Portia

Portia Marie Maddox
Portrayed By	Demi Lovato
Gender	Female
Date of Birth	March 17th, 1993
Age	14
Zodiac Sign	Pisces
Aliases	Tia
Place of Birth	Laurel, Mississippi, USA
Current Location	New York City, NY, USA
Occupation	Student, Singer(?)
Known Relatives	Desiree (mother), Lance (father), Parker (brother)
Significant Other	None.
Known Abilities	Invisibility
First Appearance	Screaming With My Mouth Shut

Daughter of Desirée Russo, Portia Maddox has big dreams, and she's determined to conquer them. Sweet, sophisticated, and fashionable, the teen has just returned from a year abroad in France and spontaneously traveled to the Big Apple in hopes of becoming New York's newest singing sensation. Two years later, in a very dark future...

History

Portia Marie Maddox and her brother, Parker Maddox were born in Laurel, Mississippi to Desirée Ginger Russo and Lance Maddox. Portia was a quiet baby, but still a curious one, which happened to be a dangerous combination which most likely resulted in quite a few mishaps even before the age of five. The two babies were inseparable, however, and each relied on the other for whatever they lacked in their own weaknesses.

From an early age, Portia was watching things. She was a perceptive child and caught on quickly to the idea of when to talk and when to stay silent, and when to watch. As she grew up, she began to become keenly aware of the fact that her mother was struggling. Her dad had always been the more practical one with the fancy job, but Portia was always aware of how her mother struggled, jumping from job to job. Her favorite childhood memories were of when her mother would sing to her. Her mother was always her idol, and she thought, despite everything that went on, that her mother was extremely talented and could go places.

Sweet, sensitive, and naive, Portia relied on Parker as her support. She always took things personally and for the most part struggled when she was younger, especially with being picked on. With her parents divorce, as happens with a lot of kids, she secretly blamed it on herself. Somehow, she concluded, if she had been a better daughter, if she had been more impressive, more amazing, then maybe things would have worked and her parents wouldn't want to split. Portia was smart and held things together, building up an outer layer of 'tough girl'. She acted like she took things just fine and quickly threw herself into exploring her talents as a way of trying to prove herself.

When she was thirteen, she and Parker went off to France on a foreign exchange program. Going through puberty in France was a very interesting experience for Portia, but she quickly realized she could make good use of her new, more mature look to get what she wanted. The exchange program had a wonderful affect on her as well, and allowed her to experiment more with music. Thanks to her mother's early influence, she threw herself into music as soon as she realized she had some talent in the area. She wrote a few songs and learned to play the guitar as well as the piano, skills which she had started during her early childhood but never had as much of an interest in till now. Not to mention the exchange had an excellent music program.

Having watched her mother struggle with her dreams, Portia was determined to be an inspiration to her mother and prove her worth, certain that it would make all of their lives easier and bring their family closer. Gathering what little she had, Portia, without even telling Parker, in a very reckless move caught a flight to New York City. She had put no real thought behind it other than that she would head there, go to a recording studio and make it big. She had no idea at all exactly what she was getting into.

Timeline

June '07

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June, 2007:

• June 8th, 2007 - Portia arrives in New York City. She runs into Tamara and Marcus in The Secret Lair. Marcus, however, mimics the slight French accent Portia had picked up from Paris and weirds her out by mentioning he knows 11 languages. Portia quite literally runs from the scene.
• June 8th, 2007 - Screaming With My Mouth Shut - After running from Marcus, Portia ends up in Central Park where she meets Peter. Invisible, Portia is shocked when she realizes Peter can see her and vice versa. She ends up performing a song, while still invisible, and convinces Peter she's got a place to stay.
• June 9th, 2007 - Check Out His Watchtower - Portia runs into a few people in the park, where she is shortly joined by Parker who proceeds to yell at her for running off. Eventually things are resolved and Portia agrees they need to talk to their mother.
• June 10th, 2007 - Parker and Portia chat about what to do over burgers, then finally call Desiree.
• June 10th, 2007 - Return Of The Prodigal Twins - Portia and Parker reunite with Desiree at the Gomez apartment.
• June 12th, 2007 - The Suddenly Full House - After talking with Jane, the two head into the Gomez apartment where everyone meets everyone else in an odd and somewhat tense moment.
• June 20th, 2007 - Being Noticed - Portia runs into Peter for the first time since the rally. They discuss things, namely powers, and she's convinced to see about talking to Elena about her ability.
• June 22nd, 2007 - Truck of Cookie Doom - Portia spends some time with her mother, which is interrupted by a truck. A cookie truck. Portia tries to turn invisible and gets stuck half-way.
• June 26th, 2007 - We Had A Few Things In Common - Portia meets Jane at Starbucks, who begins to make her suspicious by asking her questions and implying about abilities. Portia lies, but the seeds of paranoia are planted. Jane also tells Portia she wants to meet with Desiree.
• June 29th, 2007 - This's Gotta Be A Secret Meeting - Portia, invisible, follows her mother as she meets with Jane. She discovers that Jane suspects Portia has an ability, that Jane and Desiree both have abilities, and her paranoia heightens.
• June 29th, 2007 - Invisible Pizza - After her paranoia is brought to new heights, Portia stops by to try to unwind by having some invisible fun. She ends up messing things up horribly and meeting Kitty and George, both of whom are also Evolved.
• June 30th, 2007 - Secret Meetings With Your Mother - The day after all the chaos with her mother and Jane, Portia gets the guts to come talk to Jane about an unrelated topic. She finds that Jane and Kitty are also having a Secret Meeting, freaks out, breaks down and finally comes to grips with everything that's going on.
• June 30th, 2007 - Hello Darkness My Old Friend - Portia and Jane play some music and discuss the moral implications of abilities.

