Emma Alderidge

Emma is a Former Knights Cheerleading All Star apart of Varsity. She has since disenrolled from Thirlcrest and went home for good.
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== Appearance ==
Emma Alderidge stands at about roughly 5 Foot exactly, weighing lightly at 97 pounds. She has light brunette hair that she has dyed a shade darker; Her skin tone is tan, as she is of Colombian and Caucasian descent. Emma's build can be looked at as petite, yet muscular with little to no body fat, as to uphold her position of a Flyer on the Thirlcrest Cheer Team. Emma's most predominant feature is probably her height, as she is much shorter than most of the girls on the team yet maintaining an athletic and toned physique. She typically keeps her hair in a half up-half down hairstyle, with her wispy bangs that fall to her eyebrows, whilst the top half is twisted neatly at the back of her head, leading into a bun as the rest of her hair falls behind her at waist-length. Typical accessories would be described as white heart sunglasses on top of her head, along with the Thirlcrest Cheerleading bow placed strategically above her updo of choice. For earrings, she wears gold hoops, along with a gold heart necklace that was passed down to her by her late mother, and a gold bracelet gifted to her by her grandmother. Emma's face can be seen and described as round, with a small nose that arches almost perfectly. Her lips are full and luscious (Credits to the Colombian Woman Genes). As for makeup, Emma doesn't wear much as she deems herself naturally beautiful, but on a day-to-day basis can be seen wearing mascara on her eyelashes, and a light pink lip-gloss. Emma's eyes are big, circular, and Dark Brown. On a day around campus as described above, Emma chooses either her Lady Knights Star-Patterned Windbreaker, or her new matching white winter tracksuit with a fur jacket. She makes sure that her gold belly button piercing is flaunted in every outfit. 
== Characteristics ==
Emma can be pretty cold hearted if you happen to get on her bad side, however, is typically very forgiving and believes in second chances. However, she acts impulsively most of the time and doesn't think when she speaks. This can often-times be described as having "No Filter" by her peers. Common-Sense wise, Emma is a complete idiot. Her vocabulary consists of re-conjugating words and using the latest lingo, as she can be seen as a total airhead. Emma doesn't like to let people get close to her, as a result only having a handful of tightly knit friends. To strangers, she can be seen as outgoing and even a little bit intimidating, although being so small. She was once told, "HOW MUCH ANGER AND VIOLENCE CAN BE HELD INTO SUCH A TINY WOMAN?" By a Bruiser. When it comes to people that she's close too along with her boyfriend, she is super sweet and has many love languages. Emma will always be there for her girls, and when a fellow Cheerleader is in need, no matter the situation, she is somebody you can always rely on. You can always count on Emma to be honest; she will never lie to you and if you ever look bad, you will know it.
== Character Background ==
=== Family Backstory ===
Emma was born in San Diego, California, to Andrew Alderidge and Carla Alderidge (Maiden Name: Alvarez). Emma had a pretty intense childhood, firstly losing her mother when she was only 4 years old to Ovarian Cancer. Since then, Emma was raised in a Mid-Class beach home along the Pacific Coast of California. Her mother migrated from Cartagena, Colombia to California as a teenager herself, getting employed and making ends meet for herself at a local Surf Shop, attempting to lay under the radar as an illegal immigrant. There, she met Emma's father and hit it off one day, when he came in to rent a board with some friends. About 4 years later in 1988, they had married, and Carla received her full citizenship into the United States. In 1990, they had their only child, (Emma). From then on, the rest was history. 
