𝒶𝓉 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝒾 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒸𝑜𝑜𝓁

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full on credit for the set up of the layout goes to Raegen. the only time i am as tidy and organized as her is in my dreams.

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❝ 𝒾𝓃 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝓎𝑜𝓊'𝓇𝑒 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈
𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝓃 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊'𝓇𝑒 𝒶 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇.❞

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𝔹𝔸ℂ𝕂𝔾ℝ𝕆𝕌ℕ𝔻

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𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎: Malaika Anette Williams
𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜: Mali - considering how almost never calls her by her actual name (other than her father), this is how she prefers to be called. Especially by her friends. Mali-Boo - the nickname she got instead after getting drunk on one too many virgin malibus during last year's spring break. Everyone knows that she absolutely loathes the nickname but they continue to call her like that just to spite her.
𝚊𝚐𝚎: 16
𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚍𝚊𝚢: September 30th 2003
𝚣𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚌: Libra
𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎: Senior (very, very soon)
𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚗: Glenville
𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎: Glenville

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ℙ𝔼ℝ𝕊𝕆ℕ𝔸𝕃𝕀𝕋𝕐

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𝚊𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜: Maybe speak her mind for once? Become more open with people. Learn how to talk about her feelings instead of bottling everything up. Eventually tell her parents (read: father) that going to law school and becoming a lawyer isn't really her dream. Move away from home.
𝚙𝚎𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚜: Loud chewers. Chipped nail polish. Dirty shoes.
𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚝: Holds grudges like no other. Bottles emotions. Incredibly petty. Keeps secrets from others.
𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚓𝚘𝚋: Constantly says that she wants to become an environmental lawyer or something to do with law, but in reality all she ever wanted to do is make music.
𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚑𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚜:

something goes wrong:
mali: 𝓈𝒸𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝓈 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓃𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎

when she doesn't want to do something: 𝓃𝑜, 𝒾 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀 𝒾'𝒹 𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒹𝒾𝑒

her friends tell her a story that she wasn't quite paying attention to: 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉'𝓈 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉

someone starts arguing: 𝒹𝑜𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝓎𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔? 𝒸𝒶𝓀𝑒? 𝒶 𝒹𝓇𝒾𝓃𝓀? 𝒶 𝓈𝒾𝓂𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝑜𝓁𝓊𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝒶 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝓅𝒾𝒹 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒷𝓁𝑒𝓂?

when everyone's arguing about which song they should play next: 𝒾 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀 𝓌𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝒶𝓇𝓇𝓎 𝓈𝓉𝓎𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝒾𝓅𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝓊𝒸𝓀 𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓃

no one:
absolutely no one:
mali: 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓇𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓃𝒶𝒽 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒶 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝒸𝑜𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓅𝒽𝓎 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽

𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘: Be valedictorian and have the most boring life ever UNLESS she finally decides to tell her parents about her side hustle and start making music full time.
𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚖𝚜: Her face is very expressive so most of the time you can tell what's sort of going through her head, especially during conversations and/or arguments. Tends to tug on her lower lip when thinking. Probably the only person on earth that doesn't make a billion hand motions when talking or explaining something. Let's her face speak rather than her mouth.
𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚜: Hardworking, independent, ambitious, loyal, witty, dedicated, protective, tolerant, obedient, selfless, caring.

𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚠𝚜: Somewhat absentminded, secretive, extremely petty, people's pleaser, self-conscious, cowardly, prejudiced, jumps into conclusions.

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𝕃𝕀𝔽𝔼𝕊𝕋𝕐𝕃𝔼

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𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚜: strawberries, the color pink, her little sister, making music, playing the piano, bookstores, reading, taking photos of her friends, the beach, theme parks, coffee, Netflix, art museums, discovering new music, Italian food, crop tops, study sessions with Chris, long showers, Miley Cyrus, riding her bike, thrift shops.
𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚜: when her friends call her Mali-Boo, Malibu cocktails, bad hair days, going to bed with make-up on, arguing with her parents (especially her father), living a boring, dull and uneventful life, not getting what she wants (despite being used to this), forgetting stuff, not getting enough sleep.

𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚜: making new music, reading, watching re-runs of old tv shows.
𝚑𝚘𝚋𝚋𝚒𝚎𝚜: discovering new music, updating her music account, shopping for clothes she will never wear, spending time with her friends.

𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝: phone, headphones, an extra tampon for safe measure, house keys, pepper spray, band-aids.

𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗: AP European History, AP English Language and Composition, Government and Politics, Latin, Honors Calculus, Music Theory, Environmental Science, P.E.
𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚊-𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚜: Model UN, School Orchestra (she plays the piano), Peer Tutoring, Debate Club
𝚐𝚘𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛: Graduate with a valedictorian status. Get accepted to the university of her father's choices. Survive.

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𝕊𝕆ℂ𝕀𝔸𝕃 𝕄𝔼𝔻𝕀𝔸

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𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀

Aka Mali's finsta. The only people that follow her on there are her cousin and the lazy daisy gang. On this account she posts pretty much everything - from goofy pictures of her friends to memes and the photos she wants to post on her main but can't.

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𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀

Aka the account most people follow her on - including her parents and some family members. Mainly posts photos of the books she's reading or flowers all for the sake of keeping up with good girl the image.

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𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗼

The account that no one knows about. On it Mali posts a little bit of everything, but never her face of her friends. It's mainly focused on her music, Soundcloud account and various artsy stuff. This is also the only account that is set on public and has garnered almost about half a million followers (487.365 if you want to be specific)

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𝔹𝕀𝕆𝔾ℝ𝔸ℙℍ𝕐

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𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓁𝓎 𝒹𝒶𝓎𝓈

► It's no lie that Mali's father had incredibly high hopes for her ever since one of her teacher's said that she has a potential to be a child prodigy. Everyone knew that the rules and the restrictions will come soon, but not so soon. At the age of five Mali started taking piano lessons- Sebastian Williams believed that mastering something as difficult as the piano would look amazing on paper. Plus he always dreamed of having one of his kids play Christmas songs during the holidays when the entire family is gathered.
► The piano was the first step and for a while the only thing of the plethora of activities her father had picked out for her that she actually enjoyed learning. While the rest of her friends were spending every waking moment running around and having fun, Mali was learning French and learning about things that she won't learn about until the age of thirteen.
► It's safe to say that by the age she turned ten, Mali had slowly started to resent the life her father had planned out for her. At that age she wasn't supposed to know what a litigator was, little alone dream about becoming one. She wanted to hang out with her friends and learn how to ride a bike for crying out loud. And the worst thing of all? No matter how much she complained to her mother about it, she never did anything because she didn't like conflict and arguing. So, Mali just stopped complaining all together.

𝒿𝑜𝒾𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓆𝓊𝒶𝒹

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𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑒𝓉

► It all happened during a yard sale that her cousin Erika was hosting before she left for the city. Among the useless junk and piles of stuffed boxes Mali found an old electric drum kit that used to belong to someone in their family. Since Erika had no use of it she let Mali take it, along with one of her old guitars and microphone.
► At first it was all for good fun. Things thirteen year old Mali did when she was bored or too tired to finish her homework. Creating beats and sounds somehow became the only way she can properly relax and escape the everyday stress her father was imposing on her. The more she worked on it, the better she became at it and soon, Mali gathered enough confidence to start making remixes of her favorite songs.
► It took two whole years for people to start discovering Mali's Soundcloud account. As a matter of fact, no one knows about Mali's Soundcloud account. They know that she likes music and that she used to play the piano and somehow taught herself to play the guitar over the summer before high school, but no one knows about her so called side gigs. Or the fact that she's lowkey, kinda internet famous.
► Mali's music has gotten so popular to the point where her friends are playing it during car rides or at parties. They unknowingly jam to the remixes she made in her bedroom at 3am in the morning and make theories about who is behind the name Bolo De Morango.
► It's not the worst secret, but Mali is willing to protect it with her life. Because if the news come out, if people find out that she wants to become something other than what her father wants it will all be over.

𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒹𝒶𝓎

► The stress of the upcoming senior year is slowly getting to Mali. Sure, school hasn't started yet, but that doesn't mean that her father isn't already preparing her for what's to come. He wants her to catch up on all of the things she will be studying for the upcoming semester, so she doesn't fall behind or get lower marks than she's used to getting.
► This is what she's been trained to do since the moment that woman called her a child prodigy. Life won't be worth a penny if she isn't made valedictorian - hell - there won't be any life for her to live if that doesn't happen. Her father will probably kick her out or publicly humiliate her and take away everything that's near and dear from her and because she didn't make it he'll put her sister through the same shit.
► Aside from that, breathing has become a lot harder. She's never been diagnosed for it because only crazy people see a therapist, but Mali is slowly realizing what must be like to have anxiety. Worst thing of all - she can't talk to her friends about. She's been trained to do so many things but talking about her feelings has never been one of them.

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𝕃𝔸ℤ𝕐 ❁ 𝔻𝔸𝕀𝕊𝕐

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𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚓𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚠: After meeting Wallas Blum in the fifith grade. (more tba)
𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚜: To always bring the delicious strawberry cake Mrs. Williams bakes over the weekends. To sneak out to parties at least once a month. To always share new music discoveries. To never stop making individual mix tapes with songs that remind her of her friends.

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𝕀𝕄ℙ𝕆ℝ𝕋𝔸ℕ𝕋 ℙ𝔼𝕆ℙ𝕃𝔼

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ANIKA CARTER- WILLIAMS (mom)
𝚘𝚌𝚌𝚞𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗: Environmental Lawyer
𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕: There are times when Mali actually spends hours wondering how someone as carefree and cool could fall for someone as grumpy and boring like her father. Anika is a hippie - or at least she used to be in her younger days. Constantly on the road, her early education was unconventional to say the least, up until the point she decided that she wanted to do more with her life than attend protests and be looked down upon. Because Anika is smart - she is really fucking smart and a lot more capable than she originally lets on.
𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚠/ 𝙼𝚊𝚕𝚒: It's no lie that Mali is a lot closer with her mother. Maybe not as close as she would like to be, but at least they can make normal conversation without wanting to rip one another's head out. The last thing Anika wants to do is put more pressure on her daughter, but it's not like she does anything against it and maybe that's why Mali is so reserved around her as of late. She's so sick and tired of her mother biting her tongue because she hates confrontation and pointless arguments.
𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚕: Maya Rudolph

SEBASTIAN WILLIAMS (dad)
𝚘𝚌𝚌𝚞𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗: Litigator
𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕: Stoic, aloof and proud, Sebastian is a difficult man. He doesn't say much but when he does, everyone is afraid of him - after all he argues with people for a living. He's the kind of man that thinks very highly of himself just because he graduated from Harvard and Yale and probably makes around $500 dollars an hour. It's safe to say that all of Mali's friends are scared of him (and that includes the parents).
𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚠/ 𝙼𝚊𝚕𝚒: Complicated doesn't even begin to explain the relationship Mali has with her father. Strained? Not really, they talk everyday, but it's mainly about the things they talk about. Sebastian picks all of Mali's classes, he keeps a watchful eye over her and is the first one to remind her that the Williams aren't quitters. And the ones that are - end up on the streets.
𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚕: Mahershala Ali

DELILAH WILLIAMS (little sister)
𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕: Mali was ten years old when her parents told her that she is going to be a big sister. And even though a bit reluctant at first, she quickly became accustomed to the idea of having someone look up to her. Not to mention that once the baby was born her parents will be putting all of their energy into her, rather than Mali. And for the next four years after Deli was born, Mali had all the freedom in the world and then she started high school and it was hell once all over.
𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚠/ 𝙼𝚊𝚕𝚒: Despite being a little rascal, Mali is incredibly close with her sister. As a matter of fact, she adores the little trouble maker no matter how annoying she is or the fact that she once snitched on her. She wants to protect her baby sister with all her heart and desperately hopes that her father won't expect so much from her the same way he does from Mali. Sh wants her little sister to remain carefree and bubbly for as much as possible and enjoy her childhood in ways that Mali couldn't.
𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚕: North West

