Abby Hayes - Friends and Acquaintances

Friends and Acquaintances

• Jessica "Jessy" is Abby's former best friend. She was fond of space and science. She is fairly tall and has an unmarried mother. Later in the series, she moved in with her father in Oregon along with his new wife and stepdaughters, changing into a boy crazy girly-girl. She starts wearing skimpy outfits and even gets a boyfriend. Abby claims that although Jessy is still friendly, she is a completely different person from the old Jessica.
• Ian is Jessy's boyfriend. He takes her to "mad cool" parties and is very popular.
• Natalie is an acquaintance of Abby, they used to be best friends but Bethany becomes her best friend later in the year after Jessica moves away. However they still remained close. Things changed again: ever since Abby quit the band job, Natalie and Abby had become "just friends" and rarely saw each other. In sixth grade her personality changed her into a completely different person. Natalie was messy in fifth grade, but in "Knowledge is Power" she is seen to now be neat and sleek. She wears hip clothes and acts bored a lot. She plays the clarinet and has a brother named Nicolas. Before she changed, Natalie was a huge fan of chemistry, fantasy, and Harry Potter.
• Bethany is one of Abby's good friends. She loves animals (especially hamsters because she is a hamster fanatic), is a vegetarian, and used to be a cheerleader for Brianna saying "YAY BRIANNA" all the time. After she declared independence from her in "More the Merrier" she became a good friend of Natalie. However in "Now You See it Now You Don't" she strangely goes back to being Brianna's personal cheerleader again. She is also a talented gymnast. She owns one lops rabbit and one hamster named Blondie.
• Hannah is Abby's current best friend. They met at a Fourth of July picnic. Hannah is much like Jessica, with similar long brown hair and big brown eyes. She is neat, understanding, friendly, tall, and a bit annoying at times. She always has a solution for everything and has many good ideas. She doesn't always understand Abby as seen in "It's Music To My Ears". Hannah has an over the top positive attitude and never talks badly about anybody. In "Sealed With A Kiss" Abby mentions that she thinks Hannah might have a bit of a crush on Casey, though she denies it. Hannah has a little sister named Elena.
• Brianna is one of the most popular girls in school and a major show-off. She likes to brag excessively which includes reminding everyone she is the best and she only has the fanciest of things. In "Home is where the Heart Is", Abby actually lives near Brianna. She has a younger sister, as revealed in "Reach for the Stars". In the first book, it is revealed her last name is Bauer.
• Victoria is a mean, obnoxious friend of Brianna. When Abby fell on the first day of health class and lost her clip-on earring, Victoria called her the "One Earring Wonder." She and Brianna met during the 5th grade science fair. Her trademark word is "like".
• Sophia is a shy, artistic girl who is another of Abby's current friends. Sophia likes to draw, and is on the newspaper staff as the artist.
• Simon is Abby's former crush. He is in seventh grade, a saxophone player and is very popular. He has brown hair that falls over his face, blue eyes, and according to Abby he is dreamy. He is athletic, a good student, and very polite. In "All That Glitters isn't Gold" it is mentioned that Abby and Simon are just friends and she no longer has a crush on him. He only sees Abby as a friend, barely an acquaintance, much to her dismay.
• Casey Hoffman is Abby's friend from elementary school whom she met during the science fair. In elementary school they were teased and called "lovebirds". He is not in much of the later Abby Hayes books, such as "What goes up Must Come Down" and "All that Glitters isn't Gold. Abby thinks that Casey likes Hannah and vice versa.
• Mason is a good friend of Abby's, nicknamed "the Big Burper" for his burping talent. He helps Abby out by helping her sell cookies on school grounds, though it is against school rules. Mason has an older sister named Kathleen. Kathleen also pierced Abby's ears for her. It is shown in Have Wheels, Will Travel that he has a younger brother. Mason has a crush on Abby, but Abby is not interested and wants to remain friends. Mason still has hopes for Abby falling for him someday.
• Zach was the computer whiz of 5th grade.He had blond hair, blue eyes, and long dark eyelashes. He was once described by Abby as cute, but also called him a zombie when he is hooked up to a game station. Brianna liked him in elementary school, much to his dismay.
• Tyler was Zach's best friend. Also a computer whiz, Bethany liked him in fifth grade mostly due Brianna liking Tyler's best friend Zach.
• Mira is a girl Abby meets in Everything New Under the Sun. She attends the same bookmaking workshop as Abby and Cleo, and becomes friends with them.