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OLIVER WILSON-JONES ➝ SECOND SIBLING

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❖ FULL NAME: Oliver Zachary Wilson-Jones. ❖ PRONOUNS: He/Him. ❖ AGE: 23. (June 21st). ❖ BIRTH ORDER: Second. Adopted. ❖ GRADE: Part-Time. ❖ MAJOR: Architectural Engineering. ❖ SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Bisexual. ❖ ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: Heteromantic. ❖ FACECLAIM: Freddie Stroma.

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Truth be told, if Oliver were to be asked about his earliest memory, he would say he remembered singing. Not by him, though. Never him. He had the type of voice that wouldn’t ever compare to his mother’s, or even to the constant humming done by his little sister. Still, all he could remember as a young boy was the melodious, dulcet tones of the two most important people in his life. Oliver, on the other hand? He quickly took to playing football with the other boys around the block – though he unfortunately realized after playing every position imaginable that it just wasn’t his sport. One day, after a crushing pick-up game had left his spirits low and a split-second decision to take the long way home from the fields made him stumble upon a beat up basketball court, he knew that basketball was it for him.

For an hour after every school day ended, Oliver found himself using his football as a basketball and shooting from every spot on the court. At first, he was completely awful – his shots barely hit the net, much less the rim. It took time until he was comfortable enough to ask to be signed up for a basketball team; a rarity in South Shields. No one truly cared about basketball in their hometown, as Newcastle United FC – or football, in general – were what most people cared about. Not him, though. His dream wasn’t to play for the Magpies. His dream was to play in Chicago, Los Angeles or Boston, much like Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird did in their day.

Even though playing basketball in America was Oliver’s dream, he didn’t let that deter him from what was important – his mother and little sister. Even though he was constantly practicing the sport, he always made time for them, especially Roxanne. Even if she didn’t see the looks strangers gave their family, or she simply ignored them, Oliver saw everything. He knew everyone wondered about the girl with different colored skin than them. To everyone else, she was different. To him, she was his sister. To him, the fact that they didn’t share the same skin or hair color didn’t matter; what mattered was that they shared blood. That was the reason why Oliver, even though he wasn’t a Jones by blood, made sure to change his last name to Wilson-Jones at age eighteen. That was his sister, and he’d be damned if anyone thought differently.

At age eighteen, even though it was a rarity, Oliver Wilson-Jones had been given a basketball scholarship to one of the most prestigious basketball programs in America – Duke University. Even though the last thing he wanted to do was leave his family behind, they all knew that this was an opportunity he needed to take. Coach Krzyzewski was one of the most influential coaches in basketball history, even coaching the US Men’s team in the Olympics – who was he to pass that up and remain in England, playing for some mediocre team when he’d been given such an opportunity on a silver platter?

At Duke, Oliver excelled both on and off the field and though he cared about his studies, the NBA quickly came calling. After one year at the university, he declared for the NBA draft and was promptly drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers. It was a dream come true for him, especially since he got to learn the game by watching and playing with one of the best players in the history of the game. After their retirement, Oliver was left as the young face of the franchise. It was tough at times – they were young and inexperienced and for the first time in a long time, the Lakers were one of the failing franchises in the NBA. Not for long, though. Oliver was sure he would be the one to turn things around for the franchise.

Though Oliver knew basketball would take up most of his time, the fact that Roxanne had enrolled at Pacific State changed his mind about school. Well, that and seeing how everything could change in an instant. One injury and his future could be done; and he knew he needed an actual career to fall back on. So, he decided to study part-time. It would take much longer to get his diploma, but he didn’t care. With playing basketball, doing all he could for Marcus Jones’ charity – something that had made Marcus proud that he was also donning the last name, enough to formally and legally adopt him as a token of his appreciation for taking care of Roxanne for so long – and studying, he knew he’d be constantly busy. But, he didn’t care. He had the life he’d dreamed of as a boy in England.

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Throughout the basketball season, Oliver lets his hair grow to his natural blonde curls for a couple of months until he gets tired of it and cuts it all off; it fluctuates with his mood. Off the court, he’s dressed fashionably, every little detail is meticulously taken care of even before he steps out of his house. Because he has his own signature shoe with Nike, Oliver is usually seen wearing either his own shoe, or any Nike model known to man.

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Marcus Jones is an incredibly well-known actor. Instead of starting off with commercials and television shows, he jumped straight into movies. He also speaks out for black youth and has his own charity at the moment that helps out the community of Flint, Michigan – by the name of We Matter. Ayana is a famous volleyball player and is often compared to Serena Williams, and people tend to argue on who is better, Ayana or Serena.

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ROXANNE JONES ➝ THIRD SIBLING

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❖ FULL NAME: Roxanne Solette Wilson-Jones. ❖ PRONOUNS: She/Her. ❖ AGE: 21. (February 3rd). ❖ BIRTH ORDER: Third. Half-Sibling. ❖ GRADE: Junior. ❖ MAJOR: Music. ❖ SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Homosexual. ❖ ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: Homoromantic. ❖ FACECLAIM: Jade Thirlwall.

