Kristen Anne Brown

-Played By Brooklyn2181-

Nickname(s): Charlie, Tenners, Kris, Krissie (Jared & Kiralee), CB (Danny) Most people actually just call her Charlie. Kristen (Mostly by Wes though other friends will occasionally use her given name)

Age: 18

Grade: Senior

Birthday: January 4th (A Capricorn)

Appearance: Exactly 5'7", Charlie has brackish hair that falls just below the shoulders. It has a tendency to curl slightly, and she often straightens it with her blow dryer. Come Winter though with the moisture in the air there is nothing that will take the kink out so she tends to just go with it until it starts to warm up again. Her hair is always neat, but usually thrown up in five seconds, and uses her sunglasses to keep it from falling on her eyes.

She has hazel eyes that her friend Kiralee used to refer to as cats eyes, that tend to change between blue, green and yellow depending on her mood and what she is wearing. When she's angry they go an almost frightening yellow color, accentuating the fire in her eyes when she glares at you. It's a pretty scary sight to behold though it's rare that she ever gets pushed to that point.

She is rather muscular, though toned not bulky. She plays a decent amount of sport which keeps her fit though she's not the sort of girl you'd see dragging herself out of bed on a Sunday morning to go for a run. Weekends are sacred, especially when it comes to sleeping in. She's generally healthy in what she eats but that doesn't mean she's the sort of girl that won't go for Pizza when the mood takes her. She is perfectly comfortable eating in front of the opposite sex, you had to be when you grew up with two older brothers.

You'll usually find her wearing a pair of  jeans, and any combination of fitted t-shirts and jackets. Her style touches on rock but there is a sophisticated edge to what she wears. Her look is in a way unique to her and sometimes you can walk through a shop, see something and think immediately of her. She doesn't tend to wear clothes that flaunt what she's got but she is comfortable enough to wear something that will accentuate her figure. She is completely unaware of how sexual she can be and look, which some say adds to her appeal.

Personality: She comes across as an outgoing individual, but it takes a lot to get to know the real her. She can be far too trusting and lets so called friends walk all over her. However when she does get fed up with it all stay out of her way, cause she gets pretty angry. Loyal to a fault, she will stand by her friends through thick and thin. Cross her though and she'll never forgive you. She is the kind of person who is easy to approach, but not so easy to uncover the real her. When something is difficult, rather than deal and move on, she has a bad habit of trying to avoid it completely. It's a trait that many of her friends find frustrating, and sometimes infuriating, but it is not something that is so easily overcome. It's Charlie's way of dealing with things, whether people like it or not.

She'll never date somebody that a friend of hers likes, even if he isn't interested in them, but also expects the same of them. She's fussy when it comes to dating, and is generally attracted to the wrong kinda guy. She tends to like a challenge. If a guy falls for her too quickly, she gets turned off. When guys do fall for her though, she needs to be hit about the head with a baseball bat to realize it. Her taste in the opposite sex, though not terrible, has often made any sort of normal dating life impossible for Charlie. What she likes, and what she should like are two completely different things. The nice guy always seems to fly under her radar, and as such, Charlie often ends up with the slightly egotistical (or sometimes extremely so) jock. She may find herself attracted to a different guy, but as she will never say anything, things rarely have a chance to develop.

Charlie prefers the company of guys, as she finds most girls (not all) to be frivolous and rather petty. She does still get along with girls, such as Annalee, a friend she has made through working at Othello's. The two have similar views in ways, and blend together nicely. So, not all girls are bad in her eyes. Together, these two epitomize the atmosphere of Othello's. Always expect a fun and happy feel when they are on together, and Charlie, tends to come out of herself even more so in Annalee's presence.

When it comes to family and her private life, Charlie is a very guarded individual. Only those that have known her for a long while know that her Mum is in a wheelchair and only two people outside of her immediate family know what happened to cause her to be so. She tends not to ask a lot of questions about people, especially where home life is concerned as she does not want to invite them to ask her questions in turn. She believes it's best to leave that door well and truly closed, rather than to appear rude when she in turn wont answer their questions.

