"To die would be an awfully big adventure."
Basics
Full Name: Michael James Genette
Nickname: Mike
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Occupation: Bartender
Nickname: Mike
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Occupation: Bartender
Skin-Deep
Hair Color: Chocolate brown hair
Eye Color: Dark brown eyes
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 160lbs
Tattoos: None
Piercings: None
Scars: Many scattered across his body, an interesting story behind every one.
Character Color: #09B3A5
Description:He's pretty fit, somewhat muscular but still pretty lean, and he's very comfortable with his body. When it comes to what he wears, he usually likes to keep things classy, but also casual. He likes giving a good impression for his family, but also being comfortable enough to talk to anyone he'd like to. Mostly he has a distant look, like he's staring off somewhere daydreaming maybe. Since he likes to joke around, you'll often see him laughing or talking to someone. You see confidence in his walk, charm in his smile, effort in his hair, and class in his style. He usually wears v-necks, dark wash jeans, or a collared shirt and jacket, with them fancy pants. He's got a witt to his attitude toy can see by looking at him, and a relaxed cool that just his presence can spread. He's very friendly, and a bit touchy, so he may be standing too close to someone, or hugging them. He takes pride in his looks though, and will spend time on it. He's not a total slacker when it comes to personal hygiene.
Eye Color: Dark brown eyes
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 160lbs
Tattoos: None
Piercings: None
Scars: Many scattered across his body, an interesting story behind every one.
Character Color: #09B3A5
Description:He's pretty fit, somewhat muscular but still pretty lean, and he's very comfortable with his body. When it comes to what he wears, he usually likes to keep things classy, but also casual. He likes giving a good impression for his family, but also being comfortable enough to talk to anyone he'd like to. Mostly he has a distant look, like he's staring off somewhere daydreaming maybe. Since he likes to joke around, you'll often see him laughing or talking to someone. You see confidence in his walk, charm in his smile, effort in his hair, and class in his style. He usually wears v-necks, dark wash jeans, or a collared shirt and jacket, with them fancy pants. He's got a witt to his attitude toy can see by looking at him, and a relaxed cool that just his presence can spread. He's very friendly, and a bit touchy, so he may be standing too close to someone, or hugging them. He takes pride in his looks though, and will spend time on it. He's not a total slacker when it comes to personal hygiene.
For Better Or For Worse
Personality:
{Playful, Flirty, Outgoing, Careless, Wild}
Easily Mike could be described as a bit wild. He's very fun loving and always looking for a good time. His childlike playfulness makes him a bit adorable, and his boyish smile helps him get away with a lot more than he should. Often he's found laughing, smiling, or just being his crazy self. Weird and random seem to fall hand in hand with outgoing and funny. He enjoys joking around with anyone and everyone he meets, being very friendly and talkative he's rarely shy or nervous. Basically anyone that came up to him he'd greet with open arms, feeling that there's always room for someone else in his life. He's all about living life to the fullest, and in the moment. Regret nothing, and don't spend all your time thinking about the future. Many people like his attitude, because he seems to give anyone he's around a break from reality because he's very impulsive and goes and does things on a whim. Parasailing? Today? Yeah, hop in the car we'll go now.
He's extremely adventurous, and daring, hating to back down from a challenge. Exploring and finding more is what he lives for, and you'd probably never see him with a book in hand. Traveling is a passion of his, and roughing it is never a problem. He has so many stories about everywhere he's been, and rarely he's found complaining. His quirky smile and bright eyes give away his eagerness for more than what he has. He's never really satisfied unless he feels like he's living to his potential. He can't stand relaxing for more than a day or two, because he finds himself useless and quite bored. Moving around is essential to him, finding that sitting still is slightly uncomfortable after awhile.
