the morning

● Hanging out with friends
● Studying politics

+ Politics
+ Music
+ Singing
+ Peanut butter
+ Loyal friends
- Disloyal people
- Liars
- Marmite
- Fakes
- Homophobes

Pádraig ó Faoláin - Father - Businessman
Máire ó Faoláin - Mother - English teacher
Séamus ó Faoláin - Older brother - Senior
Niamh ó Faoiláin - Older sister - Junior
Conan ó Faoláin - Triplet brother - Freshman
Tadhg ó Faoláin - Triplet brother - Frehsman

Maeve lives in a four bedroom house with the other two triplets, plus her older brother and sister Séamus and Niamh. They have just moved in, so the house is not completely decorated yet. It is in a good part of Arrowsmith, with a nice garden to do things in such as a barbecue.

No car.

Maeve, along with the rest of her family, have just moved to Arrowsmith from the Gaeltacht in Ireland. All of the family are native Irish and English speakers, and speak both of them at home. This year, Maeve wants to make a few friends, hopefully they can get quite close. She also wouldn't mind having a boyfriend, or possibly a girlfriend.

Tadhg

Male

14

Ninth

Straight

Single

Tadhg usually wears simple clothes, such as a t shirt and jeans. He mostly attempts to blend in with the crowd. This is not needed however, as he is taller than many people his age, which means that nobody would like to mess with him. Along with the height that he has gained from his family, he is also broad shouldered and naturally slim. Like his brother, Tadhg uses his family's home gym. However, instead of doing it for brute strength and appearance, Tadhg does this to stay fit and strong for judo. Therefore, he sports a six pack, and also decent muscles that most 14 year old guys would want., however, he is not quite as muscular as his brother.

Self-conscious | Loyal | Shy | Worrisome | Nerdy

Tadhg has always been a shy child, which is surprising, seeing as both Conan and Maeve are so outgoing and confident. Some of Tadhg's socialisation takes place at his judo club, however, as he is one of the best at the club, being a purple belt, only one away from brown belt, the top for under 16s. This means that most will have to take place at school, where he will hopefully get some friends. If Tadhg is your friends, be prepared for some facts, whether they be about science, history, Japan, or something random. Whatever it is, he will be a good friend.

● Taps his feet a lot whilst sitting down
● Self conscious
● Does more than he's required to at school
● Terrible handwriting

● Judo
● Learning Japanese
● Socialising with his friends
● Science

+ Judo
+ Staying fit
+ His brothers and sisters
+ Science
+ Sushi
+ Japan
+ Japanese
- Annoying people
- Mean people
- Bullies

Pádraig ó Faoláin - Father - Businessman
Máire ó Faoláin - Mother - English teacher
Séamus ó Faoláin - Older brother - Senior
Niamh ó Faoláin - Older sister - Junior
Maeve ó Faoláin - Triplet sister - Freshman
Conan ó Faoláin - Triplet brother - Freshman

Tadhg lives in a four bedroom house with the other two triplets, plus his older brother and sister Séamus and Niamh. They have just moved in, so the house is not completely decorated yet. It is in a good part of Arrowsmith, with a nice garden to do things in such as a barbecue.

No car.

Tadhg, along with the rest of his family, have just moved to Arrowsmith from the Gaeltacht in Ireland. All of the family are native Irish and English speakers, and speak both of them at home. This year, Tadhg wants to make some friends, and get better at judo. One of his long term goals is to win the Olympics. He's not really thinking about a girlfriend at the moment, but probably wouldn't turn a girl down.

Nicoletta Soriano. Nicole for short.

Female

15

Ninth

Closeted Homosexual

Sadly Single

Nicoletta has a preference for the simple: jeans, shirts with words on them (such a faux pas), Chucks, and bracelets that might come out of a Vans. Nicoletta's outfits are not going for fashion or style as many of the girls that roam the halls do, opting instead for more 'normal' and fitting attire. She's aping the 'low effort' style if only because she has no discernible eye for fashion or style at all. But then, that's what searching for identity is about, surely?

Nicoletta's hair is medium length and quite shiny for a muddy brown, matching her muddy eyes. At five foot six she's not going to be standing above anyone and her pale skin is not going to have her standing out much as well, which is actually rather nice. Nicoletta has the figure of a perpetually benched athlete, in that while she is trim and 'in shape', lack of any regular routine has left her with...call it 'extra' around the waist and torso.

Nicoletta is rather soft spoken but when her voice IS heard, chances are it comes tinged with a slight accent while blending with her mellow tone.

Curious, Mellow, Meek, Humorous, Pessimistic, Forgetful

In the world there are leaders and there are followers, at least that's what practically every motivational speaker would tell you; but in the case of Nicoletta? It's absolutely true. Much of her life has been spent simply doing what others have told her to do with little regard for her own thoughts on the matter. It was one thing when her papa asked her to help out. It was another when suddenly the girls she hung out with at school were telling her what to do, who to associate with, and what matched with what. Nicoletta has been a follower for as long as she could remember, which is already far too long.