When it comes to her private life, she likes to be certain about something before she's willing to admit that there is in fact something there. Quite often everyone else seems to know what she is feeling about somebody before she even knows. In the early stages of any relationship she can be quite closed off about her life. She'll still be herself but if you're looking for her life story you're not likely to get it. When she's committed to somebody she allows her passionate side to come through and it's often been said that she gives almost too much of herself when she finds the one that she feels is worthy.

When faced with a decision she doesn't always follow her heart. She's been burned too many times to let it rule her and though sometimes she only ends up hurting herself more, she finds a way to justify it to herself. Sometimes she lets other peoples opinions influence her actions and yet, just as frustrating, she will sometimes go against them on principle. What's hard about Charlie is that she often makes mistakes but she always tries to do the right thing and that makes it hard for her friends and the people that love her to stay mad at her for very long.

Family: Dianne Brown - 47 - Homemaker - After the traumatic accident that left her wheelchair bound, Dianne has struggled to find her place in the world post her disability. Once she was a very capable woman who was always rushing around after her children, putting food on the table, making sure the bills were all paid and that everybody seemed to be at least content. The loss of mobility however not only brought a great deal of change to her in the physical sense, but she found that her life and the family dynamics were also beginning to mould into something else. Her husband became somewhat distant and has been unable to really touch her since that day. She suffers from wild mood swings though does her level best to shield her family from the impact. In spite of the strong encouragement by her Doctors, she has refused to seek counselling after the accident and understandably continues to have a lot of unresolved issues where her loss of lifestyle is concerned. To Friends of her daughters she is the perfect mum, happy to wait on them with treats such as home-made pancakes, nachos, and pizzas. It is so rare that her children bring people to the house that she truly enjoys getting to look after people, and get to know the people that are a part of their lives. She often worries about Charlie (moreso than her two sons) as she sees how much she tries to hide things from her. They once had a very open relationship but Charlie now tries to carry any burden on her own, not wanting to overload her mum.

Gregory Brown - 49 - Civil/Structural Engineer - Gregory Brown, in spite of his face appearing at the dinner table has always been something of an absent father figure. He has never taken a great deal of interest in the lives of his children. He was never there to play catch with the kids or go to watch recitals or sporting events. He's very much a product of his own upbringing, but his wife does her level best to try and make up for his shortcomings where his children are concerned. Greg likes to keep up appearances and has an all most tragic addiction to the home shopping network & E-Bay. Nobody is surprised when the doorbell rings and a package is delivered. Usually he chooses junk but on occasion they find themselves pleasantly surprised with what he has bought. When Greg finds something he likes you can be sure that next Christmas all three of the kids will get exactly the same thing (Be it DVD Players, Computers, Televisions, even a vacuum cleaner one year). He has always had trouble communicating with other people and is known within his house for his short temper. Though he has never struck one of his children (not including the occasional spanking when they were younger) his tone and choice of words can be just as abusive as being slapped across the face. Since his wife's accident he has become much closer to his son and pulled away from his wife and daughter. He is repulsed by what the accident did to his wife, even though he would never admit this to her or anyone else. At the core of it, he's not a bad person. He may be judgemental and a difficult man to live with but he truly does care for every member of his family, its showing it that's the problem.

Mark Brown - 21 - Art And Design Major at NMU - Mark is willing to put in the time and effort with anything, as long as it suits him you see. He’s protective of the woman in his life (namely his mum & sister) particularly his younger sister Kristen, and tends to like to have a say in her life, especially her love life. The two of them are still very close however, in spite of the age difference, and most of the time are more like friends than brother and sister. Mark likes Charlie to hang around with his friends, but then that helps him to keep an eye on her. He is slightly arrogant, but that is more confidence than anything else. Not the sort to get into a fight, but will always be there to back somebody up. He sort of wishes that Kristen had more female friends, because then 'he' would have more to look at when he brought his friends home. He is aware that there are issues with his family and though it doesn't sit well with him he isn't sure what he's supposed to do about it. He was always used to having Sean around to be the responsible one but since moving to Michigan he feels as though he has been looked towards to step up. In some ways he has and though he's much better than his dad when it comes to communication skills, he still doesn't know how to talk about the 'big issues' with his parents. The only one he really opens up to is Charlie, he just wishes she would do the same sometimes.

