"While I’ve never been one to advocate breaking the rules, I feel like Alfie needs us. We’re still the only family I’ve got, and if one of us is out there, it’s up to us to find him and be the friends he needs. I don’t think running forever is a healthy and happy way to live, and I think we can convince him to come back."
leigh-ann stokes ✦ sixteen ✦ jessica sula ✦ taken
+ nurturing, caring, charitable
- selfless, anxious, stressed
Leigh-Ann has been an the orphanage as long as she can remember. She doesn’t know much about her parents except that they’re dead and she’s alone. She was actually adopted once, as a baby, by two loving parents who could not have a child of their own. Or so it seemed. Truth was, they were a painfully unhappy couple, Jim and Kelly, who were hoping that a baby might save their dying marriage after two miscarriages. But some things just can’t be fixed. She hardly remembers Jim and Kelly except for the fact that always seemed to be yelling and that she was supposed to be the glue that held them together, but she wasn’t sticky. She’d been useless. When they divorced, the state took her back into custody - as neither of them seemed interested in having her - and she went back to St. Clair’s when she was almost five. She felt very alone, unwanted, and sad, but at such a young age, she had trouble processing such complex emotions. The only signs of what she was going through were how little she interacted with the other children and how much she liked to sit on her own, practicing her algebra. It was not until she became friends with Alfie and the gang that things started looking up.
The thing was, Leigh-Ann’s seeming uselessness did not get her down for long. As she grew up, she realized that she was merely a victim of circumstance, that she was strong and brave, and she didn’t have to be alone if she didn’t want to. These experiences made her stronger and braver and made her greatest desire to be that no one else would feel this way. In her own way, she adopted all the children who came to St. Clair’s, doing her best to make them feel as if they were wanted, that they were important. She desperately didn’t want anyone else to feel the way she once had, especially now that she knew those feelings weren’t true. Leigh-Ann is wise far beyond her years, however, sometimes she tends to worry too much about other people. She’s ridiculously organized and prone to panic - she’s very paranoid, due to her OCD. Leigh-Ann’s OCD does not run her life, but she is prone to the random break-down and is very particular about messes. She’ll occasionally do things like feel as if she has to tap a desk twenty-four times or something bad will happen. Little things of that nature.
When Alfie disappeared, Leigh-Ann was a mess at first. She tries extremely hard to take care of everyone and make sure that everyone is doing okay, so when he was gone, she felt like she missed the signs. Like it was her fault. However, because of who she is, the fact that others were miserable was what made her less so. She snapped out of it in order to take care of her friends and cheer them up, putting on a brave face for them. In this case, putting others before herself actually helped her rather than the other way around. Leigh-Ann has always been like this, thriving best in environments where she is helping people and being useful. She hates sitting idle and even more she hates the phrase “there’s nothing you can do”. She feels like there’s always something. And usually she’ll stop at nothing in order to do it.
✦ alfie wiggins was like a brother to her, and though they were about the same age, she acted like an older sister to him, taking it upon herself to look after him. when he went missing, she felt as if she failed.
✦ hana kim is someone that leigh-ann feels she doesn’t have to look after. they get along really well.
✦ imogene kelley drives leigh-ann crazy. they couldn’t be more different and due to leigh-ann’s tendency to worry too much, she’s constantly worried about imogene.
✦ danika walsh is a really close friend of leigh-ann’s. why? because leigh-ann listens. she gets dani in a way that the others don’t.
✦ jane doe is like a baby sister to her. ever since she arrived, leigh-ann’s felt very protective of her. after losing her siblings, she needed to. it is possible that leigh-ann needs jane more than the other way around.
✦ shaye donahue doesn’t take any favors from leigh-ann and is often annoyed by how much she worries. leigh-ann cares about her anyway.
✦ donald redgrave keeps his distance. leigh-ann continues to try to get him to open up to no avail.
✦ louis whaley is a good friend and she remains oblivious towards his feelings.
✦ leo sanchez is constantly needing looking after and she’s always stuck cleaning up after him. sometimes, though she’d never say it, she feels like he takes advantage of her.
✦ devin jameson is another one of her friends that causes her to become really worried. he’s very reckless and she’s constantly telling him to be careful.
✦ cody bradford always manages to put a smile on her face - however, sometimes she notices that he looks unhappy and she wishes she could make him laugh the way he does to her.
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