At first meeting, he may come off as a bit of a handful, and maybe even mysterious. You could ask him anything you wanted to know about him, and he probably couldn't give you a fully straight answer. Anything regarding his opinion is usually flimsy and he's easily swayed on this he doesn't care about too much like his favorite movie, song, season, or anything along those lines. When it comes to things like religion and politics he could careless about what's happening, knowing it probably won't end up individually affecting him. He easily gets along with almost anyone he meets, even if they have nothing in common his attitude usually attracts friendship. Though, sometimes his humor or lifestyle doesn't agree with people, and thats when thing can get awkward. As for males, he gets along very well, being the young boy at heart makes it easy to relate to other guys, loving things like sports, cars, and other stereotypical things boys like. For females, his playful flirtiness makes him easy to get along with as long as he knows what kind of girl he's talking to, and he's not stepping on anyone's toes, (a boyfriend or such.)
Going off on the female related aspects of his life, he enjoys the idea of being in love, but lacks any commitment value. He has countless one night stands, and occasional friends-with-benefits, but even then it doesn't last long. He finds long term commitment dangerous, knowing himself well he knows he doesn't like to stay anywhere for too long, and fears he'd hurt someone. He's a real sweetheart, and would probably make a lovely boyfriend if he tried to put effort into keeping a steady relationship. His loyalty stands out to many, because he'd easily do anything for those he cares about. He just lacks the want to do anything close to the idea of "settling down." He hates the idea of "growing up" and refuses to talk about the matter.
Being careless and reckless has a price, and sometimes it costs him the people he cares about. To some others, his daily lifestyle and habits are dangerous and eventually it gets old. He doesn't agree with that at all, and is easily offended when other criticize him. If anyone were to bring up the fact that he should probably change his ways, he'd quickly try to avoid the conversation, or flat out say he wasn't interested in doing things differently. When persisted with the idea, he becomes frustrated, and will probably leave. He never really has any outbursts of anger, and one would only occur if he wasn't able to get some air or space.
Some may wonder, what's so bad about not wanting to fully grow up? But it's a little more complicated. You could say Mike is an adrenaline junkie, he loves a rush, and swears it's the only thing that makes him feel alive. Without that, he might as well be dead. He's a daredevil at heart, and would never feel in place anywhere but taking risks. Life threatening experiences send a jolt through his body like nothing else, and he feels like the very situation makes him feel good. It makes him realize that he could've died, and he's so happy just to be living. What's wrong with that? Those who love him sometimes worry that he'll be injured or worse, die. He tells them you can't spend your life worrying because you'll miss out, and that's his idea of living. He accepts other's lifestyles, and they should try to be understanding of his. So maybe sometimes he gets a little out of hand, like when he takes many bus, train, and taxi rides until he ends up lost and sleeping in a field, but along the way he meets interesting people and learns new things.
Maybe he's crazy, but he wouldn't have it any other way.
{Playful, Flirty, Outgoing, Careless, Wild}
Easily Mike could be described as a bit wild. He's very fun loving and always looking for a good time. His childlike playfulness makes him a bit adorable, and his boyish smile helps him get away with a lot more than he should. Often he's found laughing, smiling, or just being his crazy self. Weird and random seem to fall hand in hand with outgoing and funny. He enjoys joking around with anyone and everyone he meets, being very friendly and talkative he's rarely shy or nervous. Basically anyone that came up to him he'd greet with open arms, feeling that there's always room for someone else in his life. He's all about living life to the fullest, and in the moment. Regret nothing, and don't spend all your time thinking about the future. Many people like his attitude, because he seems to give anyone he's around a break from reality because he's very impulsive and goes and does things on a whim. Parasailing? Today? Yeah, hop in the car we'll go now.
He's extremely adventurous, and daring, hating to back down from a challenge. Exploring and finding more is what he lives for, and you'd probably never see him with a book in hand. Traveling is a passion of his, and roughing it is never a problem. He has so many stories about everywhere he's been, and rarely he's found complaining. His quirky smile and bright eyes give away his eagerness for more than what he has. He's never really satisfied unless he feels like he's living to his potential. He can't stand relaxing for more than a day or two, because he finds himself useless and quite bored. Moving around is essential to him, finding that sitting still is slightly uncomfortable after awhile.
