June Porter's mother died when she was sixteen, she overdosed on alcohol and diet pills. Her father who was remarried and had another daughter, takes her in. She didn't even know him or that he was her father. June's new-found sister May, is seemingly perfect. She's sweet, nice, smart, pretty, and popular and hates June with a passion. June slept with her boyfriend a couple years ago and May branded her a slut. From that point all that's all June was to everyone at their school. Guys constantly flirt with her thinking that she'll be an easy lay and because June can't recognize the difference between positive and negative attention she responds to it. She just throws gas on the fire. Soon enough even she starts to lose respect for herself and just let's the slut label roll and indulges it.
When she's fifteen, ending her sophomore year, May's boyfriend approaches her at a pool party. They start flirting even though they both know he has a girlfriend. May's boyfriend doesn't have a condom with him but he says that she can't get pregnant if they have sex underwater and because she was fairly drunk at the time she goes with it. A month later she finds out she's pregnant.
The father is of course May's boyfriend, Dennis Thompson. Dennis is my dumb person.
He's a sweetheart most of the time but so dumb. Even though he generally has good intentions his downstairs brain is used much more often than his upstairs brain, and had a much stronger hold on him.
His character is secondary but strong and integral. So far I've written him misusing a lot of words and thinking stupid things like, girls can't get pregnant if you have sex underwater. I imagine his character to be very similar to Andy Dwyer's from Parks and Rec, only a horny teenager.
I would really appreciate any tips on how to write a dumber person but keep him likable.
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