ERIKA CARTER (cousin)
𝚘𝚌𝚌𝚞𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗: Starving artist
𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕: Mali's cousin from her mother's side, Erika is the problem child to her golden child status. She shaved her head in the eleventh grade before dropping out of high school because she wanted to focus on her dancing career. Currently, she lives in NYC and is doing god knows what. But no matter how good she is doing in life she's always used as a bad example - "If you do this or if you do that you'll end up just like your cousin"
𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚠/ 𝙼𝚊𝚕𝚒: Even though she's four years older than Mali, the two have always had a very close relationship. The same way Mali is protective of her little sister, Erika has been of Mali her entire life. Constantly arguing with Sebastian and scolding him for his dictatorship. Mali admires her cousin - as a matter of fact all she wants in life is to be as courageous and free spirited as her.
𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚕: Slick Woods

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ℙ𝕃𝕆𝕋𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾

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𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕃𝔸𝔻𝕀𝔼𝕊

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𝓦𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓪𝓼 𝓑𝓵𝓾𝓶

𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓂𝑒𝓉:

𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝒸𝓉 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇:
𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝒸𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐿𝒟𝒞 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇:
𝒯𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇:

𝐼𝓃𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝒿𝑜𝓀𝑒𝓈:
𝐵𝒾𝑔𝑔𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒻𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉(𝓈):
𝑀𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓇𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈:
𝑅𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇'𝓈 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓈:

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𝓛𝓮𝓲𝓪 𝓝𝓲𝓮𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓮𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓻

𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓂𝑒𝓉:

𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝒸𝓉 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇:
𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝒸𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐿𝒟𝒞 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇:
𝒯𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇:

𝐼𝓃𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝒿𝑜𝓀𝑒𝓈:
𝐵𝒾𝑔𝑔𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒻𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉(𝓈):
𝑀𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓇𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈:
𝑅𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇'𝓈 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓈:

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𝓛𝓲𝓵𝓲𝓪𝓷 '𝓛𝓲𝓵𝔂/𝓛𝓲𝓵' 𝓥𝓮𝓰𝓪

𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓂𝑒𝓉:

𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝒸𝓉 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇:
𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝒸𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐿𝒟𝒞 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇:
𝒯𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇:

𝐼𝓃𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝒿𝑜𝓀𝑒𝓈:
𝐵𝒾𝑔𝑔𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒻𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉(𝓈):
𝑀𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓇𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈:
𝑅𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇'𝓈 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓈:

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𝓡𝓾𝓫𝔂 𝓗𝓸𝓭𝓰𝓮

𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓂𝑒𝓉:

𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝒸𝓉 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇:
𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝒸𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐿𝒟𝒞 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇:
𝒯𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇:

𝐼𝓃𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝒿𝑜𝓀𝑒𝓈:
𝐵𝒾𝑔𝑔𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒻𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉(𝓈):
𝑀𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓇𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈:
𝑅𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇'𝓈 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓈:

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𝓚𝓪𝓵𝓪 𝓛𝓪𝓻𝓼𝓼𝓸𝓷

𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓂𝑒𝓉:

𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝒸𝓉 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇:
𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝒸𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐿𝒟𝒞 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇:
𝒯𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇:

𝐼𝓃𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝒿𝑜𝓀𝑒𝓈:
𝐵𝒾𝑔𝑔𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒻𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉(𝓈):
𝑀𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓇𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈:
𝑅𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇'𝓈 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓈:

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𝓖𝓪𝓲𝓪 𝓢𝓸𝓯𝓲𝓪 𝓡𝓲𝓫𝓮𝓲𝓻𝓸

𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓂𝑒𝓉:

𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝒸𝓉 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇:
𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝒸𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐿𝒟𝒞 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇:
𝒯𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇:

𝐼𝓃𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝒿𝑜𝓀𝑒𝓈:
𝐵𝒾𝑔𝑔𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒻𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉(𝓈):
𝑀𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓇𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈:
𝑅𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇'𝓈 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓈:

