Amber Collins

**Amber Collins** is a Class of 2016 graduate at Webster Community School as she started the series on the first episode of Webster and was a main character from season one to season three. A no-nonsense overachiever, sharp tongued and mature, Amber's main goal in life is to be a winner in all aspects on her life and that doesn't exceed the sports field. Her younger brother is Leo Collins. Her mean spirited attitude comes from her overachieving personality but she learned to be a nicer person as time goes on. Amber is best friends with Manda Thatcher and good friends with Heather Watson, Dustin Rivers, Devin Piper and Houston Nicholas. She has a conflict with Jess Arnold and used to be best friends with Sam Burge. She is currently married to Danny Magana.

## Character History

### Season 1

Amber started on the show in the first episode of the series, Can't Tell Me Nothing (1) as a sophomore.

She was excited to try out for the Power Squad with her friend Sam. She shows that she dislikes Sam's best friend Jess when she basically ignores Jess. Amber eventually makes it on the power squad but drama starts when she teams up with Sam to mess with Jess after Sam and Jess' friendship ends. However Jess exposes Amber and Sam for trying to pull a prank during a football game and she gets them in trouble with the cheer leading captain Kelly. Amber and Sam continue to try to get revenge on Jess. Amber and Jess' rivalry gets worse when Jess starts dating Amber's crush Danny Magana. Amber takes it upon herself to make out wit Danny in front of Jess, which causes a physical fight between the two. Amber meets Danny's summer hook up Hanna who wants Amber's help to finally take Jess down and Amber takes up her offer. However Hanna takes things too far when she tries to run Jess over. Sam saves Jess but now everyone at school hates Amber because they

think she was more involved with the accident than she actually was. She is eventually kicked off the power squad due to her actions and Sam ends her friendship with Amber. Amber is now left friendless and she runs into Dustin Rivers, who is rebelling against his mother. They end up being friends and go off to smoke weed together. They go off to buy more weed from a drug dealer who turns out to sell drugs to Dustin's mother. Dustin's mother finds out that Dustin and Amber tried to buy drugs and she contacts Amber's parents who send her to rehab for winter break. Before going to rehab Amber and Dustin go to the school dance together.

### Season 2

In **Safe and Sound (1)**, Amber has started the second semester of her sophomore year. Amber is still an outcast amongst her classmates. She is introduced to the new girl Manda Thatcher. Amber tells her why she doesn't have any friends and Manda tells her that she'll be her friend. In **You Keep Me Hangin’ On (1)**, Amber attends Danny's 16th birthday party and the two of them end up having sex with each other. They wake up the next day and Amber tells him that he needs to choose between her and Jess. Danny eventually tells Jess the truth and they end up breaking up. In **One Last Time**, Danny and Amber begin dating and this crushes Jess, who thought that she had a chance

of getting back together with Danny. She also decides to try out for the girls' soccer team to gain some friends. However Heather is the captain and doesn't want her on the team due to her reputation of being a "boyfriend stealer". Amber turns to the God Club, ran by Angel. At first things seem to be going well and Amber thinks that she has gained a friend in Amber as Angel is also an outcast. However Angel finds out that Amber really did steal Danny from Jess and she kicks her out of the club. In **Take My Breath Away (2)**, Amber has started her junior year and Amber and Manda are seen making fun of Angel and her step-brother Joaquin defends her. The girls believe that there is something wrong with Joaquin. In **Take Care (2)**, Amber makes fun of Macy and it turns to a show down between the girls and ends with Macy slapping her. In **What Do You Mean (1)**, Amber starts to notice that Danny has been partying and drinking more often than usual. She tells him that he needs to calm down on the partying and drinking and he assures her that he'll stop. However he continues and Amber considers breaking

up with him. However Danny turns things around as he is convinced by his younger brother Max to stop. In **Under Control (1)**, Dustin and Amber runs into each other and Amber invites him to hang out with her and her friends. This causes tension with Dustin and Jess, as they have just started dating. In **Under Control (2)**, the same problem happens with Dustin and his friendship with Miller, as Dustin has been neglecting their friendship to hang out with the cool kids. Dustin tells Amber that maybe it isn't the right time for them to have a friendship and Amber agrees. In **What Goes Around... Comes Around (1)**, Amber gets a job at an electronics store in the mall to look good on her college applications. She is excited to be working at her first job and she thinks that he boss is pretty cool. The two of them connect but things change when he ends up kissing her. Amber tells Manda about it and Manda says that what he did was wrong and it was sexual harassment. Amber tells her boss off and quits.

