Xavier Baxter

**Xavier Baxter** is Maddie's boyfriend.

## History

### Attempt to Seduce Maddie

Xavier and Maddie were making out in a car in the auto shop when Xavier attempted to take things to the next step, saying he'd come prepared. Maddie said no because she didn't want their first time to be in the auto shop. There was also a rodent in the auto shop that freaked her out. When she mentioned that to Xavier, he got out of the car and killed the rodent over Maddie's objections.

### Maddie's Disappearance

Xavier was in his truck waiting for Claire Zomer to come meet him when his girlfriend, Maddie Nears, came out and surprised him. He meant to send Claire a text to warn her off coming, but accidentally sent the text to Maddie instead. He lied and told Maddie that he was skipping class to charge his phone, but couldn't find his charger. She knew he was lying, but believed he was just out there to get high. Later, at study hall, Xavier waited for Maddie to be distracted and took her phone so he could delete the text before she saw it. However, Maddie disappeared soon after that.

In Ms. Fields' class, Simon Elroy confronted Xavier, believing that he was involved in Maddie's disappearance. This confrontation led to Simon grabbing Xavier's bag, spilling the contents, including Maddie's phone. Xavier was sent to Principal Hartman, who questioned Xavier about it. When Xavier left the office, Simon confronted him again. Xavier said he didn't have to tell them anything, so Simon tackled him and knocked him down. When Principal Hartman broke things up, Xavier got up and walked away.

Xavier tried to go to the vigil for Maddie, but his dad stopped him and led him back outside. He asked Xavier about Maddie's phone and Xavier maintained that he didn't know anything. He told his dad he'd taken the phone to delete the text before Maddie could see it, to protect her from knowing that he was hooking up with Claire. Sheriff Baxter led Xavier out to a cop car and promised him he'd take care of everything.

At home, Xavier's dad told him to stay home until he was able to find out more, though Xavier thought that would make things worse as his classmates had already seen him get taken away in a cop car. He also told Xavier that they had confirmed the blood on the wall was Maddie's. Xavier stayed at home until Claire came over. She asked why he hadn't responded to any of her texts and he said he was worried about them finding Maddie's body. Claire told him if he needed to talk, to talk to her and not give in to the demons. He told her it was too late.

Xavier was in the garage when his father came home and chastised him for leaving the house. Xavier claimed he just needed some air and felt like a prisoner. His dad told him the phone they had had nothing on it, meaning it might not actually be Maddie's. Xavier insisted he didn't know anything about that, as he wasn't even able to figure out the passcode to get into the phone. Soon after that, while his father was distracted on the phone, Xavier took his bike and left. He went to Maddie's house, where he talked to her mother. He admitted he'd hurt her, but not in the way she thought.

### Searching for Maddie

Xavier told his dad that because the police hadn't found anything, he was going to go back to school. People gossiped and stared, but Xavier ignored them. While he was in the library, Xavier saw Nicole get up and leave. Xavier followed her to a closed factory where Maddie used to hang out and told her he'd been cleared by the police as Mr. South had seen him in the boys' bathroom, but people had already made up their minds about him. They were both frustrated that the police seemed to have given up on finding Maddie and decided to go look for her themselves. They teamed up with Sandra and went out to the woods, where Nicole found Maddie's ticket, which Xavier saw she had the last time he saw her. It was covered in a boot print, which Sandra confirmed matched Maddie's boot.

### Horror Con

Nicole and Xavier left school to go to Horror Con because Nicole was convinced Maddie would be there. Nicole ranted about Claire and was upset when Xavier didn't join her. When she questioned it, he admitted that he'd been cheating on Maddie with Claire. Despite her anger at him, Nicole continued on to Horror Con, but made him stay in the car. She searched for Maddie, but no one had seen her. Xavier left the car and found Nicole. Nicole told him he was supposed to look out for Maddie, but she was gone. Xavier said he knew he'd failed her. He wished he could take it back, but he couldn't. She told him she really thought Maddie would be a Horror Con and she was finally thinking Maddie might really be gone like Simon had said.

### Homecoming

Xavier was at Sandra's house when she got a call informing her that the police had found Maddie's backpack at an abandoned house and believed she'd been squatting there. Sandra worried that Maddie was scared to come home. She wanted Maddie to know that things would be different if she came home. Xavier then went to school and shared the news with Simon and Nicole. He also told them that the house in question was owned by Claire's stepfather and was about to be torn down. Simon still wasn't convinced that Xavier didn't have something to do with the disappearance.

Xavier went to the house and went inside. He searched the rooms for anything. He entered a room just in time to see someone climb out the window. He ran to the window and called out to them, but they ran away.