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𝓐𝓷𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓼𝓲𝓪 𝓛𝓮𝓮

𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓂𝑒𝓉:

𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝒸𝓉 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇:
𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝒸𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐿𝒟𝒞 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇:
𝒯𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇:

𝐼𝓃𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝒿𝑜𝓀𝑒𝓈:
𝐵𝒾𝑔𝑔𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒻𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉(𝓈):
𝑀𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓇𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈:
𝑅𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇'𝓈 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓈:

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𝐵𝑒𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃 𝒲𝒶𝓁𝓀𝑒𝓇

𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉: There is no question who Wallas' best friend is. Attached at the hip since the front toothless wonder chased the daring girl down the street on bikes, Wallace refuses to admit that Ben is a part of the Lazy Daisy Crew, she just wants to keep him as her own. Ben Walker is the lanky forward on the Greendale soccer team, the star shooter on the basketball squad, and the hardball hitter on the baseball team. An athlete to his core, Ben is one of the goofiest boys you have ever met, and dumbest according to Wallas B. Despite all of the speculations: Wallas and Ben PROMISE they are NOT dating, ick, disgusting...
𝓇𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑀𝒶𝓁𝒾: My best friend's best friend - that's how Mali introduces Ben when she needs to. These two became friends by default, every friend of Wallas is a friend of Mali and vice versa.

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𝒲𝒾𝓁𝒷𝓎 𝑅𝒽𝑜𝒹𝑒𝓈

𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉: What do you get when never-ending sarcasm and dumb boy choices get rolled into one? Wilby Rhodes. He's the one at every party that gets toasted too early and drunk too late, putting the brunt of his intoxication on one of the Lazy Daisy Crew kids. You'll be surprised to find him hiding his notebook or phone away from you when you catch him off guard. He'll secretly be scrawling poetry and researching how to fix the political system. If there’s ever a question of if he meddled single-handedly, call his partner in crime, Chris - he’ll fall right apart.
𝓇𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑀𝒶𝓁𝒾: No, Malaika Williams does not have a crush on this idiot. Is she forced to spend time with him 90% of the time because she just happens to be close friends with his best friend? Yes. Is she guilty of sometimes sneaking secret glances in his directions because by some strange miracle he somehow managed to get incredibly handsome over the summer? ... Yes. But that does not mean that she has a crush on him. She just happens to be a bit attracted to him... and annoyed at the same time.

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𝒞𝒽𝓇𝒾𝓈 𝒞𝒶𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔

𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉: Sweet little Chris, smart and studious as can be, Wilby knows that he’ll have his own wing of Chris’ mansion after he becomes a revolutionary chemist. Chris is a listener, an intellect, a strong voice of reason. The yin to Wilby’s yang, the two goofballs can never get anything done when they’re together and it’s not unusual for the ladies to split them up when they’re chuckling too much in the back of the movie everyone wants to see.
𝓇𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑀𝒶𝓁𝒾: Ever since they were partnered as lab partners in seventh grade Bio, Mali and Chris have been inseparable. It's safe to say that he's her best friend - that is after Wallas and Lily, but he still makes the top three so that's good too. He's Mali's support system, the person she leans onto when the world's harsh reality becomes a bit too much, plus he's the only one of her friends that her parents actually like.

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𝒩𝒾𝒸𝓀𝓎 𝐵𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇

𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉: Party boy central , it shouldn’t be a surprise that once the girls became friends with Nicky they started getting glares from all of the girls he had ever fooled around with for a night then left in the dust. But Nicky’s arms are big enough to fit anyone that needs him. He’s goofy and silly but cares endlessly about his friends and gasp actually cares about school.
𝓇𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑀𝒶𝓁𝒾: It's safe to say that Mali's relationship with Nicky is complicated to say the least. They've never been close enough to call him her friend, little alone an acquaintance and yet, whenever there's a party she can sneak her way into he's always there and they always somehow end up dancing together. He's the last person Mali would develop feelings for, but when he finds out her secret, she can't help but relay on him the most.

