#is this..me saying i might open up alana as an open connection?? u betcha!!

[grace-ko]

Alana (nee Silvers) Ko (51) FC: Robin Wright

Alana and Grace met in their late 20s while they were both pursuing their PhD’s at Columbia University. Though the first time they met was at a bar in the west village. Alana approached Grace with a cheesy pickup line about polar bears and then opened with a quote from one of Grace’s favorite Paulo Coelho books. Grace has been known to say that she fell in love with Alana the night they met. They spent it drinking and walking the streets of downtown NYC, staying up for hours while they sat by the Hudson Rive and exchanged stories. The night ended at Alana’s apartment and Grace never looked back from there. 

Alana and Grace were together for 12 years before they were married in 2011 when same sex marriage was legalized in New York State. They had a huge wedding at Gracie Mansion that was covered by the New York Times and attended by most NYC social elite and well known artists of all kind. No one could spend more than two minutes with Alana and Grace and not be able to see how incredibly in love they were. Grace’s first book is dedicated to Alana and Alana’s first book was fully edited by Grace and dedicated to her as well. 

Born in Edens Town, Alana is the daughter of a high school janitor and waitress at Anna’s Diner. As a teenager she was fairly quiet, spent a lot of time with her head in books, dreaming and dying to be anywhere but in Edens. When she got into NYU for college and was able to leave, she did so and never looked back. It wasn’t that her parents weren’t good people, she just never felt like they were her people. So she packed everything she had and the most contact she’d have with her parents was the check she’d send them every month to help with the house. NYC truly became her playground and she found so much of herself in the city that never sleeps. As a college sophomore, she finally came out as a lesbian and it was a turning point in her life she never imagined could be so freeing. 

A poet, actress and hopeful playwright, Alana is an extremely dedicated artist. She was a bit hesitant in pursuing her PhD, debating if whether or not she should just move to LA. But she decided to apply on the day of the deadline and never regretted it after meeting Grace the first week of her program. Grace was the first person she met that made her truly feel like a star, but more than that she made her feel seen. Made her feel valuable. And more than anything, she made her feel loved. Alana was sure she wouldn’t have graduated without Grace’s encouragement and upon graduation and moving into their own apartment, it felt like a no brainer to start a family. 

After Noah’s Birth, Alana was the one who suggested they move to Edens Town to settle down more and have stability for the kids.  That and Alana’s parents were sick and for once she felt responsible to come back and take care of them. But the move changed everything. It changed Alana. And when her father passed after three years of them being in Edens she felt the darkness wrap her up even more. It was no excuse but it was a start to a sort of recklessness she could never take back. 

12 years of partnership, 8 years of marriage, 3 kids, a beautiful home in Edens, and then a short affair, one that was blinding and all consuming resulting in her losing Grace for good. 

Does she regret it? Absolutely. Can she change it? She has no fucking idea. 

Allen Ko (16)  FC: Darren Chen

The first born, Grace’s little angel and ball of hope. Allen is the best parts of Alana and Grace, having gotten the chance to grow up at a time when Grace and Alana were at their best. They were new professors but a strong team, surrounded by loving family who were always willing to help out. Namely Grace’s parents, Allen is very close to his chinese grandparents, the first one of the kids to become fluent and to practically beg his parents every weekend to go to Queens to see his grandparents. Which is why he took it extra hard when they moved. He complains all the time about missing NYC even though it’s been six years and he’s made a lot of friends in Edens. He wouldn’t say he’s popular by any means but he’s definitely not an outcast. He’s on the swim team at Edens High and told his moms he joined debate but he actually skips debate to go hang out with his crush. 

He doesn’t like to talk about what’s going on with his moms, pretty pissed at Alana and kind of angry at Grace. Though he’s started to let go of that anger with the help of some mentor ship from AJ and his newfound love of boxing thanks to Cassandra. 

Despite all the chaos, he just wants to make his moms proud and take care of his sisters. He thinks he’ll live a good life as long as he can do that. 

Nina Ko(14) FC: Anna Cathcart

The balance keeper, the level headed, the middle child. Nina is in many ways, Grace’s saving grace. This is mostly because out of everyone in her life, she has spent the most time with Grace. In the kitchen, in her office, at her publishers office, Nina was a child who liked to be glued to her mother’s sides. She was the kid who would sit in the back of her mother’s lectures and draw because she couldn’t be bothered to stay in the house all day with a babysitter. She wanted to be with her moms, wanted to be where the books were, where life was. She knew from a young age that her family was different, that most of her friends had moms and dads but she never really cared about it much. She loves her moms and loves her family. 

The divorce hit her hard but for the sake of her siblings she’s been trying to keep it together. And she loves Edens Town. Loves her friends, the water, the Montgomery museum, the ice cream shop, all of it. Unlike her brother, Nina is someone who would be considered pretty popular and her mother almost took her phone away once because it was always going off. She’s not a huge partier but she’s very social, usually the mom friend out of all of her friends despite usually being the youngest in her group. 

And she supposes part of the reason why she hasn’t been distraught over the divorce is because she’s concocted a plan with her younger sister to try to get her mom’s back together. 

Noah Ko (8) FC: TBD

The baby of the family, everyone’s unproblematic fave and the most like Alana. She has quite an imagination, always charming with her words and able to get a laugh at of anyone in the family. It’s hard to be mad at her, even harder to say no to her which she always uses to her advantage. She’s only ever really known Edens Town as home since they moved when she was only 2 and she couldn’t imagine herself being anywhere else. 

The divorce has been confusing for her and mostly she just hates to see Grace crying. She still calls Alana every night, though she hasn’t exactly told her siblings that. 

She was the one who convinced Nina that they should try to get their moms back together.