MCKERNAN, KENNEDY TEGAN

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SEVENTEEN. HIGH SCHOOL. QUEER. OPTIMIST. CASSIE STEELE.
( KENNEDY TEGAN MCKERNAN )

I SEE YOUR EYES, YOU'RE BARELY SOBER.
I HEAR YOUR VOICE, YOU'RE CALLING OUT FROM ME TO YOU.
the character

kennedy mckernan is a pure ball of sunshine in the form of a high school junior. she has more personality pent up in her tiny little body then should be allowed for one person. she is bubbly and energetic almost to a fault but people seem to love having her around simply because she’s so entertaining with her energy and infectious personality. kennedy is playful and silly, always making jokes and laughing at the silliest, stupidest things. she loves to laugh and have a good time. she hates to see people upset and always does her best to cheer others up. she likes to put smiles on other people’s faces no matter what she has to do in order to get that to happen. kennedy loves to be outside in the sun, she loves nature and feels like it’s where she belongs instead of cooped up inside the school’s walls. but, most importantly, kennedy is a musician. she always has a notebook on her and a pen in case inspiration strikes and she needs to write down some song lyrics. she almost always has her guitar on her because she loves to play whenever she can. she likes to share her music and get feedback from others around her. kennedy loves to meet new people and make new friends. she’s been known to go up to random strangers and introduce herself then start a completely random conversation. she thinks people are fascinating and wants to meet as many as she possibly can. kennedy is a naturally very laid back girl. she doesn’t let things bother her often, instead she tries to just let things slide off her shoulders. she doesn’t like to plan or make things too serious. she prefers to let things just happen as they may. spontaneity is the spice of life after all. kennedy is always looking for a new adventure, something fun to keep her occupied. she hates being idle and just sitting around doing nothing, unless she’s playing music. kennedy is a great friend. once she’s managed to win your heart, you’ll never want to give her up. she’s loyal and caring and generous. she’d do anything for the people she cares about in her life. although she rarely shows any other sort of emotion except happiness, kennedy is a very emotional girl. her songs reflect as much. while she doesn’t often show anyone how she’s feeling if she’s upset or angry it comes out in her songs that she writes. writing is her outlet for her pent up feelings and that’s how she prefers it. she’d rather just write her feelings down then let them come pouring out of her as tears or anger. it’s so much easier that way. kennedy isn’t one to hold grudges or stay upset for long. she’s all about second and even third chances. she thinks people make mistakes and they should be forgiven for them. all in all, kennedy is just a wonderful person to have around. while she may be a bit too energetic at times, she is a great girl, fun and sweet and just a generally down to earth person who loves to laugh and have a good time. what more could you ask for? .

EYE DETAILS.
• kennedy has big, big brown almond shaped eyes. her eyes are always incredibly expressive and they squint up a bit when she smiles, which she hates. she thinks it makes her look like a cartoon character. she almost always lines her eyes in dark kohl liner and lots of mascara .
HAIR DETAILS.
• our girl’s hair is long, falls to about mid-back and is dark, dark brown. it’s straight for the most part with a bit of curl to it if she doesn’t take the time to do anything with it. she also has thick bangs draped across her forehead.
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
• kennedy stands at a mere 5’3” but she has so much personality to her and energy to exude that she doesn’t seem nearly as small as she is. her weight is no one’s concern but her own, but she isn’t really concerned with it either, so there’s no need to go into it.
BUILD.
• kennedy has a lean figure. she’s rather small in terms of stature but she has long limbs oddly enough. she isn’t much of a fan of her body, but it’s not as if she hates it either. more that she just doesn’t care. she’s a good build for her height, healthy looking, not too frail or skinny and not chubby or overweight either.
STYLE.
• kennedy likes simple, comfy hippie-esque clothes. she wears plain colored tee shirts often, jeans, boots, and her old, beat up leather jacket are staples in her wardrobe. there’s not much else to it actually. she has a lot of silly tee shirts with weird things on them that not a lot of people get too. mainly kennedy goes for comfort over style. her knee high boots and leather jacket are her favorite things ever.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES.
• kennedy has her bottom lip pierced. her parents were not happy about it, but kennedy did it on her own on a whim one day and she really liked the way it looked so she left it. she has a tattoo of some music notes on the top of her left foot too.


1. kennedy is scared that her songwriting isn’t really as good as she’s been told it is. she fears people lie to her to make her feel good about herself and she really has no talent when it comes to songwriting.
2. kennedy is scared she’ll never become a real singer/musician. she’s afraid she won’t become what she wants to, the only thing she’s ever wanted to be. she’s scared she wont make it as a musician and will end up in some awful dead end job.
3. kennedy gives off an attitude of nonchalance, but when people don’t like her it really, really upsets her. she hates when people think badly of her.


HABITS
1. keeps marble notebooks with all of her songs written in them.
2. she’s constantly scribbling ideas in them or writing lyrics.
3. playing her guitar constantly, she almost always has it with her.
4. curls her hair around her finger absentmindedly when she’s writing.
5. laughs constantly, she’s one of the happiest people you’ll ever meet.
6. sings quietly to herself while she’s writing without even realizing it.
7. has a bunch of different colored pairs of chuck taylors and wears a
different color to match her tee shirt whenever she isn’t wearing her
favorite boots.
8. bites on her lip ring when she’s focusing or bored.
9. likes to shop in thrift stores for cool, old, vintage tee shirts and silly hats.

