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Micah Lewis

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Name: Micah Lewis

Nickname: Slick (by Cassie)

Age: 26

Birthday: April 19, 1982

Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual, although it is often assumed he’s gay

Status: Engaged to Cassandra Davis

Religion: Atheist

Chronic diseases/Other Illness: Suffers from a traumatic head injury as the result of his car accident. Is also a recovering from a substance abuse problem

Allergies: None

Drinks: No

Smokes: Yes, although he's trying to quit

Illegal Drugs: None now, did use heroin and cocaine

College: Dropped out, was majoring in photography

Handedness: Right

Favourite Feature: His hair, after it’s been fixed

Least Favourite Feature: His hair, before it’s been fixed and the scar on his forehead

Greatest Strength: His artistic flair

Biggest Weakness: His insecurities

Biggest Fear: That he'll lose Cassie

Most Common Misconception: That he’s just a huge dork

Name Meaning

Micah: 'Who is like Yahweh (God)'

Lewis: 'Famous warrior'

Appearance

Height: 6’1

Build: Scrawny

Hair: Brown

Eyes: Blue

Complexion: Pale

Glasses: No

Scars:

Slight scar on his

forehead.

Small surgery scar

on the back of

his head.

Start of track

marks on his

upper left arm.

Tattoos: None

Usually Wears: A t-shirt under a hoodie or a dress shirt and jeans.

Never Wears: Short or sleeveless shirts unless he has something over it

As far as appearances go, Micah is your regular goody-two shoes. While he’s tall, he’s also rather scrawny and lacking any sign of muscle. Similarly, he’s always had pale skin that burns easily in the sun. The one thing that he’s always cared about is his hair. Either light or dark brown, depending on the amount of gel in it, Micah takes very good care of his hair. Usually kept short, he obsessively sculpts it into numerous styles depending on his mood. He can spend hours fixing his hair making sure that every strand is in place.

Micah is also extremely fussy about his clothes. When he’s out he refuses to wear anything that is torn, stained, worn, faded or just plain old. He may be the only person to iron every single article of clothing he owns, but he finds it necessary to prevent wrinkles and form creases in the right places. While his look may be one that is seen on many 20-something males, on him it is polished to perfection.

Outfit

Pajamas	Dress

Personality

Micah is a very thorough person. He pays attention to even the smallest details and as a result hates it when anything is out of place. Possibly as the result of a lack of order in his life, although more likely the result of the way he was raised, Micah has developed an obsessive need to keep everything around him orderly and in its place. It is because of Micah’s obsession for order and perfection combined with his clean cut image that causes him to have a goody-two shoes, boy next door image.

Micah is a thoughtful guy who takes the pros and cons of almost every situation into consideration before he acts. He hates to do anything that could offend someone else and as a result is often edgy. He is able to be more relaxed around his friends and people he has known for a great period of time, but this is only because he’s become accustomed to them and doesn’t feel the need to worry as much. When around strangers or people he doesn’t really know, Micah can easily become highly agitated.

Micah has an addictive personality, on that has gotten into a great amount of trouble. He fears change and is well set in his ways, from simple things like how he starts off his day to how many pictures he has to take in the course of a day. There isn’t a day that passes when he doesn’t want to get high, but he suppresses these urges by focusing himself on other addictions; his art, photography, even something as simple as a good book or a movie marathon. While he has a good portfolio of his work, his obsession with perfection prevents him from considering any piece he has painted from being finished.

Following his car accident, there have been slight changes in Micah’s personality. While it has faded a bit with time and therapy, Micah is still plagued by pain caused by his injuries. He struggles between dealing with that and fearing a relapse in his substance abuse as the result of taking pain killers. As the result of the trauma he received to his brain, Micah struggles in what are to him simple things. His short term memory fails him more often than it used to and he often finds himself struggling to remember specific words. He is prone to headaches and dizziness and while he is frequently tired, he struggles in falling asleep. His dreams are haunted by fragmented memories of the accident and he usually wakes up in more pain than he was in when he went to sleep. Micah has difficulties in collecting his thoughts, often feeling as if he’s rather scatter-brained, and his is usually unable to stay focused on something for long periods of time, something which he has yet to fully come to terms with. His failures to do the things he could do before the accident and to be the person that he was causes him to be irritable. While he snaps on occasion, the realization of the hostility of his words and actions usually causes him to quickly calm down and apologize both for his actions and his failures profusely.

