Heather Watson

**Heather Watson** is a Class of 2016 graduate at Webster Community School as she started the series on the first episode of Webster and was a recurring character on season one and main character from season two to season three. She is the editor of the school newspaper and the life of the party. She grew up in a wealthy family with butlers and maids but she’s far from spoiled and works for what she got. Heather is a free-spirit and nicer than she comes across. She has a family life that is much different than most because he mother passed away when she was little and her father got remarried to a man. She is best friends with Macy Gonzalez and friends with Amber Collins, Manda Thatcher, Devin Piper, Danny Magana, Sam Burge, Jess Arnold, Topher Potter, Houston Nicholas.

## Character History

### Season 1

Heather is first seen in the first episode **Can't Tell Me Nothing (1)**, as a sophomore as she has just made the Power Squad. Heather has her first spoken line in

    **New Flame (1)**, when the sophomore class takes a field trip to the farm as she asks Macy if she got her permission slip signed. Heather is asked out by Dustin Rivers and she accepts, to his surprise. Their relationship is going good according to Dustin. However things take a sour turn when Dustin gets high and starts acting aggressive towards her and she dumps him. Heather and Sam Burge are put in charge of planning the winter formal.

### Season 2

In **Safe and Sound (2)**, Heather is at power squad practice as the girls give Sam advice about her relationship with Devin. In **Take My Breath Away (1)**, junior year starts and Heather is excited for the new school year as she is now the captain of the power squad. She comforts Devin as his mother has cancer and her mother died from cancer when she was five. Her life becomes a little hectic with her being the power squad captain and her fathers fighting a lot at home and it's distracting her at school. Her history teacher Mr. Gilroy is concerned and she tells him about her fathers fighting. Mr. Gilroy reveals to her that he has two mothers and they start to

connect. Heather soon finds herself falling for him and she tells Devin about her crush on him. Devin thinks that she's crazy but she tells him that they are meant to be together. Heather pretends to have trouble in history class so she can get some one on one time with Mr. Gilroy. She starts flirting with him and Mr. Gilroy starts to feel uncomfortable and tells her to leave his classroom. Heather comes back later and apologizes to Mr. Gilroy and reveals to him that she just liked that she had someone who she could relate to. The two of them make up and Mr. Gilroy tells her that he'll see her in class later. Heather's friendship with Macy seems much closer than last year when she tries to help Macy with her relationship with Miller. In **What Goes Around... Comes Around (2)**, Heather runs for class president against Amber. Heather ends up winning but she asks Amber if she wants to be her vice president and Amber accepts.

### Season 3

In **Sweet Nothing (1)**, Heather has started her senior year. Heather gives her first speech as class president to the student body during the first day assembly. Heather talks to Amber about the recently remodel of the school and how they both contributed to the design. Amber starts talking about Danny's senior year party that he is throwing tonight and she asks if Heather's going. Heather obviously tells her she's wouldn't miss it. Heather and Macy arrive to the party but Macy feels like it's a bad idea to be there but Heather tries to get Macy to enjoy herself. Heather sees a new boy at the party and she wonders who he is as she thinks he's cute. Amber spills that he's name is Topher Potter and he's in her government class. Heather and Macy are in the kitchen and Heather has a drink. Macy starts nagging about her drinking alcohol which makes a drunken Heather upset, who calls Macy a stick in the mud. Macy gets upset and leaves the party. Heather goes to the bathroom and she leaves her drunk unattended as her drink is shown.