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𝒥𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝒲𝒾𝑒𝓁𝒹𝑒𝓇

𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉: An outdoorsman to his core, Jack is deadset on studying environmental science and backpacking across the country. He’s always trying to get the gang to go camping and writes up a monthly review of his favorite new beers that he distributes to the lazy daisies. A goofy boy who is never without his chacos, Jack can be found, afterschool and on the weekends, working at the Greendale Hardware store and cleaning up the lake.
𝓇𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑀𝒶𝓁𝒾: During the time Mali was trying her hardest to convince everyone that she would like to study environmental law just like her mother, she and Jack became good friends. They spent hours upon hours texting one another different articles and petitions and discussing all the things they would do if the faith of the world was in their hands. Then Mali drunkenly kissed him at a party and they never spoke again.

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𝒜𝒹𝓇𝒾𝒶𝓃 𝒩𝒶𝒹𝒶𝓇

𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉: Oh god, if there was a competition for the flashiest of the group, Adrian would win by a landslide. After moving to Glenville in middle school, it took him very little time to introduce himself by the boy that lives “in the massive white mansion” on top of the hill and has almost too many amenities. It’s dulled over the years, but still flairs up from time to time. Wallas and Open #2 have a hunch that it’s a front, after all, half of Greendale is in love with his older brother and he’s just trying to catch up.
𝓇𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑀𝒶𝓁𝒾: Yeah Adrian is cool, but also a pain in the fucking ass. His parents get along incredibly well with Mali's even though the Williams family isn't exactly the kind that boasts with their wealth - unless in the right company that is. Mali knows that Adrian isn't spoiled to the core, but she also isn't hundred percent dead set on being one of his best friends.

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𝐵𝑜𝒹𝒾𝑒 𝐿𝑒𝓌𝒾𝓈

𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉: Stick and pokes and homemade clothes, Bodies Lewis is easily the best dressed in Greendale. Into self-care and meditation, Bodie’s the best person to go to for advice on literally anything. He’s calm and cool, collected and worldly, how can he only be eighteen years old?
𝓇𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑀𝒶𝓁𝒾: Total and complete opposites and yet Mali and Bodie work so well together. He likes to call her Smooth Criminal when no one is listening and from time to time they appear to be incredibly affectionate towards one another, but don't get it twisted - it's not like that. Their relationship is strictly brotherly/sisterly, until one of them changes their mind five years from now.

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𝒢𝒶𝓋𝒾𝓃 𝐹𝓇𝑒𝒸𝒽𝑒

𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉: His mom thinks he’s the product of angels, the perfectly mannered boy who is poised and proper. His friends typically see him trying to hide that he’s cheating at beer pong. An avid skateboarder and head of the film club, he goes from a crisp polo and khakis to ripped jeans and band tees as soon as he steps out of his front door. Gav's the music fanatic of the crew, into the most obscure bands you’ve never heard of, and orchestrating going to concerts in the nearby city… just don’t tell his mom he wasn’t at the soup kitchen.
𝓇𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑀𝒶𝓁𝒾: Mali likes Gavin because they kind of lead similar lives. Both like to have their parents think the world of them - that they are just a bunch of good little kids; obedient to the core and can do no wrong. Not to mention their shared love for music. Gavin absolutely LOVES that Mali can play so many instruments and the fact that she taught herself how to play the guitar. He's her number one person when it comes to going to concerts and discovering new bands and music. Not to mention the ever growing crush she has on him... Yeah, in Mali's eyes Gavin Freche is practically her soulmate.

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Mali's family isn't especially affectionate - they don't say they I love yous, they never kiss on the cheeks and hugs happen in very rare occasions. Praise is something that she has to work incredibly hard in order to earn, so if there's one thing Mali has learnt from this is that sometimes compliments are needed - even if the person in question doesn't exactly deserves them.

