Bella Mancini

Ask anyone who knows Bella to describe her in one word and they would all say the same thing. Determined. When Bella sees something that she wants she goes after it.

Bella was born on April 15, 1987 in Venice, Italy. Born into a family with money Bella was always held up to higher standards by her parents and anyone in Venice who knew her family. Her father was owner of one of the biggest if not the biggest wineries. It was a company that had been handed down from generation to generation.

Being the youngest of three and the only daughter of the family, she always felt like everyone was watching her. They were all so over protective of her. Her older brothers had always been there making sure that she wouldn't do something that she wasn't supposed to. Her mother had always tried to keep her from going places that she wasn't supposed to. Her father had rules that all his children were supposed to follow to the letter. But to Bella, rules were meant to be broken.

Her father had always put more of his attention, time, and love into his family business. Bella had always seen the winery as her father's true baby. It was what he cared most about. Her mother had always been more worried with how their family looked. She had always wanted the family to be well known around Italy. There had always been endless dinner parties, company gatherings, and events held at their estate. Bella wanted nothing more then to run from it all and leave it behind.

Her life had always felt like more of a lie than anything. It was always about making sure things looked good and perfect on the outside, no matter what was happening on the inside. There were so many things that Bella had always had to keep in. Things she had seen or heard that had to be kept a secret. Bella didn't know how to open up about her feelings. She would always use her sarcasm or bitchiness to deal with the way she felt.

Bella has always said that she was raised by her various nannies over the years. She would always see them more then her own parents. Trying to get the attention from her parents she would rebel. She would do the wildest things and it would always get her some form of attention form her parents.

There had been one thing that had topped the list of things she did to get attention from her parents. Bella had gone away for the weekend with some friends. After some drinking she tied the knot with a guy she had barely known. She had seen him at different parties around Italy and was pretty sure he was some sort of model. Her family had found out about the quickie marriage within hours of it happening and before the day was over her father had gotten the marriage annulled. After all she was only 19 at the time.

Out of all the things in her life there had always been one thing that kept Bella centered and sane. She had started dancing at a young age. Bella would spend hours in her studio practicing. Her focus had been in ballet, though she had taken classes in just about any form of dance that was out there. She lived and breathed dance. Bella had gotten into the best ballet school that Italy had to offer. She had always thought if she was the best in ballet and dance then maybe her parents would approve and be proud of her.

Bored with Italy and sick of dealing with her controlling family Bella managed to convince her parents into letting her transfer into a professional dance school in London. She had flown out to London and auditioned for the school and was accepted. Bella's dream was to get signed to a well known dance company after graduating. She knew being in London would give her that chance.

FACTS:
* doesn't like to let on that she comes from a wealthy family. would rather people form their opinions of her from getting to know her and not about how much money she has.

* graduated high school at the age of 16 and turned her focus totally on becoming a professional dancing.

* started dancing at the age of 4 and has danced every day since then.

* has two older brothers who are protective of her. they hate any guy who shows any form of interest in her. tend to show up whenever they want to check up on her.

* focuses on her dancing and dance school in the morning but loves to let loose at night and party at night.

* hasn't had too many serious relationships. likes to just mess around. has never really been in love with anyone.

* her mouth tends to get her into trouble. she can come off as a bitch to those who first meet her but she is a really good friend once you get to know her.

* rarely talks about her feelings to anyone. dancing is her way to get it all out. along with keeping a journal which she keeps locked up and is very private.

open. will update as needed.