Jessica Mitchell

**Jessica Mitchell** is the second daughter of the Mitchell family in the novel series *On Our Own*.

She is the sixteen-year-old sister of Katie, Cassie, Laura, and Sarah. Six months prior to the show's start, she lost her parents to a car accident and was left to be raised by his older sister Katie. She at some times can be young and reckless but is also quite the family person. She takes good care of her younger sisters and respects and helps out her older sister anyway she can.

She is a main character and appears in the entire series.

## Life without Parents

Jessica was at cheerleading practice when she received shocking news from her teacher. Jessica's parents were killed in a car wreck while driving to a relative's house. Jessica took time off school to look after her younger sisters in the wake of their loss. Jessica was stunned when her older sister, Katie returned home. Jessica resented Katie for leaving home to move to Los Angeles. As the Mitchell sisters bury their parents, they face big problems, Katie plans to return to L.A., leaving Jessica to deal with their little sisters herself. This angers Jessica and lashes out at Katie for leaving her to be the big sister to their three little sisters alone. She scolds her for living the L.A. lifestyle and partying like a sorority sister, while she had to handle things herself. She told Katie about the time Sarah was running a fever and it scared both their parents and the time Cassie came home past curfew and argued with their parents. Jessica had to tell Cassie the similar situation Katie did when she was a teenager, to set her straight. Bottom line, Jessica was involved in many moments involving the family while Katie was living in L.A. being irresponsible. Katie is in shock that Jessica thought she was being a L.A. party girl. She told Jessica that the reason she moved to L.A. was because she and her then-boyfriend had fled because their parents didn't approve of their relationship. However, six months later, Katie's boyfriend left her for another girl, and she could return home and tell their parents. Katie also apologizes for not being there for Jessica when

Unknown to Jessica, Katie discovered that they are almost out of money in their mother's back account. Realizing that In-Home Supportive Services will no longer disburse money into her mother's account. Katie decides to find a job. But first she needed the help from Aisha Williams, a social worker who visited the sisters the other day. Katie calls a meeting and tells her sisters that she has contacted Aisha Williams, a social worker from protective services to find job placements for her and find someone to look after Cassie, Laura, and Sarah. Jessica doesn't understand why Katie is looking for a job and questions why she can't look after their sisters, so Katie tells her that with their without their mother, In-Home Supportive Services can no longer put money into their mother's bank account and money is already tight at the moment. Being in a financial rut, Katie is forced to no longer order Chinese food on Fridays and she can no longer pay the gardeners to cut their front and backyards any more until more money is in the bank. Katie has to get a job to put more money into the account. She also tells Jessica that she has Aisha find for somebody to look after Cassie, Laura, and Sarah because Katie would be at work and Jessica would be in college classes. Katie is convinced that by having a job and Jessica attending college courses, they would be able to put money into their bank accounts in order for the five sisters to survive life on their own.

Jessica asks Cassie into the bathroom. Once inside, Jessica informs her that with Katie at work and Jessica being at college, it is up to Cassie to cook dinner as money is too tight to afford take-out and care for Laura and Sarah.

## Appearance

Jessica was a beautiful, athletic young woman. She was five-foot-three and had medium-length chestnut-brown hair (mostly straight, but sometimes styled curled or tied up) and blue-green eyes. She also had a curvaceous figure with a medium bust.

## Relationships

### Katie Mitchell

Katie is Jessica's older sister and also a parental figure. Jessica can be reckless a times which upsets Katie, but she also tries to help her out in any way. They always fight about their own parental responsibilities when it comes to their little sisters.

### Cassie Mitchell

Cassie is Jessica's younger sister by two years. She and Cassie are quite close due to their closeness in age, but they also can be quite distant due to their different social statuses in school and around town. She attempts to look out for Cassie in any way she can because she is her little sister and act like a caring mother-figure type when it comes to sensitive matters that affect Cassie

### Laura Mitchell

Laura is Jessica's younger sister by five years. She looks out for Laura because she is her baby sister, and she listens to her questions and understands her better than her other older sister Cassie. In arc 3, Laura confesses to Jessica that she favors her more than her other sisters. Jessica was angry when she found out that Laura was in a secret relationship with Dean Cameron.

### Sarah Mitchell

Sarah is Jessica's younger sister by 15 years. Sarah and Jessica's relationship isn't very positive or negative due to Sarah's young age. However, their relationship develops to become more mother-daughter like towards the end of the series, with Jessica even fighting Katie to become Sarah's legal guardian. We see Sarah begin to favor Jessica and look to her as a mother figure.

## Trivia

* She ends up have three daughters with --, Audrey, Lara, Penny.
* Jessica is much more on the caring side, when it comes to talking to her sisters about boys, school, etc.
* Out of all the Mitchell sisters Jessica clashes the most, she clashes with Katie.
* Her housing responsibilities revolve are washing dishes, laundry, and managing the cafe.
* She was born in 1980.