Xavier then went to Sandra's house to pick her up for the Homecoming game, where she planned to hand out missing person flyers. When Simon arrived, Xavier told him about going to the house and the person who ran away. Simon then joined them to go to the game. While they were passing out flyers, Xavier, Simon, and Nicole all received a text that included a video of Claire blackmailing Mr. Anderson about the stolen money to get straight As. They met up and questioned who could have filmed it and why that person would send it to them. Xavier wanted to show the video to his dad, but Nicole said his dad would think he was involved and they didn't have time to keep clearing his name. Simon told Xavier he needed to win Claire back and then crack her. With Maddie's help, he helped Xavier compose a text message to send to Claire apologizing and asking her to go to the Homecoming dance with him.

After some time, Claire texted back agreeing to go with him. Xavier immediately went and told Simon and Nicole. They said they needed to crack her at the dance. Xavier wasn't sure he could do it, so Simon suggested Nicole help him pick out his outfit for the dance to help.

Claire came and found Xavier in the boys' locker room. She asked him why he invited her to the dance and he pretended he'd tried to send the text a long time ago, but couldn't make himself press send. He said he missed her. Claire said she'd pick him up at seven. She wanted to drive because her back seat is bigger than his.

When Claire sent Xavier a seductive text, he told Simon and Nicole that he thought she was playing them and he felt like he was walking into a trap. Simon told him he couldn't back out because he owe it to Maddie, so Xavier went to the mall with Nicole, who helped him pick out a suit to wear.

Claire came to pick Xavier up and Xavier overheard her talking to his dad, questioning him about the investigation into Maddie's disappearance. On the way to the dance, Xavier panicked when Claire pulled over, but she just warned him that the cheerleaders might make comments about him. Then she kissed him.

At the dance, as they waited in line to get their picture taken, Claire asked Xavier if it was his idea to display a picture of Maddie. He said no, that it was probably a teacher. He told her they'd found Maddie's backpack in a house her stepdad owned and found it weird that it was there of all places. She asked him how he knew about that and he said because of his dad. She'd also heard, because of her stepfather.

Xavier went back to Simon and Nicole and told them Claire was a good liar. Simon wanted Xavier to push Claire harder, to get the truth, but Xavier didn't want to spook her and said he'd figure it out himself. He went back to Claire and they left the dance to go make out. He tried to record her, but she caught him. She admitted to blackmailing Mr. Anderson for a good grade, but said she didn't hurt Maddie. They knew about the video and thought Maddie recorded it, so she swapped Maddie's phone, but couldn't get it unlocked, so she gave it to Mr. Anderson to get rid of it. She also told Mr. Anderson to pay Maddie off so she wouldn't tell anyone. She knew what she did was a mistake, but she didn't hurt Maddie and didn't know who did.

Xavier and Claire went back to the dance and Xavier told Simon that Claire didn't do anything to Maddie.

### Continued Investigation

After the dance, Claire joined the investigation. She suggested going to the sheriff's station to see what evidence they had on Mr. South. Xavier and Simon decided to go with her. Claire broke her own car window to have an excuse to file a police report while Xavier and Simon went to look for the evidence. They looked in the evidence box and found a picture of the boot print from the woods. Simon realized it wasn't actually Maddie's boot after all. They returned to campus, where Xavier and Claire found the janitors' schedule, which showed that only the cheerleaders and the AV crew were at the school the day the video of her and Mr. Anderson was filmed. She was also sure that Nicole had been there.

After school, Xavier and Claire went to a convenience store. While they were there, Sheriff Baxter came in and berated Xavier for coming to the station, as someone had spotted him and Simon. Xavier claimed he'd just come to support Claire. Claire came to Xavier's defense, calling out Sheriff Baxter for calling Xavier a loser. Then she asked Xavier to take her home, as her parents no longer felt it was safe for her to be out after dark.

Xavier wanted Nicole to go to the police and admit to the blackmail to exonerate Mr. South, but Nicole and Claire were worried about the consequences of that. They decided to wait because they had no proof they were telling the truth. When Xavier got an address of where another break-in had occurred, they went to stake it out. Several hours later, Xavier got tired of waiting and he and Nicole went inside. Claire ran inside when she saw someone approaching the house. Xavier chased the person, but they took his truck and backed it into him. Nicole recorded the truck driving off and then called an ambulance, which came and took Xavier away. Nicole sent the video, which showed Maddie as the driver, to Simon.

## Relationships

### Romantic

#### Maddie Nears

Xavier was dating Maddie prior to her disappearance.

#### Claire Zomer

Xavier was secretly cheating on his girlfriend Maddie with Claire.

### Familial

He has a strained relationship with his father.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Fault of Our Scars
2. ↑ My So-Called Death
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dead and Confused
4. ↑ Ghoul Intentions
5. ↑ The Twilight End Zone
6. ↑ Grave the Last Dance
7. ↑ Séance Anything
8. ↑ Madison's Body