Name: Calina Duval Faceclaim: Greta Onieogou Gender/Pronouns: cis female, she/her Age: 30 years old Birthday: July 15th, 1993 Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA Sexuality: Bisexual Relationship Status: Single Occupation: Bartender and co-owner at The Tipsy Whale Neighborhood: Montara Positive: Adventurous, Outgoing, Determined Negative: Jealous, Naïve, Overthinking, Stubborn
Calina Duval was a miracle baby. Leylah and Jeremiah Duval had been married fresh out of high school but it took them over six years to get pregnant. They were in the process of looking to adopt when Leylah missed her period and the at home test confirmed that she was pregnant. The next nine months seemed to go by quicker than either of the pair expected and before they knew it, their daughter was born weighing in at seven pounds. She was a good baby; hardly fussed and all smiles around anybody that gave her attention.
From the time that Calina was young, she was taught that appearances meant everything and she never left the house without her hair done and her outfit absolutely wrinkle free and straight as can be. It was something that her mother instilled in her and she always made sure that she was ready at any given time of the day to go out even if she knew beforehand that she wasn’t going to do anything. Her mother was the prime example of a housewife and someone that Calina looked up to.
Growing up in a Christian home, Calina followed strict rules when it came to everything. She had a set schedule and it was something that was rarely missed. Every morning she would wake up, take a shower and eat breakfast before getting ready and going to school. After school, she was enrolled into dance classes and would attend those five days a week. After dance, she came home to do her homework and help her mother with dinner before she was promptly in bed at 9pm every night without fail. School, dance, and church was essentially what Calina’s life consisted of and she wouldn’t have had it any other way. In fact, she liked sticking to a set schedule and staying with it because it showed her discipline and resistance.
But as she got older, her parents become increasingly overbearing and treated her as if she wasn’t capable of making her own decisions. So when she could, she would sneak out and party until she couldn’t remember anything. She always made sure that she was home before her parents knew what was going on and kept up with appearances when she was needed. It wasn’t as if she didn’t appreciate her parents but they were set in their ways and Calina wanted to be free. And when she was eighteen, she met a boy with a band and everything changed. He was a breath of fresh air and it was almost instantaneously that she knew he was going to be in her life for good. She begged him to stay in Philly instead of going to the next town and maybe she was being selfish when asking but at the time she hadn’t ever wanted someone as much as she did him.
The next few years were something out of a movie for Calina and she had fallen head over heels for Matty. He had a future planned and she wanted nothing more than to be a part of it. She was sick of being what her parents wanted and she wanted to run away with him so she had her bags packed and ready to go but weeks before she started to feel sick and after going to the doctors she found out that she was two months pregnant. Her parents found out before she had even made it home and threw a fit as it wasn’t a good image to be pregnant and not married. They kept her locked away from the world and in turn she had to break it off with Matty - a decision that she regrets fo this day - but he was going places. He had a future and she didn’t so she let him go despite wanting nothing more than for him to stay.
Seven months later and their baby girl was born. Calina’s parents told everyone that her daughter was actually theirs and for so long she told the lie. Everyone on the outside knew the lie but thankfully her and her daughter had the best of bonds. They grew up together and after years of feeling inadequate in being a mother compared to what her own mother had accomplished at her age, she packed her bags and headed to Half Moon Bay to stay with her aunt. Her aunt was estranged from the family due to her wild nature and her and Calina were more alike than her and her own mother. Her aunt owns The Tipsy Whale and put Calina as a co owner of the business long before she even knew about it. She’s not sure what this life is going to be but she’s determined for it to be a good one for her daughters sake.
