ANASTASIA WINTERS - KELLY

Anastasia Winters-Kelly is the daughter of Ibrahim Kelly ( current senator of california ) and the late chief of police for LAPD, Anna Winters. She Graduated in May 2019 from The University of Columbia with dual degrees in Criminology & Political Science. It is rumoured that she intends to run for Senator of California once she reaches the permitted age to run for Senate. She has been often described as the social butterfly.

Aesthetic

Early morning runs. Late night drives with no planned destination. neon lights. that brand new car smell. mini food fights. passionate kisses. laughing so hard it becomes hard to breathe. rainy evenings. bonfires on the beach.

BIOGRAPHY

TW: DEATH, MISCARRIAGE.

— * | &. ( BEGIN ) You come into the world on the seventeenth of November nineteen ninety-seven. It’s a warm bright day but that’s normal for the residents of sunny Calabasas, California. At 3.22 AM you announce your presence with a high pitch wail that your father jokes about still hearing two decades later. Your parents are both infatuated with their first child, almost as interested in you as you are at everything around you. You are Anastasia Kelly & you reside in Calabasas in a mansion which you are almost completely sure is your own personal heaven on earth. However, as most corny jokes go, being in any place with both a politician and a police officer does not end well for anyone involved.

&. AGE 7 and you've got all you could ever want. Parents who love you as much as they love each other. A little sister to be on your team during water fights. A huge house in a beautiful state and everything is good. You've got an abundance of friends because who wouldn't want to be friends with you ? between your parent's occupations and your adorable grin, you seem to have it all. Sure you're paraded out every few months for your dads' work events and such but you dont mind those, after all you barely understand what they're on about and your mom always bribes you with ice cream in exchange for your best behaviour.

&. AGE 10 and you learn about life and death first hand. 6.22pm Nathaniel Kelly is born. 6.27pm Anna Winters is pronounced dead. Cause of death: Postpartum Haemorrhage. No one tells you that anything is wrong yet it's easy to see something hasn't gone right when both your aunt and your father come back with red eyes and downcast expressions. You may be young but you can tell that tears have been shed and it definitely wasn't tears of happiness. It's not long before your father is called back into the delivery room and you're left with questions that no one seems to want to answer. It's not until the next day that you and your sister are sat down and are finally told about your mother's death. At first it feels, unreal - a bad joke even. However, there's a large part of you that feels angry and that's the emotion you choose to lead how you react. It starts with tears but it builds with knocking over anything in sight on your way to your parent's room, screaming that no one ever wanted your brother and that you hate him for ever being born and taking your mother away from you. Locking yourself in your parents room, you sleep on the left side - your mother's side and cry till you eventually pass out, still wishing that someone will come out and say it's just a bad joke yet no one ever does and as the months turn into years you manifest your grief into anger directed at your brother, he's too young to understand it but your actions cause a lot of tension in the household especially between you and your father. It doesn't help that he's decided to ruin your wednesday evenings by making you see a therapist - after all nothing's wrong with you, you say. Your brother caused the problem and you're simply the only one who says anything about it. However, as you quickly learn - there's no getting out of this and so after a few months of resistance you eventually open up and you feel worse off than before. It's not a feeling that you're accustomed to but you feel bad for opening up, mad at yourself that you've given someone else the opportunity to exit your life.

&. AGE 13 is when you finally decide to give up on 'hating' your little brother. You've known the entire time that what happened wasn't his fault in the slightest and it's not like he could stop himself from being born. It's not immediate but you'll eventually get there - baby steps right ? Start off by cutting out the snarky comment and everything should get a little better. Your effort is recognised immediately by your father who thanks you for lifting that stress off of his shoulders. You shrug it off and state that you're just being a big sister. It's when your little brother himself climbs into your bed and plants a kiss on your forehead for the first time that you really acknowledge how far your actions have effected your family. From there on you do your best to be kinder to your family, after all they're irreplaceable. You decide to channel all that hate into anything else that will allow you to distract yourself - running cross country primarily but also soccer and gymnastics. Yet, your mind always drifts back to your mother, no matter what you try.

&. AGE 15 is the first time you realise what being intimate sexually is like. It’s not a fun as everyone makes it out to be but you assume that's not the point. It’s with the boy you’ve always had a crush on since before you can remember. Neither of you know what you're doing but it can't be that different from what happens in the movie right ? at least that's what you tell yourself. In reality, it's not as smooth and easy and there's a lot of apologising but it's nice. There's something special about being so close to someone in that way, something sacred - something you tell yourself that you'll only enjoy with people you're sure deserve to be that intimate with you.

&. AGE 17 and only if your mother could see you now. You wonder if she would be proud but you highly doubt it. Sure you're working at a solid 3.9 GPA and exploring your sexuality but asides from that you've grown into a habit of believing everything is temporary; which is pessimistic to say the least. Your friendships are short-lived due to you barely putting in the effort because ' who cares, it's not like we'll see each other after we graduate.' However, it can be said that you cling to those in your inner circle like they're all you'll need in life - after all, you still need someone to cry on when everything gets too hard. Your relationships follow a similar suit after all, you've seen first hand how letting people in allows for your entire heart to get broken and you promise yourself you won't let it happen again.

&. AGE 18 and a careless mistake ends up with a positive pregnancy test and an ultimatum. Being a teenage mother was never though in Anastasia's mind & definitely was not even an idea that Ibrahim Kelly would even entertain for his eldest child. Although, when faced with that a situation he wouldn't dare to tell his daughter what to do, rather offer his unconditional support. However, as life would have it - You'll never have the chance to make that choice. Your ten week baby scan reveals something which simply breaks your heart once more & takes you right back to how you felt when you lost your mother. Grief, Pain & Anger. Except this time there's no one to blame. It's a sad moment because in what seems like a blink of an eye, the small child growing inside of you ceases to grow, due to it's own umbilical cord wrapping around it's neck. There's no words, no actions, nothing that can fill the emptiness you feel for the next year. It breaks you more than you could ever imagine because you've always loved the idea of a child.

&. AGE 19 and after deferring from university for a year in order to take a break from studying and focus on yourself, You finally start at Cypress University despite heavy persuasion from your dad to attend UCLA instead. You tell yourself that the distance will allow you to finally move on in life as well as gain total independence over your life. You can't deny, it's weird being in a whole new state, 6 hours away from the safety blanket of california - where your dad had the power to instantly deal with any minor incidents whenever they rose. However, rather than feeling dreadful, you're hopeful for the next three years.

&. AGE 21 and you're slowly gaining control over your life. University is good - you're about to graduate, you've made a handful of friends and your grades are decent and for the first time in a long long while you're truly happy. Maybe - just maybe things are looking up for you but then again happiness is fleeting, especially when it comes to you.

WANTED CONNECTIONS

Best Friends (1/2)
Siblings/Step-siblings (1/?)
Cousins
Childhood friends
Confidants
Exes
Good influence
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Friendly competition
Gym Buddy
High school Sweethearts
Family Friend