Charlene
Beautiful, smart, athletic, funny, and popular - Charlene had it all. Everyone liked her. The guys wanted to date her. The girls wanted to be her. Parents wished she were their daughter. Teachers wished she were their student.
She is perfect.
Or so everyone thought. Because every night she goes to sleep crying from all the bullies at her school that hate her. Even some of her own friends are jealous of her. It's hard to tell whether people would hang out with her because they liked her for her or her popularity.
Every morning she wakes up in pain from the countless hours of gymnastics training. All her aching muscles would threaten to give out if every single day she got up for school.
Every day she has to paste a smile on her face so people wouldn't see how miserable she is at home. Her mom only cares about Charlene's appearance. She is more like a robot then a mom. She forced Charlene into cheerleading and gymnastics to loose weight. She hardly gives her any food so she'll stay thin. She taught Charlene how to put on makeup when she was 7.
Sometimes Charlene doesn't know why she bothers to wake up every morning. Why she goes on living for nothing. Why no one can see behind her eyes and into her pain.
No one really sees her. She thought she had found someone who did but even Finn doesn't see.
On top of that, Amanda has him. Why would Finn want Amanda over her? Amanda isn't as beautiful as she is or as smart as she is or as athletic or funny or popular as she is. Why would Finn trade down from perfection to average?
But Charlene knows why, because Amanda isn't putting on an act- Amanda is real.
Charlene is fake.
Charlene isn't perfect.
Charlene isn't real.