Characters
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William Beckett
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 16
He was raped by schoolmates when he was thirteen and from then, became self-destructive. Tried to committ suicide more than once, so his parents placed him in a facility for troubled teens as a last resort. His shifty emotions confuse even him on a regular basis.
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Angie Saporta
- Gender:
- Female
- Age:
- 32
Gabe's step-mom. At first, it was weird for him, because she doesn't look anywhwere near as old as she is, but he got used to her. She's super nice, and keeps in touch with Gabe as much as possible. She wants him to come live with her and her son when he's released from the facility
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Elise Clevenger
- Gender:
- Female
- Age:
- 17
She's in the facility for a mixture of robbery and drugs. She has a crush on Gabe that is to the point of obsession, and she's willing to hurt people to get him to notice her, even if it means throwing cd players at William's face. She can be nice when she gets her way though.
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Jon Walker
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 18
He's in a room with Michael Guy Chislett. He's in the facility for trying to blow up an abortion center. He's laid back, humorous, usually perverted, but he's a good guy.
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Michael Guy Chislett
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 17
He got off onto the wrong path of drugs and ended up almost killing a man for shorting him on Heroin, but with help from the facility, cleaned up. He's a great person, and stays in block 3. Friends with William.
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Andy Mrotek
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 20
He's working as a janitor at the facility. He dropped out of college to get a better paying job to help pay for his mother's chemo-therapy. He met Adam Siska at a visiting day for a block and let him live with him to get away from his dad.
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Adam T. Siska
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 15
Sisky is William's best friend from before the facility. He hated his father and ultimately ended up running away to live with a man he met from the facility, Andy Mrotek. He's a bit eccentric, and has an odd obsession with pizza.
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Mr.Way
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 31
Mr.Way is the councelor for Block 8. He's happily married, with a child on the way and couldn't be anymore ecstatic about it. He loves each one of the teenagers in his block, and treats them as his own children.
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Frank Iero
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 15
It's likely that he's the most openly gay individual in the facility. He's proud of what he is, and doesn't care who knows it. He doesn't have a mean bone in his body, though he has been known to snap. He's in the facility because he took a gun to school and tried to shoot his bullies.
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Bob Bryar
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 18
He's one of the more mysterious ones. He's not easy to catch smiling as he hides his emotions well, and seems to be uptight most of the time. Don't let his act fool you though, he's really a great guy. He's in the facility for arson.