At first meeting, he may come off as a bit of a handful, and maybe even mysterious. You could ask him anything you wanted to know about him, and he probably couldn't give you a fully straight answer. Anything regarding his opinion is usually flimsy and he's easily swayed on this he doesn't care about too much like his favorite movie, song, season, or anything along those lines. When it comes to things like religion and politics he could careless about what's happening, knowing it probably won't end up individually affecting him. He easily gets along with almost anyone he meets, even if they have nothing in common his attitude usually attracts friendship. Though, sometimes his humor or lifestyle doesn't agree with people, and thats when thing can get awkward. As for males, he gets along very well, being the young boy at heart makes it easy to relate to other guys, loving things like sports, cars, and other stereotypical things boys like. For females, his playful flirtiness makes him easy to get along with as long as he knows what kind of girl he's talking to, and he's not stepping on anyone's toes, (a boyfriend or such.)
Going off on the female related aspects of his life, he enjoys the idea of being in love, but lacks any commitment value. He has countless one night stands, and occasional friends-with-benefits, but even then it doesn't last long. He finds long term commitment dangerous, knowing himself well he knows he doesn't like to stay anywhere for too long, and fears he'd hurt someone. He's a real sweetheart, and would probably make a lovely boyfriend if he tried to put effort into keeping a steady relationship. His loyalty stands out to many, because he'd easily do anything for those he cares about. He just lacks the want to do anything close to the idea of "settling down." He hates the idea of "growing up" and refuses to talk about the matter.
Being careless and reckless has a price, and sometimes it costs him the people he cares about. To some others, his daily lifestyle and habits are dangerous and eventually it gets old. He doesn't agree with that at all, and is easily offended when other criticize him. If anyone were to bring up the fact that he should probably change his ways, he'd quickly try to avoid the conversation, or flat out say he wasn't interested in doing things differently. When persisted with the idea, he becomes frustrated, and will probably leave. He never really has any outbursts of anger, and one would only occur if he wasn't able to get some air or space.
Some may wonder, what's so bad about not wanting to fully grow up? But it's a little more complicated. You could say Mike is an adrenaline junkie, he loves a rush, and swears it's the only thing that makes him feel alive. Without that, he might as well be dead. He's a daredevil at heart, and would never feel in place anywhere but taking risks. Life threatening experiences send a jolt through his body like nothing else, and he feels like the very situation makes him feel good. It makes him realize that he could've died, and he's so happy just to be living. What's wrong with that? Those who love him sometimes worry that he'll be injured or worse, die. He tells them you can't spend your life worrying because you'll miss out, and that's his idea of living. He accepts other's lifestyles, and they should try to be understanding of his. So maybe sometimes he gets a little out of hand, like when he takes many bus, train, and taxi rides until he ends up lost and sleeping in a field, but along the way he meets interesting people and learns new things.
Maybe he's crazy, but he wouldn't have it any other way.
Hobbies:
Skydiving
Surfing
Driving to random places
Exploring
Swimming
Habits:
Being forgetful
Being late
Pacing or switching positions often (he dislikes sitting still)
Oddities:
Enjoys peach snapple.
Also allergic to cats (the root of his dislike).
Loves grape popsicles.
Randomly wanders or paces when bored, even at odd times.
Sees a dirty or sexual reference in practically everything.
Is extremely ticklish on his lower back, only on the left side.
Can quote almost any movie or TV show.
Likes to hide out in weird places (closets, under the bed or table, in a tree, etc.)
Can’t pour anything without spilling a little.
Likes/Loves:
~Cars
~Fast paced things
~Rollercoasters
~Base jumping /bungee jumping
~Skydiving
~Flying planes
~Motorcycles
~Horror movies
~Energy drinks
~Parties
~Alcohol
~Girls
~Pancakes
~The ocean
~Cities
~Traveling
~Learning (from experience)
~Exploring
~Art (though he isn't creative)
~Photography
~Fruit
~Funny people
Dislikes/Hates:
~Being told to grow up
~Business jobs
~Offices
~Elevators
~Suit and ties (he doesn't mind the occasional tuxedo though)
~Sitting still
~"Rules"
~Unreasonably rude people
~Snobby people
~Most vegetables
~Having a dress code
Stuff You Shouldn't know...