Despite her hardships, Mali NEVER complains about her parents or the expectations they have for her. As a matter of fact, they are barely mentioned in day to day conversations unless they are out of town for a conference for the 568085038th time in the month and she has to explain to her friends the reasons why she can't throw a party.

The only person she mentions with a large and genuine smile on her face is her baby sister Deli. Sure, that little rascal gets on her nerves at times and most of the times the names leaves her lips is to complain, but everyone knows just how much Mali adores her little sister.

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Mali's parents never taught her the proper way to act around people she considers her friends. Mainly because her father always tells her that other people should be considered as a competition if they are a tad bit better than her or as equally as good as her. The rest are a simple waste of time - she's so much better than them and they are beneath her. This kind of opinion upsets Mali greatly. She spent a majority of her childhood by herself and feeling incredibly lonely because her father thought it's best for his daughter to spent all her free time practicing and learning so she can be the best of best.

So, of course once she got the chance to befriend Wallas Blum and become part of the Lazy Daisy Crew, she did her best to stay in touch with those lovely people who saw that she's more than a stressed out eleven year old with overbearing parents. With the people she's closest to, Mali is rowdy and loud - that's how she's like when she's at her most relaxed. She can finally be the person her parents tried to hard to repress.

Sure, she has a shit ton of school work to take care of, but unless it needs to be talked about, Mali NEVER talks about school. Or complains about it. Her parents never taught her how to be affectionate so if she doesn't hug you or is being overly cute with you unlike the rest of the crew - don't get insulted. It's just the way Mali is and everyone is used to it.

But despite her lack of affection, Mali is still a good fucking friend. Loyal, caring and has the need to constantly be in the know - because how else is she going to be there for her friends when something in their lives goes wrong. She's not particularly good when it comes to giving advice, so she usually keeps to herself and never fails to listen to her friends.

Her childhood trauma of being friendless and alone has made Mali a people pleaser. Actually, you can blame her parents for that as well. She doesn't want to argue with her friends out of fear of them getting mad at her and stop being friends with her. There's also the part where she fears that the group might fall apart so whenever someone's arguing she is the first one on the scene to calm things down - basically being a mediator of sorts.

Maybe that's why she promised them that she'd sneak out to parties at least once a month even though there was a great chance of her parents catching her and grounding her for life. It's no lie that she will do ANYTHING for the people she loves and if someone hurts them - oh boy do they have a storm coming.

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For most people Mali is known as that one girl that studies a lot and probably only cares about school and nothing else. It's no secret that when she's in school and/or in class Mali keeps most to herself. She doesn't want to be known as the troublemaker or as the class clown and she's incredibly content to be known as the goody-two shoes because the stranger's opinions don't really matter when her friends know her for who she really is.

Most common misconceptions is that Mali is shy or an introvert and although some of those things might be sort of true, the actual truth is that the only time Mali is those things is when surrounded by strangers and people she doesn't know as well or isn't close to. If she has to she'll make small talk and if you've ever happened to be in a group project with her you can bet your ass that she'll do 90% of the work because she really needs that good grade and all you have to do is not fuck up during presentation or else.

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She will never let anybody know about this because her father once told her to never reveal her weaknesses to anybody but herself, but, Mali suffers from very low self-esteem. Blame her overbearing parents or the lack of affection and compliments, but Mali is almost never satisfied with herself or the things she makes. She's a perfectionist - blame the Virgo in her if you're the type to believe in Astrology and all that shit. Everything she does just HAS to be perfect or the world will come to an end.

That's why she needs constant validation from others. It's stupid - she's so aware of it, but how else is she going to gain enough confidence to continue living her life. Her friends' endless love and support has helped a lot in the past couple of years that she's been part of the Lazy Daisy Crew and to be honest - they are the reason why Mali gained enough confidence to secretly post her music online.

Yes, the bad comments always get to her. They get to her so much to the point where she never wants to make music ever again, but then she meets her friends in the diner and on the drive there they are playing her new remix and everyone is fawning over it and Mali realizes that as long as her friends love her stuff - strangers' opinions don't really matter.