Fletcher, Catherine

It's a Cataclysm Character

Full name: Catherine Leigh Fletcher

Nicknames/Aliases: Cathe. Cathie and Cathy by the parents.

Age: Sixteen

Gender: Female

Date of Birth: January 17, 1994

Grade: Junior

Education: Bay Grove High School

Eyes: Chocolate brown

Hair: Light brown, sleek and kept short.

Height: Five feet tall.

Build: Petite, and slender, though surprisingly well proportioned.

General appearance: Catherine resembles a fairie - or a pixie. Whichever of those two work. Her skin is very fair, and translucent enough that if one were to look at her face closely, you could see the blue veins under the skin of her temples, though this is mainly covered by her light brown fringe, that belongs to her pixie-hair cut. Because her skin is so pale Cathe's eyes tend to stand out more than they should; they are a set of large orbs of a deep shade of chocolate brown, and framed by thick, feathery lashes.

Though short and not entirely striking, Catherine has an air about her that cannot be called average. In fact, when not being talked to she keeps a serious expression on her face, and a bit of a lofty look on her eyes. It doesn’t help that her wardrobe, though simple and dark, is usually stylish and reeks of designer backgrounds, which is not usually the case; Catherine, with her turtle-neck sweaters, pale short pants, black leggings is just familiar with the places where you can shop more for less.

Personality: Half of the time, Catherine prefers to keep her relations with complete strangers to strictly business; mindless chit chat isn't her thing, and believes that if there isn't anything important to say, then it's best to not say anything at all. With her friends, however, things tend to change as she becomes more outspoken, outgoing, and funny.

The end will justify the means, no matter how screwed up said means were. Brutally honest, occasionally dry, and sometimes bitchy, Catherine, best known as Cathe, has for friends a group of thespians, even though she is a cheerleader. Her friends usually say that if Bay Groove was part of the United Kingdom, and high school was Hogwarts, Cathe would probably be in the house of Slytherin. She eagerly agrees, but that’s mostly because that’d probably mean being able to spend time with Draco Malfoy and then get on his pants. Yes, one of Cate’s favourite hobbies is to date around, but that does not mean, under any circumstances, that she’s looking for commitment. Because she’s not.

Commitment-phobic? Check.

An expert on not getting attached (or at least that's how it normally is), as well as recognizing the signs that show when a boy is getting too attached (which means it is time to break things nicely), Catherine is perpetually afraid of opening herself to someone and then getting her heart broken. So her relationships are usually more like flings, and of those, she’s had more than her fair share.

It’s not that she’s slut, she just gets bored easily. In fact, the times she's actually allowed anyone to go all the way can be counted with the first three fingers of a hang. In an case, most boys rarely see her as something other than a potential hook-up. She is Catherine Fletcher, after all, the girl that will dump you after a month, so it’s best to just not get really attached, and keeps things casual. Which works for her, because in her mind, she’s not girlfriend material; with her blunt and dark sense of humour, quick retorts, and midly attractive, persona, Cathe is usually the girl that boys see as a contest that once won, loses its appeal.

History: The truth is that Catherine was supposed to be a boy. The only child of her parents' sometimes happy marriage, the fact that she turned up a girl was pretty much a surprise. Her name was given to her, because at her parents' lack of imagination, the nurse that attended her mother at the hospital suggested it after having finished reading Wuthering Heights.

A child was always a gift no matter the sex, her mother used to say, but sometimes her father (a University professor) could be heard mumbling about the lack of testosterone on the house, so she was quick to start behaving like a boy. Football, soccer, baseball, pretending to be Bob The Builder, were all the things Cathe would do with her now completely father happy. But then her mother realized that she didn't want a 'butch' for a daughter, and was quick to sign her up in ballet lessons at the age of seven years old. Cathe detested it, but had to endure it for seven years, until she was finally allowed to quit.

By then her father had gotten over the fact that he'd been granted a girl instead of a boy, and her mother was too wrapped up with her on going middle aged crisis and hippy-like activities, so Cathe was happy to take a step aside and grow away from her parents' scrutinizing eyes. Not everything was as happy as it seemed, however, for only a few days after her mother allowed her to quit ballet, Catherine found out that her father had been unfaithful. Things worked out between her parents (they went on an extended vacation to find themselves again, and left her with her grandmother), but she never quite looked at things the same way. Recalling the nights she heard her mother cry herself to sleep, Catherine realized that love was the biggest weapon anyone could hold against you, and thus since the moment Catherine went on her first date, she was the one in charge of everything, deciding where they would go, when they would go, and HOW long would it last.

Likes: Books, reading, television, old movies, cold nights, partying, summer days, snow, rain, coffee, silver necklaces, movies, boots, photography, dating, sleeping in on Sunday mornings, sleeping in general, photography, drawing, writing, snuggling (sometimes), ice cream, kissing, cheerleading, her friends, pictures etc.

Dislikes: commitment, obnoxious folk, tea, exercise, sports in general, sneakers, facebook, pianos (sometimes), cats, and oatmeal.

Family: Raquel (Mom), James (Dad), and Lyla (a baby and half-sister)

Pets: Philip, a Yorkie

Extra: Catherine is half jew from her mother's side, and half protestant from her dad's, and as such, she celebrates both Hanukkah and Christmas. You may call it Chrismukkah, like Seth Cohen did