2 Months Later
It's been 2 months and I'm late. Popi will be happy. He knows my cycle better than I. I can't believe what's happened to me. I thought I'd be having fun this summer, getting ready for college abroad. Everything changed in an instant when Popi and Marcos kidnapped Sonja and I from the beach. How would things be different if I didn't follow Sonja to try and keep her from meeting Marcos? Would I be in this mess if I wasn't trying to be funny and ditch the bodyguard? Mama told me to grow up and stop play tricks....
Selina Tupou, 18, is a student from New Zealand's North Island. She is unmarried and no arranged marriage has been developed for her. She's just finishing her high school education in a Catholic convent school. Selina is fluent in Austronesia, English, Spanish and her mother's Melanesian dialect. Her father may allow her to go to college. She's been known to say "Life is meant to be lived."
She's a 5'9" teen with hazel eyes and long wavy hair. A result of her parents racial background. Most days she's in her school uniform. When her father is away on business, she wears minis and shorts. Selina is an extremely extroverted, driven, aggressively competitive person. She's on the school's soccer team. If she was a boy she'd be a great competitive boaters, and racecar drivers. Her brothers engage in such sports, but never the girls. Selina is imaginative, charming and, at times, reckless. She's a big flirt knowing her bodyguard, father and brothers will not let any male get close enough to even talk with her. This will lead her into a dangerous situation. She is assertive and tirelessly energetic. Selina will use her energy and drive to maintain an intensely active lifestyle without really caring whether anyone is along for the ride. She is also materialistic, enjoying her father's wealth. She's ready to surround herself with distractions, like horseback riding, shopping and swimming in the pool. She knows when her marriage is arranged, her father will find her a wealthy husband. She just hopes she likes him.
Selina is a product of a childhood where she disconnected from her mother. Somehow her mother failed this child, not being there to nurture when bad things happened. She spent all her time at the convent school from second grade. This caused her to be a little less people oriented, relying on distractions and involvements to keep her mind off the infraction. As an older teen, she maintains that difficult task of avoiding the anxiety within. She has always been very involved with the world and is materially successful. Although others can see she is troubled, like her best friend Sonja, she doesn't see it that way. Life has been good to her. For example, she tells others she had a great childhood, which we know isn't the truth.
Selina is aggressive and competitive, not as interested in human relationships as in achievement. This achievement has the primary purpose of creating distractions and the secondary purpose of creating wealth. As a result, she concentrates speaking about her possessions, never really facing what her true feelings about something may be. She is always outside-focused until she has had enough and decides to face the inner demons. This is a world that she is not used to and will ask for help from trusted friend Sonja and sister Sandra. When under pressure, she can be very charming, able to talk her way out of just about any situation. "I see the bright side. I feel good when I'm happy."
Selina can be enthusiastic, responsive and adventurous in a relationship. She's actually a flirt, never having a boyfriend. Others are initially drawn to her zest for life and adventure, but that wears thin when she won't acknowledge difficulties or pain. She likes partners who mirror her own self-image. Selina should listen and learn and not react without thought.