Melissa Joanna Cane
Nickname:
Mel or Gingy
Birthday & Age:
5th November 1996, aged 17
Sexual Orientation:
Heterosexual
Grade Level:
12th Grade
Character Role:
The Bookworm
~Personal Life~
Family Life:
Melissa is the youngest child of Andrew Cane (49), CEO of the Cane Corporation, and Elizabeth Edwards (47), a journalist and philanthropist, with three brothers, the black sheep, Curtis (26), the favourite, Ryan (20) and her twin, Mark (17). Melissa grew up following in her mother's light, Melissa loved to read, write and as a child would often pretend she was a journalist herself, forcing her older brothers to pretend they were celebrities she had to interview. Of all her brothers, she is especially close to her twin brother, Mark.
As they were raised in Chelsea, London and only the finest education would do the twins were separated and sent to two different single gender schools, Melissa was sent to an independent all girls school, it was here she first developed her taste for fashion and the actual need to keep up with modern styles, unlike when she was a child and would run about with her big brothers. By being sent to an all-girls school, Melissa had little interaction with boys except for classes in which she had to go to the adjoining boys school, such as Performance Arts.
For their sixteenth, Melissa and Mark agreed to have a masquerade with the girls from her school and the boys from Mark's school. It was at this masquerade that Melissa discovered Mark's sexuality and made the promise to keep quiet until he was comfortable to come out, which would end up not being his choice in the end. The masquerade presented Melissa with an opportunity for Melissa to interact with boys outside of school and her brothers, which made Melissa both awkward and very excitable, and eventually led to her relationship with Ryan's best friend, Matthew, who was 19 at the time. The relationship ended when he got involved in drugs and tried to rope Melissa into, which resulted in Curtis even going after him against Melissa's wishes.
Luckily, a few months afterward, Andrew's company was expanding into the American market and setting up offices in New York, which Andrew was all to eager to manage. After hearing news of their relocation, Melissa's relationship with her family was shaken, she was being torn away from her best friends and even her brothers, she pleaded to stay in London with Curtis, but her mother wouldn't agree to it and so Melissa was dragged to New York, where she was enrolled into Constance Billard School for Girls.
Academic Career:
Melissa got into CB due to her mother's vast connections, due to being a well known journalist and a philanthropist, she has set up a lot of connections within the Upper East Side, whilst her father's wealth has presented the family with little difficulty in paying the fees. Her exceptional GCSE and AS grades would have been reason enough for a scholarship had she been unable to pay for the tuition, yet it was her money and status which gained her entrance, not her academic achievements.
Future Plans:
Melissa plans on returning to the UK to study at the University of Edinburgh to study English Literature. With this degree, she hopes to expand on her creative capability and even become a journalist like her mother some day.
~Disposition~
Melissa grew up curious and adventurous, her mother taught her to always be kind and humble, yet somewhere along the line, Melissa grew pedantic about things, such as misspellings and punctuation errors and for some unknown reason an intolerance towards Americanisms.
Melissa is the quieter of the twins and as such would rather stay in than go to a party, yet that doesn't mean she hates all parties and wouldn't go to any... in fact she rather enjoys a drink and a dance, so much so her friends used to nickname her the alcoholic.
Hobbies:
- *Reading - Melissa is usually found with her nose in a book, whether it be for entertainment purposes or studying.
*Writing - Melissa not only reads books, but is very found of actually writing her own one day and most of the times she's scribbling on a page, it's notes for a story.
*Blogging - Whilst very little goes on in her life, she does tend to blog about the important things, such as events she attends with her mother.
- *Sucks though her teeth when annoyed making a distinct noise.
*Has a nervous stutter and if put on the spot it will surface.
Classic literature, romance novels, writing stories, hot chocolate, Greek mythology and dancing.
Dislikes:
A lot of modern literature, caffeine, dubstep, cheesy relationships and snobs.
~Physical Description~
Face Claim:
Holland Roden
Height:
5 ft 3
Weight/Build:
117 lbs
Hair Color:
Auburn
Eye Color:
Brown