Christine Peck

  Christine Jeannine Peck (known to her best friend, Vivian personally as "Christinee-weeny") is one of the principal protagonists of As the Orb Turns. She lives in Wacovia, DW, and attends the local high school.

Bio
Christine was born on November 25th, 1975, to George and Karla Peck, who at the time lived in Wacovia, Orbin Federation.

Christine's childhood was not an easy one. Mr. and Mrs. Peck often argued and were sometimes so busy either fighting or other dealing with other issues that Christine suffered neglect. In grade 7, she missed out on a trip to Sucker Lake because her parents were arguing about voting differences; when she was five, Christine didn't get to go Easter Egg hunting at church because due to Mrs. Peck's yelling at Mr. Peck for taping over an episdoe of Oprah.

When she was 11 years old, Christine's parents finally divorced. Due to the socially conservative nature of Orbin society, she was picked on by peers who told her, among other things, that she didn't have a family anymore.

When she was in 8th grade, she had her first relationship with a boy: Glenn Cabrini. The relationship, however, was abusive; Glenn had a hair-trigger temper and likely suffered some degree of insanity, and ended traumatically for both parties.

After all this, Christine grew into a bitter, depressive person who dressed in a goth or punk sort of style. Vivian was basically the only person or thing capable of putting a smile on her face. However, during the Christmas season of 1990, she had an epiphany, and her attitude has since become increasingly better.

She currently lives with her father in Wacovia, and will graduate from high school in 1993.

Her best friend since elementary school is Vivian Clemmons, whom Christine has stated has actually been there for her more than her own mother. She is also friends with Susie, whom she knows Chrome Bumper through. She despises Rusty, but tolerates Gilbert, since he is Vivian's boyfriend.

Meta-info
Christine first appeared, along with Vivian, in A Day Without Vivian, which was the first story that Lotz ever wrote abroad (he penned it in while on a mission trip in the Dominican Republic).

She is named after the song "Christine" by Siouxsie and the Banshees, which is, in turn, named after Christine Costner-Sizemore, a woman diagnosed with multiple-personality disorder in the 1950s. The fact that she is named after a song about mental illness is rather ironic, as she is one of the most sane characters in the series.

Unlike most other female characters when illustrated, Christine doesn't (usually) wear little black ballet flats, instead opting for combat boots.