It's rare to see Nicoletta without a smile. However, when Nicoletta smiles it never seems to be out of genuine joy, and she only ever appears to contribute to conversations amongst her supposed peers in the vaguest manner possible. She's one of the popular crowd in school by virtue of the most shallow reasons possible and she knows that but sees no reason why she can't take advantage of that while it lasts. She wants to just be herself, but that's become harder and harder as she isn't quite sure who she is or what she wants...only that she doesn't want to suffer more talk over who's hooking up with who.

To her credit, she has begun taking steps to breaking out of her meek shell, starting by speaking up more and trying to let her voice be heard among a group of people damn near deaf to anything other than their own inflated egos. Nicoletta doesn't want to enter into adulthood having not made a single decision for herself, and with the rough part of the teenage years looming on the horizon, she hopes that a place where she'll spend four years with people will lead to some deep soul searching.

●She bites her lip when thinking, but in a way that makes her look as if she has to go to the bathroom
●Often interjects sentences with 'um' as you do when you're a teenager with little to actually say
●Frequently slips into Italian when frustrated, annoyed, or just to show off to someone she's trying to impress
●Eats her pasta with a spoon, like a damned lunatic that must be stopped.
●When sitting, she observes great posture and doesn't seem to comprehend people that sit differently, to the point where she'll remark on it

● Drawing, it's really more like sketching but it counts
● Cooking, it was kind of forced on her but she doesn't hate it
● Watching Rom-Coms, but with more focus on the Rom
● Watching sports. Sometimes playing them.

✔ Tennis
✔ Loud Rap Music Played at Unreasonable Hours
✔ Pad Thai. It's absolutely amazing. Thai food in general, really.
✔ Caramel squares
✔ Black Cherry Kool Aid, the best flavor. Fights will start if someone dares disagree with her.
✔ Candle Figures. In her room at home she has around twelve. Her favorite is a wizard she bought at a trade show. She was told it was Gandalf but she just thinks it's a cool looking wizard.
✔ Hawaiian Salad, the thing with the oranges and marshmallows and cherries

✘ Math in all its varieties; it's the one class she's failing
✘ Starbucks. Coffee in general, really. No one drinks it for the taste, right? Because ugh
✘ In-Shell Peanuts. The cracking of the shells and the skins are just...ugh

Papa - Marco Soriano - Head Chef/Owner of Soriano's, a new, local Italian restaurant
Mama - Fio Soriano - Baker at Mr. Samson's Bakery

The Soriano's, despite doing fairly well for themselves in their businesses, live in a ranch house with two bedroom and one bathroom. It's located in the center of a cul-de-sac and its front lawn, which is cut on the regular by Nicoletta, is often a hot spot for block parties such as the Fourth of July Block Bash. There's a basketball hoop hanging over the garage and local residents that live on the block are allowed and encouraged to shoot if they feel so inclined. Nicoletta's room is the bigger bedroom and is kept clean - though her shelves are a bit crowded with all the candle figures she's been collecting. There's only one car in the garage but there's room for a second, for when Nicoletta earns it. The Soriano house is brown in color.

The Soriano Family car is a simple sedan. Nicoletta hasn't got her own yet.

Nicoletta was born in Italy to Marco Soriano and Fio Soriano. Their only child, Nicoletta enjoyed a rather uneventful youth, often being left to her own devices while her parents were busying themselves with their careers: Marco being a chef and Laura a would-be pastry chef. Nicoletta can't recall much of note from her youth in Italy; it was a fairly average and thus un-noteworthy childhood. Things took a turn when Nicoletta's uncle Stefano came to the house with a proposition for Marco.

Stefano had a failing business in America that he was willing to give full ownership over to Marco, knowing that Marco often dreamed of opening his own restaurant. And so at the age of twelve Nicoletta was moved from Italy to America. By the time she was fourteen and entering high school, Soriano's was one of Arrowsmith's newest restaurants, noted for the quality of its menu and its use of locally sourced ingredients to give it that 'home town' sort of vibe.

Her life has never really been hers, and she hates that. She hasn't really made a choice for herself - with her papa not-so-subtly informing her that she needs to get great grades and focus on a future business degree to take over the family business and her own sinking feeling that her quiet and awkward ways makes her an undesirable. She hates that she hasn't been able to speak up. She hates that she's on a path she was put on. But most of all she hates that she just grins and bears it.

She wants to find who she is, what she wants, and how to change as a person. Four years is a long enough time to do it.

Has yet to come out to anyone, but is definitely sure she is a lesbian.