Sean Brown - 26 - IT Manager - While their father was often emotionally absent, Sean took it upon himself to fill the gap in their lives as they grew up. He was the one always cheering loudly from the sidelines at sporting events, he would pick Charlie and Mark up from school as soon as he was old enough to drive and when they needed help with homework, Sean was always the one that would sit with them at the kitchen table and try to help them get through it. He was also the one that bore the brunt of their fathers judgemental side. Ever since he was a small child, his father had been hard on Sean, expecting too much and rather than the words 'I'm proud of you' ever passing his lips, Sean often felt as though his father was setting him up to fail. Though his mum was always there for him he often felt as though she never did anything to defend him. He didn't know that she would argue with him when all the children went to bed and though he doesn't hate his mother by any means, he does resent her a little. Sean met his wife during High School at a party yet at the time, he was seeing somebody else as was she and nothing would ever have been expected to come from it. The two reunited however during College and both single, well it wasn't long before they started dating and a surprisingly quick engagement followed. The two did not marry however until after they had finished with their studies and the conception of their first child came very soon after. He, his wife and his daughter Ella all live in Australia. He misses his siblings moreso than his parents but the distance between the two countries makes it difficult for him to come and visit.

Eve Brown - 25 - Qualified Dental Nurse/Stay at Home Mother - Many have felt that Eve and Sean were married so that Eve could get away from her overbearing, emotionally abusive father. Truth be told that might have been the case when they were first engaged but that does not mean that she doesn't love Sean very much. He was the knight in shining armour that she had always been hoping to find. Though appearances suggest that Eve was raised in a good family, 10 minutes in the presence of her father and anyone could see that life growing up in that household must have been a living hell. She and Sean moved out together while they were still in College (Thus allowing Eve to be free of her father) and though she completed her studies she very early on realised that what she wanted more than anything else was to become Sean's wife and has his child. She did have to wait all that long after their marriage as Ella was born only nine months later. Eve had only just started working in her field when she realised that she was pregnant and at six months, she gave up work and has yet to return to it. She knows that her father-in-law disapproves of this decision but at last check, she married Sean and not his family. She does get along with the Brown Clan for the most part, more so as Mark and Krissie (as she has always called her) have gotten older and she herself has become a mother. She and Sean have been trying to conceive their second child and Eve is hopeful that they might have a boy.

Daniella Brown - 4 - Hyperactive Child - Known by everyone as Ella, this four your old has been chewing the ears off of anyone that cared to listen ever since she was 18 months old, holding full conversations while other children her age were struggling with one syllable words such as 'Mum' or 'Dad'. Ella is very unafraid of strangers and it's not uncommon to see her sitting all over somebody she has only just met, firing a number of (often inappropriate) questions from a small child who has yet to learn that sometimes the truth isn't all it's cracked up to be. She loves the water and has a fascination with fish and dolphins. She practically lives in her swimming pool at home and if she's not there she's more than likely painting a picture outside (Strangely enough, usually featuring fish and dolphins). She loves it when her daddy calls her Nanna and Poppy and Mark and Kissie (She still has trouble with her 'R's) Ella doesn't use the terms Auntie and Uncle though she does understand that Mark & Krissie are her Daddy's brother and sister. and quite often her and her mum will send letters that include some of Ella's latest masterpieces.

-Dianne Brown- Charlie's Mother	-Gregory Brown- Charlie's Father

Mark Brown Charlie's Brother (Bio)	-Sean Brown- Charlie's Brother
-Eve Brown- Charlie's Sister-In-Law	-Daniella Brown- Charlie's Neice (4)

Neighborhood: Kensington - This double story 5 bedroom, two bathroom plus ensuite, Victorian style house with attic and basement, has been home to The Brown Family for the last year. The house is in superb shape, the reception rooms having 10' high ceilings. One, perfect for entertaining and parties, opens out through the sun room onto a deck and the back garden. There's also a dining room, large kitchen with breakfast area, laundry room & pantry, a huge walk in basement, and three completely finished attic rooms. Several modifications were made to make the home wheelchair accessible (At the cost of Greg Brown's Engineering Company) Mr & Mrs Brown live on the bottom floor, and Charlie & Mark's bedrooms are on the second floor. The Attic rooms have been converted into a study area for the two children. A games room is also located on the second floor.