In **Sweet Nothing (2)**, Heather wakes up the morning after the party in Max's bed with nothing but her underwear on. She is confused as to how she got there or what even happened last night. Heather apologizes to Macy about what happened at the party between them. Macy accepts her apology and asks her what happened after she left. Heather reveals to her that she doesn't know what happened after their argument and that she woke up in her underwear. Macy jokes that Heather probably hook-up with someone last night. Heather denies this as she's still a virgin. Amber comes up to them and ask if they heard about some random guy at the party who was putting something in unattended drinks. Heather remembers that she left her drink alone while she went to the bathroom and it clicks that maybe that is why she woke up naked but she doesn't share this with Macy or Amber. Heather and Macy are talking outside and Heather is reluctant to tell Macy what's wrong with her but Macy tries to convince her best friend to share what's going on with her. Heather decides to finally tell Macy that she was raped. In **Family Portrait (1)**, Heather has become distant since discovering she was raped. She's been ignoring her friends. Amber is upset with Heather as she has also be ignoring her responsibilities was student council president. Heather tells Amber that she doesn't care and is just rude towards Amber before walking away from her. Macy tries to figure out why Heather is being rude to Amber. Heather blames it on having a bad day but Macy thinks that it has something to do with her rape. Heather gets upset with Macy and says some really hurtful stuff to her. Macy tells Heather that she doesn't have to push people away from her despite what she's going through before walking off. Heather is in an empty classroom crying. Topher Potter walks into the room and sees her crying. Heather tries playing it off but after Topher can see she's lying Heather reveals to him that she was raped. Topher allows her to just cry it out but Heather asks if they can talk and he agrees.

In **Family Portrait (2)**, during a student council meeting Heather is distracted and is instead texting instead of paying attention. Amber thinks that Heather doesn't care about being president and Heather tells her that she doesn't. Heather blows off their council meeting to go meet someone. Heather meets up with Topher in the hallway. She asks if he wants to hang out. He makes a joke about sex which throws Heather off. Topher realizes that his joke has upset Heather as she is spaced out. He tries to explain the joke but Heather begins to cry. She tries to say something but she ends up kissing him and walking off. Heather runs into Amber in the hallway to talk about student council. She is ready to take it serious now and she is going to keep herself busy, to distract her mind. In **Poetic Justice (1)**, Heather and Amber are talking about how much work they did during their student council meeting today. Amber offers to hang out with Heather but Heather declines. In **Poetic Justice (2)**, Heather discovers a frustrated Macy who is talking to herself on the computer. Macy tells her that she's working on her college applications. Heather offers to help Macy out. Macy is surprised that she's offering with everything she's dealing with but Heather is happy to help. Macy is discouraged about her chances to get into college due to her applying so late. Heather tells Macy that her work amazing and the only person standing in the way of her dreams is her.

In **The Boy Is Mine (1)**, Heather and Macy are talking outside of school. Macy realizes that they should start heading inside before they’re late to Ms. Benson’s class. Heather tells her that she has to do something first. When Macy goes into school Heather pulls out a can filled with vodka and starts drinking it. Macy and Topher are in Mr. Gilroy’s class when he notices Heather isn’t in class while taking attendance. Macy says that she saw Heather earlier. Heather comes to class late and drunk. Mr. Gilroy talks about a strange smell. Heather admits the smell is her and it’s vodka. Mr. Gilroy sends her to the principal’s office. Macy and Topher persuade into letting them come with her to keep her from getting in deep trouble. He allows them to both go with her. After visiting the Principal Crosby, Heather is relieved that she wasn’t expelled and only has to do a month of detention. She thanks her friends for helping her out and being there for her. Topher asks her how she’s doing and Heather now feels awful. Topher and Macy tells her that they have her back and she can talk to them about her problems. Heather is glad to have two friends by her side. In **Poker Face (1)**, while her class try guessing what’s being going on this year with her, Heather walks in on them and shares that she was raped. Heather later thanks Macy and Topher for trying to keep her secret from everyone. Amber and Manda both approach them and they share that they actually care for Heather. Amber feels like they could have helped each other due to them both being sexually assaulted. Heather is happy that she told her friends the truth.