Cassandra Jane Rowley

But you will call her Cass or she will be angry

Female

15

Ninth

If human, will make out with

Ready to Mingle

Cass isn't trying to impress anyone with how she dresses, which might explain why she often has a sort of greasy, slovenly look about her, from t-shirts that have what people hope are drink and food stains, to jeans that long since lost their last legs, down to shoes that are run over. There's a certain madness to her outfits that somehow manages to feel just so...fitting. Her hair, golden blonde, is often stringy and unkempt while her blue eyes are striking if only because of her heavy and dark eye shadow that stands out amidst her otherwise pale complexion. Her hair wasn't always blonde, there was a time when it was muddy brown - bleaching had a more lasting impact. She prefers the blonde style anyway.

Cass is of average height at 5'5" and her lack of a strict exercise routine is quite clear from her figure, which isn't as slim and trim as is the 'ideal'. A diet of bad food will do that to a person. So long as she can make her ass fit into her jeans, she's perfectly fine with her choices. Some have called her style punk. She thinks that that is stupid as her style is just whatever. There's no style.

When she speaks it's with a rasp that is aggressive even if she's speaking at a normal volume.

Fearless, Crass, Quick-Witted, Abrasive

There's always that one person you know growing up that everyone figures will be a dropout, burnout, or behind bars because of their attitude, that person parents don't want their kids hanging out with for the most superficial of reasons, and Cass is that girl. Her reputation is almost as loud as she is, and considering the pipes she has that's quite impressive. Cass controls a room with her voice when her actions don't do it for her, though most people just find her grating, gross, or annoying. Cass has little time for the people who can't keep up with her on some level though she holds the people that give her a chance in high regard. She's never going to be the one to apologize for her actions, but she'll also be the first one to volunteer to do something that could get people into trouble.

Cass has an undeniable charisma about her, the same way that a front man for a band would have and though the legality and morality of her ideas stretch the limits of acceptable, one can never deny that a time with Cass is never boring. Whether or not that's a good thing is up to the individual.

● Cass smacks her lips when she eats and doesn't care how annoying and gross that might be to others.
● Perhaps an overuse of "that's what she said" and other terms, in addition to her general vulgarity.
● Greets people by slapping them on the back. The slap is far beyond a friendly tap and is, in fact, a full on slap that stings.
● Can, has, and will go up to random people and show them affection. Some call it harassment. Cass does not.[

● Cooking
● Sloppily making out
● Instagraming the meals she makes, complete with recipes and quick tutorials on Youtube
● Jamming to punk music

+The Dead Milkmen. She wants an old Camaro because of the song Bitchin Camaro
+ Vinyl albums. Not to collect, per se. They break real good.
+ Macaroni and Cheese. It's the greatest food ever made. But not that Kraft crap.
+ Making Mistakes. It doesn't matter how bad something goes, so long as you live through it and find a way to do it better.
- Holding down a job.
- People that are indecisive
- Hospitals and doctors
- Law enforcement, but only when they inconvenience her.
- Fruit juices. Just eat a damn fruit.

Pops - Cassidy Rowley - Attorney at Law
Moms - Jane Rowley - Doctor of Hematology
Rodney Anonymous, Fish, pet
Mojo Nixon, Fish, pet
Dean Clean, Fish, pet
Genaro, Fish, pet

If there's a class divide in Arrowsmith, the Rowley's are on the right side of it. Casa de Cass is a rather nice house, two stories, room for growth, and serves as a reminder to people that the Rowley family are kind of smug assholes because of their well paying career choices. There's a garden out back that Cass uses and is the one thing she actually likes about the house, other than her room where her pets "The Dead Fishmen" reside. It's a two car garage and Cass eagerly wants to fill the second car slot.

She really wants that Camaro

A question many have after meeting Cass is 'was she always like that?' And the answer might come as a surprise if ever there was anyone around to hear it. Cass, born Cassandra, Rowley comes from a well off family, the type of family that has wings of a hospital or building named after them after they die. The type of family that would live in a gated community and speaks ill about those that look different than they do, or as gated as it gets in a town of rural sorts. You know the type. Of course the price tag involved with Cassidy Rowley's services makes the Rowley family hardly liked, and Cass is doing them no favors. Cass bought into the lifestyle as a child, taking the piano lessons and being groomed to be a perfect little well mannered adult meant for bigger things than a podunk town chosen to raise a child in. It was around the end of middle school when Cass began to change. Her parents liked to blame some of her friends as a bad influence, but it was just a matter of Cass seeing her parents and realizing that she wanted to be anything but them.

Cass in middle school was a good student, friendly, playful, her bouncy, bushy brown hair was always messy from running around. But something changed on day one of high school. Cass Rowley was...different. She accomplished this by wearing clothes straight out of punk video and acting wild.

No one's sure if it's just a phase, but people that knew Cass in middle school know enough to realize she's changed over the course of a summer. There has to be a reason why. Cass sure isn't telling.

Cass wuz here