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If you had asked Grace Wilson, she would tell you that without a shadow of doubt – her daughter, Roxanne Wilson-Jones, came out of the womb singing. Even before she could form actual words, she was babbling tunes from children’s songs that he had played for her ad nauseam. It took Roxanne a little longer than most children to speak, because she was far too busy trying to remember the notes to the songs that she had loved so dearly.

Grace, of course, took this all in complete stride and loved every single second of it. When Roxanne was born, her father Marcus simultaneously disappeared from their lives. Even though Grace was heartbroken, she embraced life as a single mother. The one thing that was hard for Grace to get used to was the fact that she was a white woman raising a half-black daughter. Roxanne’s hair was constantly a mess, her wild curls placed in tight pigtails. Though because Roxanne was young, she didn’t see this as a problem.

As she grew older, Roxanne told her mom that she needed to learn how to do her hair. All of the girls in her class had a million beads in their hair, while hers was quite literally the biggest afro many of those kids had seen. Thankfully, she took a class and talked to some of the mothers there. Soon enough, her hair was completely in place. Even though her clothes weren’t the same as theirs, she loved the fact that she looked like the other black girls in her class.

It was something at a young age that Roxanne didn’t realize that she was struggling with. These young girls and boys were being brought up underneath this culture that she had absolutely no clue about. They would tell her stories of food and traditions – ones that Roxanne had no clue of. She almost felt jealous in a way. Was she really black?

By the time that she was ten years old, she knew that in her heart she was a black girl.. even if her mother was white and she didn’t have that culture. Even at a young age, she had experienced racism enough to realize that she would always be a black girl.. and not someone who was also white. It was those small things that were explained to her by Grace, that started her passion for something more. While they were at the movies, someone asked Grace if Roxanne was really her daughter… she ended up going off on a tangent on how incredibly racist that was. Grace couldn’t have been more proud.

She didn’t realize that he had raised a firecracker, though. A firecracker with a voice that didn’t come around very often. If at all. Roxanne’s life was two very important things: singing and equality. While she was incredibly active in high school.. getting straight A’s, singing in the school musicals and choir, the one thing that got her in trouble was her mouth. And not with singing. Any mention of sexism or racism, and she would go completely off. Even if it had been her teacher that had said something.

During her Freshman year, Roxanne realized something about herself. Instead of being attracted to guys, she wanted nothing more than to feel a girl’s soft skin underneath her fingertips. Because she was so active in every inclusive group, she accepted herself. “I’m gay, mom!” Roxanne exclaimed to her mother excitedly, and of course – all she did was laugh and hug her. It wasn’t really a surprise to her, or really anyone else. While being an advocate for racism and feminism.. the LGBTQ+ group got another member, and she always fought for it, never letting anyone forget that she was in fact, a lesbian.

Roxanne knew that she didn’t want to do anything with her life other than sing. Singing was important to her. She felt like herself whenever she was singing. Anytime that she opened her mouth to sing, the whole room fell quiet. And that’s exactly how she knew that she was destined to do it for the rest of her life. While she always made fun of shows like The X-Factor, she decided to try out anyway. And luckily enough for her, she made it. Absolutely no one, including Grace, was surprised. Roxanne was placed with three other girls that quickly ended up her best friends. They created a group called Femme Fatale.

Around the time that Roxanne and her girl group started to get traction, Grace decided to give her the information of her father: Marcus Jones. Even though Roxanne was busy touring and doing just about everything to keep their popularity alive, she wanted to know about her father. She had always been curious, but never asked any questions due to the fact that she didn’t want to upset her mother, for any sort of reason. A few phone calls later and Roxanne was making plans to fly down to Los Angeles to meet her father, and in turn – step siblings.

Because Roxanne grew up as an only child, she accepted this with open arms. She spent as much time as she could in Los Angeles trying to get to know Marcus and her new step siblings. As time went by, Roxanne felt as if she had known them her whole life. Or at least she wished she had. No matter how they felt about her, she knew that she had gained a new family and she felt as if her heart grew a million times bigger.

Because Roxanne was so interested in spending more time with her father and step-siblings, she decided to make a big move to Los Angeles. While Grace wasn’t too happy about this in the beginning, she learnt to embrace the fact that her daughter had more people that loved her – and that was important to her. Thankfully, the girls of Femme Fatale followed her.. as they thought it would be incredibly important to make a name in the United States, rather than the United Kingdom. And so it was: Roxanne lived in Los Angeles now, enrolled in school at Pacific State University and is just trying to live a normal life… except that’s not so simple when you’re in the most popular girl group there is right now, is it?

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Roxanne is very casual and laid back when she’s not on stage or filming a music video. She wears mostly plaid button up t-shirts, jeans and leather jackets. People often tell her that her style reflects her sexuality, which she finds heavily offensive.

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Randall Smith is a famous musician. Michelle Jones is a stay-at-home mother. Marcus Jones is a Hollywood actor and the step-father to the children. They took his last name after he married their mother.