Personal History

His Timeline

Born in 1982, Micah was the youngest child of the stereotypical nuclear, American family; father, mother, two kids (one boy and one girl), and a dog aptly named Spot. Micah was quick to fill the role of mamma’s boy and while he struggled to gain his father’s approval, in the end he was usually deemed to not be masculine enough. Needless to say, it didn’t take him long to realize that the all-American dream that his parents lived in was not what he wanted for himself. By the time he was 10, Micah was using the good kid image that he had been labeled with as a front to hide his less than stellar choices.

In addition to being unable to obtain his father’s approval, Micah was also unable to cope with his mother’s obsession for perfection. By the age of 14 Micah was drinking; stealing alcohol from the older members of his family at every opportunity. Soon after the drinking started he began experimenting with drugs. When he was sixteen, Micah tried cocaine for the first time. He was hooked instantly and while he still maintained the good boy image, keeping those he cared about ignorant of his activities, Micah began spending a large amount of his spare time under the influence of something. By the time he was in college, Micah was addicted to both cocaine and heroin and had a heavy dependency on alcohol.

This lifestyle took its toll on Micah, and while he was able to keep his secret his life did begin a downward spiral. After losing several jobs, Micah began selling drugs on the side to pay for his habit. At the end of his second year, he dropped out of college, to the great disappointment of his parents.

Micah’s world finally came crashing down on him when, one day two weeks before his 21st birthday, Micah overdosed on a mix of heroin and cocaine. His mother found him at the foot of the stairs, and as a result has spent a good amount of time refusing to believe the truth about the incident, choosing instead to claim that he just fell down the stairs. As soon as he recovered enough to be released from the hospital, Micah was sent to a ninety day rehab program. While he was gone, Micah’s parents claimed that he was visiting distant family in Europe, a lie that he was willing to go along with once he returned to Pleasant Port.

Micah will always claim that the hardest day of his life was the first day back in Pleasant Port after rehab. It was July and at the time he had wanted nothing more than to escape from his family and give into his craving for drugs. On his way to his drug dealer’s house, Micah ran into Cassie Davis. He got so caught up in trying to explain to her his sudden disappearance without actually explaining his disappearance, that Micah almost forgot about his desire to get high.

Slowly, Micah began to get his life together. He moved in with his sister for a time and got a job at the Photo Studio. Whenever he wanted to use, he threw himself into other activities as a distraction, focusing mostly on his photography and friends. In 2004, Cassie told him that she was looking to move out and Micah eagerly agreed to get a place with her and some other friends. Since his return to Pleasant Port, his relationship with his parents has been strained. They refuse to talk about his addiction, causing Micah to no longer believe that the relationship can be salvaged.

On New Year’s Eve, 2006, Micah confessed his love to Cassie and the two began dating. While Micah’s extremely nervous about the relationship – she’s the first woman he’s been with since sobering up and it’s the first real relationship he’s ever been in – he is extremely devoted to her and hopes to spend the rest of his life with her. At a party celebrating Cassie’s birthday Fletcher Montgomery flirted with her, going so far as to give Cassie a ring. Micah was really bothered by this, and in an attempt to not ruin the party simply left. While driving around town later that night, Micah got into a car accident with Robert Gray. While Robert walked away with only minor injuries Micah was seriously injured. He spent a couple weeks in the hospital and in the months to followed struggled to pull his life back together.

There were three major points in the 8 months that followed his accident that really helped in this. First was when Cassie kissed Fletcher after a night of pool and drinks. While Micah was upset, he blamed himself and his inability to take care of her and satisfy her more than he actually blamed her. Following the kiss, Micah struggled to be the guy that he had been before hand even more. The second event was when Micah finally convinced Cassie to move into a smaller place with him. The two moved out of their home on Oxford Drive and into an apartment on Farmer's Avenue. This smaller environment gave Micah less to try to look after in his desire to become himself again. While he still needs help and isn't able to make the elaborate meals that he cooked before the accident, in their apartment Micah is able to take care of most of the cleaning and regularly cook for him and Cassie. The final event was the birth of Dana Jenkins' twins. While his baby mode had been quickly curbed after his accident, the actual presence of the twins brought back the fever in full mode. As Uncle Micah, Micah was forced to focus not on himself and his own shortcomings, but rather on the twins.