### Season 3

In **Sweet Nothing (1)**, Amber has started the second semester of her senior year. Amber and Heather have spend all summer helping redesign the school as she has started her duties as vice president. The girls discuss how much they had fun working on the redesign together. Amber goes to Danny's senior back to school party. In **Sweet Nothing (2)**, Amber sees Macy and Heather talking in the hallway at school. She talk about there being a weird guy at the party that put something is a drink. This gets Heather thinking as she woke up the

day after the party in Max's bed naked. In **How to Love (2)**, Danny discovers that he needs to bring his grades up to get into his dream college. Amber finds out about this and offers to help tutor him. Things seem be to going good a first but Danny deflects by being flirty with Amber. She becomes annoyed because he isn't taking the work seriously. Danny tells Amber that he isn't a smart as her. Amber encourages him to keep trying as he is smarter than he thinks he is. After much tutoring Danny actually starts to do better and he is happy to have Amber in his life. In **Family Portrait (2)**, Amber becomes annoyed with Heather as she has been neglecting doing their student council duties and has had this nonchalant attitude about everything. Amber feels like Heather has left her to do all the work on her own. After Heather has some fun she decides to take back up her work and the

girls make up. In **Poetic Justice (1)**, Amber is nervous but also ready for her court hearing against Joe. Manda and Leo try to convince her that everything will be okay as she has her parents as her lawyers. However things don't go as planned when Amber ends up losing the case due to not having enough evidence. In **Poetic Justice (2)**, Amber is crushed about losing the hearing. She starts acting differently and her friends and Danny take notice of this. Amber is at the mall with Danny and she runs into Joe. She confronts him and Joe smiles in her face. Amber ends up slapping Joe. Finally Amber seems like she's over

the whole situation as she's happy to just have such a good boyfriend and friends in her life. In **Poker Face (1)**, Amber, along with the rest of the seniors are discussing their graduation, which is only a few weeks away. Everyone can see that Heather hasn't been herself all school year and they all know that Topher and Macy knows something about what's going on. After Heather is talking to by Topher and Macy she decides to tell her friends the truth. She tells them that she was raped at Danny's senior party but an unknown person. Amber tells her that they could have helped each other as they both were sexually assaulted. In

**You Get What You Give (1)**, Amber has her interview at Yale. Things are going well until her interviewer mentions her court cases. He doesn't think that she's the type of person they need at their university as he doesn't want her going around accusing people of stuff. Amber is saddened by this as Yale is her dream school. After talking with Manda, Amber gets the idea to talk to her old Power Squad captain Kelly, as she used to work with Joe when she was 17. Amber meets up with Kelly and Kelly reveals that they had a secret affair. She also reveals that Joe flirts with all his employees and that she still has all their text messages. Amber decides to use this as a way to clear her name. In **Take On Me (1)**, Amber becomes overwhelmed with everything going on in her life as she awaits to see if she

was accepts into Yale. Something seems off about Amber as she doesn't seem happy when Danny tells her that he was accepted into Notre Dame. Danny and Manda sense that something is wrong with Amber. After they try to get Amber to talk, she reveals to them that she's scared of the real world and that she will lose contact with Danny and Manda due to their busy lives. They assure her that nothing will change between them. Amber is happy to hear them say this. In **Ring the Alarm**, Amber goes to prom with her friends and Danny. Things take a turn when Manda's ex-boyfriend comes in with a gun and threatens to pull the trigger if Manda doesn't go with him. In **Never Can Say Goodbye**, Amber seems to be sad when Manda announces to her that she got into University of California Berkley. Amber tells Danny that she's scared that she won't see Manda anymore due to them going to school across the country from her. The girls talk during graduation and Manda tells her no matter how far apart they are she will still be her best friend. Amber is last seen graduating with her class happier than ever.

## Trivia

* Amber and Jess were involved in the first physical fight of the series.
* She is the first Student Body Vice President of the series.
* Amber and Sam were the originally queen bees of Webster. Others were Robin and Quinn.
* She is first seen as a mean girl but her best friend Manda has since taken over the role.
* Amber is the first person, along with Danny to mention having sex on the show.
* Amber was in the same grade as her younger brother’s best friend’s brother, Devin.
* She has been shown to be apart of the most clubs on the show. They consist of the Power Squad, soccer team, Christian club and student council.
* Amber is one of the characters to dye their hair over time drastically.
* She went to Yale for college along with Heather.
* Amber is the first character to be sexually assaulted on the series.
* Amber is friends with all of the boys romantically connected to her rival Jess except Harry.

## Relationships

Main article: Amber-Danny Relationship

* Danny Magana
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