Zaley Elizabeth Love (Detailed)

[Zaley Elizabeth Love]

ZALEY

"Her head's in the clouds,
You can't bring her down...
She's Dreaming."
-R.M.S.

Full Name;; Zaley* Elizabeth Love (*Pronounced: Zay-LEE)

Nicknames;;

Zales, but mainly just goes by Zaley.

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Gender;; Female
Age;; Nineteen
Group;; Student
Major;; Visual Arts
Play-by;; Nina Dobrev

Appearance;; Standing at five-foot six-and-a-half inches, and weighting in at one-hundred-five pounds is the young miss Love. She’s fit and slender, never one to ‘let herself go’. Cocoa brown eyes are nicely complimented with her tanned skin. Zaley has lengthy dark brunette hair that is usually, kept nice and neat. She’s a little bit of a clean freak, always one to shower after exerting herself physically.

Her dressing style is that of mostly casual and laid back, wearing whatever fits her fancy at the moment. Usually her attire consists of jeans and form flattering tops. She doesn’t like anything too lose, as it make her look sloppy and unprofessional. She looks for whatever will work best for whatever she might be doing. Some might call her style ‘preppy’, but she simply says it’s her.

Personality;;
To put it simply; Zaley is a moderately quiet young woman. She lives for the moment, but always in a calm manner… if she can help it that is. She’s quiet and reserved when it comes to speaking. Her actions are what speak volumes. But whereas she acts and doesn’t speak; she expects others to speak and not act. Actions speak louder than words, but she would rather hear you say it to her face and not act it out. Some consider her a hypocrite for this. Zaley is often thought to be a snob, but she’s just extremely guarded. Life has dealt her many of those ‘friends’ that walk in and out of your life after getting what they can. One could say the experiences have left her with a jaded view on friendships.

Zaley is innocence incarnate. Her looks, smiles and eyes all seem to scream of the young female’s innocents. Zaley could be considered a ‘victim’; a girl with a big heart that lets people in, and ends up getting hurt when they leave. But because of past experiences, she’s not one to risk herself emotionally unless she feels the other person is more involved. Zaley prefers to keep to herself, spending her time reading and being invisible. But deep down; she’s a hopeless romantic. That being said; she adores helping others get together. But when it comes to herself; she’s terrified of giving someone that much control over her. Zaley has serious relationship and trust issues, which make her a hard person to have on a team. She’s not a team player at all and tends to do things on her own, even in a group setting. But she does like to have friends outside of school, and can be a very loyal one if you take the time to get close to her. But she doesn’t make it easy.

-loves

1. Everything about the rain; the taste of it right as the sky opens up to a downpour, the feeling of icy droplets pelting her skin, and the scent of it right before it comes.

2. Autumn weather. By far this is Zaley's favorite season. The air becomes intoxicating; freeing her from inhibitions and worry, giving her the courage to simply be.

3. Drawing or anything that offers an opportunity to express art. Whether it be photography, painting, sculpting, etc. Art is the only way Zaley truly feels able to express herself and make the most out of life.


-hates
1. Feeling dirty. If Zaley feels the least bit dirty she won’t hesitate to take a quick shower to clean herself up.

2. Being late. It means she’s not early, or on time. So Zaley feels she didn’t give 100% in trying to get to that place, so she usually ends up being a tad bit early so to not be late.

3. People leaving. Many people have made it look so easy to walk right in and out of her life. She’s tired of it, and hates that it hurts her so much.


-fears
1. Clowns; due to a bad experience at a circus as a child, Zaley has been terrified of the face-painted jokesters.

2. Falling in love. The thought of being so vulnerable to someone scares her to death, especially because that person could always turn around and hurt her.


-ambitions
1. Graduate Valentines' at least in the top ten of her class. Her mother and father have both pushed her to do her best in her schooling, so she feels anything less would be disappointing to both sets of her parents.

2. Become a published author. To simply finish a story is wonderful, but it is Zaley’s dream to see one of her stories being read by other people, or being sold in a book store.

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History;;
Cedric and Amelia were two people who had no idea what they were getting into when they married right after high school. They thought being together was simply enough, that loving each other would have gotten them through everything that came their way. But sadly, two year after high school, with both struggling in work and a baby on the way; things got tense. Cedric managed to find a better paying job, while Amelia had to take leave due to her pregnancy. With bills piling up and things getting difficult, Amelia was all ears when Cedric suggested they find a smaller place to live and cut down to one vehicle. As they began to make enough to pay off and even save up, things started to get better; but then came the hospital bills. Amelia’s pregnancy was difficult, so she spent the last three months of her pregnancy in the hospital. Zaley came a month early, having poorly developed lungs and nearly dying. But as fortune would have it; she lived. And after almost two months in the hospital, she was released as a healthy baby.

