PERIS, Natassa S.

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NATASSA SEMELE PERIS

NICKNAMES: Nat, Talaiporia. 
AGE & BIRTHDAY: 29 ; November 3rd
HEIGHT: 5'4''
HOMETOWN: Zakinthos, Greece
RESIDENCE: Penthouse on Lexington & Third
PROFESSION: Executive Assistant for Dauksza Enterprise
RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Baby Mama 

FATHER: George Peris
MOTHER: Slyvia Peris 
SIBLINGS: Yianni, Cesare, Stephano, Alexis, Melania. 
EXTENDED: Nicolas Peris , Toula Peris, Acacia Coelho , Vincent Coehlho , Alexander Peris, Maia Peris.

OTHER: N/A

Gerry Dauksza on Natassa Peris

"(he laughs, a rich sound, his head tilting back a bit as the creases in the corners of his crystal blue eyes deepen) Ah, yes. My dear, Natty.Don't tell her I called her that. She's the best investment I've made yet and, well, I've made a lot. I met her ten years ago as a fresh-faced brat of a young adult. She was smart as a whip with a sharp mind and an even sharper tounge. Cut me into pieces whenever I got out of line and, back then, that was often. I wasn't the most sociable man in the industry. I took what I wanted and walked on anyone that I felt beneath me. She remembered everything that was said to her and thought ahead five steps to places I didn't even realize were options. It never hurt that she was attractive, either. No one expects a pretty face to cut you into pieces if you make the wrong move. I mean, she intimidates some of the most powerful men in the world just by sheer intellect. She's no ones door mat, won't take no for an answer, and manages everything without having to be asked. I can't count the times she's had things ready for m months in advance that I've forgotten. The best part is she's not some snake like my other assistants. She doesn't want anything from me, isn't interested in sleeping with me, and tells me straight up even when I don't want to hear it. She's my office wife, as everyone says, and I wouldn't even have stayed on top this long without her. Nat's far from uptight, though, she's actually hilarious most of the time but she gets the job done. There's something personable about her, you know? Like anyone would be blessed to have her in their life. At first, I was worried when she told me she was pregnant. She's not uptight, but she's also not reckless. It was a concern as well, business wise, because I didn't know if that would be the push to convince her to quit. She used to quit at least once a month when I first hired her, but be in before me the next morning with a scowl and I'm not too proud to say I was happy every single time I saw her back in the office again. True to her word, though, she never let her pregnancy hinder her work in any way and the kid's cute. You can't say anything bad about someone that packs up and moves to another state with you without question. I mean, New York isn't that big of a change but it's change enough for someone that's starting a family, but as much as she complains she's never stepped out on me. She'll be exactly what Dominik needs when I give the company over to him. The boy's brilliant, but he needs stability."