On October 27, 2007, Micah bought an engagement ring for Cassie and asked her mother for permission to marry her. Linda was thrilled and quickly approved. However, before Micah could propose, he found out about his mother's death. Shortly after his mother's funeral Dana and her boyfriend decided to move out of town. When Dana's mother heard, she decided to sell the Studio; she was no longer running it, and her children weren't interested in doing so. Micah eagerly took the opportunity to buy the Studio. He approached his father about funding it, but when Jeffrey showed reluctance in giving him the money he made up a full business proposal for his father, using everything that he could remember from the few business courses he had taken when he was in school. Jeffrey agreed to back Micah in his business venture, but only as a silent partner. The two took ownership of the Studio in December. For awhile, Micah became a bit of a work-a-holic, however since proposing to Cassie he's become rather absorbed with planning the wedding and dealing with the stress of dealing with the numerous suggestions of family and friends.

Micah Through the Ages

Living Situation

Address: 1B 6 Farmer's Avenue

Lives With: Cassie Davis

Former Homes

11 Oxford Drive	With Cassie Davis, Farrah Covington, and Dana Jenkins	January 2004-July 2007
8 Farmer's Avenue	With Adina Lewis	July 2003- January 2004
Canaan, Connecticut	Mountainside Addiction Treatment Center	April 2003 - July 2003
14 Sunset Creek	With Jeffrey, Naomi, and Adina Lewis	April 1982- April 2003

Transportation

When he resumed working close to full time again, his parents offered to buy him a car. However, he hasn't fully gotten over the fears of driving following his accident, so he turned it down. When he can't walk or bus somewhere, he usually gets Cassie to drive him.

Job

Job: Owns the Photo Studio.

Schedule:

Monday	7 AM - 5 PM
Tuesday	7 AM - 5 PM
Wednesday	7 AM - 9 AM
Thursday	7 AM - 5 PM
Friday	7 AM - 9 AM
Saturday	7 AM - 9 AM
Sunday	7 AM - 12 PM

Schedule

		Morning/Afternoon	Evening/Night
Thurs	7/03	Work	Family Dinner
Fri	7/04		4th of July Fireworks
Sat	7/05
Sun	7/06	Work
Mon	7/07	Work
Tues	7/08	Work	Family Dinner
Wed	7/09
Thurs	7/10	Work
Fri	7/11	Work

You Can Find Him


Pancake House	Photo Studio	Hillside Park

Pleasant Port Theatre	AA	Farmer's Market

Micah Smells Like...


Deodorant	Cologne	Body Wash	Hair Products	Shaving Gel

Stuff He Uses Daily


Cigarettes	Camera	Razor	Post-It Notes

Laptop	Coffee	iPod	Lighter

Facts

Micah has a hair complex.
Micah’s favourite photographers are Thomas Barbey, David Lachapelle, Jane Fulton and Sophie Calle. He hopes to name his future children after them.
He can spend hours using Photoshop with his favourite photo of Cassie, only to decide that the unaltered shot was better.
The only time Micah swears is when he’s under the influence of Cassie. In addition to not using foul language, he prefers to use ‘phallus’ and ‘poontang’ in reference to sexual organs along with completely asexual euphemisms.
If he ever needs to leave a message for Cassie he leaves her a post-it notes. Usually, knowing her ability to ignore the first one, he’ll leave several, nagging at her to do a specific task. Since they began dating, he’s started writing notes that say things like “Gone to work, be home later. Love you” and leaving them on her forehead while she sleeps.
For awhile inability to do the same things that he was able to do before his accident led to him feeling like he wasn't Micah anymore, but rather someone inhabiting Micah's body.
Usually, Micah likes to listen to a mix of adult contemporary, folk, indie, alternative rock, with a bit of country. But when he's stoned, he's all about the techno.
Micah is a firm supporter of the Democratic party.

