After her husband passed away around ten years ago, Erin's mom found herself growing closer and closer to her next door neighbor, Carole Hudson. Consequentially, Erin and Finn had been best friends ever since. Everyone at McKinley High knew of Erin. Finn got her into parties with the jocks and somehow she excelled enough in Middle School to be placed in the advanced classes with the geeks. She was laidback and stayed involved just enough to be well-liked but, unlike Finn, never found as much of an interest in all of the drama that came with being truly "popular". No one gave her trouble and no one put her on a pedestal-- it was a perfect set up for a relaxed high school experience... at least that's what she assumed.