Ned: Hehe, Characters.

ALRIGHT.

So so far I've written a prologue and first chapter of 'Let's Just Pretend' I love the way it works.

If you wanna read it... (and I know you wanna read it.) go to my inkpop and its up there.

Basically what its about is a girl named Maxine Howell and her friends all start their tenth year in high school and surprise, surprise, there is a new student.

Nicolas Valentine. He's gorgeous and he's from New York City. He doesn't believe in ghosts, magic or anything that can't be proven.

Down the street from where Max lives is this super creepy house that hold so many secrets you'd think it would explode.

Somehow, Max lets slip that she saw a ghost in the old house and Nicolas rolls his eyes at her. For the next two days he makes stupid ghost jokes at her until she's so fed up with it she says she'll take him into the old house and he can see for himself.

Her entire group of friends make a night of it. They all bring sleeping bags and lanterns and flashlights.

What they find is so much more than a little ghost.

So do you wanna know what they find?

Or should I keep that spoiler to myself?

I'll wait before I tell you.

Alright.

Well before I go I've decided to give you a character list. You know, so you can drool over my wondrous boys and love my marvelous girls.

Max Howell.

She's sixteen. She's got dark hair and light charcoal colored eyes. Family is the most important thing to her, and she has a lot of it. Three siblings, her grandfather and both her parents. All living under the same roof. Max hates being wrong and loves being active. Mostly she enjoys running and biking.

Claudia Banks.

Also sixteen, Claudia has long blond hair and blue eyes. Claud is super preppy. She's a little hyper and happy almost all the time. Claud is Max's best girl friend. They're both the 'glass is half full' kinda girls.

Phoebe Hawk

Still sixteen... actually they're all sixteen, so unless I say otherwise, just assume that they're sixteen. Anyway, Phoebe has brown hair that stops just under her chin. She doesn't talk much but when she does people listen. She's smart, and most of the time she knows what she's saying.

Rosaline Jacobs

Most commonly know as Rosey. She's got soft red hair and faded emerald eyes. She's small, but don't let that fool you, she doesn't let that stop her from being a bad ass. Or at least she tries to be one. When it really comes down to it she's a sweet girl, though she'll kick your ass if you mess with her friends.

Daniel Beck

Also known as Danny, he's got brown hair and blue eyes. He's tall. If Rosey is the shortest in the group standing half a foot under everyone, Danny is definitely the tallest. He's probably a foot and a half taller than Rose. He's usually trying to make someone laugh, or get into some sort of trouble.

Aiden Hanley

As Danny's best friend Aiden is a sweetheart. He's got black hair in an average boy cut and brown eyes. He's sort of adorable, the guy you'd go to if you needed a little cheering up. He's also the geek. He loves reading and loves school. He's full of interesting facts.

Troy Montel

Troy is Max's best guy friend. No. There isn't a love triangle. I hate those things. Anyway, he's got dirty blond hair and dark blue eyes. Like the ocean. He's sort of the 'leader' of the group. He makes sure no one does anything to stupid, and puts everyone in their right place. If Troy doesn't approve of something, its probably not worth doing.

and Finally,

Nicolas Valentine.

Nickname, Nico. He's got dark brown hair and dark eyes. Here's a quote describing his eyes.

"Oh, I could just get lost in his eyes" -Rosey.

You get it? Basically, he's hot. He's from a big city, so he's still trying to adjust to life in Specks, Oregon. He's cool, but he's also a little to mysterious for Max's liking. He doesn't talk about home life, and he never talks about friends or anything back in New York. What's the truth? Fine. Spoiler Alert, Nico had an older brother named Theo. He was only older by a year. He'd come out to Nico a while ago and Nico was open minded about it. He still loved his brother, and for a while, nothing changed. Than Theo had come out to his father. His father was not as open minded. He'd shot Theo in the chest.

So now, Nico's father is in prison, his brother is dead and he's moved all the way out here to basically nowhere with his mother who is to depressed to do anything.

And that, my friends is why Nico doesn't talk about his home life.

Soo... those are my characters. The entire story is narrated by Max, and its a very magical book.

Tell me what you think.

-Emilie.