Lauren Mallory

"Oh, joy. Bella's back."

- Lauren on Bella Swan

Lauren Mallory is the somewhat unfriendly, yet extremely popular girl, that Bella Swan met at Forks High School. She is not featured in the any of the Twilight films.

History
When Bella Swan moves to Forks, the instant attention that Bella receives makes Lauren envious, and she remains hostile towards her for the rest of Twilight and New Moon. Bella figured out that Lauren was particularly jealous of the attention she was receiving from Tyler Crowley, who Lauren obviously had a crush on. Lauren went to prom with Conner in Twilight. She was also one of the least pleased when Bella "returned" from her "zombie period".

Appearance and personality
Lauren is described as having cornsilk, blonde hair, green fishy eyes with pale eyebrows, and 5'6" tall. In New Moon, Bella notices that during the summer break, Lauren had her hair cropped short like a boy. The reason she cut her hair was due to being told that she had the potential to be a model if she used in that particular style; the agency never called. When Bella sees her hair in this style she wonders if she got gum stuck in it, if she sold it, or if all the people she had been nasty to had come after her and shaved her hair off. Lauren also has a nasal-sounding voice. She is described as being jealous of everyone, despite being the most popular girl at school. She hated Bella from the start, mostly because Tyler Crowley had a crush on Bella and not Lauren. She is also standoffish and snobby. In Eclipse, Bella refers to her as the heart of the dark side of their table.

Appearances
Note: In the Twilight films, Lauren was combined with Jessica Stanley to create one character, named Jessica.
 * Twilight
 * New Moon
 * Eclipse

Etymology
Lauren's name means "crowned with laurel" in Latin. "Mallory" means "army counselor" in German, and "unlucky" in French.