Emma Allen

**Emma Primrose Allen** is a major character in ***Darlin'***. Emma is Enzo's girlfriend and best friends with Ana Sophía & Julie. She is a trusted close friend within Ana Sophía's social life, often around her friends. Her knowledge in speaking French, Spanish & Portuguese make her one of the strongly educated characters in ***Darlin'***.

## Emma Allen

### Place of Birth

Mission District, San Francisco, California, United States

## Description

### Relationship

Ana Sophía (Best friend)
Enzo DeAndre (Boyfriend)
Julie Wilson (Best friend)

## Biography

### Early Life

Emma Allen was born and raised in San Francisco, California. Her origin story is never explained other than how she met Ana Sophía during orientation week of high school in 2015. Emma's education in elementary or middle school is never specified because of this. Outside of Ana Sophía's friendship, Emma is described as an athletic person who practices the sport of football.

## Career

### Midfield Visor

Emma received an offer to represent the Women's South City Wolves in March of 2017 by Ana Sophía. Accepting her proposal, Emma signed a 1-year contract that would convert her as the main central midfielder of the team and one of the highest earners of the league, despite no competitive playing experience. She made her debut on June 05 of 2017 against Irvine Wildcats FC, which she provided an assist to Ana Sophía on the 76th minute.

### American MVP

Reaching playoffs and dominating the midfield for the South City Wolves, Emma was pushed as a candidate for **Most Valuable Player** from the 2017 Women's Super League campaign. Standing alongside Ana Sophía & Brazilian striker Calisto Avila, she eventually placed 3rd for the award but was recognized for having one of the best pass completion percentages in the league by taking home the Best Midfielder Award.

### Arrival to Brazil

After a successful 2017 campaign that included the league title, Emma formed part of Miggy's elite team against Ana Sophía that would require her team being eliminated in the qualifiers to ensure her payout. She committed to a one-game contract, representing Porto Alanza to make it happen. The reason behind her change of heart towards Ana Sophía is unknown but Hunter's warning of distrust to Ana Sophía in **Chapter 09: Miss You**, suggests Enzo convinced or forced Emma to betray Ana Sophía. Many speculate, including Ana Sophía, that she was forced because Emma never spoke to Ana Sophía during their faceoff, instead choosing to shy away. She is last described walking off with Enzo & Julie upon Porto Alanza's victory over Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras at the Allianz Parque. Her fate are never explained.

## Relationship

### Enzo DeAndre

Ana Sophía finds out Emma is dating Enzo in ***Darlin' Chapter 02: Bloodstream*** while buying snacks at Walgreens. The couple began drawing close to one another in the introductory pages of the book, with Ana Sophía believing it to be odd for Enzo to be spending high amounts of time around Emma after their bonding at the South City Wolves night gala hosted at Ana Sophía's house. Emma and Enzo remain a very close couple and often accompany each other when making appearances at events. Towards the end of Darlin', Hunter warns Ana Sophía over a mistrust that is about to happen, which we later find out that Emma sides with Enzo to form a coalition to get rid of Ana Sophía in the 2018 KOVO Champions Cup Hexagonal Qualifiers. The fate of her relationship with Enzo is never specified.

## Friendships

### **Ana Sophía**

Emma is Ana Sophía's best friend and spend their major amount of time outside of school together. Some of that time is spent at Crocker Amazon every Saturday morning of the week practicing football. The pair also attend many social gatherings and events together. In school, Ana Sophía & Emma were freshman year classmates and again in their junior year, sharing classes such as U.S History together. On the Women's South City Wolves, the pair shared high chemistry due to their history of practicing the sport with one another. Her friendship with Ana Sophía falls apart in the beginning of 2018 when Enzo is thought to have convinced Emma that Ana Sophía left them because she thought she was the better player and that Ana Sophía need her. They reunited in São Paulo during the 2018 KOVO Champions Cup Hexagonal Qualifiers, with Emma coming out as victorious.

### **Miggy**

Although not attending the same high school, Emma knows Miggy since the opening phase of ***Darlin'***. Throughout the story, Emma attends events hosted by Miggy and views him as an important part of her circle of friends due to his influence and being Ana Sophía's boyfriend. During the process of elimination for player candidates on the Women's South City Wolves that Enzo formed, Miggy was behind the decision of listing Emma as a must-hire player, even before pitching the idea to Ana Sophía, confirming he already having a general of how good Emma was at the sport. Miggy's Porto Alanza project against Ana Sophía at Allianz Parque once again showed Miggy's trust in Emma once more, highly trusting her as the primary midfielder and allowing her to distribute the ball alongside Julie without having to depend on hiring Super League veterans to cover the midfield. Many initially perceived Porto Alanza would lose the match because of Miggy's decision of calling up Emma.

### **Julie**

Julie & Emma were described as the "midfield distributors" for their very good understanding of each other's soccer play style and frequent assisting during football matches. Outside the sport, Julie held a very small social circle that only included Emma & Ana Sophía. In high school, Julie stuck by Emma's side at almost all times, portraying a rather reserved persona compared to Emma. Julie's s friendship with Emma continued amidst the arrival of Miggy's faceoff with Ana Sophía in São Paulo, in which Emma and Julie would go on to give the performance of their careers.