Laurie Laurence

Theodore "Laurie" Laurence is the neighbor boy to the March sisters. He is known for being a good friend of Jo March and a fool (the two are not related). In Little VVomen, he is first introduced to the March sisters by their mother, Marmee. Marmee warns him that her girls have a way of getting into mischief, but Laurie doesn't seem to mind. Instead, he becomes a close friend of Jo March's. Unknowingly, he is dubbed by the sisters as being just fine for what they need. So, when he eventually gains romantic feelings for Jo and goes to confess them she rejects him. She warns that he would be very unhappy with her but he seems blinded by love. He goes to confide in the eldest March sister, Meg. While talking to her, Amy sneaks up with a vase behind him and hits him on the head.

Laurie is knocked unconscious, and when he comes to he finds himself tied up in the dark night and facing the four March sisters. Laurie is bewildered and fearful as Jo leads the other three sisters in a chant from her spell book. He has nowhere to go and is left at the mercy of Jo when she approaches him. She takes a step forward reminding him of the advice he should have headed that he would be very unhappy with her. Since he didn't listen, he's now finds himself getting his cheek marked with blood by Jo. The girls finally let up on Laurie, but there is a new visitor to cause fear in him. From the shadows emerges Black Phillip. Laurie's fate in the hands (or,well, hooves) of Black Phillip is unknown. Essentially, don't be a fool and catch feelings for pretty girls.