Jude Esmerelda

'"Sometimes, I wonder, are the stars up there really your deceased loved ones? I used to.. I used to think, when I was a kid, that my mother was up there, watching me. Watching me do everything. Stealing cookies from the cookie jar, defending someone..." '--Jude


 * An innocent fifteen year old who's a victim of child abuse and bullying.

Backstory
Jude was born into the Esmerelda household. He did just fine with the middle class. Living with his parents, he was a cherished kid who led a normal life. He played, he had friends, and two loving parents. He was an energetic and outgoing kid who was a social butterfly that loved making friends.

That all changed when his mother passed away from a car accident. Jude and his father were in shock and grief, unable to handle the death of the mother of the household. The father fell into a state of depression, drinking away his problems. He started resenting Jude because he looked like his dead wife. And so, he took out out his grief, sorrow, and anger out on Jude. Those around him noticed a change in his personality. Although Jude hated it, he couldn't do anything about it. He was rendered helpless, and resented his father. However, he was willing to be a stress ball for his father. Over the years, it grew worse. Jude even dyed his hair, wondering if it would help. It didn't help, at all.

At school, he was the student council president, and looked out for each of his classmates. As others would claim, he was a really good leader. One day, he witnessed a fellow classmate who was... quite heavy getting bullied. He defended the girl from the bullies. The bullies and Jude had a large argument, and the bully claimed if he would feel so defensive and confident when the tables turned on him. Heated, he agreed to take her place, and the bullies in turn, bullied him severely.

He was an outcast now, because the other classmates around him were afraid of them, because of their infamous reputation. They made fun of him as well, afraid what the bullies would do if they defended him. He was immediately cast aside, and he was labelled an outcast. He was indeed, not so confident now.

When he graduated middle school, he was glad that he left that place. When he took a few steps inside, he found out the bullies go to Westbrook as well, and he was immediately tortured once again. Cast aside, and he still had the outcast reputation. At home, he still gets abused.

He always looked up at the stars and planets, wondering how they stay shining, even when the daylight caves in. Why, oh why does it not bother them? He fantasized leaving Earth, going to space, as an escape from reality.

Season One
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