OLIVIA STONE has blown 19 candles on her last birthday cake. The tabloids like to call her MANHATTAN'S ANGEL, and if she was in a movie, she'd be portrayed by LILY COLLINS.
✔ ambitious, considerate, easygoing, intuitive, self-disciplined
✘ conservative, jealous, narrow-minded, secretive, touchy
"I'VE SEEN YOUR FLAG ON THE MARBLE ARCH, LOVE IS NOT A VICTORY MARCH. IT'S A COLD AND IT'S A BROKEN HALLELUJAH."
Olivia grew up in one of the area’s most open-minded families, and she was raised not to ever judge others before knowing them. The girl had tons of reasons to be arrogant, to think that she was better than everyone else, but she still never looked down on anyone. To her, everyone was equal, and she made it her duty to help those who didn’t have it as good and easy as she did, something that made her parents extremely proud. She was their oldest child, and they simply couldn’t believe what a great exemple she was setting for her younger siblings. The girl always did her homework, got the highest grades of her classes, did volunteer work at least once a year, and was never the cause of any problem. Family was always her top priority, and she was extremely protective of those she cared about, even if they were only her friends and not one of her siblings. She was always determined to do the best she could, be the best she could possibly be, and although it sometimes ended up bringing out an uglier, more competitive, side of her, it mostly made those around her admire her for it.
As she grew older, the brunette didn’t change much. Although, maturing made her realize just how important hers and her family’s reputation was, and she started working even harder to make sure that it wouldn’t be tarnished. Olivia might even have gone a bit too far because of how much it mattered to her, and she lost more than one friend over it. Of course, that hurt her, but the teenager simply couldn’t seem to find another way to make things right, and her narrow mind might even have been what led to her downfall. She started getting lonelier and lonelier, and at one point she started relying on the wrong people. The girl started to find it harder and harder to be happy, and it didn’t take her long to realize that she only ever really felt joy when there was a warm body pressed against hers. It was the only time she ever managed to forget about everything, managed to let herself go, and it started happening more and more often. However, her reputation was still key to her, and she always managed to hide her nightly adventures from the tabloids and the gossip websites. Whether she was spending the night with a boy or a girl, she’d work just as hard to hide it. The last thing she wanted was for her parents to find out and judge her, after all.
“CONFIRMED: MANHATTAN'S ANGEL VISITED AN ABORTION CLINIC FOR MORE THAN JUST A CHAT. EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE CLINIC'S RECEPTIONIST ON PAGE 4.”
Everything changed after a special night with someone she had known for almost all of her life, though. They had been completely wasted when they had hooked up, and although the girl had difficulty remembering exactly what happened, it was clear in her mind that it was what had led to the situation that completely turned her life around. Weeks after the incident, Olivia realized that she hadn’t had her period in a while, and after putting two and two together, she finally caught on to what was happening with her still young body. After telling her mother, whom she always relied on when things got too hard, she went to a doctor, and it was confirmed that she was pregnant. The brunette was absolutely devastated, not only because she was far from ready to be a mother, but also because of how much that would hurt her reputation. Although it was one of the hardest decisions of her life, one that she still thought about every time she was left alone with herself, she ended up getting an abortion in the most secretive way as possible. However, things weren’t always that easy, and the tabloids ended up finding out about it. As soon as they made an article about it, everyone knew what had happened to her, and the girl had truly never felt as vulnerable before in her life. However, she still put on a strong facade, not wanting for anyone to think of her as weak.
“EVEN THOUGH IT MAY FEEL LIKE YOU’RE STANDING ALONE IN ALL THOSE FLASHING LIGHTS, KNOW THAT MY HAND IS STILL REACHING OUT FOR YOURS.”
↪ CHASE RICHARDSON: Olivia had never really known what to make of Chase. She knew that she tended to annoy him for a reason that was completely unknown to her, but he still seemed to appreciate her, something that completely confused the girl. However, she had to admit that she quite enjoyed hanging around the other boy, and therefore she never really brought it up, opting for being confused over losing someone that she considered a friend. They weren’t that close, but every time they hung out together, she felt happy. She felt calm, accepted, and wasn’t scared of being herself in front of the boy. Of course, she far from agreed with the way he was rebelling against his parents, but she couldn’t help but admire how he used his intelligence rather than provocation to make his point go across. When the whole scandal about her abortion got out, he was one of the few who stood by her and never hesitated to defend her, and although it made her feel uncomfortable at times, she couldn’t help but appreciate it. She felt like the boy would never judge her unless she hurt him, and she planned on doing her best to keep it that way.
