Kaitlyn Liao

Kaitlyn is a main character and love interest in The Freshman, The Sophomore, and The Junior series. She is a student at Hartfeld and a former vocalist of the female punk band "The Gutter Kittens". She made her first appearance in The Freshman, Book 1, Chapter 1.

Appearance
Kaitlyn has dark brown eyes, long black hair and light skin. She has two piercings on her left ear. Her usual outfit changes every quarter (refer to: Other Looks).

In The Sophomore, her hair is shorter, reaching a few inches down to her chin. She wears a black, floral print top with a black choker and silver necklaces.

Personality
Kaitlyn is a funny, lively girl. She loves parties, shopping and gossip but is also very loyal to her friends.

Darren
In Book 1, Darren has an attraction towards Kaitlyn but since she's a lesbian and in love with Your Character, Kaitlyn doesn't reciprocate his feelings. She confides in Darren about her feelings for Your Character to which Darren is very understanding. If Your Character rejects Kaitlyn, she and Darren will go to the formal together.

Kaitlyn's Parents
"'I love them, but... they're not the most open-minded people in the world.' - Kaitlyn about her parents in Book 2, Chapter 4."

Kaitlyn's mother is very accepting of her daughter's sexuality, revealing that she always knew, but said nothing because she wanted Kaitlyn to come to her. Her father is initially more traditional, but he eventually is able to fully accept her for who she is. By Book 4, he even bought a set of LGBTQ themed cups to support their daughter.

Your Character
At first, Kaitlyn is friendly towards Your Character, even acting as a matchmaker for Chris and Your Character. However, she soon develops romantic feelings for Your Character and works up the courage to confess to them. It is up to Your Character whether or not she sees Kaitlyn as more than a friend. Kaitlyn reveals she is fine with just being friends if Your Character chooses.

In The Sophomore, Book 2 if you help build up Kaitlyn's confidence, she will throw her guitar pick at you before the band start performing in the final round of Battle of the Bands in Chapter 13.

Chris
Chris is one of Kaitlyn's roommates in The Freshman and The Sophomore. They are good friends, though their friendship becomes strained when Chris is dating Becca and ignoring his friends. They remain friends even if either of them starts dating Your Character. In The Freshman Book 1, Kaitlyn comes up with the idea to support Chris during his football game by painting the letters of his name on the chests of her and her roommates and baring them during the game. Kaitlyn also acts as a matchmaker for Chris and Your Character in The Freshman Book 1, despite herself having romantic feelings for Your Character.

Abbie & Tyler
Kaitlyn is very excited about Zack's plan to match-make Tyler and Abbie. They are also her roommates. Kaitlyn's friendship with Abbie becomes strained in The Freshman Book 3, after Abbie reacts badly to Kaitlyn siding with her bandmates over her old circle of friends and Kaitlyn becomes angry at Abbie in return. They are able to mend their friendship near the end of The Freshman Book 3.

Zack
Zack is Kaitlyn's roommate and friend in The Freshman and The Sophomore.

Natasha
Kaitlyn meets Natasha in Book 3 during your visit to Hartfeld's Art club to find a new hobby. Kaitlyn admires Natasha's painting and also considers her as a good-looking girl. Natasha is rude to Kaitlyn's friends, but because of her desire to fit in Kaitlyn usually lets it slide. However, she eventually stands up to Natasha and defends her friends. During The Sophomore, Kaitlyn has a lot of animosity toward Natasha because of what happened in The Freshman Book 3. With Your Character's help, however, she learns to move on from it and calls a truce between her and Natasha.

Your Character (THoBM)
Kaitlyn and Your Character attend the same anthropology class, and hang out together outside of class.

Annisa
Annisa is a member and keyboardist in Kaitlyn's band. She is a potential love interest for Kaitlyn, if she is single. Same system as the confidence, if Kaitlyn is single and if you encourage her interest to Annisa, Annisa will ask Kaitlyn to be her girlfriend during the Battle of the Bands and become official in Chapter 13 or decided to remain as friends.

The Junior
TBA

Trivia

 * She is shown on the cover of The Freshman, Book 3, The Freshman, Book 4, Kaitlyn: The Perfect Date, The Freshman: Game of Love, The Freshman: Love Bites, and The Sophomore: Hartfeld Horror Story.
 * Her birthday is in the fall.
 * Kaitlyn is the first LGBTQ love interest available in The Freshman, and in Choices at large.
 * She is from Texas.
 * In one option of The Freshman, Book 1, if your character asks what is Kaitlyn's most embarrassing secret, can mention that she had a MySpace account when she was a goth girl during middle school.
 * Kaitlyn makes a cameo appearance in The Haunting of Braidwood Manor, Chapter 6.
 * Kaitlyn's ultimate fantasy is to be covered in chocolate.
 * She sometimes eats in the showers.
 * In Helen Twombly's story in The Sophomore: Hartfeld Horror Story, she is renamed Caitlin and is portrayed as a stereotypical party girl.
 * If Your Character has been dating Kaitlyn since the beginning of The Freshman Series, in Book 2 Chapter 4 of The Sophomore, the two of you celebrate your one year anniversary.
 * In The Sophomore, Book 2, she declared her major in music In Chapter 13.
 * In addition, if you helped raise Kaitlyn's confidence, she will give you her guitar pick as a token of appreciation in Chapter 13.
 * In  Chapter 15  of The Sophomore, Book 2,  if you are dating her, she will ask you if you if want to move in together.
 * If she is also your love interest, she will be the one to get in the car with Tyler and Abbie.