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LOLA
DEL CAMPO

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ROLE !

our shotgun wedding
( well, 1/2 of it )

NAME !

her full name is magnolia del campo, making her one of the few people she's ever met with no middle name! she kind of likes it that way, too; it makes her feel like a pop star. you know, like rihanna or madonna or adele. don't ask me, i don't understand the thought process behind it either. her name is representative of her mexican heritage but, more importantly, it's her parents' flower. you know how some couples have songs or movies that are not-so-uniquely theirs? well, the del campos had a flower. magnolia in her mother's hair during their first date, magnolias as centerpieces for their wedding, and of course, a magnolia yet again when their beautiful baby girl was brought into the world.

NICKNAMES !

clearly, magnolia doesn't care much about the adorable backstory behind her name, because she rarely goes by the full version. to almost everyone, she is lola. to her older brother, she is manita (a cute spanish term for little sis) or sometimes cabrona (which is, uh, not so cute). she loves him anyway -- much more than she loves most people.

AGE !

she just turned seventeen this past september. (fun fact, her birthday is the 21st, so she claims september by earth, wind & fire as her personal theme song.)

GRADE !

lola is a senior, making her one of the younger ones in her grade. she'll be seventeen when she graduates! if she graduates. no, she's definitely going to graduate.

SEXUALITY !

she's straight, a conclusion she has come to after a fair amount of experimenting. you can make of that what you will.

LANGUAGES !

lola is fluent in english and spanish, both of which she grew up speaking on a day-to-day basis. she took latin in high school, but that probably doesn't count. (she skipped class a lot and barely knows how to say "i'm hungry.")

APPEARANCE !

a couple of lola's extended relatives (you know, second cousins and such) actually call her flaca, meaning skinny. it used to be a pretty good descriptor in regards to her body type. but, you know... she's gained a little bit of weight as of late. (spoiler alert: she's super pregnant!) she's mexican, and it's relatively obvious to people who know their stuff when they look at her: light brown skin that tans about four shades darker in the summer, dark eyes, and thick brown hair. her hair is her pride and joy -- the kind that everyone always wanted to braid during class in middle school. it's naturally quite wavy, and although she used to straighten it almost daily towards the beginning of high school, she's given up on that now to embrace the curl. you'll never see lola leave the house without makeup on -- typically a full face, but at least concealer and mascara -- and it's usually accompanied by a buttload of jewelry. looking good makes her feel good, so lola places a lot of importance and care into her appearance. getting pregnant has obviously brought on hormonal changes which have started to cause her self-confidence to take a hit. i mean, her 5'6" gorgeous hourglass figure is slowly fading, her preteen acne is making a dramatic comeback, and she's growing hair in places that she didn't even know grew hair. but yay for the miracle of life and all.

PERSONALITY !

lola is a firecracker. she's flirty, vivacious, and extremely confident in her own skin. she's incredibly charismatic without even trying and will talk to literally anyone about literally anything, which may be why so many people are drawn to her -- and hey, she loves the attention, so she'll put on a show if people ask for it. lola will make out with strangers in bars and do just about anything for a dare, no questions asked. she is what she calls spontaneous and others might call careless: the kind of person who leaps before she looks, lives life haphazardly in the present, and doesn't have any regard for the potential consequences of her actions (which is probably what got her here in the first place). she always thinks with her heart, even when she should be consulting her head a little bit.

she doesn't like the be boxed in, in any sense of the term. a textbook extrovert, she thrives in group environments and hates to be by herself. one of her biggest fears is a lack of control over her own life, so she's not a big fan of rules or schedules; it's probably why she skips school so often. a place where you basically just have to shut up, sit still, and do the same crap every single day? it's like a living hell. on the bright side, she's highly adaptive to change and new situations. they keep her on her feet, prevent her from getting bored.

although she gives the illusion of being incredibly open and honest (because she's willing to say what others are afraid to say), lola hates getting serious. she's here for a good time, and her remedy of choice for any setbacks is avoidance, avoidance, avoidance. it can be difficult to interact with her when times are tough because she refuses to face any issues head-on, instead choosing to distract herself with parties and alcohol and sex. she still hasn't fully confronted the fact that she's pregnant yet, but she's working on it.

WHY THE BUS !

frankly, the only solution she's ever known to her problems is to run away -- metaphorically and now literally, too. she's beginning to show, so the main reason she's getting on this bus is to try to somehow figure out what the fuck she's going to do without everyone's judgment piling on her. and maybe also as a distraction from it all. however, this little adventure is the exact kind of thing that's right in her wheelhouse anyway, so she doesn't expect anyone to bat an eye at the fact that she's there. lola's getting on a bus to who knows where with a bunch of people she doesn't really know? yeah, that checks out.

WHAT SHE'S BRINGING !

her phone, of course. she can't live without it. and i suppose it's good in case of emergencies. although, she's planning to block everyone from home except for her brother.

hella drugs. relax, the medicine kind -- for her morning sickness, constant migraines, constipation, and acidity. also, prenatal vitamins; lola read that they'd be good for the baby. maybe she'll get lucky and everyone on the bus will just assume she's popping pills for a nice high.

self-care essentials. which, in lola's dictionary, means a whole lot more than what most people call essential. moisturizer, mascara, concealer, powder, perfume, dry shampoo, a cute pink lip gloss. oh, and a razor! don't worry, everything is travel-sized.

some clothes. not the cutest ones in her wardrobe by a long shot, but she can't go around wearing crop tops all the time anymore if she wants to keep her secret. lots of hoodies and long, flowy dresses.

her wallet. it's kind of useless though, since she's not going to use her credit cards. they're linked to her parents' account, and she doesn't want them knowing where she is. still, lola's got some cash in there. but mostly she's planning to mooch off the others (oops, sorry!).

a flask with water in it. yeah, she's really going to go all the way to convince people she's not pregnant. her baby daddy better not blab.

REPUTATION !

lola's reputation at school is largely superficial. she's pretty and fun. she's never had a close group of friends, but she knows everyone and everyone knows her. she can be found at any given house party, is a great beer pong buddy, and maybe someone good to crush on for a couple of months. in the past, she has been known to leap from boyfriend to boyfriend frequently, but lola's been on a single streak as of late. why commit if you don't have to, right? that's pretty much the extent of her personality in the eyes of most people. but folks who care to look a little deeper may realize that she's the type of person to skip school often, yet still somehow make decent grades. they may notice that she likes to draw, and she's good at it. and maybe they picked up on the fact that, no matter all the gossip that goes around about her, she will never speak badly about another girl -- even if nobody else is listening.