=== Early Childhood ===
Earlier on in Emma's life, her father was a wealthy Lawyer, and helped to settle many celebrity lawsuits throughout his time. Because of this, Emma's mother Carla did not have to work, and was able to be a stay-at-home mother during her infant years. Around Emma's 3rd birthday, Carla was diagnosed with Stage 4 Metastatic Ovarian Cancer, and was told that even with treatment, it would only extend her lifespan by only three months. Devastated by this, Andrew (Emma's father) had stepped down from his Law Firm, selling it and staying at home full time with Carla and Emma. As time went on, her health only deteriorated and a few months after Emma turned 4, she passed away. Too young to really even understand what was going on, Emma continued to age and just thought that her mother had gone on a long vacation. It wasn't only until she was about to start kindergarten, that she has begun to process what had really happened to her mother. Beginning to experience early childhood depression, her father chose to not send her to school until she turned 6 and opted to hold her back a year. Time went on, and Emma had eventually started school, and her father, although grief stricken, had attained a new job as a Lawyer at the firm he had previously sold. This caused him to be out of town 90% of the time, which had left Emma with a nanny for most of her life between the years of 7-13 years old. Truth be told, Emma's father was absolutely terrified of being a single dad, let alone with a daughter. He was afraid of doing things wrong, and not being able to do things a mother would be able to do for her, such as braid her hair, teach her things as she aged regarding growing up, and playing with makeup. He was so scared of the thought, that it was partially his motivation for being away a lot, no matter how guilty he felt about it; assuming she'd be better off with the elderly woman that took care of Emma as a child/young adolescent when he was away. 
Emma was then raised by her nanny, a 62-year-old woman by the name of Margaret Hawkins. Margaret took the role of a mother for Emma, and she looked up to her for everything. Margaret was the only person Emma had for the entirety of her childhood and depended on her heavily. She helped her through grade school, and the big transition to middle school and into adolescence. When she turned 13, Margaret had already been 68 and began to fall sickly, just with old age. She had to retire and stop taking care of Emma, this summoning her father home. Despite this, Emma payed daily visits to Margaret in the lovely elderly home she resided at. Andrew finally retired from being a Lawyer and becoming a stay-at-home father. Money wouldn't necessarily be a struggle for the two of them, as his job brought in lots of wealth for them to live off of. Emma had resented her father, because he wasn't there for her when she truly needed it. 
=== Adolescence ===
At the age of 14, Emma had begun to act out at school. She had gotten into her first fight in the Eighth Grade, after one of her former classmates has begun to tease her and taunt her for the death of her mother. This had ended in Emma getting physical, and the two had fought outside in the school courtyard after school. She was suspended, which resulted in her father taking away all her privileges. Such as going out, being with her friends, going to the mall, and being a young girl, which seemed to be her only source of escape for the great sadness she felt of being at home. This spiraled into her constantly arguing and bickering with her father, and consistently threatening to run away. When she returned to school from suspension second semester, she had no friends, and the classmate she fought the previous semester began to spread horrible rumors about her and her life. Telling her peers that, "Emma was raised by an old hag for a mother" "Motherless" "Deadbeat Absent Father", and the list went on. Emma began to fall into a deep depression, and everything began to tick her off easier and easier. She had begun to pick verbal arguments with teachers and authority and continued to have a terrible relationship with her father, a consequence to him being away for her entire childhood. This along with depression, the grief she felt for her later mother, and the absence of Margaret, had set Emma off once and for all. 
The summer going into Freshman year, after the previous school year had ended, Emma devised a plan to run away, and live with Margaret in her elderly home. She felt that her nanny was the only person that she truly had and was the only person who was there for her when she needed it. She packed her things when her father was asleep and crept out of her window. She walked for 2 hours with a full backpack and a duffel bag of her belongings,before she had finally reached the elderly home. When Emma arrived, there were multiple ambulances outside, and paramedics flooding through the front doors of the facility. Emma had thought absolutely nothing of it, assuming it was normal for a home full of elderly people. When she walked inside, ready to board the elevator up to Margarets room, she saw Margaret being wheeled out on a stretcher from the stairwell. Emma could not believe her eyes, and she instantly lost it. The one person that she had left, was gone. She was forced to call her father, and plead for forgiveness, and explain to him what had happened when she arrived. 
