Aaron Cox

Aaron Cox is a character that appears in Edenridge: Book 1 - The Return. He is portrayed by Lucky Blue Smith.

Personality
Aaron is a recluse. But he wasn’t always like that. In his first year of High school he was quite outspoken and friendly. However the events surrounding the death of Alison Davies and the year after, left a permanent mark on the male. He began to become more quiet, burning his friendships and only leaving the house if he had a reason to. Aside from his personality shift, Aaron is a rather determined person, known for being a perfectionist at heart. He takes pleasure in his hobbies, even if he does them alone now. If you can dig past his self imposed exile, he can be very talkative, if not defensive, years of deflecting and avoiding answering questions can make him unbearable at times. He can be known to be lazy at times, more so since the shooting. If you try and call him out on it however he will simply hide behind his injury.

Early History
Born to Samantha and Leo Cox; Owners of the Pancake Diner, Aaron had a very basic and simple upbringing. His parents decided that Aaron would be all they could handle so he grew up an only child, with no plans for another sibling. Thanks to the success and popularity of the diner, Aaron had quite a nice and decent upbringing. It wasn't exactly highside North Edenridge, but it was far better than the standard of loving found in the southside.

Aaron was quite the outgoing child when he approached middle school. He had developed quite a mischievous streak. He enjoyed playing jokes on people, and while he never went too far, he ended up becoming somewhat popular with his classmates. While his parents would have preferred him to knuckle down and study harder, they were at least pleased with how he was developing.

School Life
The transition into High School was not exactly easy for Aaron. People were growing up, and the childish jokes that he used to use to gain friends and attention in Middle School were starting to grow dry and wry. With no idea of how to successfully transition himself to this new environment, the once outgoing Aaron began to recluse himself and live inside his own bubble. He opted to hardly talk, or to interact with people. For the most part he dropped off the face of the earth to his classmates, which was exactly what Aaron wanted. Everyone else had moved on and grew up, so he had to now as well.

Then at the beginning of the summer break of his Sophomore year, He met Amanda Caulfield. The two became friendly and began dating over the course of the summer, opting to keep it quiet from the rest of the school, with him going into Junior year, and herself going into Senior year. When they finally did return to school, it didn't take long for people to find out. Amanda was a cheerleader and an immensely sweet and popular girl, something akin to Allison Davies. This created some natural social tension as alot of people believed that Aaron was nowhere near good enough for the angelic Amanda. There were several very outspoken critics in school, one of them being Mei Ramsey, who would always publicly question the validity of their relationship.