Job: Works Coffee Counter at Othello's, which suit's her perfectly. Two of her closest friends, Annalee Masterson & Hayden Miller also work here, and Charlie also has a good friendship with her boss, Paul Dempsey that is more of a brother-sister than a boss-employee relationship.

Vehicle: She's been learning how to drive 'The American Way' over the summer, and finally got her permit. She's actually a pretty good driver just so long as she can remember to drive on the right side of the road (haha). It's taken some time but she did manage to negotiate the purchase of a car of her own. She'd been getting lifts with her brother everywhere and managing on occasion to gain use of one of her parents cars, but finally her dad gave in and agreed to get her a car. He wanted to go for safe and reliable, she of course wanted something a little more flashy. In the end they compromised on a Ford Mustang Convertible. He's still not too sure about the decision but he does have trouble saying no to his daughter when the right amount of pressure is applied.

History: Charlie was born in Perth, Western Australia, and grew up there. The community where her family lived, and she later went to school in was fairly tight knit, though had it's fair share of snobs, distinctly lacking however in an obvious lower class. They lived about half an hour out from the city, up in the hills where the kids could play without any real fear of them being snatched or hit by a car. Though childhood years could always be looked on fondly, the children that lived here led quite a sheltered upbringing, not being exposed to things like drugs and alcohol until they got older. For The Brown Family this didn't seem to impact their own children terribly, but there were other people that they knew who's teenage children spiralled out of control at the first sign of temptation.

Under the influence of two older brothers, Charlie was refusing to wear dresses by the time that she could say 'No'. Dianne and Greg had been hoping for a daughter and had just about given up when Dianne fell pregnant with Kristen. The thought of buying pretty things and putting their little girl into ballet classes was only short lived. They tried over the years to encourage the feminine side of their daughter but when painting her room pink and putting a unicorn border pattern around it only resulted in tears, they quickly realised that perhaps it just wasn't meant to be.

Idolising her older brothers, particularly Mark, she developed a keen interest in sports, going to watch her brothers play on weekends, jumping up and down in the stands like a little one woman cheer squad (well, one child as the case may have been). By the time she was five she was playing on a team that was coached by her brother Sean, half the size of all the other kids in the Under 11's league but by no means half as talented. Their first season they one only one game, not that you would have known by the smiles they wore. She can still to this day remember what it had felt like to have their first win. She went home, put on 'We are the Champions' by Queen and promptly got on the phone to give a complete play by play breakdown to her friend Aaron who had been unable to play that day.

Mr and Mrs Brown always encouraged their children to try all sorts of different activities, wanting them to find something that they were passionate about. When she was 7 it was Gymnastics, at 8 it was Horse Riding and by 9 she was taking swimming lessons twice a week after school at the local heated pool. Though by no means a superstar, she was a strong swimmer (having lived in the family pool at home by about the same time that she learned to walk). It failed to become a real passion for her and despite her coach urging her parents for her to start taking it more seriously, her parents understood that this was not what she would have wanted and allowed her to continue exploring other avenues of outside interest. She continues to swim to this day, even Co-Captaining the girls Swim Team at school but this will always come second to the other things in her life.

By now Charlie was doing quite well in school, finding that she never really had to work too hard to do well in her classes. She was accepted into Academic Extension programmes that would take place during her normal class time, and perhaps this was when she found her love for performance. Though Speech and Debate was hardly something that hooked her, being up in front of people and offering something did. Now at the tender age of ten she was begging her parents to enrol her in drama classes, but it didn't stop there. Once she found her love of being on stage she went on to take both singing and dancing classes, filling an already too busy schedule. Horse Riding and Gymnastics were pushed to one side and swimming was cut back to Saturday Mornings, leaving the rest of her days for classes and basketball training or games.

