Nickname: Rae, Kelly or Rocky
Age: Sixteen
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Openly Bisexual
Written Description: Physically, Raquel is an extraordinarily beautiful and seductive young woman: she has an oval face with fine bone structure, a wealth of brown curly hair, and almond-shaped, deep brown eyes with thick dark lashes. Her height is 5'7 and she has a slim, slightly athletic physique. Raquel would preferably like to accessorize all her clothes with a nice pair of heels to the dislike of Ms. Morgan who feels Raquel's way of dressing is a little to "adult" for a sixteen year old girl. It doesn't help that the girl also has a thing for makeup, especially eye makeup. Raquel's eyes are a dark mahogany brown, having a smoky, shadowy appearance; there usually seems to be something hiding behind her eyes. When it comes to her wardrobe Raquel wears a lot of skinny jeans, low-heeled boots, low heels, combat boots, sleeveless blouses, leather jackets, short skirts and super short shorts, dresses varied makeup and plunges into her jewelry box often enough.
When prospective future families come by the foster home Raquel changes her physical appearance in favor of a much more casual, sporty and "girl next door" sort of look. While Raquel favors a curly hair style, she will flatten her bouncy volume of curls to a smooth, long, straightened look. Her almond-shaped brown eyes of mystery becoming more innocent and doe-eyed. She turns into a completely different person even her mannerisms change entirely. Her speaking voice becomes less harsh and more soft-spoken.
Raquel is selfish and manipulative and she will step on anyone to get what she wants. She doesn't label just anyone with the title of "friend" so if she considers you as such you should be considering yourself to be very fortunate. She's not the kind of person who wears her emotions on her sleeve, in fact just the opposite. She hides her emotions behind a bitchy facade that she's mastered over her sixteen years of life. She rarely lets her walls down long enough for anyone to take a peak inside, but when she does you'll find that she's just a damaged girl who's trying to look out for herself. She was broken by the death of her family and betrayed and hurt by those who were suppose to care for her. Self-preservation and survival. Everything Raquel does comes down to those two things. Raquel is a damaged person, but she isnβt a monster. Itβs just hard for her to show herself, those who are heartless once cared too much.
She is determined in every way as well as sassy, sarcastic, independent and sexy. Raquel is fierce. She is ruthless but does have a caring side, and if she says something on her honor then it will happen. Due to the past events of her life a blind sense of faith and trust is not something Raquel is accustomed in giving. She doesn't trust easily and others would be wise not to trust her as she would likely throw you under the bus without a second thought. She has a "better it be you than me" mindset which has made her a lot of enemies both in and out of the foster system. She is focused on what she wants and she feels things very deeply, although she hides it extremely well.
While all may not like her Raquel has that kind of energy that just demands respect. People respect her in a weird way because she knows what she want and she's not afraid to get it. Some may see her as bad and uncaring but there is goodness within her. You may just have to look really really really deep down to find it. Despite what people may think she does still have morals and she will do things for those she doesn't particular like on the strength of a good friend. Raquel is strong and protective of herself and the people she cares about. She is kind, but also harsh when she needs to be. A true friend to those she does befriend. A lot of the times she can be very selfish. However for the few people she does care about, she is willing to do any and everything for them.
How long have you been at the orphanage?
Raquel has been living at Ms. Morgan's orphanage for almost a year now.
History
Raquel is one of those kids who has a past that she doesn't like to talk about with anyone. While the small details are a mystery to those who are not Raquel certain things about her life are common knowledge. Like the fact that both of her parents are dead. Living in an orphanage where everyones parents are either dead or unknown it isn't much of a shock that her parents are deceased. How her parents died Raquel doesn't talk about. Raquel was originally portrayed as a heart-less bad girl who got in fights, got around sexually, sold and took drugs, drank alcohol and partied, and had a horrible reputation in general. When you take a look at her file it is no surprise that she is still a resident at the orphanage.
Most of what Raquel has done since her parents death people just say is her acting out in search of attention and probably love. Raquel life had been a never-ending tale of bad choices and sad circumstances. Before getting thrown into the system Raquel use to live with her aunt who is her only living family member as far as she knows. Life with her aunt was far from easy as the two hated each other and were always at each others throats. Even when Raquel would attempt to stay on the straight and narrow her aunt had no faith in her and it wasn't long before Raquel managed to fuck up some how.
Raquel was involved in gangs and drugs at a young age, was in an abusive relationship with both her aunt and an old boyfriend and got sidetracked from school - which she used to love. Her aunt had had her arrested at thirteen for assault and Raquel was sent to juvie. After her release her aunt had made it clear that she didn't want Raquel back and that is how her life of group homes, foster homes and orphanages started. Raquel was a frequent runaway and would disappears for weeks or months at a time. She would either stay with whatever guy she was seeing on live on the streets making her own way to survive.
Her childhood was obviously a dysfunctional one but since coming to Ms. Morgan's orphanage and befriending some people she is trying her best to make it work. It's been almost a year since Raquel first arrived and it's been her longest time spent in one place since she lived with her aunt. Her plan is to live out her next two years here and hoping been down with the system once and for all when she turns eighteen.