Lauren Hynde

Lauren Hynde is one of the main first person protagonists appearing in The Rules of Attraction(1987) and it's film adaptation.

The Rules of Attraction(1987)
Lauren is a student at Camden who is a painter and a poet who is longing for her boyfriend Victor Johnson who is traveling in Europe for most of the novel and she sleeps with various men including Sean Bateman.

When Victor returns however he is not interested in her and she starts an relationship with Sean and finds out she is pregnant. Sean and her consider getting married but when they spend time with a married couple in New York they decide not to and Lauren gets an abortion.

When she leaves Camden after graduation she has a conversation with her ex boyfriend Paul Denton and they promise to keep in touch.and they have a kiss and go their separate ways.

Glamorama(1998)
In "Glamorama," it is disclosed that Lauren Hynde purportedly died in a automobile accident shortly after the events of "The Rules of Attraction." Her identity is then assumed by the fashion model Eva.