Strengths and Weaknesses
Character Skills/Talents:
- Making friends
- Finding things to do
- Knowing a lot of useless trivia
- Telling stories
Character Flaws/Weaknesses:
- Making important decisions
- Planning things
- Being very serious for long periods of time
- Anything art related
Secrets:
(Describe who of the group knows this secret and who doesn't as well as to why. (If you don't know, you can wait))
~He's an adrenaline junkie, but finds that every risk he takes the next one has to be a little more dangerous or he doesn't feel as satisfied. It's like a drug addiction, but more psychological. He enjoys near-death experiences and fears he won't ever grow out of this until it's too late.
~He's very in love with Danielle but doesn't really know it.. Or at least tells himself he doesn't.
~
Fears/Phobias:
Being an average business-like man.
Never being in "true love".
Not doing everything he wants to before he dies
Walking on icy ponds
Looking Back At The Years...
Biography
Birthday: April 17th
History:
It was the summer when Mike's parents met, when his father a senior in college, his mother a junior. He was studying to be an architect, her to be a journalist. His mother was an intelligent, beautiful shy girl who spent a lot of her time in the library or starbucks, reading and researching. His father was a gentleman, somewhat mysterious but interesting nonetheless. The dated for awhile, and made things work for each other, and once they'd both finished up college they bought an apartment together. They both were hard workers, both just starting at the bottom of the ladder with their jobs. Two years later they had their first child, Samuel. They lived in the apartment another two years before having their second child, Michael (jr), and buying a house in the suburbs. A year later they had their third child, Kendra. Somewhere along the way Mike was a bit robbed of any attention. Lost in the middle, he'd only been the baby of the family for a year, and even then his mother had been pregnant with his sister. As the three grew up, the family was average middle class. They didn't get the latest and greatest things that constantly came out and updated, but they survived and were very lucky. Their clothes were always in style and all three had friends. Their father was a hard worker, and spent most of his time at the office. Out of the three, Mike was the most dependant on his father. His mother spent most of her time with Kendra, always wanting a daughter, and Sam was playing sports from the moment his friends had a pick up game until his mother called him in because it was too dark. Sam was a natural at making friends, and Kendra's adorableness got her wherever she wanted. Even as they grew older, Kendra had fell in as Sam had, gaining some popularity, if you call it that at that age. While Mike always seemed a little more independant. Mike enjoyed sports too, but didn't have as many friends as Sam. Sometimes he'd try to join Sam and his friends, but in Sam's eyes he was the annoying little brother. Mostly Mike waited for his father to have time for him... Which he rarely did.
By middle school, the three never seemed to get along, Sam hanging out with his friends constantly and Kendra being a bratty little girl. Mike preferred to sit outside and watch the world around him. He did have friends, but sometimes preferred just to be alone. That is, until he talked to the neighbor girl. Emily began talking to him one day, and ever since they became inseparable. The two spent their time playing in their backyards, since she was the next door neighbor. She was a bit of a good girl, but was entertained by Mike's quirky class clown act as a child. He liked to do funny things to impress her. She never really became friends with Kendra, because Kendra was a bit of a selfish child who didn't like to share anything.
All throughout middle school Mike got in trouble. Mostly for talking, joking, and goofing off, but occasionally from breaking rules. His parents always brushed it off, and it wasn't until the summer before high school he really started to act out. His rebellion phase began and from there on his parents found him frustrating. For a long time they tried to push it away or ignore it, mostly because punishment seemed to do nothing.
At the same time, Sam strode in athletics though his academics struggled a bit. He enjoyed partying with his friends, and getting drunk. His parents helplessly tried to help him stay away from alcohol and pushed him to make good choices, in hopes he'd get a scholarship. This again put Mike's issue on hold. With Kendra, who constantly seemed to have a new love interest every week, and a "life crisis" Mike seemed to fade into the shadows.
This never bothered him though.
