Gigi Rueda

**“I let teenage Gigi come out to play, but I forgot how naive teenage Gigi was.”**

**Personality**

Gigi was very nosy and gossipy, those were her two traits we learned first, and she never grew out of them. Gigi is also insecure at times and naive and gullible. She was quite childish as a teenager and becomes more mature as she makes her decision to be a single mother. It was clear she had a lot of determination when she really wanted something to happen. Gigi was also very kind and supportive.

**Magic life**

Gigi was originally a Powerless-Witch. She was told her entire childhood by the council that she would develop magic one day. They were certain of this because it was rare that a child of a Kanay and a Full-Witch didn't develop either type of magic or both. However, Gigi reached the age of thirteen without developing magic which confirmed that she was a Powerless-Witch. However, there was still hope. If approved by the council, Gigi could have magic implanted into her body, which would force her none-working magic-making genes to nourish and start producing more magic. This would turn Gigi into a Full-Witch. Her mother wouldn't allow her to do this as she believed Gigi was too immature and naive to be responsible with magic. In her late twenties or early thirties, Gigi volunteered to take part in Emma's war vs the council, fighting on Emma's side. To be able to, Emma stole magic from the council building and implanted it into Gigi's body. This was reversible but Emma knew how much having magic meant to Gigi and to reward Gigi for fighting, Emma allowed her to keep the magic-making Gigi an official Full-Witch. Gigi was grateful and never forgot it.

Gigi would have had to go through her guardian training at some point, however becoming a Full-Witch thanks to Emma, took away the requirement and ability to become one. At the time, only Powerless-Witches and Powerless-Wizards were allowed to be guardians. Decades later, rules changed, but Gigi didn't have an interest in being a guardian. Gigi never had a magical career.

**School life**

Gigi was homeschooled by her mother from kindergarten to the end of fifth grade. The summer before her “middle school” education would begin, Gigi begged her mother to enroll her in a real school. She wanted to make friends and study in a real classroom, have the real school experience. It took some convincing but Ava agreed and enrolled her in an all-girls private school. Gigi loved her school and remained there until she graduated from elementary school. She then went to Iridium High school through grades 9-12. During High school, Gigi wasn't a part of any teams or clubs. She only had one friend until tenth grade, and she wasn't a very likable classmate. This was her fault as she would eavesdrop of her classmate's personal conversations and post their secrets and dramas on her school blog. In ninth and the start of tenth grade, Gigi had a boyfriend named Peter who got her pregnant and then dumped her. After using her blog to expose Peter for getting her pregnant than bailing, and in the process, revealing her pregnancy, the school board interfered and banned her blog. Assuming she was never held back a grade, Gigi graduated in June of 2008 and chose against post-secondary education.

**Career life**

Gigi’s father owned an all-ages club called “the Seven.” Diego and his sister Gigi started working there in their early teenage years part-time after school and on weekends. Andrew planned on passing down ownership to both his children when they graduated from high school, a plan he followed through with. Both of them stayed on. At some point, Diego talked to his sister about giving her his half of the club. However, his sister pointed out that may cause his children to be unable to inherit the club along Gigi's kids one day. Diego wanted to ensure his children would be able to co-own the club with Gigi's kids one day if they wished. So, on paper, Diego kept his share of the club but otherwise gave Gigi complete ownership. Gigi never had a career outside the club.

**Childhood**

Like her brother, Gigi grew up with no knowledge of her older sister Ruby. Gigi and Diego had the typical sibling relationship. They bickered daily but were always there for each other. Gigi was also deeply jealous of her brother’s powers, especially since she didn’t have magic.

Gigi was homeschooled until the end of fifth grade. During the summer of 2001, Gigi begged her mother to enroll her in a real school. Ava was hesitant but eventually a compromise was made. Gigi was enrolled in an all-girls private school for grades 6, 7, and 8. Gigi then moved on to attend a public high school alongside her brother in August of 2004.

Gigi wasn’t a very liked student because she was very nosey and would share her classmates’ drama and secrets on her school blog. She only had one friend, a boy in her year named Tony. In the summer of 2005, Gigi started dating her brother’s teammate Peter Caster and lost her virginity to him just a week into their relationship.

Gigi found out she was pregnant a month into her relationship with Pete. She denied the possibility and argued that it was not true after a pregnancy test said she was. She took a second test which also said she was pregnant and she was not happy. Gigi was terrified to tell her mother but wasn’t nervous at all about telling her boyfriend, at least not until her mother told her that Pete would most likely dump her. Gigi was surprised over her mother’s reaction as she wasn’t mad nor surprised. She decided not to tell her boyfriend she was pregnant which caused conflicts with her brother. Diego ended up telling Pete and like Ava had predicted, Pete dumped Gigi on the spot. Gigi was desperate to change Pete’s mind but he wouldn’t talk to her. So, she announced her pregnancy live on her blog which infuriated Pete and caused an incident between Pete and Diego.

Gigi considered giving the baby up for adoption because Pete wasn’t going to be involved. However, after talking with both Andi and Diego, Gigi realized that there was a chance she could raise the baby on her own and be a good mother. She decided to keep the baby. Gigi was disappointed when she found out her baby was a boy because she had hoped for a girl that would be into reporting like she was, but she told herself that a boy could be into that sort of thing too.

**Motherhood**

Gigi may have had many nightmares about being a bad mother but she turned out to be a pretty good mom. Gigi did what she had to do as a single mother to provide for her son. As Shawn got older, Gigi respected that he wasn’t much of a hugger even though she was slightly offended by this. When Shawn was a teenager, Gigi put him second and didn’t talk to him about the changes she wanted to make and didn’t consider his feelings towards his father being around and half-brother living with them. Shawn felt like he couldn’t talk to his mom and didn’t want to ruin her happiness by sharing his negative feelings towards his father and new brothers and the new house. Shawn turned to sex as a coping method which got his girlfriend pregnant when they were only fourteen. However, this turned out to be somewhat of a good thing as it woke Gigi up and made her realize how hard the changes had been on Shawn and how she should have talked to him. Gigi supported Shawn and Rose through the pregnancy, doing everything she could to help them along knowing how difficult it was to be a teen parent. Gigi also struggled to decide what to do about the two other sons Pete had left her with when he decided to leave Gigi over Shawn getting Rose pregnant. She initially decided to foster them to keep them in the same house as Shawn since one of the boys was Shawn’s half-brother. She later decided to adopt both of the boys. Gigi had many struggles with raising Robert and Tommy but made it work. Gigi loved her sons but she had always wanted a daughter. When she and Tony finally got married, it wasn’t long before Gigi found out she was pregnant. She finally welcomed the daughter she had been waiting for. Raising a daughter was a new experience and Gigi enjoyed every second of it.