Board Thread:Creation Box/@comment-4199666-20150708133638

Gender: Female

Birthday: July 6, 1992

Face claim: Selena Gomez

Family/Housemates: Rose Rivera (daughter)

Address: 35/C Ocean View Drive, Miduna Beach

Personality:

Shay is very snarky and sarcastic, but a lot of this comes from her very honest personality. She won't hesitate to say things the way she thinks of them, and she can get pretty fiery if she's angry. She's very outgoing and confident, and she's really bad at sitting still for too long. Despite all her negatives, she's actually a great conversationalist, and can usually keep up smalltalk with anyone.

She's mostly a positive person, if you can get past the sarcasm, but people patronizing her, and people doing bad things to children are two of her biggest triggers and she can get pretty frighteningly furious at those people. She's also a fairly emotional person. She isn't afraid to get emotional when she's upset, and she doubts herself a lot, especially when it comes to her abilities as a detective and as a mother. She knows a lot of people judge her, and she tries to put up a tough exterior, but some things slip through the cracks.

History:

Shay was born in Miduna Beach to Daniella and Andre Rivera, as their first and only daughter. Shay had a mostly happy childhood, but she'd be lying if she said she never noticed that her parents didn't get along that well. They still tried, for the sake of Shay's well-being, but they eventually separated when Shay was twelve, and divorced when she was fourteen, with Shay spending most of the time at her mom's in Barfield, but she spent weekends and holidays with her dad who moved to Blackwood Mountain after the split.

In high school, Shay was very athletic and tried out for as many sports as she could. She didn't really care what she was doing, as long as she was moving. She always managed to pass her other classes, but other than English and history, she didn't really excel greatly at them. Her mom still made sure she read everyday, and Shay still does this to this day, even if most people wouldn't assume that of her. When she was fourteen, she also started dating one of her friends, Melody Ryans, in what was her first relationship. People seemed to assume that Shay was a lesbian, and she grew frustrated explaining that she was attracted to guys as well.

Melody and Shay broke up after eight months of dating, when they found they couldn't agree on much, but the two tried their best to remain friends with each other because their friends were all in the same group. After high school, however, they both went their separate ways, with Melody and most of Shay's friends going off to college, while Shay decided to start work right away. She knew she wanted to do something with physical work involved and something that didn't need a college degree, so she spoke to her mom's boyfriend, Cameron Cole, who used his connections to get her a job at Miduna Beach Police Station as a police officer. She started training right away, and joined the force as soon as she could.

Shay loved the sense of accomplishment she got from her job, and she got along much better with the office of mostly guys than she did with her group of mostly female friends. She was also fairly popular in the station, although she knew a lot of the older officers severely underestimated her and would hint that she just got the job because she slept with the boss, so she made it her own mission to prove that she was more than twice the officers they were. By the end of her first year on the force, she had managed to talk her way into a promotion to detective, which she loved a lot more, and she also managed to get herself two boyfriends, Graham Stuart, whom she dated for three months and William Dane, whom she dated for six weeks before calling it off.

When Shay was twenty, she found out that her mom and Cameron were engaged and planning to get married. She started spending a lot more time with her father, making sure that he didn't feel upset about this, even if she was afraid to admit that she was also a little upset, and part of her still hoped her parents would get back together. She really liked Cameron, but she liked her parents more. She also, around this time, met Tobias Swan through a mutual friend who set them up. They dated for a little while, and after a drunken party together where they forgot to use protection, Shay ended up pregnant.

Tobias didn't freak out when she told him like she had expected him to. He told her he would stay with her and help her take care of their child, so Shay was happy. Tobias moved into her apartment in Miduna Beach and helped set up the nursery for their baby. Shay was excited that she could start to see the formation of a family happening, but things changed in April 2013, when Shay found out that Tobias had been cheating on her with another woman. Shay was heartbroken, and immediately told Tobias to get out of her house, threatening that he would never get to see his child when it was born.

Shay did end up softening up to Tobias after he let her be angry at him, but she never forgave him, and he never expected her to. Shay did let him see the baby when it was born, and he stayed by Shay's side as she gave birth to a healthy baby girl named Rose Hannah Rivera on June 9, 2013. Shay and Tobias spent a lot of time together after Rose was born, but Shay had made it clear that they were not getting back together, and that he was not allowed to visit Rose unless Shay was there too. Tobias reluctantly agreed, and helped Shay out as much as he could, even if it occasionally meant that Shay was passed out on the couch from work and dealing with Rose, and he had to put both of them into bed.

After Rose's first birthday, Shay realized she had to put more effort back into her work, even if that meant sacrificing time with Rose. She would often leave Rose with her newlywed mother and step-dad, or sometimes when her dad could get off work, he would come around to Shay's place and look after Rose there. Shay continued to work her ass off, but from time to time, she would always wish that she could spend more time with her daughter.

Describe your character in a word. Dedicated

How your character would describe him or herself in a word: Exhausted 