April Owens

April Owens is the distant cousin of Frances, Bridget, and Vincent Owens, and is a recurring character in The Rules of Magic. She is the grandmother of Sally and Gillian Owens.

Appearance
In her youth, April was a beautiful young woman with pale skin, blonde hair with a thick fringe, and the palest shade of gray eyes. She came from a rich side of the Owens family, allowing her to dress in the latest fashions, mostly in black, and wear expensive makeup. However, upon reuniting with the Owens siblings in New York during her pregnancy, she stops wearing makeup, and begins to dress more casually.

By 1966, she is unbearably thin, with her hair lifeless and dark circles under her eyes.

Personality
She first appears as spontaneous and blunt, looking for fun and trouble. However, this is a front made to defy her overbearing parents, and is actually quite vulnerable and caring. April values freedom, and is willing to do anything for those she loves, though she struggles to hide it when she knows the other person may not feel the same way.

April deeply loves her daughter, Regina, and makes sure she has opportunities that she herself never had as a child.

Biography
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Powers and abilities
April had an familiar, a ferret called Henry that she carried with her in a silver leech linked to a silver bracelet. Her parents later killed Henry which broke April's heart.

April studied biology and worked observing spiders for many years.

Frances Owens
Franny and April antagonized each other, and never really hit off as friend, Franny would later realize the reason for that was that they both were too alike. Despite not being friends, they always tried to take care of each other as family.

Bridget Owens
Jet admired April's courage and devil-may-care attitude and they were good friends with April lending her clothes to Jet. Jet was one of the few people that saw April in her more vulnerable moments. And she also knew Regina was Vincent's the first time she saw the baby in April's arms, and was the only other person who knew April was in love with her brother.

Vincent Owens
April and Vincent met when the siblings were invited by Isabella to spend the summer in Massachusetts and initially Vincent and her would spend a lot of time together enough to make his sisters jealous, especially Franny. But before April had to go back home, Vincent had lost all interest, not bothering even to say goodbye. In that summer they also conceived Regina, but April would only reveal that secret years after. April loved Vincent all her life but never told him.

Regina Owens
April was very close with her daughter having raised her alone, and after she passed on, Regina had been so sad at her that she took to her bed and could sometimes be heard crying while she hung the laundry on the line.

Sally Owens
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Gillian Owens
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