Iesha Bennett

**Iesha Bennett** is a major character in the fanfiction series, *The Savages.*She is a junior at James A. Mathers High School, and she is a member of The Red Hot Cheer Peppers. She appears in The Devil's Protégé, originally as a minor character, but because of her comedic timing and charisma in the first season, she is highly considered a fan-favorite.

Iesha is best described as very humorous, witty and often immature. Unlike some of the members of The Red Hot Cheer Peppers, as well as other cliques, she is very down-to-earth and open to other students; she even supports members of The Savages, especially against Rose De Vil's rules in Season One. By the end of the season, on to the second, Iesha serves as a guidance to Sena by warning her about her alleged affair with history teacher Mr. Baldwin. We also discover her secret talents: hacking.

Iesha is portrayed by Vine star, **Summer "Summerella" Boissiere**, but she is not based on any Glee Wiki user.

## Storyline

* Season 1
* Season 2

Iesha, initially a minor role, is introduced as a cheerleader for The Red Hot Cheer Peppers who participates in impromptu performances before rehearsals. Known for her comedic timing, she eggs on a physical altercation between Lily and Sena after Lily is kicked off of the cheerleading squad. Iesha, despite her closeness to Sena, roots for Lily during the fight. Eventually, Iesha herself gets involved a physical altercation with Alyssa when she attacks her friend Angelika during rehearsals. Despite giving Alyssa a kick and claiming she deserved it, Rose De Vil suspends her for her contribution to the fight and Iesha finds it biased. (*The Devil's Protégé*)

Throughout the season, Iesha plays a major part in confrontations between other students inside and outside of the school, and she finds herself against Rose De Vil's new school rules; Iesha feels attacked when Rose prohibits hair weaves in school. Because of this rule, Iesha becomes resistant towards cooperating in classes, particularly in Mr. Baxter's class, whom she attends with Trae, Gina, Joe and other members of The Savages. Resentful towards her suspension, she exits the room and encourages the other students to do the same. During an assembly response to the protests, Iesha interrupts a majority of Rose De Vil's sentences as she addresses the conflicts that are occurring in the school. After The Savages perform, and the video of Brian Gustin and Viktor Nichols is exposed, and Iesha appears shocked. (*The Boomerang Effect*)

Iesha also partakes in Gina's feminism movement and gets involved in confrontations with Felix Winchester and The Moneybags due to their misogynistic behavior towards The Red Hot Cheer Peppers, and also teams up with Sena and Angelika when they realize that Rose De Vil has taken away their cheerleading practice privileges due to the video scandal investigation, although The Redhawks are allowed to have football practice. (*The Feminist Manifesto*)

Meanwhile, although Iesha and Sena have a slight "frenemy" relationship, Iesha suspects that Sena is having a romantic affair with the United States History teacher, Mr. Baldwin, and warns Sena to be careful of the potential consequences. Meanwhile, the series also captures Iesha's complicated, unusual relationship with fellow jock Matt Park. Appearing as a couple at first, Iesha is blindsided by his infidelity until Lily and Rufus presumably give Iesha details on Matt's constant attempts to pursue Lily. Angered, she confronts Matt, slaps him constantly and belittles him in front of the school, ending their relationship and straining Rufus' friendship with Matt in the end. (*The School For Scandal*)

This becomes a crucial part of her storyline within the second season, but throughout the finale of the series, Iesha endorses Trae and The Savages' protest against the school and participates in the riot. She is a witness to Trae's shooting, and also is an active student in most of Felix's night parties. (*The Psychological Warfare*, *The Beast Unleashed*)

Several weeks after the James A. Masters High School riot caused by The Savages, Iesha still remains a crucial member and now fellow co-captain of The Red Hot Cheer Peppers and develops a stronger friendship with Sena. Iesha approves of Alyssa and Claudia getting kicked off of the cheerleading squad when Sena berates them for mishaps during their routine practices, but the satisfication backfires when she witnesses Alyssa and Claudia's new transformation thanks to Joe and Nate giving them makeovers in plan of a super-clique against The Savages. (*The Alibi*)

Iesha plays a motherly role to Sena as she still continues to pursue an illegal affair with teacher Mr. Baldwin. After Sena feels betrayed when she discovers that Mr. Baldwin has two kids and a wife, Iesha continues to warn Sena of the consequences she could face if she continues to see him. She considers Mr. Baldwin a predator and sex offender and claimed that they both could likely go to jail for the things that they are doing. In order to help Sena move on from him and potentially dodge a bullet, Iesha helps Sena find another guy to date by setting up a Tinder account for her. Despite numerous searches, including a match with her "sugar daddy" and ex-boyfriend Matt Park, who she uses to buy her things she wants, Iesha shows that she cares about Sena and her safety. (*The Conflict of Interest]*)

Meanwhile, as Iesha still deals with Sena's escapades with Mr. Baldwin, the two both discover Rose De Vil in terrible condition after resigning as principal of the school. They also face struggles with routines and feel that their status as The Red Hot Cheer Peppers is wasted due to their lack of resources, routines and skills to go to the cheerleading championships. She agrees that the team are in dire need of a cheerleading coach, and she hesitantly joins forces with Lily and Sena to bring back Rose for the position. Although the first attempt to bring her back wasn't a success, she and the girls all realize that Rose isn't as bad of a person as they believed she was. (*The Roman Holiday*, *The Rose That Grew From Concrete*)
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