Lenora Foley

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**Lenora Olivia Foley** was born to a woman that was the definition of peaked in High School.  After continuously fooling around with any and everyone, in and after High School, it was only a matter of time before she fell pregnant with one of those many guys. Unfortunately for her mother, being popular in school didn’t get her very far, especially after losing Blue Royalty. It also didn’t get her financially far when she spent most of her money on alcohol to yield to her addiction.

Never too inappropriate, never says the wrong thing, Lenora Foley is the essence of perfection. She is the perfect balance of kind, funny, at times a little air-headed and bubbly. Always seeming as though she has everything, Lenora is often the root of other people’s insecurities, and no one could imagine that she would have her own. For a while, she was even intelligent, skipping a grade as she was ahead of everyone else. But, after a minor set-back leading to a years suspension, Lenora was back in the year with her former classmates. However, Lenora took this in her stride, as she could now add ‘rebellious streak’ to her many desirable qualities.

Though, over the years, much to her dismay, Lenora began to grow up to become similar to her mother. Despite her seemingly self-confidence, Lenora is completely reliant on other people, continuously letting boyfriends define her. Lenora has been victim to, so much so she has become accustomed to, slut-shaming due to constantly being romantically involved with someone since the young age of kindergarten. Everyone knows she would be one to go to for a random hookup or to make a sex tape or have a one night stand. But, no matter how brief, unhealthy or toxic the relationship was, a part of Lenora falls in love with every guy she dates. She finds her worth is dependent on what the men in her life think of her, and it is a top priority of hers to always have a love interest to give her a sense of importance. When she does have one, Lenora has a tendency to be codependent and needy, borderline possessive, as well as fragile and sensitive.

Lenora has the sole life goal to not turn out like her mother: painfully single and alone, unemployed and hardly caring. In all her relationships, Lenora tries to look for stability that her mother never found. Therefore, Lenora has ambitions to lead a perfect life. This is also why she is so motivated to win Blue Royalty. If she can do something her mother couldn’t, then perhaps Lenora would be happy in herself.

## Storyline

### Pre-Senior Year

#### Chemistry Boy (November 2036)

A few months into freshman year, Lenora had developed a crush on the boy who sat behind her in chemistry. She decided to finally approach him somehow, deciding asking him for a spare pen would be the best way to go about it. Enrique Montoya handed her one, one of his unique collection of pens that had little planets on the end. The teacher then told them to get into pairs, and so Lenora built up the courage to ask him. As she was answering questions, Ricky draws attention to the cut above her eyebrow, that happened as a result of her mother slamming the door.

Lenora's cover story was interrupted by someone who was making fun of Ricky and his pens. She got annoyed on Ricky's behalf, insulting him back to the point where he was driven away from them. Ricky and Lenora then introduced themselves to each other.

#### Alison's Boyfriend (July 2038)

For the last few months, Lenora's mother, Alison, had been dating a man they both knew to be a drug dealer. Lenora knew he was aggressive, she would make sure to keep her distance from them. But one day, they were very unavoidable. She came home to see him with Alison in a chokehold, asking her questions which got directed at Lenora when she came in. He had found out that the son of a police officer had been in proximity of him, that being Ricky, who Lenora had been dating for over a year. He threatened Lenora to get rid of Ricky, implying fatal consequences otherwise.

During that interaction, Lenora had fallen back on a shard of glass that had been on the floor from the dealer's outburst. As a result, her hand required some form of medical attention, but she didn't know who to go to that won't ask any questions. Her mind went to Elio Esposito, someone she had met a few days ago and had told her if she needed anything he would help. To Lenora, Elio would be someone willing to help but not close enough to her to ask questions. It seemed like the only choice at the time.

What she didn't know was that Lenora had been seen going to Elio's house, and this news got back to Ricky, who had been wondering why she was being distant. Ricky had turned up to Lenora's apartment, wanting to know what was going on. Ricky tried to come in, but Lenora remembered the threat against him being anywhere near the dealer, and so she had to insist on them staying outside, which looked even more suspicious to Ricky. He asked her if she was cheating on him. Lenora had no idea where that had come from, and she wanted to honestly deny it immediately. But she needed to keep him away from her while it wasn't safe, and she didn't know what else to do. All she could do was apologise, which gave him the confirmation he needed. Thus began Ricky's hatred for Lenora.

