Cameron Hollister's Journal

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Character Name: Cameron Hollister.
Age/Birthday: 20/February 18, 1989.
Sexuality & Relationship Status: Heterosexual; single.
Job: College student/waiter at the Roadhouse.

How did they find Heritage Lake?: His family's lived in Heritage Lake since the early 1980s -- they moved there while his mother was pregnant with him.

Appearance: Cam pretty much oozes confidence. It's rare to see him anything other than calm and together. No, when he gets angry, it's intense and quiet. If he yells at you, he's in a mood, okay. But if he goes quiet and tense... you're gonna find your car tagged the next morning, or something similar. He comes off as taller than the 5'9" that he actually is, in large part to his ever-present self-confidence and the easy-going manner that he talks with. Even if he has no flippin' clue what he's doing, you'll never know it by looking at him. If he doesn't know what he's doing, he'll sure as hell pretend like he does.
Portrayed By: Kevin Zegers.
Example Images: Here, here, and here.

Personality: If it involves risk, chances are Cameron's the first one in line. He lives for the thrill of adrenaline coursing through him. He's not an idiot, though -- he knows to be careful. (That sprained ankle when he was 17 was totally an accident, shut up!) This love of all things outrageous makes him a free-spirited and outgoing sort of guy. More than once, he's instigated some form of trouble that resulted in getting grounded. Despite the rebellious streak, Cam is also a fiercely brilliant young man, having been president of half a dozen clubs while in grade school high school (Psychology Club, History Club, Math Club for a year, French Club for a year, Journalism Club, and six months as president of the Community Service Corps). He's also an overachiever, balancing those clubs with work at the Roadhouse ever since he was sixteen; now he's balancing college and even more hours at work.

He's protective of his little brother, being one of the few people who's never given Shane any shit for knocking Dane up. After all, every kid makes mistakes (okay, so that one was a biggie) and as long as Shane's doing the right thing, what does it matter? Cam's very much a believer in doing the right thing. Only his version of the right thing doesn't always equate with everybody else's -- which is why he thought tagging Simon's locker that one time was a good idea). He's got a reputation for dating a lot of girls, and to a degree it's true. He's dated a good number of girls from school, but he's never been anything other than gentlemanly towards them. He's even still friends with the majority of his exes.

History:

Age 1
Allison and Lucas hadn't counted on having another child so soon after Cameron, but there they were with the screaming bundle known as Shane. The closeness in age would mean that they would always be closer than just brothers, often seeming more like twins.

Age 4
Cam and Shane were close from an early age; being only a year apart in age meant they were close enough to play together. But as is only to be expected, the brothers got on each other's little toddler nerves. They were at the top of the slide in the back yard one day when, tired of Shane whining because he never got to go down first, Cam gave him a shove and sent him flying down the slide. Of course, Shane immediately screamed bloody murder; his screams were soon joined by those of Cam, who was just as terrified as the littler boy. That adventure ended in five hours in the emergency room, a sprained ankle for Shane, and Cam offering to let Shane push him next time.

Age 8
Right before Christmas, Cam was bitten by a neighbor's Laborador retriever. It was unintentional on Cam's part, as he hadn't realized he was freaking the dog out, and the dog had clearly been reacting accordingly. One trip to the emergency room later and Cam was fine, with a small bandage on his face to cover the bite. The bite healed quickly and left only the faintest of scars just below his temple, which can only be seen if you lean in very closely and you know what you're looking for.

Age 11
This was the summer he nearly drowned. He and a bunch of other kids -- his brother included -- were down by the lake during the Fourth of July celebration. And Cam being Cam, he couldn't resist the rope swing on the nearby tree. For a while everything was fine; everybody had taken a couple of turns with the swing. And then it broke, dropping Cam into the shallow part of the lake, where he broke his clavicle and started going under. Everybody panicked, except for Angel. She sent Shane and Dane to go get an adult for help, while she dragged Cam out of the lake and began CPR. He was fine, save for the broken clavicle, but a friendship was born. (And so was a lifelong fear of drowning.)