LIKES.
1. vintage tee shirts
2. silly hats
3. her guitar
4. the piano
5. her notebooks
6. laughing
7. sunshine
8. daisies
9. the beach
10. pineapple
11. singing
12. making friends
13. every sort of music
14. board games
15. spontaneous dancing
16. vinyl records
17. her leather jacket
18. her knee high boots
19. organized chaos
20. writing songs
21. playing music
22. pictures
23. old movies
24. sleeping in
25. staying up late
26. plaid
27. the color purple
28. super fuzzy, warm blankets
29. fuzzy socks
30. family
31. baking
.
DISLIKES.
1. hostility
2. fighting
3. confrontation
4. being disliked
5. abrasiveness
6. rainy weather
7. overly serious people
8. homework
9. classes
10. losing things
11. breaking pencils
12. crying
13. colds
14. waking up early
15. cats


• STRENGTHS.
• 1. making people laugh
• 2. being creative
• 3. making new friends
• 4. finding things in her clutter
• 5. wonderful baker
• 6. helpful
• 7. generous
• 8. amicable
• 9. family oriented
• 10. loyal


• WEAKNESSES.
• 1. short attention span
• 2. daydreamer
• 3. over energetic
• 4. rarely serious
• 5. overprotective
• 6. hides it when she’s upset
• 7. gets attached to people easily
• 8. takes everything to heart

TURN-ONS.
1. playfulness
2. funny
3. silly
4. nice smile
5. good hygiene
6. interesting
7. family oriented
8. loyal
9. honest
.
TURN-OFFS.
1. boring
2. shy
3. quiet
4. serious
5. bad hygiene
6. lazy
7. selfish
8. dishonest
9. cruel

SO SAY THAT YOU JUST WANT TO RUN AWAY.
AND REPLAY ALL THE THINGS THAT I TRIED TO SAY.
behind the character

hey bitches, it's nicole and i've been pimpin' these hoes for about six years. i know right, it's great isn't it? need to get a hold of me? hit me up by PM for AIM. i'm also in the eastern time zone just so you know. don't need to be telling you people twice. also meet the rest of my lovely babies, none yet!

Bailey was not pleased. Not at all. It was no wonder that she was pacing back and forth across the locker room of the Harpies. She could hear the roar of the crowd above her head and yet she couldn’t think of anything except how furious she was with her best friend. Chase was trying to kill himself. He was trying to give her a heart attack at the same time and it was going to work. Hell, he had almost succeeded in doing both this evening. That was why Bailey was down here in the locker room. The security guards at the end of the hallway leading to the locker room knew Bailey well enough by now that they didn’t even question her appearance down here anymore. They just let her in without a second glance. She’d been down here with Chase way too much for them to challenge her anymore. Oh, but Chase was in big trouble this time.

He’d pulled some crazy stunt on his broom that involved diving and standing on it and jumping off of it in order to catch the stupid quaffle and score. However, Bailey hadn’t even seen him score. She’d closed her eyes. She’d had her eyes squeezed so tightly shut that she thought she wouldn’t be able to open them ever again. However, when she heard the crowd roar around her, she’d cautiously opened them to see her best friend flying around the pitch with a triumphant shining grin on his face. The big prat. Didn’t he understand that was dangerous? Didn’t he know he was going to end up hurting himself? Of course he did because she’d told him enough times. She’d told him millions of times to be more careful on the pitch, to not take so many risks, to watch what he was doing instead of just going based on instinct. That wasn’t safe! He was going to end up seriously hurt or worse dead and there would be nothing Bailey could do to stop it despite how often she told him to calm down and behave out there on the pitch. But did he ever listen? No! Obviously not.

He just went ahead and acted like some sort of fool who didn’t even care about whether he lived or died. Well, Bailey cared. A lot. So much that she hadn’t even been able to watch the rest of the match. She’d left her seat that Chase always kept reserved for her if she wanted to come and watch and she had come down here instead to wait for him so she could yell at him properly. He would be upset that she’d missed the end of the match but nowhere near as upset as she was about the fact that he was trying to kill himself and as a result kill Bailey via heart attack or depression, whichever came first. Idiot.

Finally, Bailey heard the persistent roar that wasn’t the sound of cheering after one team or another scored, it was the long lasting sound of the crowd cheering after someone had caught the snitch and the match was over. The low, constant hum of the fans screaming and the steady beat of the hands clapping and feet stomping was much quieter down here beneath the stadium than it was out on the pitch. But Bailey knew it well enough to know what it meant. So, now all she had to do was wait. Wait to kill Chase before he could kill himself.

Suddenly the door opened and Bailey narrowed her eyes in an aggressive manor; however, it wasn’t Chase that came through first. It was one of his teammates. Flashing a fake smile at the girl who Bailey knew well enough, she walked over to Chase’s section of the locker room to wait for him, watching the door as she crossed her arms over her chest and glared determinedly. When he finally came in, Bailey forced herself to stay where she was instead of rushing over and hugging him, thankful for the fact that he was even alive. And after what felt like a decade, Chase reached her and instead of hugging him as she’d initially felt like doing, she began to beat him. Her small hands, curled into little fists, hit his chest repeatedly, although without much real force behind it, as she nearly began to cry out of relief. “Why don’t you listen to me? You’re going to get yourself killed and then what am I going to do? You need to learn to be more careful, Chase, GOD!”.