Family

Cassandra Davis	Cassie’s Micah’s best friend. He’s known her since he was 17 and she’s the one person in his life who he'll tell anything. Micah fell in love with her while in college, although it wasn't until the end of 2006 that they began dating. He considers Cassie to be the reason that he was able to stay sober following rehab, and believes she saved his life following his car accident. Micah is completely devoted to her, to the point that he sees her mistakes in the relationship (like when she kissed Fletcher) as a result of his inability to be the kind of boyfriend he thinks she deserves. Micah proposed Christmas Eve, 2007.
Jeffrey Lewis	Micah and his father ave a distant relationship as Micah doesn’t really know how to relate to his father. They talk as little as possible. Since his accident, Micah has had to turn to his father for financial support. The two entered business together when they bought the Photo Studio.
Naomi Lewis	Micah and his mother were really close when he was younger, but have grown distant as he’s gotten older. Micah turned to drugs as an inability to deal with his mother’s problems. After his accident, Naomi resumed dotting on her son, coming over to his home a couple times a week to cook and clean for him and his roommates. Once Micah was able to take care of himself again she backed off a bit. However, she insisted that the entire family got together for dinner once a week. On October 27, 2007, Naomi was murdered, devastating Micah. He feels guilty for all the time that he was less than the perfect son.
Adina Lewis	Micah and his sister have a unique relationship. They usually get along, and Micah is even envious about her relationship with their father, but he doesn't think that she really gets him or his life. Until he told Cassie she was the only person in his family that he was able to talk to about his addiction, although he still doesn’t really feel like she fully understands. He thinks she’ll do whatever she can to piss off their parents, even if it means compromising his sobriety.
Nicholas and Vanessa Lewis	Micah never knew his paternal grandfather as he passed away in 1975, and he doesn't have much of a relationship with his paternal grandmother. She dotted on her grandson when he was younger, but her Alzheimer's diagnosis curbed that. For less than a year she lived with Micah's family, but his father quickly decided that taking care of her was too difficult and moved her into a nursing home. She's still alive but she doesn't remember Micah so he rarely visits.
The Marchais	Micah's aunt, Amber, lives in Belleville with her husband, George. He sees her on the occasional holiday and gets periodic updates on her from his parents. Amber and George have one son, Nicholas, who also lives in Belleville with his wife, Diana, and their two children, Terry and Vanessa.
The Allens	Micah's aunt, Sara, lives in Stanton Hills with her husband, Edward. He sees her on the occasional holiday and gets periodic updates on her from his parents.
The Rosenstones	Most of the maternal side of Micah's family live in Belleville. Micah visits his grandparents, Niel and Sidney, sporadically, and gets phone calls from them with more regularity than he likes He only hears from his uncle, Craig, and Craig's wife, Cecilia, when he visits his grandparents.
Brad Rosenstone	Micah isn't really close with his cousin. When Brad first moved to Pleasant Port for school he tried to show him around and be a friend for him - at the insistence of his mother - but the two never really struck up a friendship.
Linda Davis	Micah is completely terrified of his future-mother-in-law. He considers her to be the third scarriest woman on the face of the earth, directly behind his Cassie and his sister. He will never let her touch his hair again, following her deciding to dye his hair black. However, he doesn't think that Linda is as bad as Cassie claims, and often goes to her in an attempt to figure out what to do in regards to different situations he ends up in with Cassie.
Jackson O'Neal	Micah is even more terrified of his future-father-in-law than he is of Linda. He has only spoken to the man once, and stuttered the entire time. He is even scared to mention him to Cassie, as he's never reall sure of how she's going to react.
The Davises	Micah really likes Cassie's maternal grandparents, Donna and Joey. He thinks They're both nice and approachable, the kind of grandparents that he always wished that he had had.