### Senior Year (2039-40)

#### Rockefeller Residence (September)

For the first senior party of the year and with ambitions to complete tasks for Blue Royalty, Lenora is picked up by her best friend JP Medina. They discuss the importance - or lack thereof - of the infamous game that the seniors were entering. Though the answer is already obvious, Lenora still jokingly asks if he would reconsider his refusal to participate. However, the mood is quickly changed when the attention of hers, as well as everyone in the parking lot, reverted to her boyfriend, Elio, and Paige Pierce acting as far more than just friends. Despite being on a break, this still hurt Lenora, and gave her a motivation to drink that night.

#### Halloween (October)

After a month of no talking to Elio, Halloween involved a civil conversation between the pair before they joined their assigned group with Ezekiel Griffin and JP. Maybe even more than that, exchanging compliments on each other's costumes and then expressing how much they missed each other. While Elio suggested having drinks, with optimism about how it will go with them tonight, Lenora recalled her plans to complete Blue Royalty tasks and so suggested going back to JP and Zek.

Taking his the wrong way, Elio argues about where her priorities are, and that the two guys would happily welcome them, allowing jealousy and bitterness to come through. While Lenora was trying to diffuse the situation by telling him she was just trying to bring the group together, this only makes the conversation worse, expressing his theories that Zek or JP only wanted to fuck Lenora. After this ends badly, Elio flirts with Veronica Parker and they leave the party together.

The next school day, Lenora is debriefing about the argument in with Ezekiel. She told him how she felt bad to be putting Zek in the middle when he was friends with both. Zek then makes his opinions clear to Lenora on where he stands, that being not with Elio. In fact, he felt concerned and angry about the fact that Lenora would still go back to him.

#### Valentine's Day (February)

Valentine's Day arrived, which also happened to be JP's birthday. She gets him a gift, and as Lenora was about to extent the conversation, she noticed someone else. Someone she recognised, someone she hadn't seen in years. Harrison Miller quickly gets pulled into an empty classroom by her, and Lenora confronts him about where he has been this whole time. He is dismissive though, telling her it doesn't concern her. His wording frustrated her considering concern had been exactly what Lenora had been feelings for him.

As prom was approaching, Lenora found something while she was looking for her mother's medical records she needed to get her some sort of help. It was a letter her mother had written, to a name she didn't recognise - Mikel Lucas. The content of the letter told her that Mikel was the man that her mother had slept with, which evidently led to her pregnancy. Meaning that he was her father. From the 'Return to sender' note on the letter, it was clear that it never received by him.

Filled with hope of some form of support when finding her father, Lenora started searching up the name Mikel. That's when she found that he had another daughter who went to Cerulean High, Laurel Parker. She made it her mission to try and talk to her.

#### Prom (March)

Trying to distract herself, and focus on the upcoming prom, Lenora posted something on Instagram. It was quickly received by Ricky, who left her some ridiculous comment. What surprised her though was that Laurel had jumped to her defence. Though what surprised her even more was when Ricky called out Laurel for her father dying. There came the revelation that her father had died. The hope she had put into a person was gone.

Lenora had to resist the urge to comment back to Ricky, to ask more, but she couldn't. Managing to bring herself to going to prom, Lenora arrived with only the intention to talk to Laurel. Whatever family she could get, she would take.

Who she immediately encountered, though, was Elio. Lenora tried to match the energy he was giving her, despite bearing the weight of her recent revelations. But she was kind of glad he was here, Lenora needed a distraction, and that's what he could be. She began to flirt with him, hoping for a carefree time. But Elio quickly put a stop to that, showing him a post on his phone.