=== Teenage Years/Introduction to Thirlcrest ===
Andrew, tired of her nonsense, enrolled her into Thirlcrest Academy, to be sent away and finish off the rest of her Highschool Years. Since enrolled Freshman year, she has had little contact with her father. However, she is doing much better in the new environment, and perked up an interest in Cheerleading. Freshman and Sophomore year were very lonely, she stayed closed off to new friendships and relationships and preferred to be an outcast. However, the first week of school her Junior Year, without any prior experience, she began to practice Tumbling, and Stunting on her own in her dorm room in preparation to finally try out for the sport she'd always kept in the back of her mind. She was nervous, but curious as to what it was all about. Before she made her final decision, she went through the first few weeks of school just deciding on who to befriend and finally deciding to socialize, therefore meeting fellow Thirlcrest Cheerleaders Violet Mikhailov, Ada Whitney, and Lacey Campbell. It was hard at first, the girls had realistically had Emma be their personal servant, running around campus doing their dirty-work and retrieving lattes for them on a daily basis. Through doing this though, she was encouraged by the four to finally try-out for the Varsity Cheerleading Team and ended up making it, despite not thinking that she would. At tryouts, she was then approached by Roy Rianelli, which had then become her first boyfriend ever. As of present day, Roy and Emma have split, but they still remain close friends. As amazing as it sounds, and despite how doubtful she was in the beginning, Emma had gracefully climbed her way closer to the top of Taylor Vaughns (Thirlcrest Cheerleading Captain)'s inner ring! Since enrolling in Thirlcrest Academy, she has made many other new friends, had so many refreshing experiences, and met so many amazing people and wouldn't trade any of her experiences for the world, no matter how hard they were. While still navigating Highschool as a Junior, and remaining weary of those she lets in, she remains at peace with the course of her life. 
=== Thirlcrest Dis-Enrollment and Return/Final Goodbye ===
About half-way through the school year, Emma was forced to go home to tend to her sick diabetic father, who landed himself in the hospital for almost 4 months. It was all so quick, Emma seemed to disappear, as she quickly got the call and disenrolled from Thirlcrest as soon as she found out. She immediately packed her things and got on a flight home. She didn't tell many people, as she wanted to leave without causing too much disruption. While Emma was gone, she enrolled at her hometown highschool and joined the cheer team there. She hated it, and prayed everyday for the day she could come back to Thirlcrest. She missed her ex Terrence Briscoe, and could not wait to see him upon her return. While she was gone, she made no effort to reach out to him, in hopes that maybe he could find happiness while she was away, however that was not the case. Once her dad was back to health, she immediately transferred back and arrived back to school just in time for Homecoming. To her surprise, lots had changed since she left. Taylor was no longer Captain, Layla was. Many had come and go, and she was forced to meet new girls who had joined the team. It was basically back to square one for Emma, but it was a challenge she was not afraid of! This went on for a few weeks until.... 
However, after only returning to Thirlcrest for about two weeks, Emma has decided that it was for the best to remain at home with her father, to ensure he was well so that relationship could be rekindled as well. It was a hard goodbye and completely unexpected, but Emma believes it was for the best. It hurt her heart too much to tell the others she was leaving again for good, so she messaged the groupchats and told everybody that she was simply joining the Harringtons and the Preps. Now back at home, she is adjusting to new beginnings, but will forever cherish every memory made at Thirlcrest Academy. 
== Relationships ==
=== Roy Rianelli ===
Roy Rianelli, was Emma's first boyfriend, at Thirlcrest Academy, and in general. The two met, when he approached her at Cheerleading Tryouts and asked her on a date to the Cafe. From there, the two began to spend every day together, and eventually led to Emma becoming Roy's girlfriend. The two were picture perfect, always seen hand in hand, and displaying loads of PDA. Emma and Roy were seen as inseparable and were possibly one of many of the most known couples in Varsity for a bit. She was extremely happy that she had gotten with one of the most attractive and influential guys in Varsity, yet others remained envious. However, their relationship had a rocky start when Emma was not aware that Roy was her friend and fellow cheerleader Lacey Campbells Ex-Boyfriend. Because of this, her fellow teammates began to slut-shame her, and taunt her for breaking girl code. Shortly after this, she confronted and talked to Lacey and was given her blessing, as Lacey made a deal with Roy, and he was allowed to date other cheers. Soon after, Erin Delaney of Thirlcrest Times, had approached Emma and informed her that Roy was attempting to flirt with her in exchange for articles that made him look good. In spite of this, Emma confronted Roy, and he explained that it was a misunderstanding. They stayed together and had continued to thrive. However, Emma was called home to visit her father as he had been admitted to the hospital after getting into a pretty bad car accident. Emma had been gone for 5 days, and during this time, Roy had also been on a college visit. They both ended up coming back on the same day, and there she approached Roy at a beach party. He was rude and informed her that he was told that Emma had been cheating with some football player she had never met, (Terrence, Big Tee) let alone she was not in town at the time. Distraught, Roy dumped Emma over the false accusations. Since then, the two have made amends and have become close friends. Present day, Roy is currently dating one of Emma's best friends, Gracie. Emma doesn't really mind, and is very supportive of their relationship, however she does notice he treats her better than he treated Emma, and she does get jealous occasionally. However, it's not something that immensely affects her, so she just lets it go and stays a supportive bestie.
