Charlotte Cosby

**Charlotte Cosby** is a semi-main character in *The Second Year*, *The Third Year* and *The Fourth and Final Year*. She was originally a side-character in *The First Year* but after teaming up with Casey to take Oliver King down she becomes one of the main characters in the series.

Charlotte is a student in *The First Year* and *The Second Year*, in *The Third Year* she graduates with a Bachelor of Communications and takes up a job for Jonathan Harvey for a while. Unfortunately she dies after getting shot in *The Fourth and Final Year* by Alex King.

## Personality

The very first time the readers meet Charlotte Cosby, she is perceived as the popular mean girl which shows throughout *The First Year*. However, after her awful breakup with Oliver King in *The Second Year* her heart changes when she decides to come out and wants to be a better person than she has been. Throughout the rest of the series until her ultimate demise she is perceived as overprotective and caring which shows through her relationship with Faye Washington.

## Book Appearances

### The First Year

* Chapter Two
* Chapter Five
* Chapter Six
* Chapter Eight
* Chapter Nine
* Chapter Ten
* Chapter Eleven
* Chapter Twenty-One

### The Second Year

* Chapter Five
* Chapter Thirteen
* Chapter Fifteen
* Chapter Sixteen
* Chapter Eighteen
* Chapter Twenty
* Chapter Twenty-One

## Relationships

### Casey Stephens

Charlotte is one of the first people Casey meets when she begins her Freshman year at Eden State University. Charlotte is quick to notice Hayden Romero's attraction to Casey as this begins Charlotte's vendetta towards Casey as she dates Hayden just for the shits and giggles of Casey's reactions. When Hayden breaks up with Charlotte in Part 17 of *The First Year*, Charlotte still continues to push Casey away and puts her in a difficult situation by getting with Oliver King just to spite her.

During Part 5 of *The Second Year*, Casey and Charlotte meet once again but this time Charlotte is more distant towards Casey than in her face as Casey learns that Charlotte was dumped and used by Oliver King. After feeling jealous of Hayden chatting to Charlotte, Casey chooses to keep her distance. This changes however when Oliver King makes a post about Faye Washington outing her, Casey has no choice but to turn to Charlotte and team up with her to take Oliver King down. In the midst of working together, Charlotte reveals to Casey that Oliver has a sex tape against her when she revealed she was bisexual. Casey is the first person Charlotte told aside from Oliver and as Casey accepts Charlotte, Charlotte begins to warm to her as the two slowly become friends.

After Charlotte is accepted into the gang while helping Faye win student council president, Casey, and Charlotte form a friendship even as far as Casey being the first to approve of Charlotte's relationship with Faye. In *The Fourth and Final Year*, Charlotte is the first person out of the gang to find out that Casey has been searching for the person threatening everyone and putting her life in danger. Charlotte offers her helping hand as the pair investigate who has been doing this, in the middle of a setup Charlotte is unfortunately shot which leaves Casey feeling like it was all her fault. In the final part of *The Fourth and Final Year*, while Faye is giving her graduation speech, Casey remembers Charlotte when Faye says the line *first impressions aren't always long-lasting* to commemorate just how strong of a friend Charlotte was to her.

### Faye Washington

Though Faye and Charlotte would've never guessed they would become friends as well as something more when they first met, their connection grew over *The Second Year* and *The Third Year* Books after Charlotte helps Faye win student council president. Despite having 2 previous relationships with Oliver King and Hayden Romero, Faye is the first real relationship Charlotte has had in a very long time, even as far as saying that Faye is her first love. The two's relationship is formed after they have a spontaneous hookup after Faye's band The Untitled plays their first gig at The Kingsley, from then on they try to keep it from the rest of the gang out of judgment with Charlotte's history.

However, when Casey finds out about the pair's relationship they share it with the rest of the gang and continue to have a relationship through *The Third Year* and *The Fourth and Final Year* Books. Unfortunately, in *The Fourth and Final Year*, Charlotte is shot and killed while helping Casey find out who is behind all the threats the gang had been receiving which leaves Faye shattered and heartbroken. In her graduation speech, Faye gives credit to Charlotte as she was the first girl that she had ever fallen in love with and she will continue to honor their dream of seeing the world and falling in love with it like they did with each other.

### Hayden Romero

Hayden is the very first person that Charlotte dates in the series, their relationship seems all for a show on Charlotte's part as when they are seen it was mostly Charlotte draping herself all over Hayden. Because of Hayden's attraction to Casey however, he breaks up with Charlotte in Chapter 17 of *The First Year* which she isn't happy about. During Chapter 3 of *The Second Year*, Charlotte is seen being comforted by Hayden due to her rocky break up with Oliver King as they seemed to still have a friendship and occasionally text throughout the book. Charlotte reveals to Casey in Chapter 16 of *The Second Year* that she was never really into Hayden, but instead used him to see if she could still feel something with a male.

When Charlotte becomes friends with the gang throughout The Third Year, Hayden and she are constantly seen playing around and joking with each other about their past relationship as they have formed a brother and sister-like relationship. After Charlotte is shot in *The Fourth and Final Year*, Hayden, along with Faye and Casey is the one person who is deeply affected by this as Charlotte meant a great deal to him.

### Oliver King

It was increasingly easy to say that Charlotte only began a relationship with Oliver King for payback against Casey and the rest of the gang. They date throughout the summer of *The First Year*, however when in *The Second Year* it's revealed that Oliver had dumped her for reasons that are soon revealed in Chapter 15. Throughout the chapter, it is told by Charlotte that she revealed to Oliver that she was a lesbian and he made fun of her as well as used a sex tape against her because he was disgusted by her reveal. With help from Casey, Charlotte is able to out Oliver on all of his wrongdoings and manipulation as he, along with the sorority and fraternity leaders are all arrested for illegal activities much to Charlotte's happiness.

## Trivia

* Originally, Charlotte was featured on the covers of *The Second Year* and *The Fourth and Final Year*, however after the artwork change, she was not featured on any of the covers.
* As revealed in Chapter 2 of *The First Year* by Lucas Styles, the women of the Cosby family have all been presidents of the Kappa Phi sororities.
* Each woman in Charlotte's family's names start with the letter C
* Charlotte chose to leave the sorority after her breakup with Oliver King.
* Charlotte reveals she has a sister in The Third Year named Chasity Cosby who is introduced in The Fourth and Final Year.
* She is one of the first of the gang to graduate from Eden State University along with Caleb King
* It is revealed in *The Fourth and Final Year* that Charlotte recommended Casey for the photography job with Jonathan Harvey
* Charlotte is the first and only main character to die in the series.
* In *The Fourth and Final Year*, The Kingsley makes a drink after Charlotte which contains Pink Lemonade, Lime, and Tequila. It is named "The Charlotte Cosby."
* Charlotte was the one who was shot because she exposed Oliver King to Casey and helped her get him sent to prison.
* The author of The Years resembles her appearance to Virginia Gardner