Heather Watkins

## History

Heather Watkins was a young Shadyside student aged around 16-18, she worked at the bookstore in Shadyside Mall where she was first seen dealing with a rude customer before coming across Ryan who introduced her to Jasmine, who was really a blow-up sex doll. she left him to do what he needed to do only for Ryan to hunt her down in his attempt to kill her, a feat which turned successful.

She was mourned by numerous Shadyside High students who respectfully placed photos of the deceased on her locker as well as notes talking about how they missed her. Heather was given a vigil during the Shadyside vs Sunnyvale game which ended with both sides clashing with each other.

As a final memorial act, her name along with Simon and Kate's were included on the "In loving memory of" sign that was placed on the outside of the High School.

## 30th of September, 1994

Heather was working the night shift at B. Dalton, while she was cleaning the bookstore after closing, Ryan Torres proceeded to attack her with a knife while dressed in a Halloween costume. Ryan attempted to stab her in the abdomen, but it was blocked by a book which she was holding, after this, she attempted to escape the bookstore by crawling under the security gate, after she did so she ran over to another store in an attempt to call the police. During Heather's call, Ryan entered the store, causing her to begin hiding from him, despite hiding, Ryan proceeded to sneak up behind her and create a large incision across her abdomen, after which she ran to the other side of the store, placing Ryan's blow-up sex doll in a back area as a distraction. After Ryan was lured to the doll he proceeded to stab it, under the impression it was Heather, after which the former hit him on the back of the head with a lava lamp. Heather then ran out of the store in an attempt to make it to the mall exit, which was impeded after Ryan stabbed her in the back, knocking her to the floor. While Heather was on the floor Ryan proceeded to stab her once in the lung. As Heather begged her killer, Sherriff Goode appeared and shot Ryan in the back of the head where he died with Heather, the latter of which bled to death.

## Death

Fear Street - First 5 Minutes (Opening Scene) - NetflixHeather's death
## Triva

* Heather's death is a nod to the Scream franchise, more particularly the first one as her death mirrors that of Casey Becker who was stalked by Ghostface, the only difference being there was no call to answer trivia questions. This also applies to Ryan as he killed Heather the same way Billy Loomis had killed Casey and also his costume. In the scene in which a student run past Deena Kate and Simon with a "body" meant to represent Heather, this is also a reference to Scream as a student would run past Stu Macher, Tatum Riley and Sydney Prescott wearing the Ghostface costume although the Shadyside student does not wear a costume. Another reference to the franchise is that Heather was able to see who her killer was in the final moments of her life unlike Casey who died before she could see Billy's face.

* Heather was portrayed by Maya Hawke who is best known for her work as Robin Buckley on Netflix's *Stranger Things.*
* The photos of Heather on the lockers were actual photos of Maya Hawke.