The Brown's had always intended on sending their youngest child and only daughter to an all girls school when it came time for her to go to high school. Charlie, being the strong willed twelve year old that she was however, had other ideas in mind. She begged her parents to allow her to Audition for the well known and respected 'College of the Arts'. Her Parents probably hadn't realised that she would have been successful at the time or perhaps they would not have allowed their daughter to apply. The school was a good hour away from their home by car and though their arts programme could certainly be commended, it did not have the well rounded academic programme that they were hoping her to become involved in.

When the acceptance letter came in the mail, their fate was sealed. Mr & Mrs Brown knew that they couldn't say no to her now and sacrifices in family time together would have to be made so that she could continue to follow her childhood dreams. With one son (Sean) now in University and another (Mark)  in his second year of High School, it seemed like the family would never sit down to a meal together. Mark always had a Basketball game or Practise to attend, Charlie a rehearsal or class and Sean, while juggling his busy workload at University was also spending more and more time with his new girlfriend, Evelyn.

The Brown's had always been a very close family until now, and though you would not say that they had drifted completely, the children at least were growing up so fast that it was almost alarming to their parents. Greg spent more and more hours in at the office leaving Dianne to run the house, pay the bills, take Charlie to one thing before picking Mark up from another. She tidied their bedrooms, put food on the table and still managed to make time to love her children and be there when she knew something was wrong. All three children have a strong bond with their mother, perhaps more so than with their father and though they don't always tell her that they appreciate her, she knows that they do all the same.

Now it wasn't until Charlie was in High School that she met her first boyfriend, Jared Hunter. Jared's brother was in the same arts programme that she was (a year younger than her) but it was Jared that Charlie found herself intrigued by. It was a mutual attraction that initially drew them together, but over time they opened up to each other, Charlie (or Krissie as she was known at the time) found it easy to share herself with Jared. They could talk openly and honestly on a level that was far greater than what most people their own age could relate.

Their relationship intensified, their families both aware of what had been developing, but perhaps not how fast it had been developing. Not feeling she could tell her parents, Charlie lied to them so that she could 'spend the evening' with Jared. It was the first time for both of them, and they were so sure that this was the right thing, that they were ready, and that it was meant to be.

It wasn't to remain a secret however, as the two were discovered the next morning, and Charlie's mum was called to come and pick her up. Like any mother she was distraught, had trouble accepting that her daughter was growing up, that she was discovering things that Mrs. Brown thought that she was still to young to be experiencing. They bickered in the car, exchanged harsh words, both women crying... and it happened. Mrs. Brown didn't see the four wheel drive coming through the intersection. It was too late to swerve, too late to stop the impact.

Charlie couldn't really be sure of what exactly happened next. She remembered the smell of twisted metal, of gasoline dripping onto hot bitumen. She can remember trying to stop the bleeding, trying to save her mum, begging her to stay with her, begging her not to leave her.  The paramedics took over, rushing Charlie's mum to hospital while they cut Charlie out of the wreckage. Her knee had taken the brunt of the damage, her ankle trapped in the front of the car. The pain became too much for Charlie, and at some point, she lost consciousness...

She came in and out of consciousness over the next few days, the drugs were probably what made it difficult for her to be really aware of what had happened. She remembered the discussion that she had, when she asked about her mum. The relief she felt at hearing that her mother had survived was only short lived. There had been too much damage to her leg., Infection set in, and they had no choice but to amputate. At the time she didn't realize how much her life, her families lives would change. She was just relieved, so relieved that her mum had survived.

Over the following months though, Charlie realized how painful it was for her mum. She felt selfish, thinking that her wish to have her mother here had only caused her greater pain and suffering. She blames herself for the accident, and though she has never said so, on some level she blames Jared as well. She fell into a depression of sorts, needing things that nobody was able to give. Needing Jared and yet he couldn't be there for her. She never saw him in the hospital and though she herself never tried to call him, he never came to see her either - and though it killed her, she almost needed it to be that way. Sometimes, just looking at old photos was a reminder of what they had done, of the pain that they had caused. He eventually returned to Santa Fe, and Charlie honestly expected to never hear from him again.

