☂ keeps taking me away. [rachel]

[TRISTAN KALINE LA PORTA]

tristan la porta.

nineteen / townsfolk / florist / quiet / awkward / single

this is tristan, she owns a flower shop called the secret garden near the local high school. she's adopted -- she's got two moms and two brothers, and they're all super close. she was pretty quiet and shy until sophomore year when she met a guy, fell in love with him and changed everything about herself to be what he wanted. she quit the lgbt, stopped going out in the garden, started going to parties, the whole works. in her senior year, she ended up getting pregnant, but she miscarried around fifteen weeks, her boyfriend left her, and she became essentially a shell for a while until she graduated and opened her shop. she's sweet, if a little socially awkward at times. love her! <3

analiese juniper.

twenty-two / college student / radio dj / musical / dreamer / single

say hello to analiese, the daughter of a famous actor and a fashion designer. she's actually adopted, shh. she did some acting as a kid, but tried to switch to music and failed miserably, so nobody really knows who she is anymore. ana is going to college part-time and working as a radio dj; she also has a youtube channel where she posts her music. trust is a huge thing for her. she can be a little guarded, which only kicks in when she starts to get to know someone. she puts everything into her relationships and doesn't always realize when it's one-sided. overall, she's pretty optimistic and bubbly. she's also one of the most stubborn people on the planet and can turn any criticism into something constructive. love her! <3

bela royce.

fifteen / visitor / high school student / independent / bitter / single

meet bela, a runaway from northern maine. she came here to find her brother and escape from their abusive mother. her mom spent all her money on alcohol and drugs, so she ended up doing a lot of dog-walking and lawn-mowing for money. she's also a bit of a kleptomaniac. she's independent (i mean, she hitchhiked across a whole state to get here) and she can be a little rude and blunt. bela is opinionated and stubborn, but will only fight back if she thinks she has a shot at winning. she's cynical and has a low self-esteem due to the abusive situation she grew up in, and she doesn't believe that she can truly accomplish anything. love her! <3

carlisa almond.

twenty-five / visitor / pop singer / outspoken / stubborn / single

this is carlisa; she's canadian and most of her fame stemmed from there. her mom is her biggest support system; she doesn't talk about her dad because he was an abusive alcoholic. her music career died out a few years ago when her tour was cut short because of a lack of ticket sales. it wasn't even that she was doing badly, even, just not as good as before, so she's really bitter about it. she's in brunswick working on her music again. she's strong-willed and a lot of parents disapprove of her, even though she's always extremely clear about how she approve of drinking, drugs, or sleeping around. honestly, the girl can be a bit obnoxious and rude without meaning to be. and she swears a lot. love her! <3

marley knappett.

sixteen / high school student / junior / quiet / depressed / single

meet marley. she's a foster kid who's been in brunswick since the beginning of the summer. she's been bullied for the lifestyle she's grown up in and for losing her virginity to a guy who had a girlfriend (in her defense, he told her they'd broken up), and she's been depressed for a couple of years. her current foster family is keeping her practically on lockdown to make sure she's safe, and she's being forced into going to counselling two times a week. she prefers to suffer in silence rather than talk about her problems. the only people she seems to actually make friends with tend to be bad news (case in point, she started shoplifting when she was twelve). she needs people to care about her which is why it's good that her birth mother is in brunswick. love her! <3