July '07

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July, 2007:

• July 2nd, 2007 - Invisibled - Portia confesses her ability to her mother… and Ramon catches her.
• July 8th, 2007 - No Shortage of Weird Things - Portia heads to Kitty's for a chat and some coffee.
• July 13th, 2007 - The Village People - Portia watches Kitty try to pick up Jason.
• July 16th, 2007 - Kind of Famous - Portia meets Desmond in the park. He seems interested in her music and asks her to call him if she ends up performing at Enlightenment Books.
• July 16th, 2007 - You Made It Sing - Portia meets Rafe and they end up connecting over music.
• July 17th, 2007 - Rigging the Contest - Portia runs into McAlister again and finds out that the DJ is searching for new music to put on the air. Portia eagerly offers up her homemade demo CD.
• July 23rd, 2007 - Stars and Stripes Forever - Portia finally gets to talk to Cass about playing music at Enlightenment.
• July 23rd, 2007 - Thirty Minutes or Less - Portia witnesses an exciting event in the park… which she regrets witnessing.
• July 26th, 2007 - Two Years From Tomorrow - Portia witnesses her mother's ability firsthand.

August, 2007:

• August 23rd, 2007 - On Her Toes - Portia runs into Rafe again. They talk about music, the end of the world, and eating. Which may be exaggerated.

Relationships

• Family
  • Lance - Portia has, at best, a civil relationship with her father. She loves him only because she's her father and she can't help it, but civil is putting it rather positively. Portia doesn't believe her father takes her seriously and he is far and above one of the main reasons she tries rather hard to protect her emotions. One of the few people that can /easily/ make her cry.
  • Desiree - Portia loves her mama! Desiree is her hero, and she thinks the world of her mother. Even if her mother has to be motherly from time to time, Portia still thinks of her as a role model and one of the closest people to her. She desperately wants to impress her mother.
  • Parker - Portia has a great love-hate relationship with her twin. The two are really close and protective of each other… but sometimes that causes Portia to be annoyed. /Especially/ when it comes to growing up and boys… which Parker seems to not want her to go near. Above all, she trusts him more than anyone else and he's one of the few people she'd cry in front of.

• Acquaintances
  • Peter - Portia likes Peter. Not only was he the first person other than Parker that she ran into displaying a power, he happened to be using the same power she was. In fact, the more Portia hangs out with Peter, the more she's starting to like him. She won't admit that she's starting to develop a crush.
  • McAlister - Portia thinks Ali's cool. In fact, Ali's so cool simply for taking Portia seriously when it comes to her music. Just for that, the DJ has gained one underaged fan who is staying up WAY past her bedtime to listen.
  • Jane - Portia admires Jane. Given that Jane's worked hard to get where she is and is both a musician and a lawyer, Portia's decided that she needs to stay in school. She also consults Jane when she has thoughts about her music that she needs professional advice on.
  • Ramon - Portia respects Ramon. While he did creep her out a little when they first met, Portia can tell easily that Ramon cares for his family and wants to protect them, which already gives him good standing with Portia. Having been extremely generous and refusing to let her and Parker go out and stay in a motel instead of at the Gomez apartment, Portia thinks that Ramon is a nice guy and definitely approves of him. Not that there's anything going on with Desiree and Ramon anyways. However, she won't admit it but Ramon scares her, just a little.
  • Elena - Portia really wants to get to know Elena. Having seemed like the nicest of the Gomez bunch, Portia also was told that she'd like Elena because she dances. She's hoping to see some of Elena's moves, and perhaps have a bit of a sister that she's never had.
  • Manuel - Portia thinks Manny is okay. While she hasn't particularly interacted with him much, he seemed close with his family and that put him in a good place in Portia's book. She isn't entirely sure what to think of him yet, but she has no reason to be weirded out by him… yet.
  • Kitty - Portia really looks up to Kitty. One of the few people who she feels don't treat her like a child, she has no qualms going to Kitty for advice, even when it comes down to powers.

• Not So Sure Of
  • Tamara - Portia isn't so sure what to think of Tamara. She finds her interesting, but a little strange.
  • Marcus - Portia is a little weirded out by Marcus. After recognizing a slight French accent, naming it, speaking in the same accent and then denying it, Portia isn't sure what to think of him. Currently, she thinks he's some sort of weird spy or assassin… after all, what normal person learns 11 languages?

Quotes

• "What boys? I'm invisible, remember?" - Portia to Kitty when asked about how things were going with boys in her life.

Trivia

• Portia speaks French fluently.
• She has a slight accent from having spent a year in Paris. This has made her Mississippi accent much less pronounced. The Mississippi accent only seems to pop up more when she's around her parents, or when she's feeling particularly vulnerable.
• Portia has an IC journal: http://hm-portia.livejournal.com/