Lucky and Privileged. Broken and Damaged.
Clara Cunningham is well-refined, composed and restricted. She is also shy and quiet, rarely bothering to talk unless it was necessary and polite to do so or with her siblings which were her only posse everywhere and anywhere.
She was always so friendly and warm to everybody that if she had made an effort now she would be surrounded with more friends and admirers. But somehow, she???d developed the belief that she would only be able to fulfill her parent???s expectations if she focuses on excelling rather than befriending everyone. In the process, she grew up to be a bit anti-social; distancing herself from most but her brothers and sisters.
She???s always the peace maker, the person to interfere when the bad things go worse. She prefers to handle everything with a calm and leveled head than letting her temper get the best of her.
She???s also one who gives up easily and easily manipulated. She prefers to be realistic in connection with her decisions, but most of the times just really comes out pessimistic. But when she is inspired, she is very persistent and willing to go through large extents to fulfill what she wants.
On one of her usual routines along the school hall ways before her route to home, she passes by the bulletin board, her attention caught by one pink flier pinned to the board with nine bolded letters hooking her to the page: Audtions. She smiled at the thought, imagining the smile light up her mother???s face when she announces the news. She gets the lead role and the play was a great success. She develops a love for the theatre in the process, preferring this life rather than the extravagant way of life her mother kept pushing her into.
She studies in one of the most costing high school in the state, where status does indeed matter and money is everything. Names don???t matter if you???ve got no money to back it up. She and her other siblings, in other words, had the best of the best any kid could ask for.
Clara was born to Matthew and Cierra Cunningham, the youngest of tree, at the peak of both her parent???s business careers. She found herself being the center of attention around the Cunningham household at a very young age, being that she inherited her mother???s breathtaking beauty and her father???s unbelievably deep blue orbs to match. She was the apple of everyone???s eye, the girl that sparks life and adoration in her parent???s orbs and the smile to settle on their lips ??? except Ciel, of course. She was the golden child that everyone couldn???t help but love.
She and her older brother, Mark Cunningham (who was at least three years older than her), became the closest of the three siblings ??? usually isolating the middle sibling Ciel Cunningham. He being oldest, coming to the realization that he has two other younger siblings to take care of, instilled a great sense of responsibility in him ??? more so on their youngest. They rarely fought, and were practically inseparable. He was always the one who intervened between hers and Ciel???s sisterly squabbles and was always there to keep them away from harm.
Ciel Cunningham was the middle of the three Cunningham children and a year older than Clara. They cared enough for each other, as was required; but despite that, constantly find themselves bickering due to Ciel???s desire to also be noticed by their parents. It wasn???t that Ciel wasn???t pretty, Clara was just more blessed with the good genes. And because of that, Ciel made it her duty to make Clara feel bad about it every single day of their adolescent life.
Matthew Cunningham, during his mid-30s was a shining movie producer, with top notch movies and high rating shows here and there constantly ??? one of his finest being the world renowned ???Heart Strings???. Until he married Cierra, Matthew never thought of living the easy life away from the flashy life of Hollywood. But as soon as their first born arrived, he bought a big old house away from the noisy and busy streets of L.A. and returned to his hometown in Seattle, Washington.
Cierra Cunningham was only in her early 20s when she and Matthew hooked up and became one of L.A.???s star couple during their time and launching Cierra Burton???s previous invisible Acting Career into the stardom she thought she deserved ??? she was sadly mistaken.Upon the birth of their first child, Matthew convinces Cierra to hide away from the limelight before things get worse for her career ??? making it the wisest decision she???s ever made in his career. And now lives off to see her dream come to life in her youngest daughter.
Clara shared a normal amount of affection and intimacy with her parents; though there was always a fear in her that she will disappointment. Through the years, she has become their golden child and always expected great things of her in every aspect of her life. So, in retrospect, she developed a desire to be competitive in school ??? always trying out for new clubs and competitions and succumbing to depression and vulnerability when she loses.