Allen, Alexander Brody

[alexander brody allen]

* Alexander Brody Allen ,

* back to basics ,

name : Alexander Brody Allen
nicknames : zander is what he prefers to be called, but you could get away with calling him alex, bro, brody, al, allen¡K
age : nineteen
year: College Sophomore
major : Music, with a minor in theatre [„²apparently that¡¦s how its spelled ^.^]
birthday : January 7th
sexuality : straight
place of birth : Boston Massachusetts

* the outer shell ,

celebrity play-by : Joe Jonas
hair color :Brown
eye color : Brown
weight : 142
height : 6¡¦1
overall : Long shaggy hair is Zander¡¦s trade mark. Normally the first thing anyone notices about him. Its constantly falling in his face. His hair is a brownish-black color, usually perfectly straight. He hates having a single strand of hair out of place. He is tanish, well, what he would consider tan anyway. He has chocolate brown eyes on a face that has a perfect complexion.

He stands at about 5¡¦1, weighing in at only 142. He¡¦s a scrawny guy. His normal dress attire is a simple pair of jeans, what ever shirt he pulls out of the drawer, and his trusty black and white vans. As long as he as those, he¡¦s good to go. But if he is feeling extremely good one day, you might catch him dressed up a little. A nice button down shirt, dress shoes, the works.

* what you see ,

overall personality : Zander has a very unique personality. Almost as unique as his name. His personality often changes when he is with different people.

When Alex is with is friends, he is often happy, spunky and energetic. He can¡¦t wait to have fun, and he often ends up being the life of the party. There is nothing too daring to him, and this sometimes gets him into trouble. Zander would do anything for his friends, give you his shirt, or even hit on a guy to make the guy leave you alone. [Even thought he is 100% straight] Yea¡KZander is a pretty awesome friend.

When Zander is around his peers, he is often friendly and helping, but not as crazy as he is with his friends. He doesn¡¦t like to make people think he¡¦s weird, but he still tries to help people out. He¡¦s the guy that would pick your books up for you in the hallway, walk you to class, and open doors for you.

When Zander is having one of his upsets, its best just to stay out of the way. He never knows when its going to hit, which makes it so bad. One minute he will be a happy little Zander, and then the next minute, for no reason, he will be yelling at you, throwing stuff around, and slamming doors. Of course, once he¡¦s upset is done, he¡¦ll feel terrible about it, and will be back to his happy old Zander self. It really depresses him when he gets like this, and he has even broke down and cried before because of it.

When Zander is around his lovers, he is the sweetest thing to grace this fine earth. Alexander is a bit of a romantic, and you can bet that the person is going to be dotted on and treated like a queen. The only problem is, if it looks like a promising relationship, one that will last for a while, he will distance himself, because he¡¦s afraid of hurting the person in his upsets.

* a closer look ,

likes : girls, comedy movies, his big Greek family, music, acting, directing, guitar, rainy days, sunny days, thunderstorms, Wal-Mart, Broadway, Dr. Pepper, Caesar Salad, his dog Braxton, hanging out, playing music, bowling, dancing, going to the park, goofing off with his brothers and sister, buying things for other people[ he¡¦s definitely a giver.] Dancing in the rain, singing in the shower, Rock Band, Guitar Hero, the internet, texting friends on his cell phone.
dislikes : his disorder, his parents at times, when his car breaks down, people who think they are better than others, getting weird looks from people, snapping on people during his upsets, the doctors office, needles, drugs, wild out of control parties.
quirks : Strumming Air Guitar, rocks on his heels when bored or nervous, always pops his knuckles,
fears : That he will hurt someone in one of his upsets. That he will never get to share his music with the world, Needles.
flaws : He has IED, He tends to be a little ADHD as well.
secrets : He was diagnosed with Intermittent Explosive Disorder when he was fifteen, He might really likes Madalyn Rae Parker.

* blast from the past ,

father : Jackson Lee Allen//45
mother : Cassandra Rae Trotter-Allen // Died at the age of 40.
brothers : Adam Lee Allen //20//Junior in College
Andrew Braxton Allen//17//Senior in high school
sisters : Andrea Rae Allen//17// Senior in high school.
pets : name // what kind of pet
other :

history :
When Seventeen year old Jackson Allen went to see ACDC, his favorite band, he never thought that anything out of the ordinary would happen. It was in the mosh pit that he met Cassandra Rae Trotter. He had been jumping around, banging his head, when he had bumped into a real petite brunette with eyes to die for. The danced together for a while, and then went out after the concert to an all night Denny¡¦s. They had exchanged numbers, but both was waiting for the other to call. In time, both numbers were either lost or forgotten about, and Jack and Cassie really forgot about each other.

