With Every Heartbeat Miscellaneous Characters

Mr. McCormick
Mr. McCormick is your homeroom teacher. His character model resembles Noel Santos from Home for the Holidays.



Student
When Mr. McCormick has you introduce yourself to the class, if you choose to say you're looking forward to getting to know your classmates, he is the only one to give you a friendly wave. In Chapter 9, he asks you when Dakota is going to return. His character model resembles Sai from Sunkissed.



Mr. Jenkins
Mr. Jenkins is the AV Club's faculty advisor. If you tell Dakota at lunch that you would have preferred not to be in the morning announcements, Dakota tells you that it was either you or graffiti - and Mr. Jenkins vetoed the graffiti due to its anatomical detail. Later on, Dakota convinces Mr. Jenkins into letting him/her rent the AV Club's best camera to shoot his/her application video.



Wesley Lewis
He is only mentioned to the group during lunch by Dakota. Later, when Dakota does not return to school, Wesley takes over his/her spot as co-anchor of the morning announcements.



Beatrice
Beatrice is the waitress at the diner that you, Amy, Dakota, Jayden, and Heather have lunch at. If you go to the dog park with Dakota afterwards in a premium scene, Dakota tells you that Mr. D'Souza has a soft spot for her. Her character model resembles Leona Walker from The Royal Heir series.



Steve
He is only mentioned to the group during lunch by Jayden. He says that he needs to find where to purchase a keg for Steve's party.



Teddy
Teddy is the puppy that has escaped the dog park. You can choose to help Dakota find his owner in the dog park in a premium scene. This puppy resembles the one that can be given as a gift to the newlyweds in Rules of Engagement: Newlyweds.



Dog Owner
If you go to the park with Dakota, you help the puppy reunite with his owner. Her character model resembles Alice Balewa from The Senior.



Mr. D'Souza
Mr. D'Souza is your AP Lit (Advanced Placement English Literature) teacher. You mention you'll be late for his class if you spent time with Dakota at the dog park.

Mrs. Batra
Mrs. Batra is your supervisor at Hope Springs, where you volunteer at the hospital. Her first assignment for you is to create the media page for the foundation and create a video to encourage people to donate. Her character model resembles Eleanor Harlenay from Veil of Secrets.



Gracie
On your way to room 307, you come across Gracie hiding from Dakota and Mateo. They pretend to be bird scientists and call her the "Gracie bird". In Chapter 5, you find out that she died during surgery. Her character model resembles one of the child versions of Main Character (It Lives In The Woods).



Marlene
Marlene interrupts their little game, saying that Gracie needs to get some scans done. In Chapter 3, she catches Dakota, Mateo, and Lennox with the wheelchairs and scolds them. In Chapter 7, she tells you, Lennox, and Dakota that when doctors give out day passes, they expect patients to go to the park across the street, not the cat cafe. She becomes a little irritated when Danny says it's fine. In Chapter 10, if you decide to have your mom console you, Marlene interrupts by telling her that Dr. Emery is asking for her; you are surprised when your mom tells Marlene to tell Dr. Emery that she'll have to wait. In Chapter 11, Marlene asks Mateo if he's okay with a DJ at his send-off party.



Doctor
As you walk to room 307, this doctor asks Mateo and Dakoto where the third musketeer is. He is referring to Lennox, who usually visits Mateo with Dakota but is visiting family out-of-state.



Girl (Patient)
Mateo isn't too fond of vanilla pudding as he's had it for dinner for several days in a row. He and the other kids including this girl go down to the cafeteria to demand chocolate pudding. Her character model resembles Luz Mendez from Mother of the Year.



Cafeteria Worker
The cafeteria worker tells them they're out of chocolate pudding even though there is one behind her, which she promptly eats in front of the kids in defiance. Her character model resembles Vanessa Kingsley.



Emily
Back at school, Emily, a cheerleader, asks you and Amy if you two are going to the Fall Carnival. In Chapters 9 and 10, she asks you about Dakota. Her character model resembles Yves from High School Story: Class Act, Book 3.

Mr. Dempsey
Mr. Dempsey is the AP (advanced placement) Physics teacher.



Boy (Patient 1)
When Dakota and Mateo are racing wheelchairs and you arrive, the boy asks the others who you are. His character model resembles version 2 of a young Nik Ryder from Nightbound.



Rachel
If you decide to location scout with Dakota for your video, you'll come across her at the ambulance dock. Her character model resembles Minako from Perfect Match, Book 2.

Coach Clemens
Coach Clemens is the football coach. At the fall carnival, he is in the dunk tank but when you ask Dakota if he/she wants to try to dunk him, Dakota refuses.

Boy (Patient 2)
When you go to visit Gracie, you find this boy in her room instead. His character model bears some resemblance to one of the male versions of Main Character (It Lives In The Woods) as a child. Because With Every Hearbeat and Open Heart, Book 1 share Edenbrook Hospital as the backdrop, it is possible that the boy is Tommy Liu which places With Every Heartbeat parallel in timeline.



Joanna
In an effort to distract you from Gracie's death, Dakota suggests filming interviews for your Hope Springs project. Your first interview is with Johanna. She is a bartender that is barely scraping by and could not afford to see a doctor. She used to have terrible headaches, but then started having seizures. When she came to Edenbrook, they discovered she had a brain tumor. Her character model resembles Kristin Jones from Nightbound.