=== Jack Fiala ===
Jack Fiala was the second guy Emma had been with. She doesn't consider this a relationship, more of just a fling. This was problematic for multiple reasons, number one because it was Cheerleading Council Layla Covington's Ex-Boyfriend. At first, Emma was given a blessing to talk to Jack, as he had expressed on multiple occasions that he was interested in Emma, and she had previously rejected in honor of girl code. The night Jack had broken up with Layla for the second time, which Emma was completely unaware they had gotten back together even, Jack asked Emma to take part in a double date with Roy Rianelli and Gracie Radcliffe. Emma said yes, and the four went to the cafe, and the beach and had an amazing time. The next day, Layla had found out about it, and completely lost it at Emma. In response and out of respect, Emma had to completely cut off Jack and beg for forgiveness, in order to secure her friendship with Layla. To this day, Jack still attempts to get with Emma, even attempting to home wreck her relationship with current boyfriend, Terrence Briscoe. He even went as far as to kiss Emma against her will in front of both Layla AND Terrence, causing him to fist fight Jack in a fit of rage over it. All in all, Emma and Jack's fling was short and sweet, however Emma was genuinely interested in Jack at one point and found him genuinely attractive. For now, she chooses to pretend he doesn't exist for the better good of everybody.
=== Terrence Briscoe (Big Tee) (Terry) ===
Terrence, otherwise known as Big Tee, is Emma's current boyfriend, and third guy she has been with. Emma had always known who Terrence was, yet she seemed to always overlook him as a person until one eventful night. At the current time, Emma was not too fond of Terrence, after him and Roy conspired a way for Emma and Roy to break up a few months prior. However, during this particular week, Gracie Radcliffe and Winter Bass decided to throw a school-wide Western themed party. At this party, Emma got extremely drunk and ended up collapsing on one of the benches in the clubhouse. Terrence approached her, just as drunk or maybe even worse, and the two hit it off. They spent the whole evening chatting away and making jokes. Emma's mind had been changed, and she was actually quite fond of Terrence. The next day, Emma assumed he only cared to talk to her because of the influence of the alcohol, but he had approached her on campus, and the two began to continue flirting. Emma and Terrence began to hangout more every day, and eventually Emma asked him to be her Boyfriend. The two are always seen together, whether it be on dates, in class, attending events together, and there's not a time of day where Terrence isn't holding Emma's hand or carrying her along with him. In Emma's opinion, Terrence is the only guy who has treated her right, and she says she's so lucky to have a guy like him. Throughout the two's fresh, blossoming relationship days however, Jack, Emma's ex fling, has still made multiple attempts to home wreck the relationship, such as kissing her against her will in front of Terrence, causing Jack and Terrence to fight each other in the gym. Emma and Terrence have broken up twice, but are hoping to be for the long run now that she has returned to Thirlcrest. 
=== Violet Mikhailov ===
Violet Mikhailov was Emma's first female friend she ever made on campus at Thirlcrest Academy. Because of this, Violet is Emma's #1 Best-Friend. She was also the only cheer to be nice to her before she made the team. Emma met Violet when she was first interested in joining cheer, trusting Violet with all her secrets, and asking her loads of questions about how cheerleading works so she could better her skillset. Today, the two are still inseparable, and have been since they met. At first, Emma was a "servant" if you will, for Violet, and in exchange of her friendship and cheerleading advice, she would run around and do Violets dirty work and run her errands. The day Emma made the cheer team, Violet was so happy that she could actually treat her like a real friend, because she was a part of the cheer team and wasn't a "non-clique dweebo" anymore. The two can be seen doing loads together, such as gossiping, pulling sneaky stunts, cracking jokes, and conspiring plans with each other around campus. They can be referred to as "Dumb" and "Dumber" by many and are basically attached at the hip. Emma has not seen Violet since she returned to Thirlcrest, and misses her dearly.
