Jamie's Relationships
lore about jamie's relationships with their parents, partner, and best friend
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Scott Baxter & Whitney Shaw (Parents)
Scott and Jamie have always been very close. Before their parent's divorce, Scott was a stay-at-home dad. Because of this, Jamie was always closer with him than with Whitney. Growing up in Westchester, Jamie's life changed quite a bit when Jane died. They didn't know each other or anything, but when a child in your town dies, it kind of affects everybody in some way. It was scary for everyone and Whitney's response to it was to become very overprotective of Jamie. She was controlling and rarely let Jamie go out. If Jamie wanted to do an extracurricular, Whitney would only let her if either Scott or herself were able to help out with it. Scott coached Jamie's baseball team and was a parent volunteer when they started cheerleading (bringing snacks and stuff, helped with fundraising, etc.). When Jamie wanted to learn drums, they were only allowed to once they found a teacher who could come to their house for lessons, so Jamie wouldn't have to be alone with them. Jamie was never allowed to go to sleepovers until after her parent's divorce.
Scott really tried to get Whitney to go easier on Jamie, especially as they got older and proved they were responsible. He really didn't want to divorce Whitney for a few different reasons, but mainly because he was afraid she might get custody of Jamie. He still wanted to be prepared though, so when Jamie was in middle school he went back to work. Scott and Whitney got divorced the summer after Jamie's freshman year of high school, so that's when and why Scott and Jamie move to Cedar Cove. Scott is the one to tell Jamie about the divorce and the first thing she asks is if she can live with Scott. He tells her that he will do everything he can to make sure she gets to live with him. And he does, he's able to get full custody of Jamie :) After they move to Cedar Cove, Jamie goes low-contact with her mom. She wanted to go no-contact, but that felt "too mean". After she graduates high school, she does switch to no-contact though. Scott and Jamie are always close though :)
Michael Harrison (Partner)
Michael and Jamie meet on the first day of school after Jamie moves to Cedar Cove. They hit it off right away and officially start dating at the end of the winter quarter. Their relationship is t4t, with Jamie being genderfluid and Michael being a trans man. Michael is on the football team and Jamie does cheerleading in the fall and they love cheering extra loud for Michael :) In the winter, Jamie does band (percussion, specifically) and Michael goes to all of the concerts :) In the spring, Jamie is on the baseball team and Michael goes to all the games :) He's not a big baseball person and honestly doesn't even really follow the games that well, he mostly just cheers on Jamie lol. Michael also does the morning video announcements at school and sometimes Jamie will help out with them or just hang out in the newsroom while Michael and Maria work.
After high school, Michael and Jamie go to different schools, but they're both in the same state, so they do medium-distance for a while. Once they've both graduated, they move in together. Jamie proposes about nine months after moving in together and they get married about a year after that. They have their daughter, Poppy, three years later, and their son, Cyrus, another two years after that :) Jamie carries both of the kiddos :)
Emma Hawkins (Best Friend)
Emma and Jamie meet on Jamie's first day at Berry High. They get along well and Jamie is really happy to have someone to help them navigate their first day. The two of them decide to try out for the cheerleading team together in the fall and even though Jamie does other activities throughout the rest of the year, Emma decides to stick with cheerleading. They hang out a lot outside of school. They really like going to the mall together and watching YouTube videos.
Emma and Jamie also really bond over having divorced parents and having a really bad relationship with one of their parents. They both felt very relieved when they found out they weren't the only person who just. didn't like one of their parents. Emma is a little jealous that Jamie isn't forced to spend time with their mom like Emma is with their dad, but she knows that's out of Jamie's control, so she tries not to get too upset about it.
