Claire Zomer

**Claire Zomer** is a cheerleader with whom Xavier Baxter was cheating on Maddie Nears.

## History

### Childhood

Claire grow up in an unstable household next to Maddie's house. When she was twelve, her parents where fighting and she needed a place to go. She went to Maddie's house and asked her to let her in but Maddie's mother had a bad day and Maddie couldn't let her inside. After that, Claire moved in with her dad for a year. When she returned, her mother had remarried to a rich real estate guy and she never spoke to Maddie again.

### Maddie's Vigil

Claire and the other cheerleaders performed a routine at an assembly about the disappearance of their classmate Maddie. Claire later attended the vigil they held for Maddie. At the vigil, she watched as Xavier Baxter was put in a cop car and taken away.

Claire tried several times to reach out to Xavier, but he ignored her text messages, so she went to his house. He told her he hadn't been able to look at his phone and he was worried about them finding Maddie's body. Claire said it was going to be fine and if he needed to talk to someone about it, he should talk to her and not give in to the demons. He told her it was too late.

### Saving Ava

At swim practice, Claire watched and timed the swimmers. When Ava hit her head on the side of the pool, Claire dove in, swam to her, and pulled her out. Ava wasn't breathing, so she started CPR and successfully resuscitated her.

### Homecoming Campaign

Claire was running for Homecoming Queen. For that, she was interviewed by Nicole for Nicole's media class. In the interview, Nicole listed Claire's accomplishments, including saving Ava's life. Claire downplayed that and said the homecoming that mattered was Maddie's. Nicole was irritated at Claire for acting like she cared when she never spoke to Maddie. Claire said that they used to be friends and she couldn't believe Maddie was just gone. She started to cry as she said she hoped Maddie was okay.

Claire continued her campaign outside the school. When she spotted Nicole, she gave her a flyer and a cupcake.

Claire was later at a store trying on dresses with Chloe, Kirsten, and Tira when they learned that Mr. Anderson might get arrested. Claire got a call from Mr. Anderson's phone, which she ignored.

Claire tried to probe Principal Hartman for information about Mr. Anderson and the investigation, claiming to be acting on behalf of her parents, who had donated some of the money he stole, but Hartman couldn't answer her questions and told her only that the police were investigation and Mr. Anderson was on administrative leave. Claire baited him by saying her parents didn't want to be dragged into a scandal and then walking away. Principal Hartman followed her.

Claire went back to Mr. Anderson and confronted him as he left. He told her that he told the cops he took the money to pay off his dad's debts and he was with his dad the day Maddie disappeared. Claire asked if he told them anything about her and he said he didn't remember.

Claire then went to the Homecoming game, but arrived late. When she saw Sheriff Baxter there, she ran to a trash can and vomited. While she was still at the game, Claire got a text from Xavier apologizing to her and asking her to go to the homecoming dance.

### Homecoming Dance

Claire considered it and decided to go to the dance with Xavier. After telling him yes, she went to the boys' locker room, where she told him she'd pick him up at 7. She wanted to drive because her car has a larger back seat. She also sent him a flirtatious text in the lead up to the dance.

When Claire picked up Xavier, she dropped off a donation check from her parents for Sheriff Baxter, to support his re-election. Then she tried to question him about the investigation, but he was unable to tell her anything. On the way to the dance, Claire suddenly pulled over and warned Xavier that the cheerleaders might make comments to him. She also questioned him about his hanging out with Nicole recently. He said they'd always hung out because Nicole and Maddie are best friends. Claire then pulled Xavier in for a kiss.

At the dance, Claire and Xavier went to get their picture taken. Claire spotted a picture of Maddie that had been set up and asked if it was Xavier's idea. He said no, that it was probably a teacher. He asked her about Maddie's backpack being found at her dad's house and Claire asked him if they were going to spend the whole night talking about Maddie.

While they danced, Claire asked Xavier how he knew about the backpack. He says he learned from his dad while her parents told her. He asked if she'd been back to the house since they hooked up there and she told him she doesn't go there alone.

Xavier and Claire left the dance to go make up, but she got upset when she saw he was recording her. He asked her if she killed Maddie because he already knew she'd swapped Maddie's phone. She said she found out what Mr. Anderson was doing and blackmailed him into giving her an A. Then she thought Maddie knew, so she took Maddie's phone, but couldn't unlock it, so she gave it to Mr. Anderson, who got rid of it. And Claire told Mr. Anderson to pay Maddie off so she wouldn't tell anyone. That's all Claire knew.

Xavier and Claire went back to the dance, where Claire was named Homecoming Queen.

### Investigation

Following the dance, Claire began working with Nicole, Xavier, and Simon to solve Maddie's disappearance, though Nicole was suspicious of her motives because she hadn't spoken to Maddie in years. Claire proposed breaking into the sheriff's station in order to find out what the police had on Mr. South. Xavier and Simon agreed to go with her. Claire broke her own window, saying it was an excuse to go file a police report. And they couldn't pin it on Mr. South because he wasn't allowed on campus.

At the station, Claire talked to Sheriff Baxter about the window while Xavier and Simon look for the evidence. She overheard another officer telling Sheriff Baxter that Sandra Nears called to complain about someone breaking into her house while she was sleeping and said it might be the same person who attacked her car. They went back to school, where Claire and Xavier looked for the janitors' schedule, which provide that only the cheerleaders and the AV crew were at school when the video was shot. Claire confirmed that Nicole was definitely there that day.

After school, Claire and Xavier went to a convenience store for slushees, where Claire overheard Sheriff Baxter berating Xavier. She called him out for it and said she wanted to go home because her parents no longer felt it was safe for her to be out after dark.

Xavier wanted Nicole to go to the police and admit to the blackmail to exonerate Mr. South, but Nicole and Claire were worried about the consequences of that. They decided to wait because they had no proof they were telling the truth. When Xavier got an address of where another break-in had occurred, they went to stake it out. Several hours later, Xavier got tired of waiting and he and Nicole went inside. Claire ran inside when she saw someone approaching the house. Xavier chased the person, but they took his truck and backed it into him. Nicole recorded the truck driving off and then called an ambulance, which came and took Xavier away. Nicole sent the video, which showed Maddie as the driver, to Simon.

## Relationships

### Romantic

Claire was secretly hooking up with Xavier Baxter, even though he was dating Maddie Nears.

### Familial

Her parents are divorced. After the divorce, her mother married a man who was rich from real estate.

### Friendships

She and Maddie Nears were friends and neighbors until Claire's parents divorced and she went to live with her dad. When Claire returned, she ignored Maddie.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Twilight End Zone
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 My So-Called Death
3. ↑ The Fault of Our Scars
4. ↑ Ghoul Intentions
5. ↑ Grave the Last Dance
6. ↑ Séance Anything
7. ↑ Madison's Body