Rayalynn

Rayalynn hates her closest family, her mother and her sister. She likes Ford though, who is the only person in her family she actually warms to.

## Relationships

### Family

Yvonne - Mother
 Eliana - Sister
 Amber - Cousin
 Ford - Cousin
 Rose - Aunt
 Nate - Uncle (Deceased)Man - Father

## Character Information

### Dislikes

blackmail, pain, yvonne, eliana, most of her family

## Plot

### Season 3

She is practically begging Eliana to let her go into school, but Eliana tries to keep her at home. In the end she runs off anyway, happy to finally get away from Eliana. She's glad her mum is in prison.

Later on, Eliana forces her to stay in the living room, holding her prisoner. Rayalynn is furious and overhears Eliana on a phone call to her mum. She wants to sneak out but it's not possible… until Livie and Ford appear at Eliana's house - much to Rayalynn's delight. She runs out to the door, forces Eliana to let her go with the help of Ford, and then follows the two friends out. She becomes good friends with Ford.

She once sees Louisiana crying at school, and goes over to help her. Louisiana won't say the reason but accepts Rayalynn as she's the only person who's ever been nice to her. Rayalynn wants Louisiana to change, and stop bullying Ford. Rayalynn also warms to Nico, and often turns to Nico when she's facing problems. She likes having an adult to talk to - as well as Ford, who accepts her for who she is. Ford is happy Rayalynn is telling them information about Yvonne and Eliana.

One night, Rayalynn actually has the bravery to call the police on Eliana and Yvonne, and later tells Ford about it, feeling pleased.

During the week she's often seen crying to Nico, and she's very scared when Ford gets kidnapped, she knows what Yvonne is capable of, but unfortunately she was left in the dark about Ford's dad.

At Ford's birthday party on Friday, she talks to Dana for a bit, rather than Louisiana, because she likes multiple friends. Then Louisiana starts bullying Ford seeing as she can't have Rayalynn, which makes Rayalynn tick, as she was going to talk to Louisiana again. Later, she's talking to Louisiana, when Louisiana accidentally tells her that her family are murderers. Rayalynn is fuming because Louisiana called her a murderer too, so she runs to Ford's table, crying. The five or six people at the table are shocked and asks her what's wrong. She later runs into the bathroom. Edward gets mad at Louisiana.

On Sunday, when Louisiana appears on her doorstep, Rayalynn isn't happy. Louisiana tries to apologise, and then says a similar thing as she did last time. Then, Louisiana spots Yvonne's car and alerts Rayalynn, who's surprised, but doesn't say much. Then, Lilliana runs past them, followed by Ford yelling "Lillie". Louisiana's immediate instinct is to call the police, much to Rayalynn's surprise, who says she really does care about Ford, she just pretended not to, and she's not heartless. The two of them alert Nico, and Louisiana does phone the police. Rayalynn then says to Louisiana that she must stop bullying Ford and apologise to everyone she's ever hurt - and lists them. The two head to find Edward to apologise. Rayalynn and Louisiana become friends again.

### Season 4

Rayalynn feels bad that Ford has to put up with Rose after Amber's disappearance. She doesn't like Rose much herself and joins the homeschooling club with Johnny and Ford. She enjoys spending time away from Ford in her new life with Yvonne and Eliana.

Rayalynn notices Johnny wanting to go behind Ford's back when Ford keeps saying "no violence" so she sternly talks to Johnny and tells him to respect Ford's wishes. She later says to Sabrina "violence is bad unless you're Johnny", therefore suggesting she thinks Johnny is obsessed with violence. Rayalynn keeps meeting up with Sabrina to discuss Ford and all of their problems so that they can offer their help to Ford and Freddie. Both girls admit that Ford is grown up for his age and that Ford needs to protect Freddie and also that Freddie needs to stay away from Eve.

She's worried for Ford when Johnny gets arrested and isn't quite sure how Ford will cope with the trauma even though Ford keeps using the "he's not my friend" card to hide the trauma that Rayalynn can see right through. She's even more worried when Ford's other best friend, Freddie, along with Eve, disappear. Ford won't even talk to her and she isn't sure how she can support him, no matter how much she wants to.

