Introducing My Main and Her Main

She took the time to roll her icy blue eyes at me and flipped her blonde hair back from her face. “Whatever,” she remarked. “Oh! Can you give me a ride home?” Not even waiting for an answer, she tossed her skateboard into the floorboard next to me.

“One of these days I’m going to say no and you’ll have to ride the bus . . . like you’re supposed to,” I mumbled the last part while shoving my phone into my bag, still clutched in her hand. Grabbing it from her and slinging it over my shoulder, I got out of my car, locking it behind me.

We started walking towards the school building just as the first bell sounded. “Ha! Ha, ha, ha! Like you could ever muster up the balls to be that gutsy, Carl,” she mocked.

I made a disgusted sound, “Don’t call me that.”


Meet Scarlett, the main character of my book in progress, and her best friend Noe (pronounced as Zoey). 

Scarlett Thompkins is a young girl just trying to survive her senior year of high school and discover the truth about her absent mother. When she was an infant, her mother left she and her father, with no explanation. This is all she knows at present, but on her upcoming 18th birthday, her dad has promised to tell her the full story of her mother leaving. Scarlett likes to keep to herself and describes Noe as her only friend. And although that sounds like a bad thing, she prefers it that way. She is also an aspiring artist and has plans to go to an art college after graduation. Scarlett has a love for gentle indie-folk music and would rather spend her time inside listening to her favorite band and drawing/painting than anything else in the world. To make a little spare change, she works at a pizza place part time, where she is frequently visited by Noe - who begs her for free slices.

Noelle (Her full name, although don't call her that unless you want to lose a couple teeth) Jones is best described as the opposite of her bestie, Scarlett. She is loud and outgoing. Most people at school know her as a rebel, as she is consistently getting detention for her stubborn attitude and apt for showing up late. She loves parties and is often trying to convince Scarlett to go with her, to no avail. Even though she frequently embarrasses her timid friend, Noe sticks up for "Carl" in every situation. She says that she is the only one allowed to publicly shame and humiliate her.

These two characters are two of the most important in the book and so I thought it would be a good idea to acquaint you with them first. There will be more character profiles like this later on, but for now I shall be spending time on the first chapter!

Edit: To put a visual with the name and personality I like to find picture references of how I imagine them. So below are my picture references of Scarlett and Noe. The picture for Scarlett is basically perfect, but Noe's eyes aren't the right color in the picture for her.