By high school, Mike was leaving the house to go on "adventures" and meeting new people and going new places, and getting himself lost. He usually wound up sleeping in fields, but he always made it back home. Usually his parents would greet him, "Oh how was your sleepover?". Which he'd come up with a sarcastic remark for. When Sam had left for college, it gave Mike and his sister a little more room around the house, and a little more focus. But not much. Kendra rebelled as normal teenage girls often too, fighting with her mother about clothing, piercings, friends, and boys. Their mother had been promoted to a higher paying, but much more work with her writing and she often staying on her lap top at all times even when she was home. Their father began laying out a few skyrise buildings needing to be built, so work was a first priority.
Mike's high school friend group was interesting considering his acts, none of his friends were quite like him. His best friend would always be Emily, but around high school having a bestfriend that was a girl was a little difficult because of rumors and raging hormones. The two were always close, but Mike met his best guy friend as a Sophomore in high school. He and Marcus were odd friends, because Marcus was very serious and Mike constantly goofed off. It was a balance though, because Mike could always bring a smile to his friends face, and Marcus seemed to keep Mike in check. Also Mike's random adventures always interested Marcus because he seemed constantly bored with life.
Mike befriended Danielle in high school as well, they'd both taken an art class together. He knew she was one of Emily's friends, so he'd talked to her. They sat side by side, but Mike soon realized she was an amazing artist, and well he kind of sucked. He loved creativity, and found her artwork fascinating. They became pretty close, and even as they grew closer he realized how talented she was musically as well. She was one of his best friends, and though they flirted a lot he never considered it more than that. He wasn't one for relationships.
During his senior year he met Christy, the obnoxious flirtatious girl. instantly they connected and he and her became great friends. They were party goers, and constantly running into each other. But of course they were flirty together as well, but neither did anything more given both of their reputations. Christy had joined the girls group through Maggie, a popular social butterfly type who was a bit over dramatic. Mike had talked to her a few times, but she was somewhat shy around him though he'd always assumed it was because she didn't know him well. She was always a friend of Emily's of course, and he often saw her during sleepovers at Emily's house, when they'd sneak over to hang out with him and Marcus.
It was the senior prom when Mike really knew Maggie. They'd won king and queen, and shared the standard king and queen's dance. They both sort of abandoned their dates... And continued to dance the rest of the night along with their mutual friends. During senior week they'd all taken a trip together, and on the last day Mike sat on a life guard stand at the beach. Maggie came up, and sat with him. A bit spontaneously, Mike did something he'd always wanted to. He kissed Maggie. She was shocked though, and moments after their other friends joined them. The rest of the summer was somewhat awkward, they were sort of an item but never really defined it. Mike wasn't really good at figuring those things out, and mainly he didn't know what he wanted. He cared for Maggie, and didn't want to hurt her. He kept her as a casual friend, flirting a bit and the very occasional hooking up. Mainly by the time he figured out he loved her she was leaving him.
It was around two in the morning on a friday night, he and her were hanging out. Both of them were hungry, so they went to a small convenient store that everyone was quite familiar with. They'd both gone in, and Maggie had picked out all of his favorite chips, candy etc, and some of hers. She was paying at the register, and Mike had been looking around the aisles still. There was a moment when they caught each other's eyes, Maggie tucked a piece of her blonde hair behind her ear, and smiled slowly at him. She then turned back, giving the man the money. But that was the moment Mike knew he was in love with her. That day was also two days away from her moving an hour away. He never told her this, or even that he loved her at all. It was the first relationship he hadn't been completely physical in, and he hadn't minded at all. Again, his feelings were mixed at what to do, and he rarely spoke to her when she moved, assuming she'd have a lot to do.
Either way, they were never able to really talk since she left to become a nurse. Mike, Christy, and Danielle were a few that stayed in town, and Mike began crushing on Dani instead.
