Abby

> "*Since we were five, it was the three of us. You, me, Elena. And we all have other friends. That's fine, but junior year, she picks up some emo girl from homeroom, and suddenly, we don't exist. It's all Lauren, all the time. It's like she dumped us for her. And then she disappears, and 10 years later, emo girl's doing full Elena cosplay, and the cops find her body in the woods...*"
> ― Abby to Cheyenne[source]
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**Abby** is a character on the Hulu original series *Monsterland*. She is portrayed by Alice Kremelberg.

Abby and Cheyenne are Elena Milak's best friends, who they've known since they were five years old. However, junior year, Elena started hanging out with Lauren Mills and disappeared shortly after.

## Season 1

### Iron River, MI

Abby and Cheyenne attend Lauren and Pete's rehearsal dinner, though Abby is convinced that Lauren has successfully taken over Elena’s life after she went missing ten years ago. Cheyenne reminds Abby that Lauren’s also their friend, but she retorts that Lauren was just a girl they went to high school with. Lauren then joins them at the table. Cheyenne asks about Lauren’s biological mother, Faye. However, Lauren didn’t invite her as she's a cruel and abusive drunk. She replies that her real mom, Rebecca, is already in attendance. She started calling Rebecca mom after Faye kicked her out, and Rebecca took her in. Abby then asks if Lauren heard about the teenage girl’s body that was recovered in the woods. She wants to tell Rebecca in case it’s Elena, but Lauren and Cheyenne try to convince her now isn’t the time.

Lauren’s wedding day has arrived. There’s also been updates on the body found in the woods. Abby and Cheyenne reveal that the remains belong to an adolescent female and decomposition suggests roughly 8-10 years since death. Lauren admits that she knows them all being together is weird as they were never friends, but Rebecca had a vision of the ideal wedding for her daughter, and Lauren wanted to give Rebecca that. Abby then asks when Lauren changed her hair. It’s now curly, similar to how Elena used to wear hers. Rebecca joins them with the wedding dress. After Rebecca refers to Lauren as family, Abby storms out with Cheyenne right behind her.

They go into the bathroom, and Cheyenne confronts her for ruining the photo op. Abby can no longer participate in Lauren’s wedding. She accuses Lauren of stealing Elena’s life. Since they were five, it was the three of them. But junior year, Elena met Lauren and dropped them. Then Elena disappeared, and Lauren took her place. In addition to that, a teenage girl’s body just happened to turn up. Abby is certain that it’s Elena’s body they found in the woods. Abby believes that all those years ago, Lauren and Elena sneaked out to White Woods together to get high. She thinks that the two of them got into a fight, and Lauren accidentally killed Elena. She then took an axe and cut off Elena’s head to make it seem as if she was a victim of the Lumberjack. Cheyenne isn’t as convinced, however. While Abby can’t prove they went to the woods, she might know someone who can.

Abby calls Lauren's mother, Faye, and pays her to confronts Lauren. Lauren reluctantly reveals that Elena coaxed her into accompanying her to the White Woods, where they smoked a joint and kissed. While Lauren was lighting up, Elena disappeared. At first, she was laughing, playing a prank on Lauren. But then Elena started genuinely screaming for help. So Lauren fled the woods with Elena’s scarf in hand. Rebecca is distraught to learn that Lauren has been keeping this from her all this time. However, Abby believes that Lauren killed Elena in order to steal her life. However, Lauren insists that she did no such thing. But as Cheyenne points out, they can never be sure. Before leaving, Abby pays Faye the money owed.