SHERIDAN, elena asher

Hullo, the name is ELENA, but I guess you could call me ELLIE. I'm TWENTY ONE years old and currently making my way through life as a COLLEGE STUDENT.

Everyone who knows me will be able to say that I'm TOO WILD, STRONGLY OPINIONATED, A PARTY GIRL, and STUBBORN, but that I'm also pretty FRIENDLY, INTELLIGENT, A JOKER, and FUN TO BE AROUND.. They'd warn you that I love CHOCOLATE, THE WATER, LONG STORIES, COLD WEATHER, and THUNDERSTORMS and that I loathe BEING TOLD WHAT TO DO, PEOPLE WHO JUDGE OTHERS, SUDDEN LOUD NOISES, MONKEYS, and POSERS.

If you've known me for three seconds, you know I will, under no circumstances, back down from a challenge. It could be anything from an argument we could be having, to a dare that would require me to jump out of a helicopter (with a parachute, of course). I love nothing more than proving others wrong, especially when they have only just met me. I tend to be judged as the innocent little Sheridan sister, and I do everything in my power to break that illusion. Some say I'm reckless, but at least I have fun! And really, thats what I'm all about. I live my life the way that brings me the best satisfaction, while still keeping to my studies enough to "get the grade". If you saw me you wouldn't think I was a Philosophy major, and you wouldn't assume I had more than two brain cells to rub together. Of course, you'd be wrong. I'm smart, and thats not even bragging. I know this, my professors know this, mommy and daddy dearest know this, it isn't like it's some huge secret. That's not even egotistical, it's a fact. Of course, every little sheep in our Sheridan flock has flaws, eh? Mine happens to be two things that are linked, in their own special way. See, my mother has it all, but apparently that didn't stop the depression from wanting my mother back. Sadly, it didn't stop there, and I got the genes that passed it along to me. Shrink's say it will last my whole life, so what do I do? I'm trying to beat it, which sometimes means I 'forget' to take my medication. You wouldn't think someone like me could be depressed, living in London and being in one of the best colleges to pursue my dream, but that's just me. Along with that, my mother also passed on to me my wariness of commitment. I don't date because I don't like the idea of 'belonging' to someone else. I don't know, call me crazy, but as one might guess it doesn't help me at all. In fact, this little flaw of mine makes matters worse! Or at least complicated. You see, a certain Sullivan brother (seeing as there is only one, I'm sure you know who this certain person is) and I have been mortal enemies since high school. Right now you're thinking, 'So? What does that have to do with anything'? Well, I assure you, this has to do with everything, seeing as I've started seeing him as more than a villain in my little story. No details here, gotta keep it on the down-low, but he's become a very attractive little puzzle for me to solve. And, well... you know how I just love a challenge. ;]

Hell. What else is there to say...? I'm THE YOUNGEST SHERIDAN SISTER, and the THIRD YOUNGEST IN MY FAMILY, and often people tell me I look like LEIGHTON MEESTER, but I consider that to be a little farfetched, don't you think...?

Well, well, well, I've got you hooked now, eh? I suppose we should start with the basics. I'm Elena Asher Sheridan, born on December 9^th, twenty one years ago, right here in bustling, lovely London. My two older sisters and I were taken care of by a nanny most of the time. She was a kind woman, with us every moment our mother and father couldn't be. You see, they did a lot of business overseas with various countries, and thus were gone from our lovely little home quite often, sometimes for a month or two at a time. Our nanny told us that our mommy and daddy loved us very much, and it made sense to me. If mommy and daddy didn't go work, we wouldn't be able to have a home or toys. I didn't hate them, but because they were never around, I never really bonded with them beyond the relationships you have with a favorite teacher. I cared about them, appreciated what they did for me, but it didn't go much deeper than that. It wasn't anyone's fault, it was just how things were. They accepted it, and so did my sisters and I. How my siblings feel about our parents is for them to say, I don't speak for them, but we were all pretty much on the same page. Through highschool I knew I had to get good grades to make my imaginary mother and father (the people that I kept telling myself my parents were) happy. It was easy enough back then. I never studied but still somehow got on the A and B Honor Roll every year, without fail. I knew at that point, a freshman in highschool, that what I did now would impact my life later. That didn't stop me from going to parties, living it up to the point of danger, and going through a rebellious streak that my parents were sure would start a Civil War in our household. (It was one of those 'piercings-drinking-sneaking-out-and-being-with-the-bad-boys stages.) Throughout my highschool career I remained that way, the rebellious daughter who would simply not listen or do what she was asked. It drove my mother crazy, especially during my junior year when I was diagnosed with manic depression and refused treatment. My mother and I were more alike, bonded through our shared mental illness, but that didn't stop me from doing everything in my means to make her see I would not be controlled. Still, I didn't hate her, I just was simply stubborn to a fault. Senior year was when everything changed for me. My mother and I still fought incessantly, but I had turned eighteen now and knew I could leave whenever I wanted to. And that is just what I did. We would fight and I would storm out, holing myself up at a friend's house or a hotel room while I sat and fumed. I would always go back, smart enough to know that I couldn't cut off ties with my mother until I got a job. When I moved out to live at the college, my mother and I didn't speak for a while, but finally she called me and we spoke for close to two hours, having a heart to heart. She knows I won't move back in, but our relationship is better now, so I will still come by and visit occasionally. Because, come on people, if you don't have your family, who do you have?! As for what I'm doing now, I'm still a full time college student, majoring in Philosophy and minoring in Music. I've got a crush on my worst enemy, and I'm trying to sort that out while still maintaining my grades and keeping up a very large social circle. My main goal in life is to live it the way I would if I knew I would die tomorrow. Sometimes it makes me seem reckless and crazy, but its fulfilling and makes me happy, so don't judge.

ELENA is played by DUCKY :]