Hospital Security
If you decide to help Dakota with his/her film, you shoot in the construction wing of the hospital. The security guard yells at you both to leave. In Chapter 11, he tries to chase you and Lennox out since you're there after visiting hours are over. His character model resembles Mervin Kalani from The Heist: Monaco.

Madison
If you say you hoped Dakota getting sick wasn't due to you all staying out late last night, Dakota mentions that Madison sneezed on him/her in trigonometry class. She shares the same forename as Madison Eckhart from The Freshman series.



Daniel
If you decide to help Dakota edit his/her film, Dakota mentions Daniel is playing the piano for the film's score. He shares the same forename as Daniel from the Rules of Engagement series.

Cat
If you take Mateo to the cat cafe in the premium scene, the black cat snuggles against him. The character model resembles the black kitten from It Lives In The Woods.



Kitten
Meanwhile, the kitten snuggles the rest of you. The character model resembles one of Ruby's kittens from Big Sky Country, Book 1.



Sarah
You and Dakota interview Sarah for your Hope Springs video. As you do, Dr. Ramsey passes by. Sarah suggests that you interview him because him being in your video will definitely bring in the donations. If you choose to, she will lead you to his office but not introduce you. As she says, she's nice but she's not a masochist. In Chapter 9, she leads the Winchesters to Dakota's room.



Dr. Ethan Ramsey
When you and Dakota interview Sarah in the waiting room on her break, Dr. Ramsey passes by and asks you what happens if there's an emergency. Dakota replies that you two will get the hell out of the way, which pleases him. If you decide to interview him, you boost your Hope Springs video. For more information on Dr. Ramsey, click here.

Mrs. Winchester
When you meet her at the airport, she tells you that you're just as pretty as Dakota described. Later when Dakota is hospitalized, she tries to remain optimistic and not worry, trying to balance her husband's anxiety. Her character model resembles Rita from the High School Story: Class Act series.



Mr. Winchester
He promises to text your mother updates during the trip to Los Angeles. When Dakota is hospitalized, he worries that Dakota's cancer has come back. His character model resembles Heathcliff from Sunkissed and Lucanus Flavius from A Courtesan of Rome.



Reporter
When you and Dakota walk down the red carpet to the film festival, the reporter asks for Dakota's name and what film he/she contributed. Her character model resembles Rosanna Navarro.



Actress
She is an actress in the film "Consciousness" by Jilly Yau.



Nolan Grant
Mentioned in earlier chapters, Nolan Grant is a director who Dakota idolizes. He directed, wrote, and edited the Retribution horror movie franchise. When Dakota hears him praising Dakota's film, Dakota is on cloud nine.

In Chapter 13, you and Amy have the option of tracking down Nolan Grant to persuade him to visit Dakota in the hospital. If you do, you manage to find him through his mother who lives in Boston. His father had died in a car accident when he was young, and a few months later, strange things started happening around the house. It started his fascination with the idea that death isn't the end of life. He says if people pay attention to his movies, the ghosts aren't the bad guys. He wishes Dakota luck and leaves him/her an advanced copy of his new movie, The Breach, so Dakota can watch it from his/her hospital bed.

His character model resembles Garret Redmond from Big Sky Country, Book 1.



Ghost
In Dakota's film, the ghost follows your character, Eleanor, around. The default ghost resembles the Shade from The Elementalists, Book 1. If you helped Dakota with his/her editing in Chapter 6, you can choose a scarier ghost that resembles Jonathan from The Haunting of Braidwood Manor.



Quentin Miles
If Dakota doesn't win the award, Quentin Miles does for his/her movie A Pitch In Time.



Peter
Peter is a film student who asks Dakota if he/she would like to come to the after-party on campus. Everyone from the festival is invited. His character model resembles Robbie Sutcliffe from It Lives Beneath. He also shares the same forename as Peter Graves from The Heist: Monaco, and Peter Liao from The Freshman series.

Jenna
Emily heard from Jenna whose mom works with Dakota's dad that Dakota is in the hospital. So Emily asks you to confirm. In Chapter 10, Emily says Jenna said her cousin's friend's mom saw Dakota getting chemo at the hospital. If you lie to Emily, she gets mad at Jenna for spreading rumors. When Emily finds out you lied, she feels bad for yelling at Jenna.

Dr. Rosa
When Mateo gets out of surgery, this surgeon wheels him back to his room. She cannot answer any of your questions, but tells you that someone else will be by to brief his parents soon.

Monty
If you decide to have a date with Dakota after Mateo's party, he video-calls Dakota. If Dakota picks up, Mateo introduces you two to Monty, his cat. The animal character model resembles Tofu, the cat from The Senior.

Oncologist
The oncologist tells Dakota and his/her family that his/her cancer is growing too fast for chemo and the only option left is a bone marrow transplant. Her character model resembles Dr. Lozoya, and it is possible because With Every Heartbeat shares the same characters as Open Heart that it is her. However, in Open Heart, Book 1, she was a doctor in the Emergency Room as well as NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) and in the non-fiction world, her being an oncologist on top of the other fields is extremely rare.

Dr. Harper Emery
Dr. Emery appears to look over the Edenbrook prom decorations. She says that Dakota is well-known in the hospital, and if you convinced Dr. Ramsey to appear in your donation video, she says that anyone who can convince him to smile at a camera deserves an award. For more information on Dr. Emery, click here.

Principal
The principal speaks at your graduation. She also awards a diploma for Dakota to his/her parents. Her character model resembles Rita from the High School Story: Class Act series.