Post by brriar on Aug 13, 2009 21:32:24 GMT -5
novalee brandon elle.
t w e n t y s i x. f e m a l e. f r e e s p i r i t. u p p e r c l a s s.
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GENERAL TRAITS: novalee has a wild imagination, creative spirit, generous nature, kind spirit, friendly personality, and an easy going lifestyle. she is also laid back, but very witty and sharp. she is on the ball all the time and is one of the teachers at university of wisconsin who can relate to students when they misbehave. she can go overboard with partying sometimes.
PERSONALITY:
FREE SPIRIT. the one thing about novalee that is the most noticable is her spirit. her family and friends always note how she should have been living in the 60's, because she very much acts with the counter culture shown back then. her clothes reflect it, her art reflects it, and her life style. novalee's mind is a piece of art itself. she has so many creative thoughts and ideas, and interesting takes on life and everything in it. through visual art she can create amazing masterpieces. in her language, she can write stories and poems that enthrall people. sometimes though, her spirit can get her into trouble. novalee loves men, and for a few years when she was in her younger twenties she slept around a lot and went with a philosophy of 'free love'. partying was also an issue, and she struggled with alcohol for about two years. now recovering from the small problem, she is being more careful. still, she is a flirt and likes to have fun when possible. also, like her younger sister, novalee is a vegetarian.
THE SMARTS. novalee can be a very mature person when she wants to, and she is incredibly smart. at her home, novalee is the one who takes care if finances and affairs, like paying bills and keeping the maids pay in order. she is a very smart business woman, and can handle almost anything calmy and efficiently. plus, she is a teacher and can handle all aspects of that. teaching, demonstrating, and the technical stuff behind it all. even though it is art, and a more 'easy' course, she bends it so that the students can be challenged and learn more. in her personal life, she is handling the recovery of her drinking problem nicely by limiting what she drinks, limiting her partying and talking to a shrink sometimes when she needs it.
LOVES: in regards to art- painting, drawing, writing, sculpting, and observing. she loves seeing works of art like paintings, models, plays, poetry readings. she loves her family, friends, her cat, animals, parties, teaching, her students, eating out, decorating, new hobbies like fung shui, yoga, and jogging. new things, old things, exciting things like theme parks, solemn things like reading. flirting, men, babysitting, movies, computers, vintage anything, the sun, fashion, pop culture, music, and most of all, fun.
HATES: meat, boredom, cheesey songs, rejection, feeling depressed, when others are sad, times when she lets someone down, animal cruelty, and human cruelty, poverty, kfc, being bloated, moping around, break ups, bad hair days, when the water is off, getting muddy or wet while wearing jeans, hunger.
FEARS: death- herself, any family, friends, students, animals, anyone. novalee hates the idea of it, but is also scared and intrigued by the idea of an afterlife.
family- the fear of never having one. she wants to find a nice boy and have a real family with her daughter.
HABITS: biting nails, singing in the shower, biting her lips, drinking tea all the time, partying, staying up late, procrastinating.
FLAWS: being overprotective sometimes towards her sister and students, sleeping around, too free spirited, her recovering problem of drinking, bad cooking, absent minded a lot.
STRENGTHS: novalee accels at painting, writing, singing, financial planning and spending, fashion, being a mother, a good listener, a great friend.
WEAKNESSES: she always gives into, or is weakened by animals, drinks, men, romance, shopping, and being asked to do something by the people she cares about, meaning family and friends.
HISTORY:
...once upon a time there lived an entertainment lawyer and a cosmetic surgeon. fate brought these two together and within seven months of dating they were already on their way to starting a family. after a very fast marriage and buying a multimillion dollar home, their first daughter was born. they named her novalee brandon, using the name brandon after jack's brother who had died the week before novalee's birth. to remember him, they gave his name to his neice. novalee was a happy baby, always finger painting and singing songs on home videos. since she had a very rich family she tended to get everything she wanted, but this upset her as she grew older. unlike the other spoiled california kids, she wanted to be able to have the satisfaction of working for herself and getting rewarded for it. she convinced her parents to put her on an allowance for doing chores. they agreed, curious to see how novalee would grow up and use that to her advantage.
when novalee was six, she was blessed with not a brother but a little sister who was named parker dior. novalee was always kind of jealous of her sisters name, she thought it was more original then hers and it had a ring to it. the girls got along great, novalee would always act like a big sister and try to take care of parker. feeding her, getting her toys and helping marie put her to bed. when they started school together, and parker was picked on, novalee didn't like it one bit. she always protected her and stuck up for her, and all the bullies who had teased parker answered to her. it was good she was 6 years older, otherwise she would have probably got picked on too. novalee was a great kid in school, she would always listen and do her work on time. it was in art that she excelled. her parents knew that she would do hreat things some day. whizzing through school, and eventually high school, novalee finished early with her straight a's and always over 90% average. starting university was so much fun for her, as she developed into a young woman.
