who is that walking on the quad? that’s HENRIETTA WALLIS, of course. she may look like COURTNEY EATON, but the TWENTY-THREE year old is actually a SENIOR studying JOURNALISM. on game days they’re RESILIENT and INQUISITIVE; during finals week, they’re NAÏVE and SPOILED. if you catch them at a party they’re probably dancing to REAL FRIENDS by CAMILA CABELLO.
hello everyone, guess who’s back; it’s me --- everyone’s favourite piece of trash!! now that life has gotten more sorted out and things are really beginning to fall into place i’ve really come to feel how much i’ve missed this group, so i decided to come back ( please love me even though i left you. ) and to everyone who’s new and don’t know me: i’m mel, i’m 21 years old ( soon ) and i’m really excited to be back here and get to know you!!
so without further ado i’d like to introduce you all to my new messy daughter: henrietta genevieve wallis. ( links to the pinterest board for her )
her mother got pregnant with her by accident at the age of 15, and when she didn’t even realise she was pregnant until she was four months along her options became limited; hence she arranged for henrietta to be adopted by a very enthusiastic couple who wanted nothing more than a little princess to call their own, knowing the child would be much more wanted and have everything she needed ( and more ) with them.
when robert and henry wallis saw henrietta for the first time it was love at first sight and from that moment on they made sure the little girl never missed out on anything she wanted to and that she wouldn’t get hurt.
with both robert having a well off job and henry being the heir to a multi-million dollar company, their first order of business was never an issue to accomplish as money was never an issue; resulting in henrietta being fairly spoilt as she got whatever her heart desired whenever she desired it.
growing up getting anything she wanted, henrietta has sometimes felt fairly entitled to the things she wants --- and she sometimes still does. it’s definitely something she’s working on as she doesn’t really want to feel entitled to things (or people) nor take anything for granted. so for now she’s attempting to get through the school-year without any help from her fathers (apart from them paying her tuition because she’s not ready to be that independent)
her fathers’ second order of business (her never getting hurt) ended up backfiring completely as they raised henrietta while shielding her from anything cruel, unjust and horrible in the world --- leaving the young girl to believe everyone were good and honest and unable to deliberately cause someone pain.
flash-forward to the first time henrietta experienced being treated unfairly because of her gender, her race, her having two fathers. the first time she watched the news and saw the war and terror around the world --- all leaving her absolutely heartbroken, yet still unable to shake the belief ( and the willingness to believe ) that there’s good in all people.
both of her parents travelled a fair bit because of their jobs during henrietta’s first years of life and when she was ten they packed up everything and began the many years of moving from country to country and city to city so often henrietta never really got past the stage of being the “new girl” at any schools she went to, only occasionally phasing into the “girl with the rich parents” who everyone wanted to befriend because of the money; a fact henrietta never realised because she was just too happy to have friends to notice.
when the time came for henrietta to go off to college, she was thrilled to finally be able to stay in one place for more than a year. she settled on a college in new york --- being drawn in by the big city ( plus her fathers knew they would be in the states for at least a few years ). once she got there, she was in some ways still very much like a fifteen year old girl; eager to please and to be liked and to finally make some lasting friends.
however, things didn’t go as planned at all. things went as they had always done, and once she was known as the girl with the rich parents she got tangled up in the wrong sort of crowd who gave her promises of kind smiles, heartfelt laughter and good times but ended up taking advantage of her sweet and gullible nature for their own benefits. just using her to get the newest of whatever they wanted and to go on exotic vacations.
after two years of believing she had found her best friends and the love of her life, reality hit henrietta hard as she overheard their conversation when they didn’t realise she was just outside the door. a conversation where they were complaining about just how annoying she was and how if it weren’t for her money they would’ve ditched her after orientation week, how stupid she had to be to not realise what was going on and how ultimately --- she was just a child for wanting attention and approval from everyone else and truly pathetic for using her money to get said approval.
needless to say; henrietta was heartbroken and was too sad and ashamed to go back and face them after the incident so for the beginning of the next semester she had transferred to riverbank --- the college furthest away from new york where she could get in without too much fuss as one of her dads had some connections among the faculty.
when she headed to riverbank for her junior year henrietta was determined not to repeat her mistakes and decided to not tell anyone about her parent’s money --- and if anyone asked if she was related to “the wallis of wallis and co?” she’d just deny it. though getting through the school year without financial aid was harder than she’d anticipated so she had to get her first ever job, which started out as a pure disaster, and she had to give up 99% of her shopping which was undoubtedly ten times worse than getting a job.
ultimately, after a year at riverbank, henrietta feels she has things more figured out. though she still struggles to believe anyone actually wants to hang out with her for her, and that she’s worth peoeple’s time and she still has a lot of trust issues, but she’s finally beginning to let her walls down around a few people --- though she’s far from ready to tear up the wounds from her sophomore year.
this got kinda long and pretty messy, but in short: a kinda spoiled dork who has been treated really unfairly and taken advantage of because she’s trusted people too much and seen too much of the good in people. she really just wants some friends who she can be herself it ( someone she’s still figuring out ) and to do some hard-hitting journalism in the process.
tries her very best to be kind to everyone, but can sometimes be a bit snobbish as she’s used to a certain standard ( she has gotten lots better, but she still has a bit of a way to go ), and she can have more than a few trust issues with people who value money a lot as well as towards people who keep secrets of any kind from her. it also takes a fair bit of time and effort to get under her skin as she still has more than few walls up after her experiences and can as a result be fairly harsh and cold if she becomes uncertain or scared or begin to feel too vulnerable.
im working on her wanted connections, but hmu because i have a few in mind already!!
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