<div class="floatright">(http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x401/callmecapone/grinder_treatment2.jpg)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Aaron Gilbert<br/><strong>AGE:</strong>18<br/><strong>CLIQUES:</strong>Band Geek; Pop Culture Nerd<br/><strong>PLANS:</strong>University<br/><strong>DREAM:</strong>Undecided<br/><strong>CAR:</strong>None<br/><strong>NEIGHBORHOOD:</strong>Green Acres Development<br/><br/><strong>HOBBIES:</strong>Plays saxophone; reads comic books; mild cinephile; occasional gamer; street hockey<br/><br/><strong>ABOUT:</strong>Aaron moved to the new school when he was around 11 or 12, and thus has a moderately positive reputation. He's not one of the cool kids, but he's a generally positive personality and hasn't really done anything aggressive to anyone else. He's a more quiet personality, and as a result some assume he's rather stand offish. He's a decent student that gets primarily A's and some B's, though he has only taken some honors courses. If anything keeps others at a distance, it's that Aaron's best friend is Benny.<br/><br/>Aaron has only had one girlfriend, one of the clarinet players in the band. After about seven months she ended the relationship, citing him as being too boring and needing more excitement. Ever since then Aaron has been trying to step outside of himself and be more exciting or interesting, but always feels a bit out of place. It has given him a wallflower appearance at parties. He's a bit of a romantic, but ultimately just seems to lack the ambition of others. A trait that has kept him feeling rather uncertain of his future -- including the decision to go to College.<br/><br/><strong>MOMENTS OF GLORY:</strong>During the bonfire celebration of the marching band's last performance, Aaron surprised everyone when he struck a drunken Scott Hudgins -- harassing fellow bandmate Clarissa Wilkins -- in the back of the head with his saxophone case.<br/><br/><strong>MOMENTS OF SHAME:</strong>That same heroic act resulted in getting beat up pretty badly by a drunken Scott Hudgins. Perhaps he'll be best remembered for having thrown up during the birthing video in health class sophomore year.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Connections</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong><span class="bbc_u">Benny Rothschild</span></strong> - Best friend. Aaron is the frequent unwitting accomplice in crime. They hang out almost daily.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Sarah Winters</span></strong> - On friendly terms, largely through concert band. Most communication was within school walls. Still occasionally calls her Simon by accident.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Isis London Richardson</span></strong> - Knows her through concert band and some honors English and History courses. On friendly terms.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Damian Clarke</span></strong> - Oh, he's one of the football players, right? Aaron has heard his name plenty when the Marching Band performed during football games, but he was always on the look-out/listen for Marco and Jeremiah and, to a lesser extent, Tommy. Damian's just another member of the team, though at least noted for being one of the players that hasn't been malicious to Aaron.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Roxanne Meyers</span></strong> - She was completely off his radar until he helped her pick up some spilled papers and folders from the hallway between classes -- an act that gave Scott Hudgins the perfect opportunity to shove his face into a locker for being a "virgin white knight" again. Found Roxanne sitting next to him during one of their classes from then on, and he's considered her a good acquaintance since.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Naomi Redmond</span></strong> - Friends through Benny. Often has impromptu sessions of Benny on drums, he on sax, and Naomi on mic doing random songs together. Brought up the possibility of her and Benny becoming an item once, and found her answer satisfactory enough to never bring it up again.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Jenna Smith</span></strong> - Crushed on her early in High School and asked her to the Sophomore homecoming dance. Due to being a dumb little shy dude, however, things never moved beyond that. Still talks to her, but not nearly as often as he did before.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Leanne Abernathy</span></strong> - Has been in classes with her before. He is completely oblivious to the fact that she is Benny's source of weed (when he's not bumming off of others).<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Jonas Littleton</span></strong> - Doesn't know what to make of him, which makes Aaron uncomfortable. Still tries to be friendly when the opportunity arises.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Phillip Eckhardt</span></strong> - Met through Benny and friends since middle-school. Rarely hangs out with Phil without Benny around. However, the two often discuss comics and other things together. Probably play Overwatch together online, too.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Marco Benjamin Jr.</span></strong> - Aaron doesn't remember how he got Marco's attention, but somehow the two became friends over Overwatch playing online. After Marco found out he played the Saxophone, he invited Aaron over for a jam session. Aaron tried to get Benny to come to one, but Benny... is Benny. Most recently, after Aaron tried to defend Clarissa Wilkins and instead got flattened by Scott Hudgins, he has occasionally gone over to Marco's for some self-defense training.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Zoe Porter</span></strong> - Another close friend from middle school, due to Benny's obnoxious attitude and Aaron's aversion to weed, the two hung out less and less as time went on. Aaron still converses with Zoe during school, but very rarely sees her outside school walls. When he does, it's usually because she's usually brought along by Naomi.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Gwynn Cameron</span></strong> - On friendly terms, having shared and worked on projects together in Honors History and English. Thinks she has a cute smile. Also thinks she is out of his league.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Chloe</span></strong> - Finds something uneasy about her goth nature, but otherwise the two are good friends. It's not unusual for Aaron to ask Phil if he wants to go to the comic shop only for Chloe to show up in tow.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Megan</span></strong> - He is completely unaware of her Instagram or anything of the sort. He just thinks she's a pretty girl he's had classes with, and is oblivious to everything else.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Tommy Mulvaney</span></strong> - Worked with him in Chemistry class one time. He did good work and was pretty alright. Especially after Aaron shut Benny up. Didn't save Benny from a black eye later that year, though.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Jeremiah Allen</span></strong> - Aaron made friends with Jeremiah shortly after he moved to town, spending about as much time with him as he did with Benny at first. The two enjoyed movies and roller hockey together, as well as taking part in neighborhood baseball games in the park nearby. However, as Aaron became better friends with Benny and Jeremiah began dating Miriam, the two drifted further apart. They still hang out on occasion, going to see movies that Benny would never see or playing street hockey, but only maybe once a month.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Miriam Goldman</span></strong> - Not close with her, but familiar enough. She's often present when they go see films, and Miriam has often surprised Aaron with her keen insight. Most of their conversations these days are on Facebook, however, and only on the topic of seeing recent films.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Oliver Timmons</span></strong> - He doesn't get to do so often, but he's learned about and discovered board games through Oliver at the comic shop in the mall. Every Second Saturday he meets with Oliver there to play classic titles such as Carcassone to social ones like Sheriff of Nottingham. Spending more time with Oliver is definitely one of Aaron's goals this summer.</div></div>