It was half way through Charlie's second last year of school in Australia (Just before school would have started up in the States) that her Dad's company transferred him here, meaning that Charlie has had to give up her school, friends and home for a fresh start. She didn't want to move, in fact she outright refused to leave at first, begging her family to allow her to stay in Perth with her eldest brother and his now wife. She didn't want to have to start over, to face the questions that people would have, but in time, she came to see that this was giving her the opportunity for a fresh start. Nobody here knew what had happened. They would not know of the devastating changes in her family, and perhaps staring over would in some way allow her to forget her past.

At first Charlie doubted those thoughts, resenting the move more than ever, but on her first day, she met two guys, Danny & Casper. Casper was quick to woo her, and the two started dating, becoming heavily involved. He knew nothing of her past, and he didn't push. He allowed her to leave it all back in Australia, allowed her to shed (or bury we should say) some of that guilt that she had been carrying with her. She threw herself into the relationship, losing herself in Casper, even more of herself than perhaps she even realized.

It was a shock, a blast from the past when Jared and his Father arrived in Ridgefield. Jared's parents had separated and Mike (Jared's father) had thought that Ridgefield would be perfect. He, unlike his son had stayed in contact with Mr and Mrs Brown after Charlie's mothers accident and thought that if he had to make a fresh start of his life, it might be nice to make it somewhere where he actually knew somebody. They arrived in Ridgefield and there was Jared, seemingly expecting Charlie to drop everything for him. But she had moved on, had tried to wipe him from her life in an attempt to cope, and now his mere presence was threatening to bring her world crashing down around her again. Jared, being the jealous and protective type however, did not take kindly to seeing Charlie with somebody else. Instead of being honest, he resorted to mind games, and only strengthened Charlie's resolve to not give into past feelings.

Casper & Charlie seemed to be the inseparable couple really. Everybody thought they would last forever, but sadly... Casper broke Charlie's golden rule, and his lies and deception caught up with him. She grew tired of his constant jealousy, even though it was merely a cover for the fact that he had wronged her, and then lied to her to cover it up. Perhaps when she found out, he really was being loyal to her, but by then it was too late. The trust was broken for her, and she has refused to have anything more to do with him. The day they broke up she walked out of his house and in spite of his attempts to try and see her over the summer, she knew that if she could just close the door on him then she would be alright.

Through the rumor mill, she discovered that Casper would be seeing out his Senior Year of school at another High School in Ridgefield (Namely Pinebrook). It was probably the best thing that he could have done for her because at the time, she didn't know if she could have faced returning to school and seeing him every day. The betrayal she felt from Casper changed her as a person. She cared for him very much, heck, she believed that he could have been the one, but she feels now that her entire relationship had been built on a lie. She has been hardened in a sense by this experience and is determined not to make the same mistake again. Like everything else that has gone wrong in her life, she has tried to bury the pain that she feels, pushing it to one side rather than dealing with it.

Throughout all of this, her two rocks in this world have been her brother Mark, and Casper's now ex best friend Danny. Between those two, working, and generally trying to have fun... well she thinks about him less and less. She'll have a bad day, and yep, all this has just added to her trust issues. But in time she will move on, she has to. If not because that's simply the nature of life, it will be because she needs to bury herself in something else. Its a bad habit, and even she is not aware of it, but Charlie always seems to end up with somebody that doesn't know her past, pulling away when they become too close, not wanting to let them get close enough to really hurt her. She looks for the safe option but that doesn't always make it the best one, and it doesn't always stay that safe.

Best Friend(s): Mark Brown, Her brother and she are very close. Have been for some time, especially since her mum's accident. Danny & Charlie are close, and have become closer over the Summer Holidays. Igor through the Drama and Dance club, Bryce, and many, many others that Charlie considers friends of hers. Jared Hunter, her ex from back home in Australia. Her fellow staff members (Including Annalee of course, and Hayden who also happens to be her next door neighbor) at Othello's. They are all pretty close, especially at work.