Throughout high school Mike had kept up his rebellious act, and constantly did things to bother his parents. Torn between work and their kids, they did what they thought was good enough. Mainly they were a little crazy and not very good parents to begin with. Which is why when he turned 18 and began skydiving, base jumping, ect they despised his hobbies, and constantly tried to talk him out of them. Basically after a long argument, Mike would point out that they were absent from most of his life, and they didn't get to just step in now. It ended up worse, and he bought his own apartment and moved out. They told him they weren't going to pay for college. He told them he didn't care. Eventually one day, he was very sick/injured from a recent "adventure" and his parents insisted to take him to the doctor. His parents called him later in the week, saying he had a fatal wound, and he probably wouldn't live past another two years. Shocked and unable to comprehend what to do, he decided that he needed to live his life to the even more fullest. He planned more extravagent advenutres and risks, which was the opposite of his parents "plan." See, there was no fatal damage, they lied in hopes he'd come home and grow close to the family. They'd mentioned him cutting back and moving back in, which led to another large arguement. He cut off all contact with anyone from his family, and they haven't spoken since. He is not aware that he's actually completely healthy.
After high school, Mike became a bartender. Christy needing a job, he pulled some strings and got her a job as a waitress at the place he worked. Soon he heard Danielle was looking for work as a bartender, so he told her about an opening at the bar he worked at. They had a few shifts together, and Christy would always joke about Mike liking her more than what he said. As the friends all grew apart, Christy and Mike remained pretty close, but Danielle was a bit more reserved especially about her love life, and Mike found himself wondering if he actually had feelings for her. Either way Danielle was oblivious to any attraction Mike had towards her. He was mostly on and off about it, sleeping around to get his mind off of her, but whenever he was around his heart seemed to melt. They didn't have many shifts together though, and the group only hung out occasionally. He didn't really know how he and Christy started their own thing. It was after a drunken night, and probably a walk to whoever's apartment was nearest. Christy's was, and she invited him to spend the night. Mike was pretty weak when it came to women, and Christy always got what she wanted. After sleeping together, Christy always made the most fabulous of breakfasts, and the amazing sex and awesome breakfast is what kept him coming back to his best girl friend. This started a month before the lottery ticket and trip to Italy.
Back with Danielle in his life because of all that, he didn't really know what to do. Usually he spent his free days with Marcus entertaining his best friend in any way he could. But his goal was to find love, and Danielle seemed like his only option. Christy had always told him she wanted nothing more from their relationship, and hadn't really planned to continue hooking up. Mike himself agreed, knowing Christy and him could never really be in a relationship because they were both too similar. He decided to introduce Christy and Marcus more, since they'd already known each other but not more than the occasional time they both hung out with Mike. Which, brings us to the present. Mike's going to Italy with his best friends.
Family Tree
Father, Michael
Mother, Tiffany
Sister, Kendra
Brother, Sam
Anything else: Anything that doesn't fit the above information
Birthday: April 17th
History:
It was the summer when Mike's parents met, when his father a senior in college, his mother a junior. He was studying to be an architect, her to be a journalist. His mother was an intelligent, beautiful shy girl who spent a lot of her time in the library or starbucks, reading and researching. His father was a gentleman, somewhat mysterious but interesting nonetheless. The dated for awhile, and made things work for each other, and once they'd both finished up college they bought an apartment together. They both were hard workers, both just starting at the bottom of the ladder with their jobs. Two years later they had their first child, Samuel. They lived in the apartment another two years before having their second child, Michael (jr), and buying a house in the suburbs. A year later they had their third child, Kendra. Somewhere along the way Mike was a bit robbed of any attention. Lost in the middle, he'd only been the baby of the family for a year, and even then his mother had been pregnant with his sister. As the three grew up, the family was average middle class. They didn't get the latest and greatest things that constantly came out and updated, but they survived and were very lucky. Their clothes were always in style and all three had friends. Their father was a hard worker, and spent most of his time at the office. Out of the three, Mike was the most dependant on his father. His mother spent most of her time with Kendra, always wanting a daughter, and Sam was playing sports from the moment his friends had a pick up game until his mother called him in because it was too dark. Sam was a natural at making friends, and Kendra's adorableness got her wherever she wanted. Even as they grew older, Kendra had fell in as Sam had, gaining some popularity, if you call it that at that age. While Mike always seemed a little more independant. Mike enjoyed sports too, but didn't have as many friends as Sam. Sometimes he'd try to join Sam and his friends, but in Sam's eyes he was the annoying little brother. Mostly Mike waited for his father to have time for him... Which he rarely did.
