Celeste Cosgrove

Celeste Cosgrove is a character that can be found within Thirlcrest Academy. She is a Supervisor apart of Thirlcrest Times, and is portrayed by gabbynotgubs.
== Appearance ==
Celeste stands at a short 5’1 and a half. Her legs making up the better portion of her height, her torso is short. Celeste maintains a mesomorph build, keeping herself active by going on runs and walks often. In terms of clothing, Celeste is seen wearing a bomber jacket, with a brown pleated skirt, and a white button up layered underneath. Her attire entirely reflects her as a person, or the phase of belief she's going through. In older renditions, Celeste intentionally barred wearing crosses on her clothing. Though, as of recent, as her belief changes, Celeste allows herself a cross necklace. She likes to mix a business casual style, with a more trendy look. Celeste is usually seen wearing her signature Mary Janes. Lastly, a T-Times ID is seen clipped on the collar of her jacket. 
Celeste’s has green, almond shaped eyes, that are usually covered up by her gold framed prescription glasses. Her face shape is more triangular, while her cheeks are softer. Celeste has lightly spotted freckles along the outer parts of her face. The girl doesn't often bother with makeup, so her eyebags are often seen if you look close enough. 
== Characteristics ==
In recent days, Celeste's mannerism's towards the average student is best described as argumentative, and unwelcoming. Depending on your level of importance to her, Celeste's demeanor changes. During interviews, or conversations with prominent members of other clubs -- or her own, Celeste displays as the pinnacle of professionalism. It's safe to say, the girl is efficient in code-switching. Generally, Celeste is quick to boil over. Usually seen picking fun at those she see's as 'beneath her', conversations with her turn sour if the other person were to fight back. Despite this, Celeste's ability to pretty quickly judge a book by it's cover aides her in swapping to a more charismatic persona to those she finds interesting.
== Background ==
Born on January 1st, 1992, Celeste Cosgrove was born in Arles, France, to two highly successful psychologists. In the late eighties, the Cosgrove’s had made quite a name for themselves in the world of medicine, Celeste’s mom starting her own successful clinical trial on Alzheimer's, and her dad ranking in the top ten best psychologists in the world. It was constant the way the family traveled around growing up, Los Angeles for the talk shows, Vegas for the magazine photoshoots, and Indiana for the shooting of their own show — “Ask a Doctor: THE DOCTOR IS IN!” Essentially set up for success, Celeste Cosgrove was in the hot seat. After the birth of her sister, a little over a year later, their parents were forced to slow down their careers. Their show going on a hiatus, and being forced to decline any photo shoots, the two festered a sort of resentment for the girls. Their mom had quickly gotten over it, hiring a nanny to be the girls full time caretaker, she didn’t have any second thoughts when returning back to her career full time. 
Their dad, on the other hand, felt a lot of anger. Conflicted with the decision between his kids and his career, he spent a lot of time depressed, rotting in bed. The decision should’ve been simple; which one did he care about more? The truth is, the girls weren’t exactly his idea, but his career had been making him anxious, and he felt he fell short in comparison to his wife’s. Drinking was often what he turned to when his mind forced him to assess his options, and he spent a lot of time at home. The nanny, eventually fired, was replaced by their usually drunk father, who they’d be lucky to get a bowl of cereal from. Celeste had realized her father was in no state to be taking care of kids, and honestly the idea of trying to wake him for food became a little scary. Celeste took on a nurturing role over her unsuspecting sister, learning to cook at an early age, and masking her from her dad’s deteriorating mental state, she posed as something of a mother to Cecily.
One unfortunate night, though, when plugging Cecily’s ears and barricading the door didn’t work, their dad barged in the girl’s room in a drunken rage. Punching a hole in the wall, and spewing nonsense about them being ‘mistakes’, he had them essentially cornered. Scurrying past her dad’s feet, Celeste made a run for the front door. Trying to shake off the pounding anxiety in her head, she alerted a neighbor about what was going on, to which they promptly called the police, and made their way into the house to attempt to de-escalate. The years their mom had spent ignoring all of this were finally over, fortunately left with very minor injuries, Cecily made a child-like plea to their mom, begging to ‘let this be over.’ Celeste hadn’t done as good of a job as she hoped shielding her sister from all of it, but she was slightly thankful for that when their cries to remove them from the situation worked. 
Sentenced to 8 years in prison, the girls and their mom left France, and moved to the states. In Hartford City, Indiana, the girls were enrolled into local middle schools, where the two spent relatively normal childhoods. Feeling safe behind their dad’s eight year sentence, the entire family spent a lot of time in therapy, discussing their rather colorful pasts. At this time, the girl's relationship with their mom was at an all time high, finally able to step away from her big name, she was able to spend a lot more time with the girls. Celeste still had her doubts of course, her anxiety high every-time mom mentioned her work.