## Quotes

### Season 3

❝ No Eliana, I want to lead a normal life - I don't care that our mum's in prison, if you asked me she deserved it. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 1)

❝ You're the criminal, not me, and it's your own mess, clean it up, but don't drag me down whilst you're at it. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 4) To Eliana.

❝ I don't think so. And if you're asking, I'm her sister, but I feel more like a prisoner than a family member. Won't even let me out the house - won't even let me go to school. When SHE'S the one that messed her life up, not me. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 5) To Ford.

❝ Exactly, and I don't want to follow in my sister's footsteps, I've had enough of her manipulation. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 5) To Ford.

❝ She manipulates everyone like I said, but she was worse to you than she has been to anyone else. She said she wanted you to be like her. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 5) To Ford.

❝ Nate and that guy went to the bar I think. Never saw them again. I think Yvonne followed them - or maybe she was just going out too - wouldn't know. She seemed to be up to something. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 6) To Ford.

❝ He's scared of you! I hate how you make people feel! He shouldn't be! I should go and tell him that the police will protect him. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 8) To Eliana.

❝ Just because someone looks cheerful you can't assume that they feel happy inside - people often fake a smile. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 12) To Louisiana.

❝ I told Ford nearer the beginning of the week - I swore to him I wouldn't tell anyone else. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 14) To Rose and Amber.

❝ I knew that Yvonne was going to come at Ford tonight; I should've said something! That's what I wasn't telling! Oh my gosh this is my fault… ❞ (Season 3 Episode 15) To Rose.

❝ It was their fault, not yours, but next time just...please don't take it out on someone innocent who is finding it hard enough to cope as it is. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 23) To Louisiana.

❝ First of all, you're not heartless, at least not to me - which means you're definitely not totally heartless. second of all, you can change the "bully" part, and third of all, I'm Yvonne's daughter, doesn't that make me a criminal too? ❞ (Season 3 Episode 25) To Louisiana.

❝ I'm so sorry Ford, you don't deserve this, and seeing as no one else even cares...happy birthday. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 26)

❝ Yes. Amber ran out after defending Ford when she realised Ford had heard the whole thing and then the first thing Rose said to him on his birthday was a question about why he wants the truth, then Ford got very upset, I don't blame him. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 26) To Nico.

❝ Tell her that we can't be friends if she refuses to be nice to you. you don't deserve her mean remarks. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 28) To Ford.

❝ Is \*that\* what you think? Well, then to you I'm a criminal as well. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 29) To Louisiana.

❝ Amber, you couldn't even help Ford with his problems, I don't trust you, I'd rather talk to Ford or Nico. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 30)

❝ What Louisiana said last night...she basically called me a criminal and I was very hurt, I already told my friends about it, but I just thought that I wanted to talk to a trusted adult too. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 30) To Nico.

❝ I know you were telling Nico about what happened to your dad, and don't worry I won't be mad if you're not ready to tell me, but if Amber finds out you knew and she didn't, she might be quite angry. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 32) To Ford.

❝ What the heck happened? Firstly, you look like you’ve been crying. Secondly, where’s Lilliana? Thirdly, Louisiana called the police when we saw you and Lilliana run out of the house. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 35) To Ford.

❝ You don’t know that though. No, she’s never wanted to physically hurt Ford, but she has verbally hurt him, a lot. Whether she truly loved Nate is another question I would love to know the answer to. Ford did. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 36) To Dana about Rose and Nate.

❝ Johnny freaked out when you ran. His mother is Lilah, a mother who’s extremely protective of her son even if he wants to help his best friend, because of what happened. She would’ve refused Johnny to go out, and you know what Johnny’s like, he’s not going to sit and do nothing and be helpless. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 39) To Ford.

❝ No, you proved yourself. You proved you’re willing to change if you put effort in. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 40) To Louisiana.

❝ Don’t do this to Ford, he’s gonna despise you, in the future he might not even want to know you. Do you know where to go or what to bring? ❞ (Season 3 Episode 42) To Amber.