Friends

Character	Relationship
Travis Collins	Travis and Micah used to play together when they were little kids. They fell apart in school, but now they work together. They’ve hung out a bit outside of work. Travis is one of Micah's groomsmen, and he intends on leaving him partially in charge of the Photo Studio while he's away.
Farrah Covington	Micah and Farrah were roommates for 2 years. They’re friends, but you wouldn’t know it to look at them. Farrah knows exactly how to bug Micah and does what she can to piss him off. Micah, in exchange, is quick to rise to the challenge. The two don't talk as much since they stopped living together.
Filo Felvish	Micah met Filo through his father. While he didn't really take to him at first, the two have developed a bit of a friendship.
Norah Parker	Micah grew up knowing Norah; their parents were friends. While at first their age differences hindered any friendship, they became closer after he began living with Dana, who was friends with Norah. Recently, he has hired her on at the Photo Studio with the intention of training her to help run the place when he is away for his wedding.
Elizabeth Reynolds	Micah knows Elizabeth primarily through Shane.
Shane Reynolds	Micah met Shane through his father; their parents are friends. The two get along rather well, although Micah slightly resents the fact that his father blames him for every alleged bad choice that Shane makes.
Ben Sutton	Micah's known Ben for most of his life. Micah kept him, along with most people in his life, at arms length throughout high school, but since then both boys have gotten their lives together and grown closer. Micah especially enjoys going shopping with the other man and greatly respects Ben's taste. While Micah has been told that Ben is dating Robert Gray, the man he was in an accident with, Micah is never able to make the connection himself.

Acquaintances

Character	Relationship
Andrew Baker	Andrew was responsible for arranging Micah's mother's funeral.
Madeline Baker	Micah met Maddy when they were both in the partying scene. While he doesn't remember it, he took her virginity. More recently, he knows her as the mother of Fletcher's baby, causing him to question her sanity.
Kaitlin Collins	Kaitlin was one of the officers in charge of the investigation of Micah's mother's funeral.
Nicolette Collins	Micah knows Nicolette as Travis' mother. He thinks she’s nice, but finds it awkward to talk to her.
Riley Collins	Micah knows Riley mostly through Travis. If he wasn’t sure that Travis wouldn’t lie about it, he’d never believe that Riley and Travis were siblings, let alone twins.
George Covington	Micah knows George as one of his fathers friends.
Martha Covington	Micah knows Martha as one of his father's friends.
Nathan Covington	Micah knows Nathan through their parents' friendship.
Wes Covington	Micah knows Wes through their parents' friendship.
Thaddeus Cutter	Micah is neighbours with Thad. The man makes him rather nervous, especially whenever his dog is around. He doesn't know it, but Thad was one of the detectives investigating his mother'smurder.
Robert Gray	On the night of Cassie's birthday party, Micah got into a car accident with Robert. The two have met a few times since the accident, occasions which always result in Micah trying his hardest to pretend like the accident hasn't affected him as much as it did. Micah has been told that Robert is dating Ben, but he's never able to make the connection between the man and his friend himself.
Rosa Gray	Rosa has been Micah's on-and-off therapist since he returned to Pleasant Port from rehab.
Gabriel Parker	Micah knows Gabriel as one of his parents friends.
Jennifer Parker	Micah knows Jennifer as one of his parents' friends.
Georgina Patrick	Georgina is Farrah's current lover. Micah finds the whole situation awkward and does his best to avoid it.
Estela Russell	Micah grew up knowing Estela; their parents were friends.
Amy Salinger	Micah grew up knowing Amy; their parents were friends. He lost direct contact with her when she moved out of Pleasant Port although his mother always kept him and Adina up to date on her, whether they cared to know or not. Micah has seen her a few times since she returned to town.
Eleanor Salinger	Micah knows Eleanor as one of his father's friends.
Bruce Weatherby	Bruce is Micah's father's assistant. Micah likes Bruce, although he feels that the man is a bit too much of a brown nose when it comes to his father.

Work

Character	Relationships
Sean Brown	Sean is one of Micah's employees at the Photo Studio. He considers him to be irresponsible and immature, and regularly asks himself why he hired him in the first place. Despite this, Micah can't bring himself to fire him.

Enemies

Character	Relationship
Darnell Johnson	Darnell was Micah’s drug dealer. Micah usually goes out of his way to avoid any contact with him.
Fletcher Montgomery	Micah hates Fletcher. He’s always been suspicious of Fletcher’s intentions towards Cassie and greatly dislikes how flirty the guy is. After Fletcher bought Cassie a ring for her birthday, Micah’s suspicions only grew worse. Even though he knows that it isn’t Fletcher’s fault that he left the party, Micah chooses to blame Fletcher for his accident. After Fletcher kissed Cassie in April, Micah's distrust of Fletcher has grown even more, to the point that Micah isn't comfortable with Cassie being around the other guy. Micah hopes that now that he and Cassie are getting married Fletcher will back off.
Karen Simpson	Karen is Micah's father's girlfriend. Micah really can't stand her. He finds her to be a female version of his father, except worse. He avoids interacting with her as much as possible, and usually struggles to restrain his thoughts whenever he is around her.

