Tracey Dracen

**Family**

Tracey comes from a small and loving family. Raised by two happily-married parents (Rob and Avery), and has a younger brother named Grady (born in 1988) whom she has a good relationship with. She also has a daughter named Carly (born in 2000.)

**Pregnancy**

When she was thirteen and a half, Tracey had lost her virginity to her boyfriend. Though he had used a condom, and they had only slept together once, Tracey still decided she should take a pregnancy test "to be responsible." She sat her mom down and explained what had happened and asked her to take her to planned parenthood. Her mother agreed to though wasn't too worried seeing as her daughter had only had protected sex. She suggested to Tracey she should talk with her boyfriend about it which she did and he accompanied her and her mom to planned parenthood. There, Tracey was told she was pregnant and was told by the nurse to get an abortion. She was also not treated too kindly by the nurse because she was so young. Tracey decided against abortion straight away and was told to get an ob-gyn and to take home an adoption pamphlet. Tracey shortly after revealed to her father she was pregnant. He took it well and cautioned her not to tell anyone else, including her younger brother.

At the start of her second trimester her pregnancy began to show which caused rumors between the other kids. This is how Tracey's brother learned she was pregnant. He was told by his neighbor Lauren that the big kids were saying Tracey was pregnant. When he brought it up with his family, his sister confessed it was true. Grady did seem a bit upset his sister hadn't told him herself but generally appeared to be supportive of her pregnancy despite her young age.

The first time Tracey suggested to her boyfriend he tell his parents about her pregnancy, she learned a secret he had been hiding. The secret being he wasn't even allowed to date and his parents believed he hated her and was forced by teachers to spend time with her. Tracey was bothered by this, especially because Spencer hadn't told her. Tracey kept pestering Spencer about telling his parents, and when he finally did it went horribly wrong. Spencer told Tracey he planned on telling his parents on the same day they found out they were having a daughter, and then Spencer disappeared. This confused Tracey and she went to his house to check on him, only to be told by his parents that he would no longer be involved with her or the baby. Tracey went weeks without seeing or hearing from Spencer which made her worried something had happened to him. Finally, she did hear from him but was very unhappy to learn his parents had shipped him off to boarding school in a different country.

**Tracey's relationship with Skyler**

When she started high school, Tracey was bullied by her classmates for being pregnant. Spencer told her to just ignore the mean comments and rumors but it was easier said than done. In December, Tracey was approached by Skyler who was also a pregnant teen and the two started becoming friends. This helped Tracey with Spencer's absence.

They supported each other through the rest of the pregnancies. Skyler even came to the hospital to meet Carly and Tracey came by a few days after Brittany was born to meet her. The two often spend time at Skyler's house. Sometimes with both babies, other times Carly was with her dad instead. During lunch, they would often talk about their motherhood struggles.

**Motherhood**

Tracey gave birth to her daughter Carly in the hospital and was happy to finally meet her, though the idea of being a mother still sounded strange to her. Depsite becoming a mother at just thirteen, Tracey was a really decent parent. She was Carly's soul care-giver for the first five months of her life, with the help of her parents during school hours. She loved her daughter very much, and appeared to take excellent care of her, as once said by her mother.