By middle school, the three never seemed to get along, Sam hanging out with his friends constantly and Kendra being a bratty little girl. Mike preferred to sit outside and watch the world around him. He did have friends, but sometimes preferred just to be alone. That is, until he talked to the neighbor girl. Emily began talking to him one day, and ever since they became inseparable. The two spent their time playing in their backyards, since she was the next door neighbor. She was a bit of a good girl, but was entertained by Mike's quirky class clown act as a child. He liked to do funny things to impress her. She never really became friends with Kendra, because Kendra was a bit of a selfish child who didn't like to share anything.
All throughout middle school Mike got in trouble. Mostly for talking, joking, and goofing off, but occasionally from breaking rules. His parents always brushed it off, and it wasn't until the summer before high school he really started to act out. His rebellion phase began and from there on his parents found him frustrating. For a long time they tried to push it away or ignore it, mostly because punishment seemed to do nothing.
At the same time, Sam strode in athletics though his academics struggled a bit. He enjoyed partying with his friends, and getting drunk. His parents helplessly tried to help him stay away from alcohol and pushed him to make good choices, in hopes he'd get a scholarship. This again put Mike's issue on hold. With Kendra, who constantly seemed to have a new love interest every week, and a "life crisis" Mike seemed to fade into the shadows.
This never bothered him though.
By high school, Mike was leaving the house to go on "adventures" and meeting new people and going new places, and getting himself lost. He usually wound up sleeping in fields, but he always made it back home. Usually his parents would greet him, "Oh how was your sleepover?". Which he'd come up with a sarcastic remark for. When Sam had left for college, it gave Mike and his sister a little more room around the house, and a little more focus. But not much. Kendra rebelled as normal teenage girls often too, fighting with her mother about clothing, piercings, friends, and boys. Their mother had been promoted to a higher paying, but much more work with her writing and she often staying on her lap top at all times even when she was home. Their father began laying out a few skyrise buildings needing to be built, so work was a first priority.
Mike's high school friend group was interesting considering his acts, none of his friends were quite like him. His best friend would always be Emily, but around high school having a bestfriend that was a girl was a little difficult because of rumors and raging hormones. The two were always close, but Mike met his best guy friend as a Sophomore in high school. He and Marcus were odd friends, because Marcus was very serious and Mike constantly goofed off. It was a balance though, because Mike could always bring a smile to his friends face, and Marcus seemed to keep Mike in check. Also Mike's random adventures always interested Marcus because he seemed constantly bored with life.
Mike befriended Danielle in high school as well, they'd both taken an art class together. He knew she was one of Emily's friends, so he'd talked to her. They sat side by side, but Mike soon realized she was an amazing artist, and well he kind of sucked. He loved creativity, and found her artwork fascinating. They became pretty close, and even as they grew closer he realized how talented she was musically as well. She was one of his best friends, and though they flirted a lot he never considered it more than that. He wasn't one for relationships.
During his senior year he met Christy, the obnoxious flirtatious girl. instantly they connected and he and her became great friends. They were party goers, and constantly running into each other. But of course they were flirty together as well, but neither did anything more given both of their reputations. Christy had joined the girls group through Maggie, a popular social butterfly type who was a bit over dramatic. Mike had talked to her a few times, but she was somewhat shy around him though he'd always assumed it was because she didn't know him well. She was always a friend of Emily's of course, and he often saw her during sleepovers at Emily's house, when they'd sneak over to hang out with him and Marcus.
It was the senior prom when Mike really knew Maggie. They'd won king and queen, and shared the standard king and queen's dance. They both sort of abandoned their dates... And continued to dance the rest of the night along with their mutual friends. During senior week they'd all taken a trip together, and on the last day Mike sat on a life guard stand at the beach. Maggie came up, and sat with him. A bit spontaneously, Mike did something he'd always wanted to. He kissed Maggie. She was shocked though, and moments after their other friends joined them. The rest of the summer was somewhat awkward, they were sort of an item but never really defined it. Mike wasn't really good at figuring those things out, and mainly he didn't know what he wanted. He cared for Maggie, and didn't want to hurt her. He kept her as a casual friend, flirting a bit and the very occasional hooking up. Mainly by the time he figured out he loved her she was leaving him.
