Name-
Alexandra Johnston
Nickname-
AJ
Age-
16
Gender-
Female
Reason For Running Away-
She had tried to be the perfect child. She had tried to live up to her older sister, but her parent's never seemed to care. She was the middle child. Her father had a son and her mother had her baby and her first born. There really was no room for her. Her sister had always been musically talented and her brother had been an amazing athlete. After working extremely hard and getting very good at sports she was still ignored, she wasn't a boy. So in her father's mind she just wasn't as good. She decided that she would be the smart one. Her intelligence would be the reason her parent's would love her. She became the top of her class, and the joy of her teachers, but she still wasn't good enough. One day in class her teacher introduced her to philosophically thinking. What was her purpose in the world? It surely couldn't have been what she was doing then. She wouldn't put up with not being loved. It was a basic human need. So she ran away, hoping that she could find her purpose and not wanting to deal with being ignored by the people she cared about. She thought they would be better off without her anyway.
Personality-
She's been ignored. This has made AJ, in short, a sarcastic bitch. She loves people and the planet, and truly wants to make a difference in the world, but her quick-wits make being sarcastic easy. She tough and hard and she really really hates it when people are mean. When she's around her friends, though still very sarcastic, she's always very energetic and exciting. Or at least that's how she ACTS. After being rejected she has made a tendency to lie about her feelings and never trust anyone. What she wants is someone who can understand her and accept her, but she will never be open with someone until she is absolutely sure she can trust them, and so she's never told anyone about how she feels.
History-
Raised with an older sister and younger brother she was hopelessly ignored by her parents. She had played soccer and ran track and become incredibly strong and fast as well as quite the academic achiever. Her parents still ignored her. Her father was a smoker and a drinker, but she still loved him. One time, he had promised her family that he would quit smoking, but 3 days later AJ had caught him smoking again. Ever since she could never handle people breaking promises. She would put her iPod volume on max and cry herself to sleep at night wishing she could be a better person, a person worth loving. She had considered suicide, but decided that wasting her life would never do anything to help anyone. She promised herself that she would grow up to make a difference in the world for the better.
At the beginning of summer when she turned 16 she ran away. She wasn't stupid. She knew it was unlikely she would even get a job. She looked too young for that. Instead she began to perfect her skills of pick-pocketing and picking locks. She continued to teach herself as much as she could at the local library all the while sleeping in the jungle gyms at a local park. She felt extremely guilty about stealing, so she only did it on rare occasions. More often than not, she would find someone who needs their dogs walked or their grass mowed and earned up enough to buy food.