During their freshman year of high school, the girls caught wind of their father being released on parole, for ‘good behavior.’ Giving each other a shared look of mutual anxiety, they tried to comfort each other with their words. He’d never come and find us, one said. Yeah, he’s not that crazy, the other replied. Their dad’s release from prison had been smeared all over French media, “PREVIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL SUCCESS COSGROVE: JUST RELEASED!” Unwilling to converse with any type of paparazzi, their dad went incognito for months. And there it was, the anxiety filled radio silence. Celeste’s mind swarmed with terrible possibilities of their dad coming to the states and tracking them down. Despite spending a good chunk of her childhood years protecting Cecily from him, could she do it again? She was way out of practice. 
One faithful week in March, the girls’ mom had to take a business trip. Her work in Arles rather unfinished, she promised the girls there’d be no more long absences after this. A week would be plenty of time for her to get her papers in order. She trusted the girls enough to take care of themselves. With Celeste in charge, she did just that. Making sure to wake Cecily up for school at the crack of dawn, sending her off with a full stomach or breakfast, AND lunch. The week had gone smoothly. On that Thursday, a knock was heard at the door around 3AM. Being a light sleeper, Celeste was the only one who woke up to it. Cautiously, she made her way to her mom’s room. Standing in the doorway for a while, her mom’s words before the trip rang in her head. Shotgun, under the bed. 
Celeste’s anxiety was already at a high after their father’s early release, her breathing got heavy as she tugged the gun from under the bed. The rattling of the ammo inside made her jolt, but she held it by her side anyways as she walked to the front door. Being too short to peer through the door’s window, she carefully pried it open, attempting to take a peek through the crack. Almost as if he had violent intentions, her dad grabbed the corner of the door with force, prying the rest of it wide open. 
A scream was heard, before the shotgun was loosely pulled up and fired off. Her ears ringing after, and blasted onto her butt from the recoil of the gun, Celeste scrambled to her feet to check on her dad.  Being so close to him when she fired, she unintentionally blasted basically his entire knee cap off. Cecily had been up since the sound of the scream, and called the police right away, where they arrived especially fast. Taking Celeste and her dad away in handcuffs, their mom took the first flight home, arriving around the next morning. She apologized profusely to her daughters, having no idea this would’ve happened. A blood covered Celeste gave her mom unforgiving eyes that day. Celeste knew it wasn’t her mom’s fault, but letting it happen twice? It felt like her fault. 
Their dad was in no position to press charges, considering he’d severely violated his parole. Still having to serve Celeste some kind of punishment for handling a gun as a minor, a judge suggested reformatory schools. Thirlcrest Academy had been named “the best in the country”, and her mom emphasized only wanting the best for Celeste. She was sent there a few months later, to start off her sophomore year.
== Relationships ==
===Amy Kubo===
Companion | Rebuilding
While the two had never established a personal relationship at the beginning of Celeste's time with the Evangelists, she found Amy to be good company. The two had brief, respectful interactions that eventually lead to the creation of Drama Queens & The Boys, an inactive band the two found themselves to be apart of. While the band had seemingly been a bust, the two's friendship wasn't. Slowly evolving from giggling with each other in group settings, Amy had seemed to put a lot of trust in Celeste, a sentiment she quickly shared. Banding together to teach certain Evangelists a lesson, helping each other with their mutual anxiety, the two were inseparable nearing the end of their time with Evangelists.
During their final days at Evangelists, the two shared a similar sentiment of being unwanted, and the anxiety surrounding being in the clique only festered from there. With all this combined, a one sided crush manifested on Celeste's end. The two leaving Evangelists together, both of them made the decision to join Times. It wasn't until Amy started talking about boys, that the warm feeling in Celeste's stomach when she was around Amy finally made sense. Feeling a lack of time, Celeste decided to confess to Amy on impulse, leaving the two somewhat at odds these days. Wishing nothing but the best for Amy, she swallowed her feelings and watched as she kindled something new with Daniel Park.
During a visit to the nurses office, Amy was dragged into the back office to have a talk with the nurse. Leaving Celeste and Bryn by themselves, Andrew Wright stumbled in, clearly acting irregular. The activity originally clocked by Bryn, led Celeste to preform an exam on him herself. Concluding that Andrew was on something, Celeste lead Andrew back to the safety of the times office. With little care, or remorse about the boy, Celeste questioned what he took, and where he got it. Andrew spoke vaguely about his hopelessness, and eluded to wanting to die. Worried, Celeste reached out to the Headquarters group chat, clearly shaken up by Andrew's grim words.
