Rebecca Lewis

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* Book Rebecca

**SPOILER WARNING: Plot details follow. *Caution is advised!***

**Rebecca Lewis** is the older sister of Simon Lewis and only daughter of Elaine.

## Biography

### Early life

When Rebecca and Simon's father died, Elaine became an alcoholic, which Rebecca found herself having to deal with.

At one point, Rebecca did volunteer work at a hospital.

### Problems

Due to their dad being dead and their mom being a severe alcoholic, Rebecca didn’t really care much for her little brother and left him to handle the world on his own without ever being there for him. After noticing Simon's strange behavior for days, Rebecca finally became concerned enough to share her worry with their mother when Maureen called to tell her that she thinks he may be on drugs. She and Elaine tried to talk to him about it, but when she got into an argument with her mother during the intervention, Simon became furious and accidentally smashed his desk in half, surprising his mother and sister. They later returned to give him dinner, only to find his room trashed and empty. Rebecca found his window wide open and assumed he left the house through it.

Some time after Simon moved out of the house, their mother tried to set a dinner on the night Rebecca was coming home for the weekend. Though Simon failed to come, he moved back in the next day.

She went to his room and was excitedly hugged by Simon, surprising her. When she noted that the room stunk and was too dark, she opened the curtains to let light in, making Simon, whom she didn't know had become a vampire during their time apart. She immediately became suspicious of his odd behavior. She spotted a thermos in his room and for a while thought that he had begun drinking as well, before she opened it to find blood, which Simon claimed was for the band. She called him out for the "crazy" behavior and told him to get it together before proceeding to flush the blood down the toilet, with Simon unable to follow her because of the sunlight coming into their house through the windows. She also told their mother about the blood. She and Elaine later found out about him being a vampire, or that he was drinking the blood of a rat, and were made to forget by Raphael Santiago.

For the Yom Kippur dinner that year, they were joined by her grandmother Helen and Maia Roberts, who introduced herself as Simon's girlfriend. Rebecca asked Simon about his band and if they were no longer doing the "fake blood" shows. The family was charmed by Maia; Rebecca observed the pair closely and, upon noticing their closeness, took it upon herself to grill them about their relationship and later embarrassed Simon by bringing up his phobia of jellyfish. Elaine stopped them to initiate their family tradition and shared that she hoped to atone for her relapse in drinking and how it was hard on all of them.

### Bitten

One evening while Rebecca was home with Elaine, a woman named Heidi McKenzie, claiming to know Simon, invaded their home and tied them down in the dining room. Heidi called Simon, blackmailing him into coming. When Simon arrived, Heidi told them that she and Simon were both vampires, which Simon confirmed. Elaine and Rebecca both remained dubious and scared. To prove it to them, Heidi cut Rebecca's neck with a knife in a small line, letting her bleed to entice Simon. Heidi released her shortly after and told her to go to Simon. Rebecca approached Simon and tried to talk him down, only to further provoke and aggravate his hunger. When she got too close, Simon lost control and fed on her until she lost enough blood to lose consciousness, and Heidi left. Two more people arrived; Isabelle Lightwood was able to stop Simon from feeding on her, just at the right moment and she was kept alive.

Rebecca was rushed to the hospital after. When she woke up, Simon was there, and though she was momentarily disoriented, she quickly remembered that night's events. Rebecca began crying and asked about Elaine. She then asked when she was going to Turn into a vampire herself, believing it to be the way it would work based on YA novels she'd read. Simon told her that she wouldn't and told her of the horrific process that would need to happen for someone to Turn, making Rebecca realize that Simon must have gone through it, including death, without their support. Rebecca put two and two together and realized that his behavior from before was due to his change.

When Simon suggested using his *encanto* to make her forget about him being a vampire, Rebecca asked him not to because she was never there for him over the years and wanted to be there for him now; and told him that she stilled loved him. When she found out that Elaine did not take the revelation well, she asked what they were going to do about it; Simon responded to it by using his *encanto* on their mother to make her think he was dead.

Shortly after this, Rebecca and her mother moved to Florida to start a new life. On Halloween night, she came all the way to New York to visit Simon and spend time with him. She was also aware of Clary being a Shadowhunter. Rebecca told Simon that their mom was getting better day by day and let him know that she was preparing for an interview at the district attorney's office. Since their mother couldn't handle the Shadow World stuff, Rebecca pointed out that Simon did the right thing by erasing her memories of him being a vampire. Rebecca was also informed by Simon that he and Maia ended their relationship. Though she was concerned, Simon insisted that he was "better than fine" and that he has sworn off love. Rebecca then exited the Hunter's Moon to call their mother when she was attacked by a demon but saved by Isabelle. Rebecca deduced that Simon was in love with Isabelle and coerced him into making a move on her before leaving and advising Simon not to mess things up.

## Trivia

* Her casting side described her as "incredibly close" with Simon. She was set to become one of [the viewers] main connection to the mundane world, though this did not seem to pan out.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rebecca's casting side for 1x07
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2x05: *Dust and Shadows*
3. ↑ 1x07: *Major Arcana*
4. ↑ 2x04: *Day of Wrath*
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 3x10: *Erchomai*
6. ↑ 2x16: *Day of Atonement*
7. ↑ 3x09: *Familia Ante Omnia*
8. ↑ 3x18: *The Beast Within*