Louise Fitzwilliam
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Her Basics
Name
Name: Grainne1 (GRAWN-ya) Louise Fitzwilliam, formerly Barker
Nickname(s): Louise (primarily), Wheezy (as a child)
Dates
Birth Date: 1st August, 1968
Marriage: 1991
Divorce: 2007
Walked Out On Family: 29th March, 2007
Places
Birth Place: Cape Town, South Africa
Places of Residence: Cape Town, (Kensington) London, Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg,
Current Residence: One hotel or another
Family
Parents: Ruth Fitzwilliam, Charles Fitzwilliam.
Siblings: Claire Fitzwilliam, Eleanor Fitzwilliam-Blumberg, Patrick Fitzwilliam
Raised By: Parents, nanny Augusta Knapp
Significant Other(s): Married to Richard Barker from 1991 - 2007.
Children: Abigail Barker, Mary Barker
Education
School(s): Herschel Preparatory School, City of London School for Girls
First Language(s): English
Additional Language(s): Afrikaans, French
Occupation: Socialite
Footnotes
1 Not common knowledge. Has not been used since the 70s.
Her Self
Physical Appearance
Height: 5'10"
Haircolor: Dark brown
Eye color: Pale blue
Weight: 130-ish
Bust: In the C cup range
Memorable marks:
Description: Louise is an incredible beauty. She's darker than her sisters, with long, brunette hair and light hazel (or blue, because Scout can't remember what she wrote) eyes. Has some freckles on her nose. Slender features despite her height. She's smoldering, really, unlike the more gentle beauty of her sisters. Intense. Usually looks bitchy.
Personality
Louise isn't the sort of person anyone would want to be friends with. She is cold, distant, bitchy, and lacks empathy. Two shades short of a sociopath. She has always suffered from insecurity stemming from being the middle sister and second in line behind Claire. She also hated that she was darker than her siblings, with brunette hair and fewer freckles. It annoyed her, as blonde was considered perfection.
Louise has no real sense of devotion or caring. She has heavily distorted her feelings and reactions to the point of not having normal ones at all. She can cut anyone down. She will never feel guilt over it (and those moments of guilt are quickly hidden). Over the past decades, she has used her sexuality to define herself. She will sleep with both men and women but prefers men, as they are simpler than their female counterparts and Louise has issues with women in general. Like many members of her family, Louse deals with her pain by fucking it away.
Most of what she does is done for herself and herself alone. She's not someone anyone should get to know.
Interests and Uncategorized Facts
She tried ballet and hated it. She tried piano and hated it. She tried sport and hated every one. The only thing she has ever used to feel good about herself is her body. And the only thing that makes her feel good is when it's used by someone else. Not that the other party is ever really in control.
Her Life
Louise was the second child born to Ruth and Charlie Fitzwilliam. She was conceived when Claire was about seven months old, making her and her sister very close in age. However, that's the only similarity between them.
Grainne was a name passed down from Isabella Fitzwilliam, Charlie's mother. Little Grainne, as she was, was spoiled rotten and loved just as deeply as her older sister. They were close when they were young, before school began, but Louise was always more dominant and slightly bratty in how she acted. Both girls were enrolled in ballet but only Claire retained an interest in it. Eleanor also lost interest in ballet and took up music instead. Louise never had an interest in anything else except herself.
When you're born into the Fitzwilliam family, there is immense pressure to make something of yourself beyond your family name. For two hundred years, most of its members have developed a fame other than that which comes with being old, rich, and blue blooded. Many females made a name for themselves in high society and charity work. Many men joined the military, became CEOs, and took up the family's place in the House of Lords. Louise always seemed to take it personally that she wasn't cut out for anything that would make her great.
As a girl in school, Louise was still Grainne. Her peers, not knowing how to say her name correctly, called her 'grain', and she demanded that her parents change it. Louise was adopted as a full-time nickname when she was seven years old.
Louise was never a completely carefree and happy child. She always felt as though her parents favored Claire over her, never mind the equal amount of attention all four of the siblings received. This insecurity was cemented when they moved to London. Louise knew that Claire's schooling was a reason, and thought it was the only reason. She held it against her sister, fighting with her daily, ignoring her for even longer periods of time, and physically lashing out if Claire got on her nerves. She claimed to hate her and wanted nothing to do with her. This greatly bothered Claire and the rest of the family, but after two years, Louise's behavior softened to tolerating her.
Tolerating her, but that was the extent of it. The two sisters have never been close.
Before moving to London, Louise had a best friend called Caroline. One day, something awful happened to Caroline that changed the way Louise behaved forever. She hasn't mentioned it to anyone and has repressed it fairly well. But she hasn't spoken to Caroline since it happened, either. Because Caroline was raped while the girls were walking home from school, and Louise was almost the second victim. Witnessing such violation led her to wanting to control every aspect of her life, no matter what anyone else wanted.
After their move to London, Louise's own changing body and emerging libido turned her into a bit of a, well, slut. She used her sexuality as a weapon instead of someone using a weapon against her sexuality. She lost what was left of her virginity at thirteen, but had given blowjobs by twelve.
She was the infamous Fitzwilliam girl, the one sleeping with all of the older men and seducing the boys her age. She dated and fucked many famous people, men and women alike, in orgies and one night stands and backstage at concerts. Some of her boyfriends were twice her age. Some were younger. She may have had a similar coping mechanism to her nephew, Jameson Driscoll, cousin, Fabian Fitzwilliam, and grandmother, Isabella Fitzwilliam. Taking her resentment out through sex.
