What makes me, makes me real"
Name: Gemma Marie Wilcox
Nicknames: Gem, Gemma
Age: 21
Gender: female
Sexuality: bisexual [leans towards girls]
Ethnicity:White and Hispanic
Nicknames: Gem, Gemma
Age: 21
Gender: female
Sexuality: bisexual [leans towards girls]
Ethnicity:White and Hispanic
"The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn't one"
{-Margaret Atwood}
Appearance:
Gemma is 5'3" and 122 lbs. She has short brown hair and brown eyes and has a slender build. She has a small scar on the lower right side of her back. Gemma also has both of her ears pierced but she wears her hair down so often that you can't really tell. Her clothing style is pretty casual. Jeans and comfortable shirts. She has a small gold seashell necklace that was a gift from her brother.
Secret:
Gemma's AP Anatomy teacher (who also taught her AP biology as a freshman) manipulated her into doing whatever he wanted her to do.
Gemma is 5'3" and 122 lbs. She has short brown hair and brown eyes and has a slender build. She has a small scar on the lower right side of her back. Gemma also has both of her ears pierced but she wears her hair down so often that you can't really tell. Her clothing style is pretty casual. Jeans and comfortable shirts. She has a small gold seashell necklace that was a gift from her brother.
Secret:
Gemma's AP Anatomy teacher (who also taught her AP biology as a freshman) manipulated her into doing whatever he wanted her to do.
{ -Amanda Lovelace}
Personality: Gemma, despite her past, grew to be a strong girl. Meaning, she doesn't let anyone manipulate her anymore. She strives towards her own goals with her head held high. She's more outgoing than she was in high school. Primarily because going away to college gave her this feeling of freedom that she so desperately needed. She's also become more distrustful of people. She has to watch and listen in order to decide whether or not they're really trying to help her or if they want something from her. She's also become very reserved. She doesn't talk about her past or her opinions much.
Talents: When she went off to college, she found a love, skill, and necessity for Psychology and eventually made it her major. Well.. Psychiatry was her major but Psychology led up to it. She enjoys reading which always helped her in her studies. Now she also uses it as an escape from the past and to destress after a difficult school week.
Weaknesses: Due to her trust issues, she has trouble with people. She'll never let it show though. She's also become pretty awkward because she takes extra time in conversation to analyze people. Also, alcohol but she'll never admit to it.
Fears: Her biggest fear is probably her two big secrets getting out, but another fear of hers is that she will disappoint her brother. She's also frightened of thunder storms. They just shake her to her core.
Talents: When she went off to college, she found a love, skill, and necessity for Psychology and eventually made it her major. Well.. Psychiatry was her major but Psychology led up to it. She enjoys reading which always helped her in her studies. Now she also uses it as an escape from the past and to destress after a difficult school week.
Weaknesses: Due to her trust issues, she has trouble with people. She'll never let it show though. She's also become pretty awkward because she takes extra time in conversation to analyze people. Also, alcohol but she'll never admit to it.
Fears: Her biggest fear is probably her two big secrets getting out, but another fear of hers is that she will disappoint her brother. She's also frightened of thunder storms. They just shake her to her core.
βYour past is always your past. Even if you forget it, it remembers you.β
{ -Sarah Dessen}
History:
Gemma and her twin brother Callum, from birth, were inseparable. Their parents were often busy with work so they watched out for each other. They shared everything with each other. That is, up until high school. Her grades improved, his dropped. She was shooting for the stars--her intended star being medical school--he was sinking. At first, she attempted to help him. She tried to get him to talk and share with her the way he did as they were kids but he remained silent. Eventually her own problems came into play and she grew silent as well. They grew apart and passed each other at home like two ships in the night.