=== Ada Whitney ===
Ada was another one of Emma's first friends around campus, and has probably been one of the realest and most honest with her. Ada and Emma can always be seen gossiping, and having each others back no matter the situation. Even when they don't see each other, they're always sending messages to each other via badger. Ada has been there for Emma through some of her roughest moments, and she couldn't be more thankful for her. Emma wishes she saw Ada more, as their class schedules don't particularly line up and Ada is usually seen with her boyfriend Ralph. One of their most memorable moments, was when Ada had Emma dress up as a creepy demon, and chase around Ralph when there were rumors of him cheating on Ada. Emma has also not seen Ada since she returned, but she misses her dearly. 
=== Layla Covington ===
Layla and Emma began off on the wrong foot but have now grown quite fond of each other. The two had a rough start because of Jack Fiala, who presumably wanted to be with Emma after he had been off and on with Layla multiple times. Despite those times of hardship, Emma believes strongly in girls-support-girls, so she took the executive decision for the better of their friendship to let Jack go. Since then, Emma can be seen with Layla typically making fun of nerds and weirdos, or simply just gossiping about others. The two get along well, and Emma is thankful for having someone like Layla in her life who will tell her when she looks fat or not, despite literally only being 97 pounds. However, Emma looks up to Layla and respects her. She promised Layla that she would never tell Taylor that she eats roaches as long as she gave her the best cheerleading tips. Since returning, Emma's respect for Layla has grown immensley, after finding out that she's the new Lady Knights Captain. She missed Layla lots.
=== Gracie Radcliffe ===
Gracie Radcliffe is Emma's next closest best-friend, along with Violet. Emma and Gracie have always gotten along and are always seen together. Gracie and Emma love to chat shit about others, and it's probably the only thing they do in their free time. Gracie is currently dating Roy, however Emma didn't really care, as Roy and Emma's relationship ended on an odd note. It didn't take much to give Gracie her blessing, and Emma is very supportive of the two's relationship. Occasionally, she does wish that Roy treated her as well as he treats Gracie, but it's not something she lets get in the way of their friendship. Emma values her friend's happiness over her own, so it doesn't bother her too much. Gracie and Emma love to torment other nerds, and when together, their delusional brains basically mesh into one. The two can go on and on and on multiple tangents about the delusional thoughts they have, but Gracie is the only person Emma can be properly delulu with, because their energy matches perfectly. This is why she loves spending time with Gracie. Emma was so excited to rekindle her friendship with Gracie upon her return to Thirlcrest.
=== Lacey Campbell ===
Lacey and Emma have had a long history, as Lacey was also one of the first cheerleaders she met . The two had a bit of a weird friendship at first, because Emma got with Roy, and she was completely unaware that Roy and Lacey dated previously. Lacey didn't go insane or anything, but rightfully she was upset. The situation was aided immediately, and Emma was given Lacey's blessing in the end. Now that Roy and Emma have broken up, Lacey and Emma love to gossip about Roy, and it's actually a daily ritual for them. Lacey and Emma get along well, and before Emma made the cheer team, Lacey gave her the nickname "Lacey 2.0", as a cute reminder of how similar they were! Emma respects Lacey, because she's a part of the Cheerleading Council, and is very close to Cheerleading Captain, Taylor Vaughn. Despite their friendship, she always makes sure that she does her best around Lacey, as she wants to impress her. The two can be seen gossiping or hanging around each other at practices. Since Emma returned, her and Lacey have grown a lot closer and she can be seen with her often. 
=== Erin Delaney ===
Erin is probably Emma's #1 support system and considers Erin her personal therapist. Despite making fun of her for being a journalist dweeb, Emma loves Erin and wouldn't trade her for the world. The two are always conspiring something and will be there for each other at all costs and times. The two have a few very memorable moments, such as when Erin totally followed girl code and told Emma when Roy was trying to flirt with her. Since then, the two have been totally inseparable, and always support each others endeavors. At the Western party, Emma and Erin got totally trashed, and spent almost the whole night dancing on the washer and dryer in the Varsity clubhouse singing Britney Spear songs and chugging Vodka straight from the bottle. Emma will always be there for Erin, and hopes she'll do the same for her too. When Emma returned, she found out that Erin was now a Lady Knight! This will help their bond grow stronger, and she can't wait for what's next. 
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