Growing Up Peris

"I had a more leisurely upbringing in comparison to my older siblings. Some say I'm spoiled because I'm the baby or, jokingly, that by the time my parents accidentally had me they were too tired to discipline me as harshly as they had say, Yianni. No one would ever know but I was, in fact, and 'Oops baby'. My parents weren't looking to have anymore kids after Melania, but unfortunately for them I had other plans. As traditional Greeks my parents wouldn't hear of me not being born in the motherland. They frequented Greece often with me in tow to make sure I never forgot where I came from and always kept the sun-kissed complexion of a 'real woman' as my father says. A lot of the families in the West Chicago suburbs are Greek so, naturally, we had no problem making friends. I never really wanted for anything as a child and that was what my father had wanted when he came to America and made his own name and by the time I was born he had perfected the art of being a wealthy business owner. He made sure his own work ethnic was embedded in all of our minds so the Peris name holds nothing but proper upscale employment. Yianni took over the business, Cesare is on television as a high rating news anchor, Stephano owns half of a Law firm, Jerome works with Yianni, and Melania is one of the top fashion designers in the country. I think I just made it by being one of the best executive assistants to one of the wealthiest men in the country, but my father still thinks I should be a lawyer. He makes this clear every couple of months. I had a very controlled life growing up, which is where my impeccable attention to detail and perfectionist nature comes from. Private schools, Sunday school, Greek orthodox churches - the whole nine from a first generation Greek family. It was almost suffocating and even more-so because I was a girl and my father just loved the idea of marrying his daughter's off. Greek, of course. He wouldn't hear of us marrying outside of it, but I really had no interest in adding to the confinement of our culture. It was how my father and I's relationship worked. He pushed and I pulled. If he wasn't going to like it, I was going to do it, but in the same sense I never wanted anything more than to get a pat on the back from him whenever I did do something well. He was hard on me, but he loves me and It's why I'm where I'm at now. I loved being Greek, but I wanted to see other things. Growing up I didn't get that my father only wanted the best from me, especially in high school, and because of that I often found myself running off with boys dressed in leather with unruly hair, tattoos, and a heavy disinterest in self-preservation. I would skip school, rise my skirt up high after I left my parents eye-sight, and end up on the lap of whatever 'i hate everything' boyfriend I had at the time. Sometimes I slept with them and sometimes I just wanted to see how far they could bend before I broke them. Now, no, I wasn't one of those horrible Kurt Cobain sob stories but the kids I chose to be around were the kind that scattered at the hint of police interference. We wore too much eyeliner, didn't give a damn about a reputation, and met up in old houses to sit in circles to smoke and drink. I did get arrested a couple of times for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The first was being at the scene of a Molotov cocktail being thrown in the window of one of our math teachers, but a good lawyer and tears can get you a long way. The second time my boyfriend at the time, Elias, beat the living shit out of some kid from some street argument they had - the kid ended up in a coma - and Elias ended up spending time in jail. It is a wonder I graduated High School at all, honestly. I think I saw him once after that, but he was a sunken in hollow shell of the rebellious kid that went in. While I was being a troubled teen, Yianni got engaged, Cesare announced that he was gay and presented his Greek partner at Christmas, and Melania married a Greek neurosurgeon. I was a let-down in the grand scheme of things. I worked with Yianni for a little while, just because it was a job I didn't have to worry about impressing my boss. I met Gerry while I was working. He was arguing with someone on his phone when he came in and was meeting several others for a casual business outing. Gerry was, and still is, one of those expensive three piece suit wearing big shots that prides himself in being difficult and being able to bark at someone for messing up when they don't understand. Handsome and smart as hell, but I was a smart-ass kid who hated people like him. I remember he didn't even get off the phone as he rattled off twelve different orders while snarling at the poor sucker on the phone. I later found out that that was his previous assistant. As I've said, I have an impeccable sense of detail and I don't forget much, but he didn't know that. So, noticing I didn't have a pen or pad he started to bark insults at me calling me incompetent and saying he wasn't going to repeat himself and that he would let others know of he horrible staff. I just laughed at him and walked away. The look on his face when the entire order came back perfect to the tee with extra sauces and the whole-nine, I think that was the first time I saw Gerry smirk. He started coming more often, giving me a hard time for a month, before he offered me a job as his assistant. At that point I no longer hated him, but working for him was another thing. So, I declined, but persistent Gerry saw someone he wanted working for him and wouldn't let go like a determined pitbull. A couple of weeks later I started working at Dauksza Enterprise as the fresh-faced assistant to the biggest shark in the tank, Gerry Dauksza. You don''t know busy until you start working for someone as power-hungry as a billionaire industrialist and ingenious engineer He even used his own income and connections to get my record sealed convincing a judge that they were both minuscule situations that reflected poorly on my person and, in deal, many people in connection with him. He was a finesse man. I believe he also played golf with the judge on the weekends, but that was the end of it. It wasn't ever brought up again. My father was proud, but as a natural complainer, he found an issue with how much my life revolved around Gerry, but that was my job. Gerry wouldn't be the man he was today without my loyalty and organization skills - he's such a mess when left to his own devices. I didn't want to get married and I didn't like kids so, I was fine doing that for the rest of my life. A few years ago, Gerry made me take a vacation. A month long vacation, to be exact, and that's when Nicolas happened. I didn't know until I was already back to work, back in the area, and I suddenly was too busy to care whether or not I contacted his father. I didn't want the complications and, to be honest, my control-freak ways weren't alright with letting someone else in to my life. We started in Chicago, but with Gerry moving around he decided to move his business to New York- his hometown - and I ended up making a life here. Where Gerry goes, I go, unless he decides to fire me one day. Even pregnant with Nico, I moved to New York and started my life. Had him here and only went back for family occasions. I never regretted it because Nico is the best gift anyone could ask for. He's made me a better person and I've learned that I'm a hell of a lot better than a computer. Recently, I've gotten my plate filled with the subtle entry of Gerry's son, Dominik, who I'm still on the fence about him being the nex in line to run the company. " 

ALIAS: Cailyn

AGE: 19

PLAY-BY: Anne S.

CITY: NY

LISTENING TO: Outta Time & Natalia Kills

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