Schoolwork was secondary. She scraped minimal grades and qualifications with the intention of living off her trust fund instead of working for anyone else. She had quite a few friends, but none was female, as Louise tended to sleep with their boyfriends and to ignore their problems.
Ruth and Charlie often attempted to get her into therapy, but after an incident that got a therapist sacked, they stopped forcing the issue and bought condoms, instead, lecturing to her constantly and threatening to cut her off. The last thing anyone wanted was for Louise to do damage if she wasn't interested in changing her behavior.
When Claire began to date Jack, Louise attempted on multiple occasions to break them apart. She wanted to sleep with him. His reputation was as colorful as hers and she knew who he was, even if he was in a low-ranking circle. More than simply fucking someone with a reputation for being perfect in bed, she simply wanted to hurt her sister. This was not a new event. It had been going on for years. She was jealous and angry that Claire seemed to get everything she wanted, and when Claire battled anorexia at the age of thirteen and fourteen (and constantly suffered with eating issues thereafter), it was a goldmine for Louise. She enjoyed torturing her sister, making her cry, making her lose weight. She called her fat, ugly, and a host of other creative and original insults that ultimately helped drive Claire to hospitalization in 1982. (This scared Louise, though she never acted as though it did.)
Her sexual escapades continued, undisturbed, until she met a handsome young banker called Richard Barker. His money came from his father's real estate company, but he had done well for himself on his own. He was one of only a handful of boys who got her undivided attention, and within a year, they were married and she was pregnant. Or rather, she became pregnant and they got engaged. Thankfully, they were deep into the relationship when she found out, and with Claire moved out and away from her, Louise had softened somewhat.
This was, ironically, not long after Claire started her family. Though it was truly a coincidence, as the sisters had been getting along better since Claire's wedding in 1988, Eleanor bitterly claimed that Louise was always trying to outdo something that wasn't there, and threatened that she wouldn't go. And then Louise did not choose Claire to be a bridesmaid. Eleanor didn't find out until she was being fitted for her own bridesmaid dress, and told her mother. The drama around Louise's decision was unspeakable, as Louise and Eleanor had both been in Claire's wedding.
The fight about the intentional dismissal brought out strong words from all sides. Even Ruth commented that she thought her daughter wasn't ready for marriage and that they should let Richard be the primary caregiver for Abby. Unfortunately, Richard believed that Louise would mature and the wedding went forth as planned--a year later. Eleanor made good on her threat and did not attend. Claire was heavily pregnant with James by then, using this as an excuse to miss the wedding, as well.
But Ruth was right. Louise was never cut out for family life. She was much too young and untamed. She was never faithful to her marriage, and though she does love her children, her commitment to them was and still is somewhat dubious. Richard had moved them to Johannesburg before the wedding and set up a successful bank there. When Mary was born (she was actually planned), Louise had lulled herself into a false sense of security. She was obsessed with her daughters. She spoiled them, gave them a team of nannies and the best nurseries and toys money could and couldn't buy. She always wanted them with her, even if she hated doing work, and showed them off to anyone who would hold still long enough to listen.
But as they started school, Louise's attention began to wane. She was bored at home. Bored watching the girls grow older. They weren't controllable little babies anymore, but opinionated young women. She left her girls with nannies and took advantage of her aloof husband by going out and socializing more than staying home. She still lavished things on her children, but Richard noticed Louise's changing attitude and the family moved to Port Elizabeth to see new sights.
For another moment, Louise was distracted by the new home and decorated it with all sorts of expensive things. But she was the sort of woman who dolled herself up and gave the children a kiss goodbye as the nanny cooked breakfast. She was still proud of her girls, as they were beautiful (Abby was blonde and Mary was dark like her mother), but she treated them far more as objects than as individuals.
Louise's own family expressed concerns when Abby was around eight. Her parents, even her in-laws, said she needed to spend more time with the girls or they would end up unhappy. At first, Louise scoffed at the idea and claimed she'd never be as good a mother as her dear older sister, so why hound her?
Until Abby became a teenager, Louise was scattered. When Abby became a teenager, Louise's demeanor changed again. The memory of Caroline resurfaced and the thought of her daughters being raped terrified her. She stopped traveling and settled down for the first time since the girls were toddlers. And then she found out Abby was sexuality active.
Louise became the opposite of her childhood self. She was overprotective, overbearing, and used bribery and spoiling to make her girls listen to her. She took Abby and Mary on holidays to exotic locations and tried to distract herself from her fears and insecurities. But it wasn't working.
By the time Abby was fifteen, Louise was cheating on Richard regularly and their marriage was falling apart. They kept it from the girls as well as anyone could (though in a large house it was easy to hide). Louise stopped cracking down on her girls and started being away again when Abby was sixteen.
Louise's infidelity wasn't unique. Richard was also cheating on her, but only after realizing his marriage was done. It was one woman. She was kind to the girls but stayed out of the family. Especially after Louise found out.
No one expected that she would react the way she did. Until early 2007, she had never mentioned divorce. This was one area where she had done better than her sister, who was divorced. But something snapped. Louise walked out. Richard filed for divorce. She has not been seen nor heard from since.
However, she shows up in tabloids and has already been stringing several men along. It's easy for someone who is so very beautiful. Running away from her problems is all she is good at anymore.
