.Alicia Spinnet.

NAME: Alicia Spinnet
GENDER: Female
AGE: 26 years old
MARITAL STATUS: Single
ORIENTATION: Bisexual
PROFESSION/HOUSE: Assistant Coach: Junior Quidditch

ABOUT:
Alicia Spinnet grew up in a rather average pureblood family, minus all the blood supremacy. Her parents were devout Gryffindors so while she didn't grow up with much, if any, exposure to the dark arts she still had to endure tea parties with the families her parents were close to and all of the proprieties that that had entailed. She had never been a fan of them, much less so as a strong-willed and rambunctious youngster who had been significantly more interested in doing tricks on her broom than sitting around making niceties. She might know how to walk and talk like a proper pureblood princess, but that doesn't mean she's much inclined to it unless she has to. Heading off to Hogwarts she wasn't too much changed. Her scholastic endeavors took a back seat to anything and everything Quidditch. She was constantly pestering the Quidditch captain, and anyone else involved, once she got them cornered. She set her mind to it and she ... persuaded them into helping her out. As a result Alicia made the Gryffindor Quidditch Team in her second year at Hogwarts, even if she was only a reserve player, later elevated to a full fledged member of the team in her third year.

Alicia's focus in school was mostly around Quidditch and just about anything that revolved around it, and how she could do better. Granted, she was always limited by her own strengths (and attention span) but she managed some things in her years at Hogwarts, dabbling in researching spells for brooms and digging into how broomsticks were actually made - something which took a backseat to everything else given that she didn't have any reason to divert her attention from Quidditch. She was devoted to it. She passed her OWLs and NEWTs well enough, though if she'd actually focused on them just a bit more and studied instead of shoving in extra Quidditch practice.

Following her career as a student at Hogwarts, Alicia was signed to the Ballycastle Bats as a reserve chaser, eventually taking over an injured chaser's place on the main roster. A position which she held on and off for the next five years before she was injured by a bludger during perhaps one of the most intense matches of the season. She'd been forced to the healer's tent, and effectively exiled from the team. No matter how much she threw herself into her physical therapy (ignoring the radiating pain from her hip). Alicia still wasn't allowed back on her team. So, she packed her bags and caught a port-key across the pond to the states, desperately hoping to find something quidditch that would allow her in. Despite the niggling voice in the back of her head saying maybe it was time to move on, she wasn't quite ready. 

Alicia eventually found her place with the Sweetwater All-Stars, an american quidditch team, lured in by the promise of a spot on their reserve team though she was eventually diverted into a temporary position as an assistant coach for the juniors team. Given her expanding difficulties maneuvering quite so well on her broom Alicia easily grasped onto the new roll and decided that this was certainly what she wanted - at least for now.

LIKES
+ Hot Chocolate - after coming in from the cold, or just after a terribly long day
+ Flying - feeling the wind in her hair and not being tied down by anything
+ Learning - be it learning little tricks on her broom or just studying something little that appeals to her
+ Bantering - nothing serious, sometimes bickering, and just chatting with people in general
+ Baking - alicia isn't particularly good at it but she does enjoy baking when she's relaxed and has the time to spare - both doing the baking and cleaning up the mess that she'll end up making before she's done, but the sweets she has at the end certainly help

DISLIKES
- Injuries - sure, she's taken her fair amount of hits in her career and dealt with them but she despises feeling helpless
- The Cold - that freezing sort of cold that makes her fingers tingle if she forgets her gloves, or welds her eyelashes together
- Being Forced to go out - alicia's not against going to events or anything, but if she wants to stay home it'll be a struggle to get her to leave her couch and her comfy blanket
- Visiting Family - she loves them to pieces, but there are waaay to many questions about whether or not she's planning on carrying on the family line and everything related to that - she's wary about going through that every visit no matter how much she loves them
- Being cornered - alicia absolutely despises being forced into something that she isn't, or being cornered into talking about something she doesn't want to discuss at all

STRENGTHS
+ Determined - in the face of just about anything and everything
+ Cunning - she's gotten pretty good at using her skills to get what she wants
+ Loyal - utterly committed to her friends and family, anyone she gets close to
+ Strong-willed - she'll commit herself to her causes
+ Quidditch - she might not play anymore but after living and breathing the sport for most of her younger years she has a great understanding of it

WEAKNESSES
- Foolhardy - catch her in the right mood and things can end up a bit crazy when she doesn't hold back
- Forthright - if she needs to say something, she isn't afraid of saying it. she does use a bit of a filter around people she's close to
- Defiant - tell her not to do something and it's suddenly so much more interesting
- Daring - not afraid of taking chances, and not too scared of things going wrong
- Impatient - alicia would much prefer to just get going instead of beating around the bush if that's an option

ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE SHOULD KNOW?: Not now ;P

OOC NAME: Ash