Things had started to look up for Cedric and Amelia ever since Zaley’s arrival, but with hospital bills and a child to care for, money became tight again. Cedric and Amelia grew distant, and it was only a matter of months before Amelia didn’t come home from work one evening. She left everything behind, only to return three years later. But Cedric and Zaley had moved he wanted her to be around family. This way he could work and knew that she was safe. When Amelia found them, Cedric refused to let her be around Zaley. And no one could blame him. She had abandoned them, leaving her husband alone with their seven month old daughter. Amelia wanted to make things right, but even their family couldn’t get past what she’d done. So, she did what she felt would be best for them all; she filed for a divorce.

After getting everything finalized, Amelia told Cedric that she understood him not wanting her around Zaley. She said she would be getting a job in town and would be around, whenever he was ready for her to see Zaley; she would be around and waiting. And she stayed true to her word, after two weeks; Cedric called her and asked if she wanted to join Zaley for a day at the park. After that, she was allowed to spend the day with Zaley every weekend that she was off. At first Zaley seemed confused by this strange woman, but she was a bright young child with a heart full of love. When she was old enough to understand, Cedric told Zaley that Amelia is her mother. Of course that brought up questions as to why she didn’t live with them. But it would be a few more years before she understood. Amelia ended up getting married to a dear friend who’d helped her get through things after she left Cedric and Zaley. Nathaniel and Amelia relocated a few blocks away from Zaley and Cedric. At eleven years old, Zaley got her first sibling; Miranda Amoretti. Though some children who deal with divorced parents and the odd understanding of parents remarrying; Zaley was simply happy to have her mother and father around. Eventually her father even remarried, but it wouldn’t be until her sophomore year in high school that she got another sibling; James Love.

Zaley got massively involved in the arts when she was fifteen, entering her drawings and photography in contests in school and around town. But it was her unique eye for beauty that caught Valentines’ attention in her senior year. She completely designed the set for the local middle school’s spring play, painting it all on her own. She took most of the pictures that ended up in the yearbook, and made a movie with some of her friends for extra credit in one of her classes. The teacher, feeling she had much potential; sent the video to Valentines’ School for the Arts. She received a personal visit from the Visual Arts teacher at Valentines, showing much interest in her art and experiences. After graduating; Zaley decided to take a year off to take advantage of a photography contest. She won, which led her on a photo-shoot to Italy with several other young aspiring artists. After returning home, she applied at Valentines and was welcomed with open arms.

family members

• mother;;

Amelia Amoretti(birth mother), Jenna Love (step-mother)
[/li][li]father;;[/color] Cedric Love(birth father), Nathaniel Amoretti(step-father)
[/li][li]sibling(s);;[/color] Miranda Amoretti - eight (half-sister)
James Love – two (half-brother)
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Role play Sample;;

-- [[Never again would she fall for those dark hazel eyes that casually told her to give ‘them’ another chance. Never again would she place her trust in his reassuring voice, or his warped picture of a ‘future’. This had been the last straw for her, she wouldn’t ever fall back into his degrading mind games again. No, she was done with this.

“We’re done. Over. Finished.” Despite the fear felt in her voice, she had at least found it and spoken what was on her mind. Her hand pushing away his fingers as they grazed her cheek. Surprise flashed through his eyes after a moment, before he shook his head with a laugh.

“You don’t mean tha-“

“Did I stutter? Because I thought I was being very clear with my statement. It wasn’t a question, but an honest to God truth; We. Are. Through.” This time anger showed clear through his gaze as he reached for her, aiming to distract her with a kiss; but she pushed him away with a shake of her head, her voice now rising.

“She’s my sister! I wouldn’t do this to her, and I expected more from you. We might not be close, but I wouldn’t let you come between us.” With that, the female gave him one last look of disgust and walked off. At first she feared that he might come after her, but when she reached the car without so much as a shout or tap on the shoulder; she was able to breathe a sigh of relief. But along with that relief; the realization of what had transpired. The man, who had claimed to ‘love’ her, was nothing but a liar and jerk. Just like every other guy she’d met since starting college. Go figure.

She shook her head, pushing back the urge to cry as she pulled open the door and took her seat. As her emotions threatened to take control of her once again, she did what she’d grown so well at; numbing herself to the pain. It got easy after the first few times, and now it was just a habit. She jumped when his truck zoomed past, but took a deep breath and started her vehicle. He was mad, but not stupid enough to wreck into her or anything like that. Part of her screamed at how stupid she was being about everything, but deep down there was relief budding. Relief because she knew what she did was right. There was no way she was going to let some jerk come in between her relationship with her sister. Even if the said relationship wasn’t perfect, she wouldn’t risk letting someone else ruin it. With a sigh, she started the vehicle and put the car in gear; back to her apartment. It hadn’t always been like this. There was once a time in her life when things had been going great... but not anymore.]]

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