MONTEIRO, autumn elaine

[autumn elaine monteiro]

AUTUMNELAINEMONTEIRO



RAVENCLAW – SEVENTEEN – SEVENTH YEAR – VICTORIA JUSTICE

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••• describe yourself in one word.

“determined. when i know what i want, i go for it and it takes a lot for me to break down. i'm not a quitter and put a lot of faith into the things and people i believe in.”

••• name three of your strengths and weaknesses.

“my strengths are my memory, i can store a lot of information in my brain- it makes test taking easy and i can remember details well. another strength would be i'm social and get along with people well. i am a leader, but i think i probably get a little bossy and that can count as a weakness i suppose? i'm a perfectionist as well, and if it's a detail oriented job that's great right? but it comes down to silly things and i get worked up if it's not that kind of project. what am i at, two and two? umm, i've always had a knack for charms, that's definitely a strength for me. and one last weakness; i'd say, well, come on, i'm a seventeen year old girl- cute boys.”

••• where do you see yourself five years from now?

“i see myself either at further education or working at the ministry. magic and knowledge has always fascinated me and i think it'd be hard for me to just stay at home and be a mom. i mean, i could, but i don't think that's where i'd be the happiest. same with some random job in hogsmeade, diagon alley, or even in the muggle world. who knows, i might change my mind tomorrow, in the next few months, or in a couple years. i don't know. i'm allowed to change my mind though, right?”

••• how would your friends describe you?

“honestly? -laughs- no, i'm just playing, i think they'd say i'm an intelligent girl who cares a lot for the people around her. they would probably tell you that i talk a lot, i'm flirty, but i'm destined for high places. i have a few friends who tell me i'm going to eventually be minister of magic because i'm so talented and professional- i just don't see it and with my blood status unless something switches in people's brains it's not gonna happen. but like i said earlier, people can change their minds and the future brings something new.”

••• tell me a joke.

-poker face- “a, a joke? umm, i'm not that funny, really. i'd rather not. i'm not exactly a serious person – i love to laugh – but i can't tell jokes. no. … okay, here we go. a man walked into a bar. … ow. -smiles-”

••• what's your family like?

“oh, they're okay. i'm a muggleborn, see- my dad is this corporate giant. we're extremely wealthy and i spend my summers in spain. my mom's just my dad's show girl; i don't think they really love each other but have reasons to stay together. i have two brothers. they're alright i guess. we're not that close. i mean, we look close in all the pictures that we've taken together, but we really don't know who each other are. we're all so different. it's like we belong somewhere else but were all randomly put into this family. the only thing we have in common is a name and our looks. it's strange.”

••• your love life? how's that been in the past? do you have a special someone?

”actually, i'm dating this amazing guy named winter right now. we're the same age and we're both ravenclaws- it's funny actually because i had the biggest crush on him when i was eleven but he didn't seem to notice at all. and then he started dating that vara girl and they were pretty serious. i kind of forgot about him and moved on to different crushes, met new guys and i kind of accepted the fact that they would probably be together forever and i would never be his girlfriend. i was okay with it, but my heart wasn't. he was that adorable little boy who was so sweet and i could never let that go.

you obviously know this story turns around for me. vara and winter broke up mid sixth year. i remember when i heard- i was honestly shocked. i just didn't figure it would end that way. no, i didn't pounce on him like an animal. i figured he'd be at least a little hurt and i was seeing someone else anyway. we ended up not working out... actually we crashed and burned. i was a bit done with guys for awhile, and then summer came. i was in spain for awhile when i got a letter to visit my friend in [insert winter's home town]. my parents let me go by myself, i was seventeen for pete's sake, and i stayed in an inn there for two weeks. i did hang out with my friend, but on my third day there winter and i ran into each other. actually, he ran in to me. i was out enjoying the sunshine, walking on the sidewalk and enjoying the beauty of the town when this boy accidentally bumps into me, making me drop the ice cream cone i was holding on to the dirty ground. i was disappointed about the cone, but he recognized me and offered to buy me another one. we ended up talking after the purchase, and ended up talking for hours just walking around. i couldn't believe how words kept flowing, but they did and i had a great time talking to him.

that was day three of my trip. i visited him plenty of other times in the other eleven days i stayed. he took me around town, even out of town and showed me places that i'm sure my friend would've gotten to, but didn't and we probably wouldn't have done the same things. i'm pretty sure we wouldn't have kissed as many times as winter and i did. we definitely got close, and became an 'official' couple. i look back at all the pictures i took on that trip, and i'm amazed we're still together. i thought it would just be a summer fling that would provide closure to my crush. but hey, we're still together and hopefully we will be for a long time. whew, that was long winded.”

••• thanks for your time!

“yeah, no problem! have a great day!”

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ALIAS: kate
AGE: sixteen
TIMEZONE: pacific
EXPERIENCE: a while