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Erin Kay || 18 || Senior

Erin grew up in the 'rough' area of her town which meant there was a lot of violence, drug and alcohol abuse, swearing and parties around her area. Erin never fit in with the people she lived with, she was super intelligent and never got herself involved with the people in her community. Erin didn't really party unless it was with friends and she was in a trustworthy area. Erin was the girl that had a smile on her face at school and everybody got along with her, they all knew that she didn't have a lot of money but didn't really care. She was talkative, honest and just plain lovely. Everybody couldn't help but love Erin with her crazy ways. 

Erin grew up without a father as Leanne got knocked up when she was 15 years old and had no idea who the father was as she slept around a lot.  This meant the Erin was often left home alone, she had to learn to fend for herself and she often got used to being alone. One night Erin left the house in search for her mother as she hadn't returned home with their food and Erin was starving. Whilst out Erin bumped into her good friend Jade who invited her to a party, Erin hesitated but soon gave in and attended the party with Jade. Alcohol was being served and under the pressure Erin drank a little bit, although she didn't drink to the point of being totally wasted. 

Erin and Jade started making their way to Erin's house; Jade was staying there after sorting it with her mother. They was both slightly tipsy when they got approached by a strange looking man, he pulled a gun out of his pocket and held it to Jade demanding money from her bag. Jade began frantically searching through her bag but not in time, he shot her snatched the bag and ran away leaving Erin to watch her best friend die. 

After this Erin wasn't the same girl she used to be, she kept herself to herself and only left the house to go to school which she often didn't even attend anymore. Erin's grades decreased, her friends decreased but most of all her happiness decreased. Erin slipped into depression, her positive outlook on life disappeared and the worst part was Leanne didn't even care. Leanne still left Erin home alone, she even began to leave Erin for several days alone in her home until child services took Erin away.

Once Erin left home things got worse, she began self-harming using any type of blades she found in her foster parents house and she always hid them away. When Erin left her foster parents she'd take the blades with her, she managed to get herself 46 blades by the time she was caught.

When Erin was caught she was sent to therapy, they understood her problems but didn't help her in the slightest but so her final set of foster parents sent her to Clearwater.

Elise Gregory || 18 || Senior

Elise was always quiet as a child, she was the girl you’d see at the back of the class reading a book or drawing. She kept herself to herself and often didn’t speak whilst at school, until some older children decided to pick on Elise. Elise, being only seven, was upset when the older children called her names and pushed her over. Elise always ran to her ‘Daddy’s’ car in tears at the end of the day when her books had been stolen and her drawings ruined. 

James joined the army when Elise was ten years old, this news devastated Elise, she cried for days after finding out even though he hadn’t even left yet. Elise was always close with her dad, he was the parent that Elise would turn to when she was upset or ever had a problem. James felt awful leaving Elise but he wanted to follow in his own father’s footsteps and make him proud. 

When James left Elise immediately shut everyone out, she never spoke to anybody. Whenever a teacher asked her a question in lesson she’d ignore them and put her head down and begin writing, whenever anybody attempted to befriend her she’d ignore them and walk away. Nobody knew why but they never really questioned it.

Mandy was dedicated to her work so Elise never got to see her. Elise had a babysitter until she turned fourteen and that’s when she begun staying home alone. Whenever Elise was home alone she’d self-harm, all up her wrists/arms, on her legs and stomach. Elise was depressed but never allowed anybody in to realize, people knew she wasn’t the happiest girl but they didn’t expect her to be as depressed as she was.

One night Mandy came home to find Elise led on the floor next to a spilled bottle of pills, she’d overdose. Mandy called the hospital immediately and Elise was luckily saved, but unfortunately was sent to a mental hospital. The mental hospital didn’t help Elise in the slightest, it in fact it made her worse so she got sent to Clearwater as her Mandy couldn’t cope with her ‘issues’.

Sam Palmer || 17 || Senior

Sam was always the guy in the background. A ‘troubled soul’ his guidance counsellor at school told his parents after his art work became point of interest due to its increasingly dark nature. That was his thing; making memorable pieces of art that made people think, even if it gave off the wrong impression. He didn’t care, so long as it would be remembered. Sam continued with the mysterious act for a while, altering and exaggerating his past to allow people to be amazed by his allure.  Soon Sam’s artwork evolved and began being centred on a new topic – Sofia, the girl who sat across from him. This meant that when Sam’s parents informed him that they had enrolled him at CHS, he was more than happy to oblige, and not just because the art department is renowned for being good…