↪ LESLIE TURNER: Leslie and Olivia became friends in nursery school on the blue-eyed girl’s first day, as the brunette defended her from a little boy who tried to steal her favourite pacifier away. A strong bond was immediately created between the two girls, and it stayed that way for a very long time. Although they were completely different, the two were as close as best friends could possibly be, and knew each other almost better than they knew themselves. However, things changed when Leslie started piling up scandal after scandal. Olivia tried to help her friend for a while, but with her parents disapproving of her best friend and her own reputation still being the most important thing in her life, the brunette ended up distancing herself from Leslie. Of course, she felt guilty about it, though, and even from afar she tried to keep on getting news from how the other girl was doing, even though she wouldn’t have admitted it to anyone. After her friend’s overdose, the other girl didn’t even want to see her, and that’s when Olivia realized that maybe she had gone a bit too far. On top of that, the fact that Leslie never even tried to defend her when everyone talked badly about her because of her abortion only helped to confirm the fact that their relationship was broken, and that it’d be hard to build it up again.
↪ NATHAN TURNER: Nathan was Olivia’s best friend’s older brother, and she started getting a crush on him the first time they met when he played a prank on his sister and her. It took a while before she finally got to know him well, but as soon as she did, she realized how much she had in common with him. Things were a bit weird between them as she was his younger sister’s best friend, but they still managed to get closer and closer, and even started hanging out when Leslie left for boarding school. Even though Olivia was younger, she got along with Nathan extremely well, and felt like she could relate to him in a way she couldn’t with anyone else. At times, the boy’s personality came off a bit too strong to the girl, but she still stuck around, unable to let go of the crush she had on the boy since she was still a kid. At one point, however, they got a bit too close at a party, and ended up hooking up. Since they were both wasted, memories of that night are a bit hazy to both of them, but the girl is still certain that he was the father of the baby she aborted. She never told him, though, hoping that he had forgotten about that night or at least wouldn’t make the connection. They’re still friends now, but Olivia can’t help but feel guilty about having hid something so big from the older boy.
↪ AVERY BIRKS: Avery was older than Olivia, and they were never especially close. However, when the brunette started hanging out with Nathan, who was Avery’s best friend, more and more often, the two girls started getting to know each other. They might have been a bit different, but they still understood where the other was coming from, and honesty was definitely not a problem between the two. Olivia really admired the older girl’s capacity to deal with problems, and wished that she was as strong as she thought the blonde was. When the whole abortion scandal came out, Avery was always by Olivia’s side, protecting her against all those awful things people said to or about her. She supported the younger girl in what she did, gave her a shoulder to lean on whenever she needed it, and she was the only one who knew that the baby’s dad was Nathan. However, she kept it a secret to Olivia’s wish, and the younger girl gained even more respect for her because of that. She felt like Avery understood people and what they went through in a way that very few managed to, and she was dead set on getting her to explain to her how she did it.
↪ BENTLEY MCDOWELL: Bentley and Olivia never got along, even before Bentley took a turn for the worst. The two had difficulty explaining why, but they simply couldn’t stand each other. Whenever they were in a room together, things got tense, and no one seemed to be able to do anything about it. They didn’t even fight. They simply disliked each other for reasons that they couldn’t explain. After a while, the two of them even tried to stop understanding it, and that was probably for the best. As they grew older, things got better and better, but they still never exactly appreciated each other’s presence, although they both learned to be more polite. However, things turned bad again after Bentley was arrested for dealing. Olivia had absolutely no patience for people who helped addicts — whom she mostly pitied — get the things that could end up killing them, and it disgusted her to think that someone she knew was doing so. Whenever they were at events or soirées together she did her best to avoid him, only ever paying attention to him when she knew that someone was watching. She absolutely dreads having to spend more time with him than necessary, fearing that she might end up telling him what she really thinks of him as she knows that it’d be far from pretty.
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