Ricky Callahan

From Survival Of The Fittest

Name: Ricardo "Ricky" Philipe Callahan
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Grade: 11th; Mr. Duana's Homeroom 11C.
School: Franklyn Senior High School
Extra Curricular Activities: Varsity Baseball; Quiz Bowl; Honors Club; Spanish Club

Description: Somewhat tall, Ricky stands at about 5'10" and is of average weight. He has a slightly muscular body, just enough from working out, but he is no mass of muscles. His skin is a dark tan in color, showing a line of hispanic heritage on his mother's side. He has dark black hair, kept short and clean cut, with short bangs that he gels and brushes downward onto the tip of his forehead. His eyebrows are full but well-groomed, they run straight to a point and then arch downward slightly. His eyes are a dark brown in color. In terms of other facial features, Ricky has nothing particularly distinguishing about him. He rarely smiles, but has nice teeth when he does crack a grin. Never one to try for the "bad boy" look, Ricky has no distinguishing tattoos or piercings. He is a handsome young man, and strives to achieve that appearance. Ricky's problem is that he is pretty much socially inept. In terms of dress, Ricky's got one particular outfit that he makes it a point to wear at least once a week. Said outfit consists of a red Adidas jersey with the number "30" on the front, a white shirt underneath, a pair of slightly baggy jeans, and a red and white pair of Nike Shox.

Born the oldest of two boys to the couple of Richard and Selena Callahan, Ricky had always been the so-called golden child of the family. From a young age onward, he showed a lot of potential in academics. He was very bright and caught onto things very quickly. Of course, this encouraged his parents to enroll him in Gifted and Talented programs, which he excelled at. Even from adolescence, Ricky's intellect was superior to that of his peers. Unfortunately, in elementary school, this made him the object of a lot of bullying. People picked on him for being smart, but Ricky simply shrugged it off as them being jealous of his intelligence. He lead a pretty uneventful childhood, even middle school was pretty boring.

Around seventh grade, Ricky discovered the joys of baseball, something he had not had time for as a child because his parents pushed him too hard in his studies. To put it bluntly, Ricky was a terrible baseball player at first, but he enjoyed the sport, and he figured that all he could do was put his best foot forward. Throughout Junior High, he played, and as he entered high school, he gradually started to improve. Suddenly, though, his father was asked to relocate for his new job. This sent any social life that Ricky and younger brother Matt might have had into a tailspin, and they were forced to pack up and move to a new town.

Upon moving to New Jersey, Ricky transferred into Franklyn Senior High School. The pathetic excuse of a social life that he had had back home in Montana had been destroyed, and Ricky found it somewhat difficult to make friends at this new school. Instead, he emersed himself in his studies once again. However, when he tried out for the baseball team and made it by the skin of his teeth, he finally started to make a few friends. The baseball players were nice guys, and Ricky liked hanging out with them. Although they constantly harrassed him about his status of "benchwarmer" on the team, Ricky took it all in good faith.

Ricky joined a couple different clubs such as Quiz Bowl and the Honors Club to pass the time. Also, he was somewhat of an egotist and liked to show that he was smarter than most of the kids at school. Despite his rather large ego, Ricky is a nice kid. He has a good personality, and he can be quite the character at times. Hanging around with the baseball players has changed his attitude slightly, and he can sometimes come off as a pompous jerk, but it is purely unintentional. Most of the time, if Ricky is mean to anyone, it is because of pressure that has been put on him by the other baseball boys.

Lately, the baseball boys have been insistant that Ricky find himself a girlfriend. Truth be told, he hasn't really looked. After all, before he made the baseball team this year he was "that quiet, nerdy kid". Even if he was good looking. At least, he thought he was pretty good looking. Most girls were not attracted to the quiet, smart kid in their class. In fact, it seemed as if Ricky was two different people. One person in class and a different one around the baseball boys.

Clique: Ricky all but lives and breathes for his fellow baseball players, and often lets them influence his attitude and actions. While he's in a couple honors clubs, Ricky's never really made an effort to get to know his fellow clubmates.

Relationships:

Lexie Williams: From what Ricky knows of her, she's just another big-breasted, ditzy cheerleader. Some of his friends from the baseball team have been pushing him to hook up with her because, in their words, "she's an easy lay".

Whitney Acosta: Although he's never really talked to her, Ricky's developed somewhat of a crush on the girl. Once again, however, he's let his friends make his decisions for him and has thus far steered away from her after being informed that his chances with her were slim to none.

Eric Silvstedt: A fellow baseball player on Franklyn's prized baseball team and one of Ricky's almost constant companions. Loud, pompous, and arrogant, Eric has a terrible temper and a bad habit of picking on people he deems physically weaker than him. One of his favorite passtimes seems to be ordering Ricky around, but Ricky takes all the verbal abuse in stride rather than lose a so-called "friend".

Other: Ricky had a history of being quiet and anti-social before he made the baseball team. Now, he tries to fit into the roll of stereotypical jock, which does not really suit him. Many of the things he says and does are influenced by the other baseball boys, and Ricky often follows en suite with their bullying of other students and the like, simply as an attempt to fit in.