Melissa Atherton

[Melissa Atherton]

Name: Melissa Atherton
Nicknames: Mel
Date of Birth: 14 November, 1988
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Celeb: Elisha Cuthbert
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Clique: Preps
Second Clique: None
Appearance:

Melissa stands at around five feet, seven inches tall; which is tall for a female in her family. Her body type is skinny, but not a very tiny-type of skinny like most people would normally see around the beaches of Miami. She has short, beach-blonde hair after dying it before moving to the area, and her grayish-green eyes accentuate the rest of her gorgeous facial features.

Her skin tone is white, but due to her former location of residence, she does not sport a tan. Instead of getting a tan when spending the day on a beach, she will have a lovely sunburn; usually on her shoulders.

Personality:

Calm. Cool. Collected. That's bascially what Melissa stands for and is personality-wise. She'd rather take one day at a time and live it to its fullest potential rather than get stressed out over something little that might happen later that night. Failure is not an option to her. If she wants to complete it, she will. There might be a second chance, but to her, the first time should be the charm.

Around others, Melissa can be slightly airheaded. She really doesn't know what to say around anyone of the opposite gender because she's not as comfortable around guys as people would expect her to be. She's much more comfortable around girls and women, and once she is, she's completely talkative and won't shut up unless someone tells her to.

History:

Melissa was born in Connecticut, to a young couple who weren't even out of their teens. Believe it or not, they were high school sweethearts who were accepted to the University of Connecticut. Her mother was there for animal science, while her father attended for art. While they were both freshmen at the school, Melissa was born. Even though they were both lucky parents at such a young age, they were both determined to finish their college educations. Four years later, they managed to get their degrees and were now successful, young parents. They returned back to the small town where the two of them lived in and eventually raised their daughter while trying to juggle their day jobs.

Melissa would have to go to a daycare down the street while not in school in order to survive in the real world. While in school, she would begin to develop her personality. In the early days of her education, she was the happy-go-lucky student who was always perky and had that smile on her face. As the years progressed, she was still that kind of person, but her work habits were more like that of her parents'. She got the best grades out of all of her classmates (and the rest of the school), and would end up on the Honor Roll throughout the years. This would mean that all of her classes in her high school years were honors classes -- beginning in her freshman year!

But she was different than her parents in one way. Instead of following her parents and attending college in her home state, she wanted a change of pace. She wanted to go to the University of Miami (Florida). The application was sent out, and she was ultimately accepted.

Family/Friends:

All of her maternal and paternal grandparents are dead. She only has the support of her parents. Also, since she is fairly new to the area, she really has no friends to hang out with.

Likes/Dislikes:

+ Studying
+ Spending time out in the sun
+ Being comfortable in her own skin
+ Female companions

- Having to talk to guys
- Failing (and the thought of it)
- Sounding stupid

Sample Post:

From another board:

Scribbing down on the piece of parchment that was sitting on her desk, Karen managed to take down the few notes that had been up on the board. It was something about changing one's self into a beast, and then the counter spell. So that's all one has to say in order to get to their animal form? Really, I thought there was more to this than meets the eye. Yet she shrugged it off and finished copying down what was shown to her.

She continued to listen as the professor said that he'd have a potion nearby that would remove any pain that one might experience when transforming into their animagi. And he also explained that someone from the Ministry of Magic's Magical Reversal Squad would (hopefully) be on hand to help out. That might be a good thing, as the Hufflepuff was becoming more anxious at this second in time. She just wanted to get this thing out of the way. And now.

After stuffing her parchment and quill back into her bag, and closing her bag afterwards, Karen got up out of her seat and brought the glass with her. Whenever you're ready, I guess, she thought, staring the contents in the cauldron that was located in between the desks. I'm about to bounce off the walls here. I don't think you'd want that to happen.

Extra:

If you need more, just say the word. =]

[Tami Lavender]

Accepted!