𝙿𝙴𝙽𝙴𝙻𝙾𝙿𝙴 𝙰𝙱𝚁𝙰𝙼𝚂 𝟸 . 𝟶 . . . hey , my wonderful friends ( from one of the best rps i have been a part of in a while ) . i have decided there’s going to be a few changes to penelope , nothing drastic but just in correlation to her backstory and bio . she’s still the same penelope at the core of all things . please give this a like , we’ve most likely plotted but if we haven’t shoot me a message . also i can’t believe i forgot but her fc is changed to miss kristine froseth , she radiates the quirky nerd preschool teacher energy i needed and fits penelope a add better !!
BIO / INFO ( TW : DEATH , LOSS OF A PARENT , CAR CRASH ) :
penelope was the product of two high school sweethearts , who didn’t plan on having kids as early as they did . soon later , her mother and father got married , a shotgun wedding in which she was mainly the reason for . her parents were still kids themselves , feeling a great deal of pressure from their own parents to get married and ‘ buck up ’ . penelope was born in mapleview , her parents have their own reputation around mapleview as ‘ that couple from my year who had their baby while they were still in school ’ . at first they tried to make it work raising penelope in mapleview with both parents under the same roof but it wasn’t working as well as they liked . her mother and father loved her so much , they both wanted the best for her and decided as much as they wanted to raise her under a two parent house - it wasn’t worth this . this meaning the constant fighting , not having enough time for penelope and their relationship - one of them had to pay the price and they let it be their relationship .
they got a divorce . it was really bad before the divorce but after both of them felt a sort of weight off their shoulders like they could be their own person again . they still cared for each other , wanting nothing but the best even if it wasn’t each other . when penelope was five , her mother decided to move all the way across the country bringing penelope with her . her father tried to fight it but honestly , this way he could build his career more . he loved penelope but was a career driven man at heart . penelope doesn’t have much memories from mapleview her first time around . her earliest memory is her fourth birthday with both of her parents .
life in california was extremely different from her short lived life in mapleview , california was fast paced but penelope’s mother loved it . she loved the smaller things in life like giving money to a musician on the street , eating peanut butter out of the jar , shopping trips with penelope , staying up til one am on a school night just to dance and sing to some music . she was amazing . she worked at a florist shop on the corner of their street , she was magical and sometimes penelope feels her mother around her .
when penelope was fifteen , her mother passed away in a car crash while she was at school . she remembers the principal and guidance counselor telling her what happened . instant panic crept in because her mother was all she had here in california , what would she do ?? what was going to happen ?? her dad came to california as soon as he heard , the pair had shared custody this meant that he was now her full guardian . he now had a teenage grieving daughter to bring home with him . he helped her pack the things in her house and let her bring whatever she wanted and she kept a lot of her mothers things , her distinctive perfume and that fluffy christmas sweater they always laughed about . her locket , her pearls , pictures of them . then she left for mapleview .
her relationship with her father is actually pretty good . she is his only child , he spoiled her every birthday sending a card filled with money . they’d talk multiple times a week on the phone until it turned into texting all the time . throughout those fifteen years , her father had visited her multiple times until she turned ten then she was able to make the long plane ride from california to north carolina . once she got to spend an entire summer with him in mapleview , they all together have a pretty good relationship . pancakes on sunday , sending embarrassing selfies while she’s at work , walks in the park with her dog and trips to the city .
the first few months were hard , she’d never felt this alone and then three months later she was sixteen and starting at mapleview high trying to find her place in this brand new life . it felt like someone else's life like she’d possessed someone and taken over their life . she knew some place around mapleview from her weeks spent when she was younger but she still didn’t quite feel at home . she missed her mom every night .
she didn’t make friends right away . she struggled with that because back in california everyone from school knew her and she was somewhat popular but here she was the new girl in a small town . that stemmed a lot of gossip . she didn’t have much to do so she dove herself into her school work and penelope’s always been smart . it wasn’t hard to end up graduating as one of the top of her class . in high school , she became a tutor and she had a few people that she tutored but it was the first person she got that she remembers still to this day . lane morrison .
meeting a boy and having a somewhat cliche teenage romance wasn’t originally what she thought would happen when she moved to mapleview . he couldn’t be more different than penelope and instead of letting that scare her off , it intrigued her . she tutored him for a few months before he dropped out , it was at the time crushing because the first person she reached out to help didn’t want it but they kept up with their sessions and the rest is history . a two bedroom bungalow , lizard , dog , spider , turtle , lumpy couch , john lennon the fish , a van deemed the shag mobile laterrrrrr they’re still together .
college wise , penelope majored in elementary education before changing it to early childhood and development with a minor for elementary education . she currently graduated last year , she works as a preschool teacher of sorts at stepping stones . this is her second year working at the preschool and she loves it . it’s everything she’s ever wanted career wise .
PERSONALITY / HEADCANONS :
her mother actually loved flowers . back in california , at her old house she and her mother had a garden in the back that they grew and tended too . penelope tried to get one started after she moved in with her dad but it didn’t take at the time . she has little flowers and plants that she keeps and waters . lilies were her mothers favorite flowers , penelope made sure that they were there at her grave every time she visited .
art . now penelope got her love of her love of flowers and plants from her mother but one thing that was truly hers was her love for drawing and painting . mainly painting but she was good at sketching . the beforehand and painting over it . she has a little corner in her house where she paints . most of her paintings are of her mother trying to remember every curve of her face without looking at pictures . some are of california and the places they visited . some are more personal .
she has a few tattoos , mainly she’s picky because she draws her own art and wants to watch the tattoo artist trace them . they’re nothing clashy because she is a preschool teacher . they’re all small and minimal but there’s several scattered in places she can hide them with under her clothes .
penelope loves to cook . she cooked for her mother most nights back in california and when she first moved in with her dad . for her , it’s a way to show the people she loves that she loves them .
personality wise , she’s more soft spoken but ready to speak out if she feels she needs too . she’s observant , intelligent , honest and adventurous . part of her wants to get an RV and just drive and go anywhere . she’s also forgetful , flight - over fight , clumsy as shit this girl gets a new bruise or cut every day . she’s definitely got a maternal personality , always wanting to take career of others and the people she loves .
