Jaya Singh

Charlie Riley Lapointe *(best friend)*

Aditi Singh *(sister)*

**Jaya Singh** is a minor character in the You Could Make a Life series. She is the best friend of Charlie. They play together as kids up through the Olympics. She's a potential main character for a future series.

## Personal life

She was born in Montreal to an Indian mother who came to Canada 5 years prior to Jaya's birth. She is the second of two girls. She's Punjabi Sikh and speaks Punjabi.

In sixth grade, she met Charlie Riley Lapointe, who would become her best friend.

She moved to West Island with her parents when she was 16, but went back to Montreal two years later to study at McGill with a scholarship. She played hockey there and studied kinesiology. She wants to wait for graduation before playing hockey professionally.

She is dating Brianna, also a hockey player, but an American and a forward who went to BU. They met in Finland during a tournament.

## Playing career

She plays D in a pair with Charlie, and they work very well together. They play for the Toronto Furies.

She won Gold at the Olympics representing Canada in 2044.

## Physical appearance and personality

She has brown eyes and black hair, which she keeps a little past her shoulders.

## Trivia

* She loves hockey from a very early age.
* She cried when Marc Lapointe retired, even though she doesn't remember it.
* Her favourite player as a child was Cormier.
* She helps Leon Lapointe with his homework.
* Her father goes to all her games, while her mother has never been to one.
* She's good at science, but that does not apply to cooking.
* She had a crush on a girl named Bianca, who had a boyfriend.
* She speaks Punjabi, English and French.
* She was a Canadiens and Canadiennes fan growing up.
* She doesn't watch a lot of films in general, but does like sport films with female protagonists.
* She realised she was into girls through Keira Knightley films.

## References

1. ↑ http://youcouldmakealife.tumblr.com/post/170399257721/future-series-poll
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 http://youcouldmakealife.tumblr.com/post/66321295934/ooh-id-love-to-hear-some-of-your-thoughts-for-jaya
3. ↑ http://youcouldmakealife.tumblr.com/post/178028415621/is-jaya-a-punjabi-canadian-sikh-and-can-she
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 http://youcouldmakealife.tumblr.com/post/119315551836/the-lovely-sh-prompted-me-for-jaya-charlie
5. ↑ http://youcouldmakealife.tumblr.com/post/141337678176/i-dont-know-how-serious-you-are-about-jaya-and
6. ↑ http://youcouldmakealife.tumblr.com/post/149341027916/i-just-completed-the-next-fill-for-kickstarter
7. ↑ http://youcouldmakealife.tumblr.com/post/172871268006/jaya-charlie-take-two
8. ↑ http://youcouldmakealife.tumblr.com/post/135747487081/i-am-an-adam-person-but-im-really-a-jaya-person
9. ↑ http://youcouldmakealife.tumblr.com/post/149667166816/jaya-charlie-adam-olympians
10. ↑ http://youcouldmakealife.tumblr.com/post/149345828651/hi-taylor-can-you-tell-us-how-jaya-and-charlie
11. ↑ http://youcouldmakealife.tumblr.com/post/123597451481/psotw-leon-jaya-charlie
12. ↑ http://youcouldmakealife.tumblr.com/post/129608580611/prompt-jaya-hockey-family
13. ↑ http://youcouldmakealife.tumblr.com/post/156786930851/jaya-riley-lapointes-deceit
14. ↑ http://youcouldmakealife.tumblr.com/post/161764515521/jaya-charlie-first-date-jitters
15. ↑ http://youcouldmakealife.tumblr.com/post/149676345776/do-charlie-and-jaya-have-french-canadian-accents
16. ↑ http://youcouldmakealife.tumblr.com/post/162686461926/jaya-and-charlie-both-followed-the-habs-if-i
17. ↑ http://youcouldmakealife.tumblr.com/post/178028415621/is-jaya-a-punjabi-canadian-sikh-and-can-she
18. ↑ http://youcouldmakealife.tumblr.com/post/176827871026/how-did-jaya-first-realize-she-liked-girls