Carmen Martinez

## General Background

Carmen Martinez born as Carmen Smith was born on the 11th of March 1997  to her parents Elenor and William Smith, in Liberty City. Carmen’s mother was a successful lawyer and her father was a businessman, Carmen also had an older brother named Marcus who she was never too sure  what he was up to as he was very secretive even as a child. Carmen was extremely fortunate to come from a family of wealth, she always got everything she ever could want always handed to her on a silver platter. Her mother was extremely happy to have a daughter so she could spoil her with all the clothes imaginable. Carmen’s relationship with her brother was anything but close, at times it felt like she was an only child. She tried to not let her brother’s lack of presence in her life not affect her as she grew up. Carmen always attended the most prestigious schools growing up, she was your classic popular girl. She always had a bunch of friends who adored her, good grades and she took shit from no one, Carmen knew her worth and never had time for boys during high school. While all her friends were getting with boys and ultimately crying over them whenever they would mess up, she wasn’t. Carmen always told her friends she was an independent person and she didn’t need a boy telling her what to do, who to talk to and how to act. If there was one thing that her mother taught her, that was how to be a strong and powerful woman. Carmen knew one day there would be someone that would match her energy so  for the time being she focused on getting good grades even though she really didn’t have to try in hindsight because her parents were able to get her into any university she wanted in America or overseas. Carmen never knew exactly what she wanted to do as a career but she knew that she was destined to do great things in her life as she had to live up to her parents' careers. During her last year in high school Carmen decided that she was going to be a fashion designer.

She graduated high school at the top of her classes and got accepted to a very highly competitive university. Her parents were extremely proud of her and her mother was very supportive of her studies in university but her father was not. Carmen’s father thought that she was wasting her time and wanted Carmen to go with a safer option like business such as himself but she had no interest in business whatsoever. As Carmen went to university she started to develop some questionable habits. This was the very first time she was ever left completely alone even though she knew that her parents were just a speed dial away if anything hit the fan. When you’re a young adult in a big city that means you meet a bunch of new people from different walks of life, Carmen never judged anyone and was always friendly but guarded. Until one day she met someone who was once considered her best friend ‘Violet Andrews’. Violet was one of her classmates and she was a wild child. Violet introduced Carmen to Liberty City’s nightlife, and she was amazed with all the flashing lights, bright colors, new friends and much more. As time passed in her first semester Carmen was going out almost every single night, slacking with her grades, showing up to class hungover and not picking up her parents phone calls which got so bad that they had to call the Dean of the university to make sure she was still even enrolled. One day while Carmen was attempting to finish her final exams of her first semester, she gets a call from her father saying after she finishes her exams she is to come home immediately. When Carmen returns home her father informs her that her mother almost got robbed and that he is very disappointed in  Carmen’s actions throughout her first semester of university. The next day Carmen would walk downstairs to see a man that she has never seen before, he was very attractive, tall and had an amazing smile. She had never laid eyes upon a man quite like him before, she was very intrigued by him. Her father quickly introduced her to the man, his name was “Zaiden Martinez” and he was to be her new bodyguard. As soon as she heard the word “bodyguard” her eyes rolled. There was no way that her parents hired a bodyguard for her, this went against everything she ever stood for. She would not let any man, no matter how attractive they were, control her. Carmen would try to sneak out of the house during that summer to see Violet and her other friends at the nightclubs. Zaiden was not having any of it. She quickly became very annoyed and frustrated at Zaiden but never for too long, there was something she felt about him she couldn’t quite explain the feeling but she tried to contain it as much as she could until one night. Carmen thought she was successful one night in sneaking out of the house to go to one of the biggest parties of the summer at the most exclusive nightclub in the city but little did she know that Zaiden followed her, he knew parties like this got crazy and something inside of him was telling him to follow her there. The night started off like any other night a fun and happy night with good music and good vibes until Violet had way too much to drink, Carmen had seen Violet drunk but not this drunk, Carmen decided that it was probably time to start heading home, so she began to call an Uber when Violet smacks her phone out of her hand, the phone landing on the floor with a fresh cracked screen. Violet tells Carmen to go outside at the back of the club where she reveals in her drunken stupor that she was going to keep on partying and calling her all types of names for trying to call an Uber, when Carmen tried to explain to her that she was just trying to help her, Violet says that she was only friends with Carmen for her money, nothing more and nothing less. Carmen was shocked and tried to pretend that it wasn’t true and it was just Violet’s drunk words. She tried to reason with Violet until her vision got fuzzy and the rest was a blur. Violet had hit her with the beer bottle she was holding.

Violet left Carmen in the back alley of the club with no regard for her wellbeing. Until Carmen wakes up to see Zaiden telling her to wake up, Zaiden helps Carmen up from the ground and takes her to a nearby hospital. For the first time Carmen suddenly had no resentment for Zaiden and was grateful for him saving her because God knows what would have happened if he wasn’t there. Zaiden brushed it off saying he just happened to be at the right place at the right time not trying to blow his cover. The attraction between the both of them was very prominent especially on the car ride home, let’s just say that it got very steamy between them that night. As time went on Carmen and Zaiden were spending more and more time together, they became inseparable and for the first time Carmen finally found someone who matched her energy, someone who completed her, not competed with her and someone who understood her. In late August, Carmen and Zaiden come to the decision to tell her parents about how serious their relationship has become. Disappointment was an understatement for Elenor and William, they were beyond disappointed in Carmen, they revealed to her that she could never be with someone who doesn’t come from a wealthy family like them and that they already had potential suitors for  Carmen once she was finished with her studies. They threatened to fire Zaiden immediately and make sure he would never find a job in Liberty City again.

Carmen and Zaiden were defeated and utterly devastated, they continued their relationship in secret until Carmen’s father found Zaiden in her bed. He was beyond furious and dragged Anakin out of her bed almost punching him until Carmen got between the both of them and screamed at him to stop. Her father exclaims that Zaiden is fired and to pack his bags in the morning. That night Carmen and Zaiden agreed that they were going to run away together, to a new city where they could truly be themselves. Carmen wrote a goodbye note to her parents “Dear, Mom and Dad I am grateful for all you have done for me throughout the years but it is finally time for me to spread my wings and start a new life as an adult. I know I have disappointed you guys many times before and I know this will be an even bigger disappointment for the both of you. I love you both and I hope one day you will accept me and Zaiden, until then this is goodbye. Love, Carmen” The next morning Carmen and Zaiden had packed their bags and left Liberty City for good. One year later Carmen and Zaiden are happily married and living in Los Santos Carmen still loves to party here and there but not as much as before and Zaiden is always there for her no matter if she were to ever get into any trouble. Carmen is currently a photographer at 24k Photography.