Celeste unintentionally met back up with Amy at the pool, where the two made their way to the cafe. Both of them with little to say for each other, Amy asked briefly about the events with Andrew, where Celeste responded vaguely. After a short while, Daniel Park showed up. Celeste's stomach dropping, and a lump forming in her throat, she rushed to exit the booth. Feeling like she was being setup, the panic set in. Told forcefully to sit down by Amy, Celeste didn't, but stood by the table to hear things out. Amy asked again, a little more firm this time, about Andrew. Specifically wondering if he spoke about Amy, Celeste answered honestly. Amy went on a tangent, yelling at Celeste about always feeling like the villain, and commenting that maybe 'she shouldn't even be here.'
Celeste, having heart wrenching conversations back to back, found no energy within herself to talk comfortingly to Amy. Recalling many conversations of similar nature during the twos Evangelist days, Celeste had conflicting feelings about going down the same path again. Loving Amy with her entire heart, she would've done anything for her, but with Celeste's new and developing relationship with Cassius, she felt an obligation to move on from Amy. Celeste told Amy that she would have followed her anywhere, but that this fact couldn't be true anymore. Celeste reassured Amy that she would always love her, a painful conversation for them both.
In an effort to self sabotage, Amy's painful expression washed away. Taking out the slip she'd received from the nurses office hours earlier, she handed it to Celeste. The slip revealed that Amy was not truly who she said she was, leaving Celeste with little to say. Amy twisted the knife, telling Celeste she can't love someone she doesn't know. Confused, scared, and hurt, Celeste exited the cafe, nothing left to say to Amy. Celeste found comfort in Andrew that night, a part of her mind blocking off most that had to do with Amy.
Celeste, after a week of sulking, has decided to forget. Not necessarily forgiving Amy for her actions, Celeste has given Amy a clean slate. The two are fine, and only truly interact on the account of Times business, or to collaborate on a slanderous article. 
===Justice Hill===
Complicated | Warm
Celeste and Justice have both always had an appreciation for each others company. Working in different departments of the same program, the proximity brought these two closer together. Celeste finds Justice to be good company, and more importantly, a genuinely good asset to Times. His position as Chief of Security is admirable, and one she wholeheartedly trusts him with. The two have collaborated on multiple affairs, including the jumping of a Peacekeeper who punched Vincent Kuhn. Once the two had grown closer, Celeste gifted Justice a brand new coffee machine after a few weeks of relentless complaining. While their friendship mostly appears as business, a few one-off dates to the Corner Cafe would suggest otherwise -- though, neither of them would ever speak up about it to the other. 
===Cecily Cosgrove=== 
Sister | Unstable
Inseparable since Cecily's birth, the girls laid a safe and playful foundation for their relationship. Growing up, it was mostly just the two of them. Celeste wishing to lift any weight off of Cecily's shoulder, she took on a motherly role over her sister. Making food in her dad's inebriated state, dressing her for school in the morning, and trying to shield her from her dad's outbursts, the two had shared a special dynamic that in turn, made them closer than ever.
After the both of them were sent to Thirlcrest for different affairs, the two made a pact to maintain the relationship they shared before. Matching outfits, holding hands, and even joining the same clique, the sister's made a show of their close relationship. After news had been shared with Celeste of their mother's deteriorating state, she sent Cecily back to France on her own to check on her. Justifying this decision by simply stating her and her mom were never close, the true intentions behind it were crystal clear; fear. Upon Cecily's return, and letting Celeste know about their mom's death, the two had an explosive fight that left them both at odds. Cecily returning to France to deal with the funeral proceedings, it isn't confirmed if she'll ever return.
=== Alexandra Madeline Itsumi===
Best Friend | Warm
Meeting during Celeste's first few days in Evangelists, Alexandra presented herself as nothing less but herself. Celeste somewhat finding herself unable to relate with Alexandra, she usually kept any interactions with her short. Feeling a bit at odds with her because of her obvious attraction to Tyler Ruddock, Celeste made it a point to steer clear. Finding themselves apart of the same band, the close proximity forced these two to share some much needed quality time together. Digging through Alexandra's thick personality, Celeste found a caring, sensitive girl, one she'd been too naive to see before.
The dynamic between the two truly changed when Celeste became Alexandra's reformist, having a somewhat better view on her, it was an easy task to reform her. Adapting an altered way of speech, Celeste was able to really relate to Alexandra on all the things that mattered to her. Often talking about makeup, clothes, bags, Alexandra put a lot of trust in Celeste as her reformist, and she had shown real progress as a result. Celeste slightly weening off her reformist duties since her leave from Evangelists, she finds Alexandra to be a real friend and 
confidant.
==Trivia==
Celeste is proficient in sewing, and quite enjoys it. It's a hobby she shared with her mother.
Celeste is fluent in French.
Celeste loves writing, something she hoped to pursue when transferring to Thirlcrest.
Celeste's voice-claim is Celine, from Before Sunrise. 
==Gallery==
celesteart.png | Art of Celeste, by XxArtemis_ArtistxX
Category:Characters