Dating Status: Undefined... After what Casper did to her, she wasn't sure how easily she could trust herself in another relationship. When she found herself back on the proverbial bike it crash landed her into the arms of somebody that seemed perfect in every way, but for the fact that they were a teacher at her school. Since then she's discovered that her best friend (Danny) has been in love with her for over a year now, Her ex Jared is now trying his hand at being her 'friend' and that leaves Wes. Good choice she thought - not close enough to actually hurt her. They've been sleeping together and somewhere along she has formed an attachment to him. Problem is? He slept with her because of a 'Bet' made by a group of the guys and she's recently found out. That seemed to spell the end for them until she felt her friends (Danny & Jared in particular) were turning their back on her and the only person that was there to try and offer her some form of comfort was the very person that created the problem to begin with. It is clear to her friends that she is more attached to him than even she will admit and they see Wes & Kristen as a train wreck waiting to happen.

Social Status: Popular - She's not exactly top ten (As in Fab Four), but she is well known and liked. She likes to think that she's a generally nice person, not unwilling to associate with those that aren't of her immediate social circle. There are still those however (usually those that have never spoken to her) that assume Charlie is nothing more than another 'it' girl. She was after all the girlfriend of Richmond's star quarterback, and there are people that haven't given her the opportunity to prove that she is so much more than that.


Schedule:

1st Period - English Literature
2nd Period - Philosophy
3rd Period - Theatre Tech
-Morning Break-
4th Period - AP Psychology
5th Period - Drama
-Lunch-
6th Period - Honors World History
7th Period - Physical Education
8th Period - Chemistry


Activities:

- Clubs: Drama, Dance, Diversity Alliance & Peer Mediation.
- Sports: Basketball (Captain), Swimming (Co-Captain).

Other Information: Charlie had some pretty worrying knee troubles last year, but has been having intensive physiotherapy over the last 4 months or so. She's probably right now, the fittest she has been since the car accident she had with her Mum. She's dying for the Basketball season to start up, but until then, she plans to throw herself into dancing and acting, and had even considered trying out for the cheerleading squad, just because she thinks it is 'So American', but she knows she'd last all of five minutes before she'd say something to upset the higher up's and figures she can find better things to do with her time. She also has had a little trouble with Asthma through her life, and though it doesn't bother her much these days, she continues to carry an inhaler with her everywhere that she goes, just to be on the safe side. Cigarette smoke doesn't effect her all that much, but the smell of pot (somebody smoking it around her) gives her severe asthma attacks, so much so that she usually ends up in hospital.

Likes: Going out for Coffee, good movies ie. The Crow, Fight Club, The Usual Suspects, The Shawshank Redemption. Basketball, a casual game with some friends. Shakespeare, call her old fashioned but she can easily lose herself in one of his plays (preferably to his sonnets). Anything old in literary terms, the classics so to speak. Annalee when she is excited about something. Hugs from a friend. Charlie is a person that seems to thrive on contact with other people, genuinely affectionate towards her friends, she thinks nothing of kissing them hello and goodbye or at her best, just because she wants them to know she is their friend.

When it comes to music Charlie will always fall back on her Australian Rock. Though artists like U2, Incubus and Placebo can be found on her play list she will more often than not be listening to the likes of The Red Paintings, Eskimo Joe, Evermore, Jebediah, Darren Hanlon, Powderfinger, Silverchair, John Butler Trio, Bernard Fanning and The Whitlams (to name a few).

Kristen's Music Playlist

Dislikes: Boyfriends who cheat, lying, melodramatic or petty people. People that try to force her to talk about something - Charlie insists that she'll deal with something when she's ready to. The mentioning of Casper's name will still leave her cold inside.

Quote: "If nothing we do really matters, then all that matters is what we do."

Any extra-curricular non-school activity: A lot of Charlie's spare time these days revolves around her place of work - Othello's. If she's not working there, she's either studying there, or just hanging out there, with friends and workmates.