Scott Lane

**Scott Lane** is the main character of Donald Newton's The Clearwood Murders series. Despite Scott's rebellious style and anti-conformist ways, Scott is very mature, caring, and loyal to those close to him. He is a badass who will fight for those he loves, including the Carter family, whom he sees as his own family. He is best friends with Andrew Carter, looks up to Andrew's parents, Clarence and Kathy, like his own parents. His relationship with Andrew's sister, Lorraine, is complicated. It appears that he hates her but deep down appears to actually have hidden feelings for her.

Like most characters in the Clearwood Murders series, Scott was inspired by a character from That 70s Show. By his rebellious ways, being the token main stoner of the group, and being the badass, he was obviously based on Steven Hyde.

## Pre-Clearwood Murders

Scott was born to a poor and dysfunctional family. As such, his mother never paid much attention to him and didn't seem to care that he was out by himself even as a young child. His mother often slept around. His father was never around, which makes us wonder if his father was his mother's husband or another lover.

Sometime during his childhood, Scott met and became best friends with Andrew Carter. They remained friends until their junior year when Andrew started dating a popular girl despite being a nerd himself. Scott and Andrew's friendship seemed to drift. But they still care about each other and find time to meet up at their favorite cafe spot.

## The Clearwood Murders

### The Wrath of Francis

#### Chapter 2

Scott makes his first appearance in this chapter 2. He is introduced as a rebel badass who everyone likes, even though he doesn't care for anyone socially outside of his group of friends. He believes that all jocks, preppies, cheerleaders, and rich kids are assholes. As a result, he and his best friend Andrew, who is now hanging out with the popular group due to his new girlfriend's social status, have grown apart. Although, both confide in their respective groups that they wish to be close friends again without drama over their new groups of friends.

Scott sees the new girl in school, Melina Glover, and finds her attractive. Although, he doesn't believe in love, he seems to be interested in her.

#### Chapter 3

Scott and Andrew meet up at the Beamer Cafe, where they have a weekly catch up due to their divided friendship. But in this chapter, they agree to try having their friends meet up so that the two can become close friends again.

#### Chapter 4

Scott arrives with his friends Iris, Chuck, and Cheri to Andrew's basement in hopes of having his friends become friends with Andrew's group. This becomes successful and it leads to the reconciliation between the two best friends. However, Scott finds that he's struggling with his past secret feelings for Andrew's sister, Lorraine, whom also holds these feelings for him. But because of their past and Lorraine's lifestyle, Scott does not believe that he can tell Lorraine his feelings for her nor even accept those feelings to himself. Meanwhile, he is showing more interest in Melina.

#### Chapter 5

Scott gives Melina a ride home. It becomes clear that both Scott and Melina have a thing for each other. Melina says that Scott is the best man in Clearwood that she's ever met. Upon arriving at Melina's house, she kisses him goodbye.

## Relationships

#### Andrew Carter

Scott and Andrew are best friends. They've been friends since childhood. Their friendship has somewhat drifted since Andrew started dating popular girl Alice Worth and hanging out with her popular friends. As Scott is anti-popular and rebellious, he isn't sure if he can merge his group of outcast friends with those of Andrew's new popular friends. But it's clear that Scott and Andrew still care for each other.

#### Iris Lilly

Scott and Iris are good friends. They both belong to the same group of outcasts. Both are typically looked down by the popular types in general. Iris being a nerd most likely reminds Scott of Andrew, whom he was best friends with, which is probably why he started hanging out with after Andrew starting dating Alice and hanging out with her popular friends. But Scott shows that he does care for Iris for who she is and sees her a good friend.

#### Lorraine Carter

Scott and Lorraine have a complicated relationship. It seems at times that they hate each other. But unbeknownst to each other, they actually secretly have feelings for one another. It's possible as the story progresses, they may open up to each other and become closer.

#### Clarence Carter

With his own father never being around, Scott looks up to Clarence as a father figure. This is kind of ironic considering Scott's rebellious ways and Clarence being a police officer and a military vet.

#### Kathy Carter

With his own mother neglecting him, Scott looks up to Kathy as a mother figure. Kathy is a nurturer and likes taking care of everyone, including Scott and the rest of Andrew's friends.

#### Chuck Larson

Scott and Chuck are friends due to being in the same group of outcasts. Not much of their friendship is known at the moment.

#### Cheri Hamilton

Scott and Cheri are friends due to being in the same group of outcasts. Not much of their friendship is known at the moment.

#### Michael Cruise

Cruise is Scott's teacher and they seem to have a stable professional relationship. Not much is known about them at the moment.

## Trivia

* Norman Reedus is the actor whose image is used for the character of Scott Lane. Despite being inspired by Steven Hyde from That 70s Show, Donald didn't want to use many pictures of actors from the television series to make too much like the show that inspired these stories.
* Is inspired by the character Steve Hyde from That 70s Show.