her free spirited attitude allowed her to go to parties and light up a room. she was popular because of her friend making skills, so she was on all the guest lists. soon she was sleep deprived because she would party and then stay up to finish her homework, miraculously managing straight a's again. there was something about her mind that was different then others. she could handle everything given to her. it was when she was in her early 20's and almost done her bachelor degree in art that novalee started drinking as well. by then, her brother tyler was born and since she was her own person, not a little girl anymore, she didn't take care of him as much as she did parker. it seemed novalee drank everyday, and soon it was a problem. her grades did drop, but not enough so that she was failing. parker was around her a lot too, going to the parties, but then novalee didn't even notice. with the parties brought men, and novalee soon was sleeping around. after doing some research on the sixties for school, she found that the counter culture they pushed was much like what she was doing. she decided sleeping with men was free love, and it was not a bad thing.
only when parker was taken out of school did novalee realize what was happening. she had to stop drinking and set an example for parker, who was doing that and much more. she also spent more time with tyler and found that the two had a great relationship, she could care for him easily and have fun with him. she also took some therapy, and got help when she needed it. finishing university came soon after, and she knew what she wanted to do. stay sober, and teach art. where? she had no idea. later on when parker graduated and decided to go to milwaukee, novalee knew that was her chance as well. milwaukee had great schools, and she was qualified. even though through all the alcohol problems and depression her and parker didn't get along so great anymore, she moved with her and wanted to live with her to try and make things better. they could help each other. when saying goodbye to the family was done, the elle's moved to the new city.
applying for a teaching job at the university of wisconsin, the milwaukee branch. was a piece of cake for novalee, and she got in as an art teacher. it was a fabulous job. great pay as well. novalee also found a house to live in with parker nearby, who had her music as a passion. it wasn't long before she was everyone's favourite teacher, and some of the other staff's as well. she did have a brief but intense relationship with the much younger football coach aaron, but ended it when she found herself pregnant. now she is 26 with a daughter one year old. she is happy, single, and living an interesting, busy but sometimes depressing life. now and then she will find herself drinking again but she seeks help when she feels depressed.
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as edward cooked, cleanign as he went, he wondered where scarlett went off to. it could have been a number of places in the suite. he hoped she hadn't left. that would actually make him feel guilty. he sighed, amd continued humming. when he wanted to, edward wasn't a bad singer as a matter of fact. he was no rock star but he wasn't tone deaf. his deep raspy voice sounded quite pleasant when he chose for it to. while he was alone in the kitchen, he slid across the floor in his socks, did some spinning, and even some air guitar as the song changed from 'fly me to the moon' to 'american woman'. throwing a little of this and a little of that into a pan, edward fired up the stove. what was coming from this little escapade was curry chicken with potatoes and a ceasar salad. luckily, their fridge was stocked. in the few days they had been at the hotel, edward had gone grocery shopping a bit but the resort staff had also stocked the fridge up, curtesy of the manager. edward wasn't going to refuse that. he had been cooking for himself and scarlett almost once a day. it was breakfast and dinner so far that he had made. any other meals were ordered or eaten out.
as he was mixing up the salad, scarlett entered. he didn't look up immediately as she came in, but hummed a bit louder and kept tossing his salad, minding his own business. when he looked up subtley, though, his breath was caught in his throat. his eyes stayed on her, watching her as she walked towards him. he had a dangerous look on his face. he didn't say anything as she came up behind him. she must have been in the shower, her body was warmer than usual and her hair a bit wet. hm, smells good, what are you making? he raised his eyebrows and stopped his action, wondering what she was up to. just as he was about to turn and grab her, she moved. she probably knew what he was going to do, and deliberately left her spot. she was good. he stayed silent. she sat on a stool across from him, and took an apple. nicely played. i don't want to fight, baby. not on our honeymoon. did she know he was a sucker for her when she spoke like that? he cleared his throat and continued with the salad. once the dressing was mixed in, he turned his attention to the chicken on the stove. i think I'm going to go out tonight, wear that black dress you bought me. he knew the one she meant very well. yep, he picked out that dress for a reason. you can spend time with your new infatuation and i can go out and dance the night away. after food, of course. edward had a fork in his hand, which he slammed down on the counter. he sharply looked up at her. you were right about two things, baby, he said, emphasizing the name she had just called him. my food does smell good, and it is a new infatuation of mine. however you were wrong about the rest. we both know you aren't going out tonight, and you won't be wearing that black dress. he started walking towards her, slowly. circling like a shark. well... you can wear it i guess. as long as it comes off later. he smirked and stopped walking. now he was at the edge of the counter, looking at her from head to toe. you really are an evil genius. he laughed ironically, shaking his head. edward moved closer. when she was within reach, he took the apple from her hands. do you really want to spoil your appetite? he set it on the counter and went back around to the other side of the counter.
she was playing very nicely today. now he wasn't so sure he wanted to go out later. he was going to take her out but staying in would be much more fun. if she did choose to go out, it wouldn't be alone. he would either go with her, or 'follow' her if he had to. edward picked up the fork he had put down in frustration (not necessarily of the bad kind) and started prodding the chicken. he went into the cupboard and got the potatoes, dropping them in boiling water. he picked up a new song to hum, 'are you gonna be my girl'. he started dancing around a bit, gliding and spinning, eyeing her flirtaciously.
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