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[bellaxwallace]

“Would I ever deny you a trip to the thrift shop?” Arabella questioned rhetorically. Although Arabella dressed usually like she had come out of places with only the very best brands, she was an absolutely sucker for a thrift shop. She loved to buy something cheaper and make it look expensive herself. It brought her joy to see what she could actually do with a garment. It what she always did when she wasn’t so well off in life so even if she had a few expensive things in her wardrobe, most of it was an editorial made by herself. “While we’re out, though, I definitely think we should get a drink after we’re done shopping. Call it a ‘job well done’.” 

closed starter for @bellaxwallace​​. location: sunny side up diner.

Today was supposed to be her day. No more fight on the phone with her father, who actually likes to reprimand her when she’s far away from home and not at close proximity. It was supposed to be a day when she forget about her last call with him and it never actually ends at the end. She is always caught with him, sending her messages after messages saying that he was still pround. Even though, she did bring a C -, he’s still pround of her. Something that she start to hates but won’t admit it out loud. Though, she was supposed to let her phone at home, she couldn’t help herself but keep it close in case an emergency was coming. Though, she’s not at home right now, right? Why would she has to keep an eye on what’s happening there when she’s finally breathing air that is not surronded by her family? She wondered to herself as she looked at the person who bring her glass of water and something to her friend, Bella who was in front of her as she adds, sipping on her drink. “So, what are we going to do today? Please, tell me we are still on for the trip to the trift shop? I’m dying to by the lastest shoes they had receveid.”

[bellaxwallace]

Arabella had been looking through a few fashion magazines to gain some inspiration for her portfolio when what she realised she needed were models. She noticed someone walking in to the coffee shop and leaned a little back in her seat to get their attention. “Hey, have you ever thought about being a model?” She asked. @egustarters​

[bellaxwallace]

ELIZABETH GILLIES via her Instagram story on January 24th, 2022

[bellaxwallace]

(elizabeth gillies, cis female, she/her) ARABELLA WALLACE is the newest evergreen eagle! they’re 21 years old from NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK joining us at evergreen to study FASHION JOUNRALISM. have you heard RIP 2 MY YOUTH by THE NEIGHBOURHOOD? it reminds me of them because they’re so CONFIDENT and OBSERVANT, but also super UNTRUSTING at times. i hope we catch them around campus soon!

Name: Arabella Maeve Wallace Nickname(s): Bella, Bells, Ari Birthday: 26th July 2000 (21) Pronouns: She/Her Nationality: American Ethnicity: White (Italian, English, Irish, Scottish, German, French-Canadian) Study Field: Fashion Journalism Occupation: Seamstress at a bridal shop Clubs: Events Committee Accommodations: University Apartment Building

Trigger Warnings: Alcohol, Physical Abuse, Stalking

Arabella was originally born in New Jersey and lived with her parents and younger sister. Her younger sister is only a year and a half ish younger than Bella. They never actually had a lot of money growing up. Her dad was a builder and an alcoholic which drained a lot of their money and her mum was a freelance seamstress while also trying to raise two girls. 

Her dad always believed that he had provided his wife with children and his job was done. He never really wanted anything to do with his kids while their mum did everything. This is where Arabella and her sister differed. Arabella never cared for her dad - if he didn’t put in the effort, why should she? Meanwhile, her little sister craved his attention and always trying to make him proud of her. When he’d drink, he’d get abusive. If the girls were playing, he’d yell or throw bottles at them to make them shut up. As they got older, Arabella would fight and yell back at him and even provoke him.

When he’d knock around her mum, Arabella was often the one who would ask her mum why she stayed married to a man who hurt her. Her answer? Love. It wasn’t until he put her mum in the hospital that her mum actually saw how bad the situation was - prompting a divorce. Arabella was proud of her but her little sister was angry about the divorce. She didn’t see the bad side in a lot of ways. Arabella protected her little sister as much as possible from his abuse and took a lot more than her for speaking up for herself. Her sister also always wanted to keep the happy little family template she’d built up in her head.

Following the divorce, a couple of months later, her mum actually won the lottery and moved the girls to New York when their dad tried to invade their life once more for the money. This allowed her to open her own bridal shop and start living her dreams. Arabella was 12 at this point. They lived pretty happy in New York and things were good.

At 17, Arabella started to date Jay. She’d met him in school as acquaintances but over the summer, they started to meet up. By the end of the summer, she was his girlfriend. When things were good, they were good. However, both of them had a temper so when they argued, they really argued. They were the definition of an on/off relationship. Usually he ended it with her and called her crazy but they’d end up back together a few days to a week later. However, at 19, when he cheated on her and she caught him, she decided she was done. This started a huge argument with him claiming “You’ll be back in a week”. But she didn’t...

After a week, he was calling her phone and leaving voicemails. At first it was one or two a day but by the end of the week, it seemed non-stop. He was banging on her door every night and waiting outside for her. She’d block him on any platform she could but he’d make new account to contact her. He worked out her shift patterns at her mum’s shop and would wait for her at the end of shifts. It got so bad that she decided maybe it was just best to go with him one night and make it clear that they were over after three months of being stalked. They got in his car and she tried to make it clear they were over for good. The argument got so heated that she had to threatened him with calling the police if he kept trying to contact her. To this, he began to drive faster and faster and faster, scaring Arabella. His behaviour continued and she ended up calling the police and getting a restraining order. It was at these moments that she began to realise why her mum put up with everything for as long as she did when she was growing up because Arabella did the exact same thing over the two years.

This whole ordeal prompted Arabella to look in to her future goals and that made her apply to Evergreen. She wanted to get away from New York and her ex potentially violating her privacy again. She wanted to study fashion journalism with the hopes of having her own magazine one day. She got a job in a small bridal shop in town as a seamstress as her mum taught her to be for some money but her mum still has a lot of the lottery money as well as being successful in New York. She also joined the Events Committee as something to do as well, hoping it would boost her resume for organization skills.