Age 14
For his fourteenth birthday Cam's parents gave him, among other things, a book on ancient Egypt. This sparked a love affair with ancient history that continues to this day. He spent easily three-fourths of his time that summer in the library, devouring every single book the library had on all things ancient history, even the books he couldn't fully understand. He pestered the reference librarians endlessly, having them help him look up one thing or another; since he was so obviously serious about it, the pestering came off as endearing rather than annoying, and the librarians were only too glad to help him.

Age 16
Shortly after his sixteenth birthday, his parents bought him a car -- a cheap little thing -- and gave it to him with the condition that he get a job and pay for the gas and insurance himself. This resulted in his job at the Roadhouse as a member of the waitstaff. A few months later, he was driving to the end of the year bonfire party all on his own. Score! He was just arriving when he saw an enraged bundle of brunette dragging someone out of a car. As he parked, he realized it was a naked someone and that said naked someone was his best friend Simon. Shane just got out of his car and stood there, watching as Angel Ryan proceeded to kick the ever-loving crap out of Simon all while yelling about how he'd been an idiot to screw her best friend at the bonfire of all places.

This pissed Cam off, because he knew both Simon and Angel, and he knew that their relationship had been pretty awesome. He also knew that Angel was a nice girl who didn't deserve that kind of shit. Plus Simon was kind of a douchebag anyway, which kind of explained why three days later, he tagged Simon's car with that exact word. Simon was not amused, and the two boys haven't spoken a kind word since.

- Age 17
Since his bosses loved him, Cameron managed to get nearly an entire month off work for a summer vacation. He, Angel, and three of their friends took off for Mexico -- yay, gaining illegal entrance to a country! -- with nothing more in mind than partying their asses off. This trip was where Cam bungee jumped for the first time, learned to surf, and accidentally propositioned a prostitute with what little Spanish he did know. (What? He took French, thank you.) People still haven't let him live that one down; luckily he thinks it's as funny as they do.

Age 19
For all his reputation, Cam really hadn't had much serious experience with a girl. Sure, he'd lost his virginity when he was seventeen (and no NOT on that Mexico trip), but he'd never had a truly serious relationship before. The summer before his freshman year of college found him dating Noreen Edelson. Noreen was quiet and sweet and shy and absolutely adorable. She had a spunky side, though, that came out in the unlikeliest of moments. It was that fact that'd drawn Shane to her. Their relationship started faltering around Thanksgiving, but Cam didn't think much of it. After all, it was the holidays and they were both under a lot of stress. Things weren't any better by Christmas. And by Valentine's Day, Noreen had had enough. Four days later, on Cam's nineteenth birthday, she broke up with him -- apparently she'd wanted a true bad boy to help unleash her wild side, not someone who just acted like one. He spent the next six months picking up every single bit of overtime he possibly could.

Age 20
His sophomore year of college was spent taking a crazy number of credits, since overachieving was pretty much his middle name. The second semester he eased up a little bit, since he wanted to spend more time with Shane while they had a chance. After all, soon enough, Shane was going to be getting ready for college himself. Not that Shane was actually going very far, mind you, but still. Cam felt it his duty as a big brother.

And then Shane got his girlfriend pregnant.

Cam quickly became Shane's biggest confidant, as he was the only one who didn't pass any kind of judgment. He'd just let Shane rant and ramble and freak out, without trying to give him any kind of advice. He did, however, help Shane and Dane get an apartment in the complex he himself had moved into just a couple months earlier. He would have let them stay with him, but they were going to need an apartment of their own once the baby came along, plus he had quite literally the tiniest apartment in the complex. Studio apartment, actually. Not at all conducive to three adults and a baby.

Fears: Tornadoes, zombies, drowning.
Desires: To get his doctorate in Ancient History. To visit Italy. To write a book.

One Secret: He's just as jealous of Shane as Shane is of him.