It was around two in the morning on a friday night, he and her were hanging out. Both of them were hungry, so they went to a small convenient store that everyone was quite familiar with. They'd both gone in, and Maggie had picked out all of his favorite chips, candy etc, and some of hers. She was paying at the register, and Mike had been looking around the aisles still. There was a moment when they caught each other's eyes, Maggie tucked a piece of her blonde hair behind her ear, and smiled slowly at him. She then turned back, giving the man the money. But that was the moment Mike knew he was in love with her. That day was also two days away from her moving an hour away. He never told her this, or even that he loved her at all. It was the first relationship he hadn't been completely physical in, and he hadn't minded at all. Again, his feelings were mixed at what to do, and he rarely spoke to her when she moved, assuming she'd have a lot to do.
Either way, they were never able to really talk since she left to become a nurse. Mike, Christy, and Danielle were a few that stayed in town, and Mike began crushing on Dani instead.
Throughout high school Mike had kept up his rebellious act, and constantly did things to bother his parents. Torn between work and their kids, they did what they thought was good enough. Mainly they were a little crazy and not very good parents to begin with. Which is why when he turned 18 and began skydiving, base jumping, ect they despised his hobbies, and constantly tried to talk him out of them. Basically after a long argument, Mike would point out that they were absent from most of his life, and they didn't get to just step in now. It ended up worse, and he bought his own apartment and moved out. They told him they weren't going to pay for college. He told them he didn't care. Eventually one day, he was very sick/injured from a recent "adventure" and his parents insisted to take him to the doctor. His parents called him later in the week, saying he had a fatal wound, and he probably wouldn't live past another two years. Shocked and unable to comprehend what to do, he decided that he needed to live his life to the even more fullest. He planned more extravagent advenutres and risks, which was the opposite of his parents "plan." See, there was no fatal damage, they lied in hopes he'd come home and grow close to the family. They'd mentioned him cutting back and moving back in, which led to another large arguement. He cut off all contact with anyone from his family, and they haven't spoken since. He is not aware that he's actually completely healthy.
After high school, Mike became a bartender. Christy needing a job, he pulled some strings and got her a job as a waitress at the place he worked. Soon he heard Danielle was looking for work as a bartender, so he told her about an opening at the bar he worked at. They had a few shifts together, and Christy would always joke about Mike liking her more than what he said. As the friends all grew apart, Christy and Mike remained pretty close, but Danielle was a bit more reserved especially about her love life, and Mike found himself wondering if he actually had feelings for her. Either way Danielle was oblivious to any attraction Mike had towards her. He was mostly on and off about it, sleeping around to get his mind off of her, but whenever he was around his heart seemed to melt. They didn't have many shifts together though, and the group only hung out occasionally. He didn't really know how he and Christy started their own thing. It was after a drunken night, and probably a walk to whoever's apartment was nearest. Christy's was, and she invited him to spend the night. Mike was pretty weak when it came to women, and Christy always got what she wanted. After sleeping together, Christy always made the most fabulous of breakfasts, and the amazing sex and awesome breakfast is what kept him coming back to his best girl friend. This started a month before the lottery ticket and trip to Italy.
Back with Danielle in his life because of all that, he didn't really know what to do. Usually he spent his free days with Marcus entertaining his best friend in any way he could. But his goal was to find love, and Danielle seemed like his only option. Christy had always told him she wanted nothing more from their relationship, and hadn't really planned to continue hooking up. Mike himself agreed, knowing Christy and him could never really be in a relationship because they were both too similar. He decided to introduce Christy and Marcus more, since they'd already known each other but not more than the occasional time they both hung out with Mike. Which, brings us to the present. Mike's going to Italy with his best friends.
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