That is until a year later. Eighteen year old Jackson Allen was on leave from the Navy base camp on his way to his hometown to attend his great grandfather¡¦s funeral. On the long stretch of highway ¡¥O¡¦ He slammed on his breaks to avoid hitting a dog, and then heard the sound of a car running into him. Muttering, he coasted his car over to the side of the road, and then hopped out to see how much damage had been done, and to whom he owed his ¡¥gratitude¡¦. What he didn¡¦t expect was to see a gorgeous brunette. Making his way over to her, he saw that it was the same girl he had met back at the ACDC concert a year prior. After seeing that there was no damage other than a few scratches, they decided to go out later that night to catch up.

In the four days that he was there, they spent a majority of their time together, and she cried when he went back to basic training. Sure, it had only been four days, but both of them had never felt so connected to a person before. As if they had known each other their whole lives. She wrote him letters, and he wrote her back, and that¡¦s how their romance bloomed. It was a year later, when he was on another leave from duty, that he took Cassandra to that same Denny¡¦s they had went two years before, and proposed to her. Later on, people wouldn¡¦t understand why he had chosen such an ¡¥unromantic¡¦ place, but to Cassandra, it was the most romantic thing ever.

Six months later, the two were wed in a small Baptist that Cassandra¡¦s dad was a Pastor at. The ceremony was small, just family, and a few of their closest friends. Cassandra became a Navy wife, going from base to base with Jackson, and when she was twenty-four, and he was twenty-five, she gave birth to their first son. Adam Lee Allen was the light of their life. When Adam was just a few months old, Cassandra found out she was pregnant yet again.

Adam had been used to being the only child, so when Alexander came along, he wasn¡¦t too happy. In the two years that it was just the two of them, the boys didn¡¦t get along. They were both always competing for their parents attention. Then when Alexander was two, his mother gave birth to twins. This is when Adam and Zander became close. With twins, their mother was always busy, and when Jackson was back from work, he was busy trying to help her.

The older Zander got, the more he realized how life as a Navy brat was. They were constantly moving. By time he was ten, he had lived in Massachusetts, Florida, Texas, California, Georgia, and Tennessee. The moment he made friends, he would be pulled away from them. This caused him to be a very friendly person, because he constantly had to make friends. Out of all the children, Zander was the one who took moving around the best.

When Zander was fourteen, he started having spells where he would just get angry out of the blue and start throwing stuff, yelling, and what not. At first his parents just thought he was acting out, but when he was so remorseful afterwards, they knew that something was wrong. A few weeks after his fifteenth birthday, his father made him an appointment, and he was diagnosed with Intermittent Explosive Disorder. It was hard for him to understand what it meant at first. He learned that it would start with him getting irritated easily, aggressive impulses, and increased sudden energy. This depressed him for a while, but Cassandra promised him that she and Jackson would be there for him every step of the way.

On June 21st of his fifteenth year, his mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. For the next few months, he watched his mother loose her appetite, tire easily, be easily confused, and he watched the color leave her face. The entire family knew that she wasn¡¦t going to last long. Adam and Zander tried to keep Andrew and Andrea busy, to keep their minds off of things, but it was all in vain. On September 15th, Jackson woke up to find his wife had passed away over night.

Zander was now even more depressed than before. His mother hadn¡¦t kept her promise to him. She had promised that she would be there for him, and she lied. He was angry at her, which made him even angrier that he was angry at his dead mother. On the day of her funeral, he sat in the back by himself, refusing to talk to any family. He only went up to the coffin once, to set a single while rose in her hands and kiss her cheek. That was the saddest moment of his life, and that¡¦s when he vowed that he would control his problem.

He tried so hard to control his outburst, but he soon learned that he couldn¡¦t stop them, but he could try to get away when he knew it was happening. Of course, he couldn¡¦t always tell when they were happening. This often got him sent home from school early, and it prevented him from being able to get a job. At first, he was aggravated at himself, but then he started using the time to work on his music. His mother had always been proud of his music, so he decided to do it in honor of her, plus, he had a love of it anyway.

He got his acceptance letter to NYAA on his seventeenth birthday, and was stoked. His older brother Adam was attending there as an Art major and minoring in music. Adam was excited that his brother would be joining him. He gave up his dorm, and went out to rent an apartment. Andrew and Andrea decided that they wanted to make sure they finished their senior year out in the same high school, so they tagged along to attend the local New York high school. Now the four live in a penthouse together, in tight quarters. You can bet that there is never a dull moment.

[` audrina goldstein }]

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