Hayden

**Hayden** is a sixteen-year-old boy and a major character in I Met you During Spin the Bottle. He is a high school student and is dating Aralynn.

## Personality

Hayden is shown to be a caring and polite guy, although is a bit naive and easily embarrassed like his girlfriend, Aralynn. He has respect towards authority and seems to be extroverted and easy to get along with, seen when he was the new kid and quickly made friends. It seems that when he was first introduced in the story, at the spring dance, he was not as sympathetic as he didn't stick up for Aralynn when she didn't want to kiss him.

## History

Hayden attends a spring dance where he meets Cameron, Klara, and two other boys at a bar. All five decide to play Spin the Bottle in the girls' bathroom, and Aralynn, Cameron and Klara's friend, walks in and decides to play too. Since Aralynn doesn't know how to play, Klara explains the rules. They spin the bottle, and whoever it lands on has to kiss whoever it landed on before. Aralynn is a bit unsettled by the thought of kissing one of them, but the game has already started.

The bottle lands on Hayden, and then lands on Aralynn. Aralynn is shocked and says that she's not doing this and she doesn't want to kiss Hayden. Cameron exclaims that it's about time she had her first kiss, and tells her to "stop acting like a little girl" and do it. She tells Hayden forcibly to kiss Aralynn, and they do. Aralynn tells Hayden to get away from her, and runs off, promptly falling on her face.

Hayden is not seen again in the story for a whole year until he moves to Aralynn's neighborhood and switches schools, becoming her new neighbor and classmate. Mrs. Dennis introduces Hayden to the class, and Hayden asks if he's late and apologizes, and Mrs. Dennis reassures him that he's not. Everyone gets in their seats, and Hayden takes the seat behind Aralynn and in front of Cameron.

After class, Aralynn's friend, Amara, "introduces" Hayden to Aralynn. Hayden recognizes her and Aralynn, embarrassed, pulls Amara away. When Hayden arrives at his house, his neighbors, Aralynn and her brother Devon, decide to greet him. Aralynn is shocked to see that her new neighbor is none other than Hayden. Aralynn is shocked to see him, and excuses herself, leaving Devon with Hayden. Devon asks him if he wants to play Super Smash Bros.

When Aralynn opened the door the next day, she found Hayden waiting for her outside, which surprised her so much that she fainted. Hayden apologizes and asks if he scared her, and Aralynn says yes, but thanks him for helping her up. She asks what he's here for, and Hayden tells her that he wanted to walk her to school. Aralynn, although a bit confused, says sure, and the two set off. Once they arrive at school, it turns out they made plans to meet up at coffee shop that afternoon, and Aralynn waves bye to him.

At the coffee shop, Hayden tells her that the shop looks really good. She asks, very red in the face, if he could be her fake boyfriend because she told Cameron he was already taken. Hayden agrees, and the two began to "fake" date. They started hanging out more, and playing around like best friends. Soon, they developed real feelings for each other, and now, it's safe to say he's Aralynn's.

## Relationships

### Aralynn

Hayden and Aralynn first met at the spring dance when they played Spin the Bottle. They had to kiss each other, although Aralynn did not particularly want to and refused to. Cameron basically shoved Hayden across to Aralynn, and they were both very embarrassed. A year later, Hayden started attending Aralynn's school, and Aralynn was still so embarrassed from what had happened that she tried to hide from him. Amara was having none of that and "introduced" the two. After Hayden became Aralynn's new neighbor, they became good friends. Cameron began to show interest in Hayden, and Aralynn accidentally told her that she was dating Hayden to spite her. They started to "fake" date, but eventually they grew real feelings for each other and are now dating for real.

### Devon

Although Hayden and Devon aren't shown interacting very much in the Mini Movie, when they do they seem to be good friends who enjoy hanging out together and playing Super Smash Bros.

### Cameron

Although Hayden and Cameron are never shown interacting, Cameron stated that she had a crush on him, meaning the two spent some time together before Hayden started dating Aralynn.

### Amara

Amara is another good friend of Hayden's seeing as she was the one who reintroduced him to Aralynn. Amara was also a huge shipper of the two before they got together.