Nellie Chambers

* 1994
* 2010s

**Eleanor "Nellie" Chambers** is a character in the Brat universe. The daughter of Junior Chambers, she is the protagonist of *Crown Lake* in 1994 and also appears in the present day in *Holiday Spectacular*. Nellie leaves Attaway and joins Crown Lake in 1994, because her Dad wanted to send her to the academy.

## Biography

### *Crown Lake*

Nellie leaves Attaway High to join Crown Lake Academy, because her mother was a legacy there. Since her mother (Dana Roth) was murdered a year earlier, Nellie finds it difficult to adjust, causing her to have a bad first day. She is introduced to Headmistress Merriweather, who calls everything by Crown Lake nicknames Nellie is unfamiliar with. She also has tension with her roommate Tiffany St. Martin, and her friends Erin and Becca, because she accidentally spills water on Tiffany and disturbs the "Spirit Squad" dance. She befriends Chloe Hauser and Ryan Baker.

In the season 1 finale, it was revealed that Chloe was the main Heather for Nellie who kept giving her letters and she was Tiffany's old roommate, and moved out so that Nellie could come in. It turns out that Tiffany broke Nellie's bird, because she stepped out of line by almost telling her about the book. Tiffany, Erin, Becca and all the other girls who ran the place were also 'Heather' for Nellie, since they ensured that she doesn't step out of line.

In season 3, Nellie was accused of causing a fire in the old theater building in 1996 which caused Lucy to be trapped and killed by the fire. It was also said that, she was saying that Heather did all of it and later left Crown Lake in shame. No one has ever heard from her since.

### *Holiday Spectacular*

After being left with a child and no money by her husband Bruce, Nellie decides to reach out to her father Junior. She takes Joseph to the mall where he works, but is afraid Junior won't want to see her, having been estranged for many years due to her toxic marriage. The father and daughter finally reconnect with help from Dani, Rhyme McAdams, and Ricky.

## Relationships

### Ryan Baker

Nellie meets Ryan at the end of her first day. Tiffany wants Ryan to be her boyfriend, so she stops Nellie and him from talking, as she knows they like each other. One day, Tiffany throws popcorn on Nellie, and Nellie ended up throwing a metal disc on Dr Lewis's face. They get detention after this incident, where they mostly patch up their differences. However, they still continue to fight at times.

Ryan and Nellie become fast friends, but are not allowed to hang out most of the time because of Tiffany. Despite Tiffany's warnings they continue to hang out occasionally. Ryan had a crush on Nellie in the first season, so he asks her to the dance. Nellie rejects him because of Tiffany. Since then, they have decided to remain friends. Ryan thought Tiffany forced Nellie to go join "The Scavenger Hunt", but Nellie says that she wasn't responsible for that, and the "Heather Book" was. Ryan is also the only person who Nellie tells about the "Heather Book". They go on to investigate Heather's true identity. At the end Tiffany tells Ryan who her old roommate was and Ryan was about to tell Nellie, until they lose each other in the middle of a dance-off.

### Chloe Hauser

On her first day, Nellie meets Chloe Hauser, who she becomes good friends with. Chloe warns her to stay away from Tiffany, as Chloe disliked her. Chloe was Tiffany's old roommate, however both Chloe and Tiffany kept hiding it from Nellie, as Chloe was forced to be "Heather" for Nellie. After this, Nellie gets angry and Chloe for being Heather and doesn't talk to her for a while. However, Nellie forgave Chloe as she understood that Chloe was forced to do it and she had no choice.

### Tiffany St. Martin

Nellie and Tiffany start off as enemies. Nellie almost tells Tiffany about the Heather book, which caused her blue bird to break. Nellie thinks Tiffany is the one who broke it. One day, Nellie accused Tiffany of bullying Ryan into a relationship with her, which made Tiffany mad and caused her to dump her popcorn on Nellie. Then, Nellie got mad at her and tried to throw a metal disc at her face, however it ended up hitting Dr Lewis's face which caused both of them to get detention. At detention, they try to patch up most of their differences. Although Tiffany never told Nellie about her old roommate, she tells Nellie that her old roommate was a loser and had a terrible style. Nellie also learns the sad truth of Tiffany's mean and tough exterior, and finds out that she isn't as tough as she acts. Nellie keeps this secret safe with her and never tells anyone, until she was forced to tell Nick about it, because of the threatening letters she kept receiving.

### Josh Lewis

Later, she meets Josh, whom she starts dating. He turns out to be nice at first, but he makes Nellie enter the Scavenger Hunt, where she faces the Girl Rule. Josh claims that he thought Nellie knew about the rule, but she didn't. Due to public embarrassment, she returns to her father's place; Junior's. After that, her father tells Nellie the truth of her mom's death and why she wanted Nellie to go to Crown Lake. Nellie returns and gets revenge on Josh, by humiliating him in public at the Slam Poetry event. Josh is allergic to chocolate, so she adds chocolate to his coffee. Josh takes off his shirt due to his allergic reactions, and runs outside. Chloe told her not to take revenge on Josh, but she didn't bother to listen. Josh and Nellie don't talk for a long time, until season 2 finale where Josh is seen hanging out with Nellie and Chloe.

### Lucy Quinn

In the season 1 finale, the headmistress introduces Nellie to a new girl named Lucy Quinn. In season 2 Nellie was forced to be "Heather" for Lucy. Nellie is hesitant to do it, as she doesn't want Lucy to go through the same trouble as she did. Lucy catches Nellie sending her "Heather Notes", but Nellie uses that at an advantage for herself and Lucy. Nellie and Lucy try to get rid of Heather Masterson. Their first suspect is Tiffany. Their plan was to kick Tiffany off her high horse, however they went quite harsh on her. They sabotage her computer work, tried to poison her drink and mess up her laundry. It turns out that Tiffany isn't Heather. They continue their investigation, but Nellie runs into several problems with the "Heather Notes" and the Guidance Counselor - Ms Rose. She gives 8 hour detention to Nellie and threatens her with her big secret, about the Roach Mob paying her school fees. That could change the way people think of her. After this Nellie convinces Lucy that Ms. Rose is Heather. Lucy helps Nellie get rid of her and they succeeded.

In the season 2 finale it is revealed that Lucy was backstabbing Nellie all along. She revealed that she was the one who wrote Nellie threatening notes and exposed Tiffany's brother. She claims that those were orders from Heather so she couldn't help but do it. In the season 2 finale, Lucy is seen whispering something in Ms. Rose's ear, which indicates that Ms. Rose told Lucy to do all that.

## Appearances

* *Holiday Spectacular*
* *Crown Lake*