The post contained a rumour that Lenora had been cheating on him with someone she didn't even know. While she tries to brush it off, it seems Elio doesn't want to let it go, and he continues to press her for answers. It is now she begins to realise he may be slightly intoxicated. Lenora tried to reassure him, tries to tell him that she loves him, but Elio instead begins to bring up everyone he has worried about her around. Elio didn't trust her, and he never really has. Lenora defended herself, expressing that she can't be with him if he can't. With that, they broke up for good.

She needed to return to her original intentions after the break-up, looking for Laurel again. But on the way, she found JP. Lenora didn't mind the interruption from him, as conversations with him would always be comfortable. She even joked with him about him bringing Amelia Taylor-DeLoughrey to prom, but when JP asked how she was, and specifically how Elio was, Lenora told him what just happened. Reason being, in Lenora's words, that he couldn't take being with a slut. JP told her she shouldn't say things like that about herself, and that she'll find someone else, encouraging them to drink to help.

#### Detention (April)

Days later, Lenora finds her mother with a bottle on the coffee table. This surprised her, as she was under the impression that her mother was going into recovery. Her mother then told her that a 'Marcus' had got it for her, implying that she is in another new relationship. Lenora takes the bottle off the table, taking it with her so it would be out of her reach. However, Lenora was later caught by a teacher, resulting in her getting detention.

To both their despair, Ricky was in the same detention as her. With Ricky, Lenora had always had things she needed to say to him, things she needed to explain. Seeing him now, for the first time in a long time, and possibly the last time for a while, she knew it would be her only chance. As she began, Ricky immediately vented to her in disbelief that she was anything other than the cheater she had claimed to be. Lenora kept trying to get a word in, and in frustration she finally blurted out the truth - that she never cheated.

The news successfully stopped him in his tracks. Of course he didn't believe it, and he went to open the bottle Lenora had gotten detention for, telling her how she could have better snuck it in. She made a vague comment that her mother hadn't thought of that, which Ricky didn't need more context for. Ricky listened to her for a moment, but Lenora wasn't able to get the full story out amongst his many interruptions.

#### Ski Trip (May)

The journey to the ski trip, Lenora is unfortunately sat between JP and... Elio. Who is also sat next to Phoebe Taylor-DeLoughrey, whom everyone knows Elio had a thing for. Thankfully JP could be a distraction, in which talked about their experience - or lack thereof - in skiing.

When the seniors arrived and eventually began a game of Dare or Drink, Ricky gave Lenora the dare to read out text messages she had sent to Elio when she was cheating. As this had never happened, Lenora was able to confidently read out a very mundane conversation where Elio had tried to ask her on a date, and Lenora had politely rejected him, on the basis that she was in a relationship.

#### Existential Crisis (June)

As graduation was approaching, it began to sink into Lenora how much she hadn't achieved in the year. How much things were not working out how she had desperately tried to. She was truly struggling with the idea that she may turn into her mother, and so had been coping through drinking. On one of her bad nights, she had the urge to call Ezekiel, someone she hadn't spoken to in months.

Her drunken antics raise concern from Zek, prompting him to get out and find her. By the time he reaches her, she has broken into a classroom, and began to feel far more sober and guilty about reaching out to him. But it was too late, because he was making his way inside.

## Relationships

### Romantic

#### Enrique Montoya

See Lenora and Ricky

Ricky and Lenora were each other's first loves and the perfect couple between freshman and sophomore year. That was, until Lenora confessed to cheating on Ricky which immediately destroyed what they had, and later contributed to Ricky's distortion on love.

#### Elio Esposito

See Lenora and Elio

The guy suspected to have been who Ricky was cheated on with, Lenora started dating Elio a little into junior year. Since then they were a continuously on and off relationship, in which their breaks included getting back at each other with other people. Though the last straw for Lenora was him suspecting he had cheated on her, resulting in the end of their relationship.

## Songs

* Nothing New (Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers)
* My Love Mine All Mine (Mitski)
* Creep (Radiohead)
* Getting Older (Billie Eilish)
* chaotic (Tate McRae)
* Bored (Billie Eilish)
* idontwannabeyouanymore (Billie Eilish)
* this is me trying (Taylor Swift)
* making the bed (Olivia Rodrigo)
* What Was I Made For? (Billie Eilish)