Full Name|| Derek Peterson Nicknames(s)|Einstein, Peter, and Der |Age(given) | 17| Birthday | May 16| Sexuality: Pansexual
Derek has dark brown hair with matching brown eyes. He's fairly tall standing at 6'1 with a medium build. Derek is always wearing glasses(even though he doesn't really need them that much) and a brown jacket with whatever he's got on.
Likes
- Math
- Coffee
- The rain, especially walking in it.
- Anything intellectual
- Learning something new that's related to math
Dislikes
- People who don't understand math
- Fakes
- Bullies
- His step sister
- Irrational things
Fears
- Public speaking
- Heights
- Frogs(Don't ask)
History
17 years ago James and Emma Peterson brought Derek into their lives. They had no idea he'd turn out to be a mathematical genius. At the age of 5 he started doing problems that were way above his grade level. Derek was then taking Calculus level math at the age of 11. Derek's parents had him home schooled with a private teacher to teach him math. His parents hoped that he could get scholarship in the future since his parents couldn't afford to send him anywhere good enough for him.
At age 13 things took a turn for the worse, like being diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome was bad enough. Derek's parents split after 20 years of marriage. They didn't really tell Derek why because they feared it would set him off or something. After that Derek's dad remarried and his mom left him. For some time Derek blamed himself for the divorce because they payed to get him a private teacher. He tried asking his father but never got an answer.
Derek hated his step sister, she was always trying to take pictures and videos of him and tease him and call him a nerd. Worst of James gave her more attention than Derek. That was what he hated the most. Eventually math became a way fro Derek to escape the world and his family. Numbers became his friends. Then Derek had been offered a scholarship to Pines Academy and accepted. Derek is happy to get away from his family and do what he loves... Well not all his family it seems...
Personality
Thanks to his Asperger's Syndrome Derek has a hard time in social situations. He has trouble interacting with people and understanding different facial expressions and gestures. Derek mostly has difficulties maintaining conversations and making friends. He's very awkward and shy but the few people who befriend him say he's a sweetheart. Derek does however have repetitive habits and rituals. One of them being he has to wake up at exactly 6:56 AM everyday. another is that during conversations he will twist the ring on his finger or tap his thigh with his hand or fingers. Derek also can't hold eye contact very well and tends to be looking around the room a lot when speaking to someone. He is also obsessed with math. To him it's easy and he gets worked up and irritated when someone else doesn't understand. Sometimes he'll try to teach it to them not really caring if they're in the middle of something important. Another factor is that he's very OCD about his things. Everything he owns needs to be in a certain spot or he will be completely thrown off his ritual and make have a meltdown.