Hayden Anderson

## **Personality:**

Hayden had an alluring personality, always drawing people to him. He found a love for music early on in his life, learning to play guitar giving him an outlet for stress. Hayden was a goofy kid growing up but, when he lost his mother he became more aloof and destructive in his behaviors.

Hayden can be found freight hopping with his group most weekends, and skipping classes during the week. He always pushes against authority.

## **History**:

Hayden grew up in North Carolina with his parents and his sister Harper. Hayden and his family were extremely close growing up.

When Hayden was 13 his Mother started to get sick, she was loosing weight, and had next to no appetite. The following year she was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. Her doctors did everything they could, and their father drowned himself in debt with every and all clinical trials that he could get his wife into. Unfortunately, all his all his efforts couldn't save his wife. She passed away within the year of her diagnoses.

Lucas blamed himself, if he hadn't worked as much, maybe he would of noticed his wife's decline sooner. Maybe he could have saved her, not let the cancer spread as far as it had.

Rather than dealing with the pain of loosing his wife, Lucas picked up his kids and moved to Colorado for their last summer as a family. Lucas had buried himself in a hole. He was drunk most of the time, and couldn't stand the sight of his kids. They reminded him too much of his deceased wife, he decided his best option was to send them off to Silver Oaks in Oregon. Convincing himself they needed a change and would appreciate being away from reminders of their mother.

Hayden was excited for the change, he couldn't wait to get away from his father. His father had changed so much since loosing their mom. Hayden couldn't stand the toxicity in the house, while Harper tried to help their dad, Hayden did everything he could to get out of the house, he would come home at odd hours of the night if he ever bothered to come home.

Hayden melded well with the new school, he made friends easily and had more freedom without fear of coming home to a slobbering drunk.

## Relationships

#### Madi:

Hayden and Madi's brother, Sebastian(NPC) became friends their freshman year. They played together on the lacrosse team, it wasn't long before Hayden became friends with the entire family. Madi and Hayden hit it off, they played lacrosse together on most weekends and hung out after classes with Sebastian. They became a good group, and enjoyed each others company. Spending most of their weekends at the coffee shop or playing some contact sport.

#### Eli & Elias:

Hayden wasn't satisfied with his group of friends, he knew you would never make it without becoming one of the 'bullies' with in the school. He wanted to make it, he was only on the verge of loserhood and he wanted to avoid that at all costs. He had seen what it did to kids like Graham and Stu, loosing your pillows nightly or having to run for your life on campus was something he wanted to get away from. Hayden made sure to make it in with Eli, and his counter part Elias. They weren't close persay, but Hayden knew he wouldn't be a target of that group. Eli had been harder to win over than Elias, but that was because Eli ran the show. If you were friends with Eli you were friends with everyone, and it also meant you had access to the hottest girls.