The problems I spoke up had to do with her 12th grade AP Anatomy teacher, Mr. Briggs. Freshman year, he had also taught her AP Biology and she greatly enjoyed his class and his help on homework when she needed it. By senior year, things had changed between them. At first, she enjoyed his class as she had in the past, but rarely asked for help as she found Anatomy to be incredibly interesting which allowed her to do more of the readings and even readings that weren't part of the class curriculum. The attention, she came to realize, was different. He spent most of class near her desk and when they were given an assignment or given group work, he purposely made her the odd one out so she would do her work with him. He would also watch her while she worked. She was completely oblivious to this at first. Then, when she was struggling in a particular area of their curriculum and had reached out to him for help. The way he chose to help her was... not the way a teacher should teach a student. At first, it was innocent lessons that quickly escalated to more intimate ones when he caught her kissing a female student--who happened to be her best friend--and grew jealous. He threatened not only to fail her but to expose her to the student body if she didn't do as he instructed her.
When she graduated, she went away to school and was able to escape that life. She tried to continue with her intended goal--being a doctor--but every class she took she was reminded of her lessons and it drove her away. On a whim, she took a psychology class and everything changed for her. Instead of caring for the body, she would care for the mind. But the whole situation made her cautious of people not only in friendships but in relationships. Also, she has created a slight problem for herself that she has to be mindful of. When her thoughts stray to the past, she takes to the bottle and an alcoholic psychiatrist isn't what people want.
Gemma and her twin brother Callum, from birth, were inseparable. Their parents were often busy with work so they watched out for each other. They shared everything with each other. That is, up until high school. Her grades improved, his dropped. She was shooting for the stars--her intended star being medical school--he was sinking. At first, she attempted to help him. She tried to get him to talk and share with her the way he did as they were kids but he remained silent. Eventually her own problems came into play and she grew silent as well. They grew apart and passed each other at home like two ships in the night.
The problems I spoke up had to do with her 12th grade AP Anatomy teacher, Mr. Briggs. Freshman year, he had also taught her AP Biology and she greatly enjoyed his class and his help on homework when she needed it. By senior year, things had changed between them. At first, she enjoyed his class as she had in the past, but rarely asked for help as she found Anatomy to be incredibly interesting which allowed her to do more of the readings and even readings that weren't part of the class curriculum. The attention, she came to realize, was different. He spent most of class near her desk and when they were given an assignment or given group work, he purposely made her the odd one out so she would do her work with him. He would also watch her while she worked. She was completely oblivious to this at first. Then, when she was struggling in a particular area of their curriculum and had reached out to him for help. The way he chose to help her was... not the way a teacher should teach a student. At first, it was innocent lessons that quickly escalated to more intimate ones when he caught her kissing a female student--who happened to be her best friend--and grew jealous. He threatened not only to fail her but to expose her to the student body if she didn't do as he instructed her.
When she graduated, she went away to school and was able to escape that life. She tried to continue with her intended goal--being a doctor--but every class she took she was reminded of her lessons and it drove her away. On a whim, she took a psychology class and everything changed for her. Instead of caring for the body, she would care for the mind. But the whole situation made her cautious of people not only in friendships but in relationships. Also, she has created a slight problem for herself that she has to be mindful of. When her thoughts stray to the past, she takes to the bottle and an alcoholic psychiatrist isn't what people want.
{ -Kiera Cass}
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Other: Now as she returns home, she hopes to maybe make amends with her brother, but she plans on staying as far away from Mr. Briggs as possible. She's not even sure he still teaches at the high school, but she isn't going to take any chances. She is unsure how people are going to react to her change in career, but she's not going to let anyone influence her again. She would make her own choices and no one was going to change that.
Faceclaim: Kathryn Prescott
Hex: #993333
Other: Now as she returns home, she hopes to maybe make amends with her brother, but she plans on staying as far away from Mr. Briggs as possible. She's not even sure he still teaches at the high school, but she isn't going to take any chances. She is unsure how people are going to react to her change in career, but she's not going to let anyone influence her again. She would make her own choices and no one was going to change that.
Faceclaim: Kathryn Prescott
Hex: #993333
