Jeremy Clifford

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</infobox> Jeremy Clifford is a student at Louis Riel Public School, and a "friend boy" of Verona's.<ref>Keeping Tabs, Kennet</ref>

Personality

Jeremy is unpopular and nerdy, he likes to draw and play video games.

Relationships

Verona

Jeremy and Verona are friends. They enjoy each other's company and do art together. They also bond over Jeremy's cat Sir.

Jeremy has feelings for Verona and wants to be her boyfriend. Verona does not want a boyfriend, preferring to be (essentially) friends with benefits. Jeremy has agreed to this arrangement, but it is unlikely that Jeremy fully understands Verona's boundaries.

He organized a welcome home party for Wallace after he came back to Kennet following his operation.<ref>- Gone and Done It 17.4</ref>

Caroline Gray

Started hanging out with Carol after verona rejected him.<ref>Gone and Done It 17.3</ref><ref>Gone and Done It 17.15</ref> <ref>Wild Abandon 18.6</ref>

Appearance

Jeremy is thin and gawky and has a bit of a slouch, and Lucy thought he was a bit odd looking. His hair is short on the sides and back, and swooped back with gel on the top.<ref>Jeremy came down the stairs two at a time. There were guys who Lucy could say were weirdly put together, proportion wise, but they’d probably grow into it and fill out, and there were guys like Jeremy, who would probably always be a bit odd. Like he was an awkward, gawky teenager with a bit of a slouch and an Adams apple that stuck out, and he’d be a knobby-jointed old man with a stoop, and the rest of his life would be a journey between the two.

He cleaned up okay, though. Hair super short on the sides and back and swooping back with gel on top, button up top. - Excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.3</ref>

Art

While a normal human he has potential as a practitioner, at least according to Miss.<ref>But I do think the boy who handed you your shoes, before we left?”

He gestured at Lucy.

“Jeremy?” Lucy asked.

“Miss noted him, as one of five or six considerations, to replace you three if you couldn’t see this through.”

“If we freaking died, you mean,” Lucy said.

“Or whatever else.”

“Geez,” Avery said.  “Wow, you actually went there.”

Matthew nodded, somber.  He looked less willing to smile than he had back when Miss had been in charge.  “Be careful, from here on out, about bringing him close to this.  He’d fall into it with ease.” - Excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.3</ref>

Has noted drawing ability.

Chronology

Verona gave him a pity vote on Class_RankR;<ref>Lost for Words 1.1</ref><ref>Lost for Words 1.6</ref><ref>Lost for Words 1.8</ref> he voted for her as well.<ref>“Jeremy asked you, huh?” Avery asked, smiling. “Huh? Huh?”

“The stupid app tipped him off that I voted for him. Then we ran into each other. Now we’re talking semi-regularly and stuff.” Verona made a face, like she’d stepped in something.

“Poor Jeremy,” Lucy said. “Why’d he have to pick you to like?” - Excerpt from Out on a Limb 3.4</ref>

He once overheard the girls discussing magic, but thought they were talking about a game.<ref name=":J4">Verona laughed as she retorted, “You had a gun in yours.”

Lucy smiled for Verona’s benefit, but she really didn’t feel like smiling. That heavy feeling was there.

“Hey!” A voice, male. It was Jeremy, from their class. He jogged up a couple stairs. “What game?”

Ah, damn.

“Huh?”

“What game were you playing?”

“It was real,” Verona said.

“Ha ha. Seriously, though.”

“Totally real,” Verona said, again, a half-smile on her face. Then she jogged up the stairs. - Lost for Words 1.6</ref> Unbeknownst to him, Miss had thought he had potential as a magic user before settling on her final selection.<ref>“Miss noted [Jeremy], as one of five or six considerations, to replace you three if you couldn’t see this through.”

“If we freaking died, you mean,” Lucy said.

“Or whatever else.”

“Geez,” Avery said. “Wow, you actually went there.”

Matthew nodded, somber. He looked less willing to smile than he had back when Miss had been in charge. “Be careful, from here on out, about bringing him close to this. He’d fall into it with ease.” - Excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.3</ref>

During the summer of 2020 he found a small kitten that he names Sir. He and Verona took care of Sir until his mother made him find another home for him. Jeremy offered the cat to Verona, and eventually gave it to Melissa.

Jeremy snogged with Verona at an end of semester party, where he admitted he wanted a long term relationship with Verona.<ref>- Excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.3</ref> Replied rather hastily when he thought Verona had liked one of his swimsuit photos.<ref>Verona thought of Jeremy and checked her phone.

There was a picture of him, airborne, spread-eagled, and shirtless, about fifteen feet up in the air. The lighting of the picture made details hard to make out.

A subsequent picture showed Jeremy in a swimsuit, cheering for what might have been his dad, who was midway down the ramp.

A finger darted across her screen.

“No,” Verona gasped. She turned to face the finger’s source, Avery, who grinned. Verona looked back to the screen, seeing the heart pop up. “No!”

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A message popped up from Jeremy: “Did a test run. Five seconds of excitement. Rest of summer is really dull here. Hope your having a good time"

[...]

“I give his reply a B,” Lucy said, leaning in. “Pretty good for how fast it came out. He’s a good guy.” - Excerpt from Cutting Class 6.3</ref>

He bumped into Verona after she returned from the Blue Heron Institute, he showed her Sir who he was looking after and Verona offered to give him a book on cats. Whilst at Verona's house they talk about their feelings which culminates in Verona showing Jeremy how to unclip a bra then asking him to remove hers.

They continued to hang out and draw after this.

Trivia

• It has been noted in the fandom that Jeremy's surname is reminiscent of the children's book series Clifford the Big Red Dog. The Carmine Beast is known to have taken the form of an enormous red-furred canine. This connection appears to be entirely coincidental.

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