Lucille Bolton

1. She skipped two grades because she was too smart. So, when kids her age were still in elementary school, she was already in junior high. And when she was in high school, she was anti-social before she became best friends with Cheryl Thompson and Kelly Sparks. It was through them did she gain new friends and feel accepted for the first time in her life.

2. She thought that Blake Masters was her first love. She was sixteen and he was eighteen when they got together in their senior year of high school. Lucille found herself being happier than she used to be. But then he broke up with her after graduation and she was left broken-hearted while news of him in college having the time of his life speculated through the small town she lived in.

3. She was so happy when she finally made it to college. And though she had the chance to go to Harvard, she turned their offer down so that she could go to the University of Albuquerque, where it was closer to her friends and family. Where it was closer to home.

4. Jack Bolton was the most conceited, arrogant and stupidest male she had ever met. And so what if he was good-looking and the most popular boy in college? He was a jerk who only thought about himself. It was in the last year of college did Lucille start to notice that Jack was not such a bad guy. He turned out to be nice (when he wanted to) and he was a loyal friend. It was also then did her heart start beating faster every time she was with him. To say she was ecstatic when Jack asked her out would be an understatement.

5. She was confused when Blake Masters came back into her life. She had just graduated from college and she was happy with Jack. The other thing was that Blake was no longer the boy she thought she loved. She never loved him in the first place. Lucille made herself be polite to him. After all, there were no hard feelings, and she could see that her parents were trying their best not to throw something at Blake.

6. She knew she loved Jack the moment he left without a word after graduation. Yes, she was not proud of the way she found out where her boyfriend was (she had threatened to shave off Clay Danforth's hair), but it had gotten the job done. She had cursed him so much. How dare he choose for her? And how dare he choose Blake? And so, she took the first plane she could get on and arrived at his doorsteps just three days after graduation. She kissed him full on his lips, hoping that he would know that she loved him and only him.

7. Her wedding day and Troy's birth day were the happiest day of her life. On her wedding day, Jack had vowed to stand by her no matter what and she knew he meant every single thing he said. And on Troy's birth day, her beautiful baby boy was born into the world. He was hers and Jack's and she would love him so much no other girl would be able to give her son the love she gave him.

8. She was worried that basketball would always be on Troy's mind. She was also worried about the girls who had ridiculous crushes on her son. They were annoying and unworthy of Troy's love or attention.

9. She loved Gabriella Montez the moment Jack told her about how Troy was singing instead of playing basketball. Of course, her husband had been angry and had disliked the girl and that made Lucille like Gabriella even more. Basketball had been Troy's life for too long. It was time for something new. And though it made her a little sad that her baby boy was growing up, she was glad that he had found someone who was actually worthy of him.

10. She had always loved Chad Danforth like a second son. And even after he got married, he regarded her his second mother and his kids regarded her as their second grandmother. She freaked Chad out with predictions of his son falling in love with Ryan's daughter and laughed when it came true. She comforted Troy and Gabriella when they freaked out about their children growing up too fast. She laid her head against her husband's chest as they sat on the front porch, looking at their son and his gang of friends laughing while the kids gathered and had fun. It was a pleasant picture. And to her final days, it was the last memory she remembered before her eyes closed for good.

A/N: Review! And seriously, I am running out of characters! I might start doing one-shots linking to the little things though... They'll be uploaded into this story, Ten little Things... What do you guys think? Please tell me...