The Stories
Siobhan
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- Category: Characters
- Published on Wednesday, 25 January 2012 18:41
- Written by The Cosmos
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Siobhan left Solitude years before while they'd all still been in high school. She'd caught the acting bug early and at 8 had a situation comedy and several commercials under her belt. Her parents had dragged her home two years later saying that the stress was getting to her, but they had no problem spending the money she made. She thought it was getting to them. She knew her father was spending a lot of time on the set and with her "show" mother, and her real mom was jealous. She knew this *now*. At 10 she'd only seen and heard the epic fighting. They'd come back and settled in, she'd gone back to school and her friends like she'd never left. Sure, the girls were full of questions about the stars she'd gotten to act with wanting to know if she ever met this one or that one. Eventually, the questions stopped and she'd been just another kid that did the school plays and community theater.
At 17, she'd left again, going back to the bright lights of the Big City. She'd contacted her old agent who had managed to secure her several auditions for TV shows, commercials and print ads. She'd landed several of those auditions but not the shows. She was remembered as the child star and it would take time to break out of that mold. Siobhan worked long and hard, managing to break out of the child role she come into her own, and landed a prime role on a popular series. She crossed spokes modeling and acting and she did it well. Her agent kept her organized and her assistant and best friend kept her sane. She'd been linked to several actors her age and one much older, but never confirmed or denied in the press. When her best friend died of an overdose Siobhan took a step back and looked at where she was headed. She'd made it big, partied hard and lived fast, crashing at the ripe old age of 23. It seemed she'd gone from child star to spokes model to TV star to has been overnight.
She'd sent her things ahead of her, putting them in storage and returned home again. She'd been back before for parades or to watch her friends perform. She'd slip, unobtrusively into the Rock Bottom and slip out just as fast, returning to the city on a Red Eye flight. No one knew she was coming home again. She'd secured a place at the hotel until she found an apartment. One upside was that while she was living the life she hadn't blown through all her money. She had checks coming in from the syndicated show she'd done as a child. She had sometime before she had to make any definitive decisions about her life. Now she stood on Ethan's doorstep had poised to knock. She knew she was too thin, and that the dark circles and haggard appearance wouldn't go unnoticed or unspoken. He'd make her talk.. or Van would. She also knew if Brennan was there he'd take care of her. And if she were honest...she needed some care.