In **Poker Face (2)**, Heather and Macy are talking about Heather planning prom when Topher approaches them. Topher wonders what they are talking about and after Macy tells them prom he asks if Heather found a date. With prom planning she hasn’t thought about a prom date. Topher tries to hint to her that he wants to go with her but Heather abruptly tells them she has a student council meeting. Topher runs into Heather but she tells him that she has to hurry up to change out of her power squad uniform because she has her first therapy session. Topper tells Heather that he likes her more than friends. Topper goes on about feeling like she might be ready to date due to what happened to her but Heather stops him from talking by kissing him. Heather admits that she likes him too. She also asks him to come to therapy with her for support and he is glad to go with her. In **You Get What You Give (1)**, Heather is waiting outside Principal Crosby’s office for Topher. Topher comes out and reveals to her that he will have to repeat his senior year. Heather is saddened about this because she was looking forward to graduating with her boyfriend. Macy and Heather are talking with Topher about him repeating his year. Heather suggests that he runs for class president as the elections are coming up. After Macy making a joke about him be president he decide to run. Heather finds it cute that her boyfriend can possibly take over her position after she graduates. In **Take On Me (1)**, Heather is talking about prom with Amber and Manda. Heather and Manda notice that Amber doesn’t seem excited about prom. Amber talks about how stressful prom planning has been. Heather tells her that’s why they work together.

In **Ring the Alarm**, Heather and Topher are talking about they prom outfits. Macy finds out that they’re talking about prom and reveals that she doesn’t plan on going. Heather tells her that she doesn’t need a date to go to prom and she really wants her best friend at prom with her. Macy reluctantly agrees to go to prom. Heather, Topher and Macy make it to prom. Macy feels like she look ridiculous but Heather tells her that she looks great. Heather and Topher try to get Macy to have fun. Everyone is having fun until Manda’s ex-boyfriend comes into prom with a gun. Heather puts Macy and Topher in check for not taking the situation serious. After all that it over Macy says that she’s having fun but she she wishes she had a date. They notice Miller who Heather and Topher think Macy should ask to dance. In **Never Can Say Goodbye**, Heather and Topher are talking about him repeating his senior year. He’s think that he’s going to be fine because Houston also has to repeat his senior year. The two of them begin making out when Macy walks towards them in disgust. She’s freaking out because she hasn’t gotten a letter from her dream college yet. Heather and Topher try calming her down. She tells them that she applied to anthoer college as well so Topher tells her not to give up hope. Heather agrees with him and that she should be positive. At graduation Macy tells Heather that she get a letter from both Columbia and CalArts. She reveals that she didn’t get into Columbia but she got accepted in CalArts. Heather is happy for her. Macy is bummed about not getting into her dream school but she’s just glad that she has plans for next year. Heather makes a joke about her possibly working for Pixar due to many of their employees being alumni there, which makes Macy laugh. Heather gives her valedictorian speech where she finally opens up to everyone about her rape and how she overcame it. Heather graduates and goes to college at Yale University.

## Trivia

* Heather is the first recurring character on the series.
* She is the first character to start off recurring before being in the main cast.
* She is the first character to have a crush on a teacher.
* She is the first character to have a deceased parent. Her mother died from cancer when she was five.
* Heather is the first character to have a homosexual parent. Her father is gay.
* She is the first class president of the series.
* Heather is the first character on the series to be raped.
* She is the second character to be sexually assaulted on the series.
* Heather was her class Valedictorian.
* She goes to college at Yale University with Amber.
* She was the first recurring character to date a main character.
* She is the only character to be power squad captain for more than one year.

## Relationships

Main article: Dustin-Heather Relationship

* Dustin Rivers
	+ Start Up: New Flame (2) (106)
	+ Break Up: I Want You to Know (1) (109)
		- Reason: Heather didn’t like how Dustin was acting.

Main article: Heather-Topher Relationship

* Topher Potter
	+ Start Up: Poker Face (2) (318)
	+ Break Up: Two Weeks Prior All In My Head (1) (401)
		- Reason: Unknown