Past Interactions

Character	Relationship
Belicia Factor	Micah knew Belicia at first through her sister. She started looking for a job around the same time as he took over the Photo Studio and was all too eager to give her one. Even though she only worked on weekends and he never actually worked with her too much, Micah didn't regretted hiring her.
Saleisha Factor	Micah knew Saleisha from their mutual drug use. They met a few times through Darnell before beginning to run into each other on the street and at parties. Micah has spent a good number of hours taking photos of her playing basketball, and for awhile before they sobered up they had sex on occasion. They have maintained contact since sobering up
August Henry	Micah knew from A.A. Gus is a bit of roll model for Micah, and he knows that if he ever needs to talk to someone, he can talk to Gus. When he was attending A.A. regularly, Micah thought about asking Gus to be his sponsor.
Dana Jenkins	Micah and Dana used to be roommates and co-workers. Micah is a bit of a parent to Dana and because of everything that she’s been through, he worries about her. He thinks she's done well in dating Brian, but he worries that she's moving things too fast with him. Nevertheless, he is completely absorbed by her kids. Now that she's living out of town he doesn't talk to her as much, although he does frequently spam her with parenting-advice-related emails.
Gil Johnson	Gil murdered Micah's mother.
Brian Miller	Micah knows Brian through Dana. He thinks the guy is nice, although he worries that Brian is going to hurt Dana.
Henry Rodriguez	Henry was the detective handling the investigation of Micah's mother's murder. Micah met him once, at the viewing, and has taken a great disliking to the man. He finds him to be unsympathetic, tactless, and rude, and has no desire to ever talk to him again. Micah also doesn't understand how such a man can be an effective police officer and was happy when he was removed from the case.

Other Characters Talk About Micah

Travis Collins: "He's a lot of fun to work with and hang out with. He gives me tips on photography and and helps me feel comfortable with myself. I'm sorry we lost contact when we were younger, but I'm glad we met back up."

Cassandra Davis: "Ah, where to start? When I first came to Pleasant Port, Micah was the reason I didn't end up hating the move so much. And now that I'm free to leave if I choose, he's the reason that I enjoy staying. He's a little obsessive compulsive, can drive anyone nuts with the point of a camera, and will openly make fun of someone's bad taste. But all of those things are what make me adore him to pieces."

Dana Jenkins: "Half the time I don't know why Micah puts up with me. I probably couldn't go a day without bugging him for advice or bumming a smoke. He really is a life saver when you need it."

Fletcher Montgomery: "I'm not even wasting my breath. He had better just make sure he treats Cassie right, because she deserves the best. If she doesn't get it, the creep will have me to answer to."

Life

Activities: Taking, developing, and editing photos, cleaning, painting, hanging out with friends, watching movies, spending time with Cassie, napping, cooking

Likes: Watching Cassie sleeping, art and photography, order and cleanliness, a good movie, open spaces, a long cigarette break, being early, watching television, cooking, taking and editing photos of Cassie, spending all day in his bed with Cassie, his hair, napping

Dislikes: Long lectures, enclosed spaces, chaos and disorder, slobs, snobs, clowns, math, being the designated driver, religious lectures, 50’s sitcoms.

Favourite Song: “Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk” by Rufus Wainwright

Favourite Christmas Song: "Last Christmas" by Wham!

Favourite Quote: “You know the great thing, though, is that change can be so constant you don't even feel the difference until there is one. It can be so slow that you don't even notice that your life is better or worse, until it is. Or it can just blow you away, make you something different in an instant. It happened to me.” - Kevin Kline in Life as a House

Favourite Food: Fettuccini Alfredo

Favourite Non-Alcohilic Drink: Water

Favourite Alcoholic Drink: Single Malt Scotch

Favourite Colour: Red

Favourite Book: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Favourite Film: The United States of Leland

Favourite Actor/Actress: Jena Malone

Least Favourite Food: McDonalds French Fries

Least Favourite Colour: Purple

Love Life

Status: Engaged to Cassie

Crush: None