Iris Chao, <D6>[FINISH]

Iris is eighteen years of age and lives on a very strict budget, this doesn't allow her to have a lot of time to take care of herself or make herself 'beautiful' as most people would like her to be. She loves to dress up and look pretty but she can't do that every day and that is hard for her to do. She likes to do it thought and that is the important thing. She has dark brown hair with almost matching eyes. No one is able to look at her and say she isn't at least a little pretty and that is something that will make her smile when she looks at herself in the mirror. Through her eyes you can see into her soul. She has the perfect sized nose to go with her face which isn't necessarily angular but it isn't round either, it is the perfect combination of the two. Below her nose is her lips, shaped perfectly to fit in the perfect spot. She doesn't think that though, she feels as though they are not fitting with the rest of her face. Fine eyebrows arch above her eyes which bring her face together.

She is only about 5'4" and around 120 lbs. she likes her weight but sometimes she wishes she were skinnier, and taller, because then maybe she would have better chances at doing everything in life like all the other girls that look like that. She has an hour-glass figure which most people would be surprised that she has considering what she has been through in her life. Most people would also think she should be heavier than she is because she looks like she has more muscle on her body than she actually does, and she doesn't mind that part of her. She loves to close her eyes and imagine herself looking completely different with a different life and a different outcome, and of course different looks. In her imagination she is a tall slim blonde haired blue-eyed girl that gets all the boy's attention not what she is now. Her legs are long and slim for her height, almost like a dancer's legs, but she has never danced in her life not once. She has a beautiful singing voice that she only uses when she feels like she should and not to do it just as a hobby.

Iris isn't allowed to have expensive tastes, she doesn't have the time or money for expensive tastes. She knows what it is like for other people in the district and she is happy that she has the clothes that she has, she could be so much worse. She can normally be seen in a simple dress that falls perfectly on her figure with flat shoes on her feet when she is out and about. When she is working you will either see her in jeans and a tank top or shorts in a tank top depending on what she is doing that day for work. She likes her work she just wished it wasn't so hard to be away from home for hours on end.

Iris is a sweet girl who has been through a lot in her lifetime that most people would rather not live. She has been through a lot that has altered her personality. She is smart and funny and outgoing and bubbly, she loves to make friends and spend times with them. She spends a lot of time away from the few friends she has now though, just because she doesn't have the time to make it possible for her to continue to hang out how she had before that. She is loving kind and friendly as well. She knows that it is hard for people that see her on the street to see this side of her though.

She does have bad traits though too, from that everyone would think she is all good all the time but that isn't true. She had to grow up way too fast and never really had a chance to just run wild. Her friends don't want her around anymore because she acts like a mother--which she is so she doesn't see why they get all pissed with her. She is also very, very stubborn. She can't help it that is just the way she is, she won't allow people to look at her and tell her what is right to think and what is wrong to think, that is why she has a problem with the Capitol.

Her loving and affectionate side comes out a lot more now though than it did when she was younger, with her dad not caring about her she didn't have anyone to show it to, but her whole life changed when she had to grow up ad become a single mother without the help of her parents. She had to grow up and be a parent all alone because her baby's father didn't care, and that made her bitter towards him on the inside. She shoves it back now and is nothing but loving and affectionate to her daughter and the people around her, unless of course she sees her baby's father, then she will either walk away and sometimes she may even turn hostile.

Iris's mother died on the delivery table when she had her and that was very hard on her father. All her life she remembers her father telling her it was all her fault that her mother died when she was born and nothing was going to change his mind about it. When she was about five her father just stopped caring about her and he wouldn't even look at her, because everyday she was looking more and more like her mother and he couldn't handle that. Most people would think that it would be the driving factor for him to spend a lot of time with her, but no it was just too painful for him.

When she turned twelve she only had to put her name in there once and only had to make enough money for the things she needed. Her father had paid for her, but now that she could work that was no longer the option for her, if she wanted anything she would have to buy it with her own money, including the food that she needed to live. She was use to taking care of herself though, working in the orchards wasn't bad work so she liked working there it was all her dreams to be able to be up in the trees. Most people would call her crazy for not worrying about being picked for the games and she would agree with them to an extent. Of course she could be picked, but she only had to care for herself and never had to put her name in extra times so that gave her the chance of not getting picked.

When she was fourteen she let a boy talk her into sleeping with him for the first time. Never having been loved by anyone, it wasn't hard for this boy to do. She had believed him that he would love her forever, but he was three years older than her and as soon as he got what he wanted he dumped her and left her alone with a broken heart. She didn't know how to react to her first broken heart, but she started to break hearts not to long after that, but she also had her heart broken a fair share of times too. She never got use to the feeling though, the guy turning to her and saying he didn't want to be with her anymore and then just turning and walking away as if she had brought it on herself. Every time she cried. Every time she got over it by dating a new boy and jumping from boy to boy to boy. She never gained a bad reputation though, she was still a little miss goody-two shoes and everyone believed it, that she was thankful for. She didn't believe that having a broken heart and being called a whore would keep her in a stable place.

When she was sixteen she again let a boy talk her into something stupid. This one though she knew would never leave her, they had been together for months and had an amazing relationship. She let it all go to her head, because as soon as she got pregnant he turned around and got out of there as soon as he could, once more leaving her heart broken in the dust behind. She didn't know what she was going to do. She couldn't keep the baby because she wouldn't be able to afford it all and she couldn't afford an abortion, maybe she could put it up for adoption and that is what she decided to do. As soon as her father found out about her pregnancy he kicked her out, calling her every name under the sun. She had no where to go and no where to hide from the problems that lay ahead of her. She gathered herself together though and found an apartment, she was able to keep a stable home and income and even put some money away. At only just barely sixteen she was able to do this and she was amazed at herself for it.

When she had her beautiful daughter--Charlotte Chao. She couldn't give her up, not for her own life, though she did get worried about being drawn for the Hunger Games she was scared about what might happen if she did. She kept her baby and was able to once again keep a steady home and income even with all the extra expenses. She was able to still even put a little money away in case she ever needed it or god forbid she was killed and her daughter needed it. She raised the small happy child on her own with no help from the father, who she doubted even knew about the beautiful blonde haired baby girl. Either way the child was happy and so was Iris. She was happy that her daughter was happy. It made her life so much easier that she didn't have to worry about an unhappy child. She has been trying to find her father though, knowing he should at least see her once. It was hard for her to decide to do this but in the end she had to it. It would make her baby happier if she had both her parents. She has made it through almost two years with Charlotte and she hasn't run into a problem yet and that is why she is thanking God for every day with the perfect child.

Charlotte Chao