Andrew Carter

**Andrew Carter** is a main character of Donald Newton's The Clearwood Murders series. He is part of the Carter family, which is the main focus of the Clearwood Murder series. He is the youngest son of Clarence and Kathy, and the younger brother of Lorraine Carter. He is best friends with Scott Lane. They've been friends since high school. Andrew is a skinny nerd, who is often too nerdy for his own good and physically weak.

Like most characters in the Clearwood Murders series, Andrew was inspired by a character from That 70s Show. As being physically weak, extremely nerdy, and being very skinny, he is obviously based on Eric Forman.

## Pre-Clearwood Murders

Andrew was born to Clarence and Kathy Carter, the second of two children. He is their only son as his older sibling is their only daughter Lorraine. While Andrew and Lorraine showed love for each other, they fought a lot and aren't very close until they need each other for sibling support. Andrew is very close to his mother. He and his father are trying to have a stable relationship. But Clarence seems to favor Lorraine more over his son. Yet, he does admit that he cares for his son. Sometime during his childhood, he met and became best friends with Scott Lane, who looked up to Andrew's family as his own.

## The Clearwood Murders

### The Wrath of Francis

#### Chapter 2

Andrew makes his first appearance in this chapter. He is first seen having breakfast with his family. His mother clearly favors him over his older sister, who is actually favored more by their father. Andrew makes fun of Lorraine after her secret of cheating on her boyfriend is exposed by their father. It's clear that the two siblings aren't on great terms.

At school, Andrew is hanging out with his new popular girlfriend, Alice Worth, and her group of friends. He confides in them that he wishes that he could hang out with his best friend, Scott Lane. Their friendship has derailed due to Andrew's relationship with Alice, whose popular status is one of Scott's dislikes. Their friends convince Andrew to talk to Scott about having their group and Scott's group come together as one despite their social differences.

#### Chapter 3

Andrew and Scott 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.

After leaving the cafe, Andrew comes home to find a little boy, only known as Zero, riding by his house. He speaks with the kid, offering him a ride. But the child declines. When Andrew goes inside the house, it's revealed that Zero is there to see Lorraine.

#### Chapter 4

Andrew and his group of friends hang out in the basement and have invited Scott's group of friends. It becomes a success when Andrew's popular friends and Scott's outcast friends immediately become friends. This leads to a promising chance at reconciliation between Andrew and Scott.

#### Chapter 5

After the basement party, where Andrew's friends and Scott's friends become a group together, the two best friends finally reconcile and reestablish their friendship.

## Relationships

#### Scott Lane

Andrew and Scott 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. Due to the difference between the social statuses of their respective groups, Andrew fears that his group and Scott's group won't be able to merge into one.

#### Lorraine Carter

Andrew and Lorraine have a complicated relationship. As siblings, they don't always get along. Their father favors Lorraine over Andrew. But their mother favors Andrew over Lorraine. They appear to hate each other. But when it comes down to it, they are there for each other and love each other. But they don't often show it.

#### Clarence Carter

Andrew and Clarence have a complicated relationship. While Clarence seems to favor Lorraine more than Andrew, he shows that he loves and cares for his son on multiple occasions. He's very supportive of his son, even when he's not too fond of his personality or interests. But he is, nevertheless, a good father to Andrew.

#### Kathy Carter

Andrew and Kathy have a close and loving relationship. Kathy favors Andrew over her daughter Lorraine. She spoils and babies Andrew despite him being almost an adult. She is very caring and protective of her son. As a nurturer, she likes to take care of her son and his friends.

#### Alice Worth

Andrew and Alice have romantic relationship that is very new. Despite Andrew being a nerd and Alice being a popular type, they have a very loving relationship. It is because of their relationship that Andrew's friendship with Scott has somewhat drifted apart.

#### Michael Cruise

Andrew and Mr. Cruise have a stable and professional relationship as a student and a teacher.

## Trivia

* Tobey Maguire is the actor whose image is used for the character of Andrew Carter. Despite being inspired by Eric Forman 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 Eric Forman from That 70s Show.