Beautiful People: Friendship Edition

I know that August is almost over, but better late than never! 

Beautiful People is a blog meme hosted by Sky @ Further Up And Further In and Cait @ Paper Fury. Every month, they post ten questions to help you get to know your characters better. 

This month's BP is about Friendship!

This month we will meet:
20-year-old Agent Susan Wright (goes by Sue) and 18-year-old Agent Anthony Bridgewell.


This is Sue:

This is Anthony:
Just make his hair and shirt Red. And remove the Star Fleet insignia.

They are from my novel-in-progress: Agents and Assassins. 

1. How long have they known each other, and how close are they? They have known each other for about two years. They are very close - because they have a lot in common - but they are not quite best friends.
2. What’s their earliest memory of being best friends? As I said up above, they aren't best friends, but they first became really close about a year-and-a-half ago when they were put on Cary Hitchcock's "team". They found refuge in each other - they were both severely intimidated by Agent Law.
3. Do they fight? How long do they typically fight for? So far, they have not fought. They depend on one another too much to do so.
4. Are their personalities similar or do they compliment each other? Well, they are similar in that they are both shy, and they underestimate themselves... Yeah, they are similar.
5. Who is the leader of their friendship (if anyone)? Neither of them lead the friendship, but Anthony will defer to Sue more than Sue to Anthony.
6. Do have any secrets from each other? Yes. But probably not many.
7. How well do they know each other’s quirks and habits? They know how to make each other's coffee just right. Anthony has a lot of "quirks" and Sue is slowly deciphering what each one means. Anthony knows Sue's daily routine (as much as their life has a daily routine) and her habits fairly well. But they are still learning about each other.
8. What kind of things do they like to do together? You mean besides stopping bad guys? They love playing games of all sorts together. They also - on rare occasions, when they have the plane to themselves - will daydream, and share their thoughts.
9. Describe each character’s fashion style (use pictures if you’d like!) How are their styles different/similar? They wear uniforms most of the time, so their styles are very similar. But if they had no dress code Anthony would wear button-up shirts unbuttoned over a t-shirt with jeans. Sue would wear tank-tops and maxi-skirts.
10. How would their lives be different without each other? They would be less confident. And they would be lonely. They are a big part of one another's lives that it is really hard to think of one without the other.

Now, for your pleasure, here are a few snippets from the book:

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Sue ~

“I am so sorry, I didn’t see you until it was to late to stop—I am so sorry about that,” She said quickly. She had medium toned skin; dark brown eyes; and, straight, black hair, cut in a bob, hanging to just below her chin. Her shirt matched O’Brian’s and Bridgewell’s in style, but hers was dark blue.

Anthony ~

Two large seats at the front of the cabin were occupied: the one in the center—looking everything like a Captain’s seat in a starship—was vacated when they came in, by a boy in a burgundy shirt; looking a few years younger then John, with red hair in short tight curls.

 

Both ~ 

From this bookshelf Sue and Anthony both pulled something: Anthony chose a board game and Sue picked a card game.

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Sue’s jaw dropped and the box Anthony was holding fell from his hands, hitting the floor with a crash.

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There you go! I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed answering the questions. :)