A smart, smiling girl with a secret: 14-year-old Chelsea Brooks was bright and confident. But friends and teachers knew little about the older man she said was her unborn child's father -- a man now charged in Chelsea's death.

Byline: Suzanne Perez Tobias

Jun. 25--Just four years ago, Chelsea Brooks was riding roller coasters and singing in the rain. On a trip to Silver Dollar City in Branson, Mo., she and her Girl Scout buddies didn't let a storm keep them off the rides -- even the American Plunge log flume. "I can still see her, sopping wet, having the time of her life," said Rachel Kessler, her former scout leader. When Kessler learned that Chelsea, 14 and pregnant, had been killed in what prosecutors say was a murder-for-hire scheme, she was shocked. "Chelsea was very bright, very kind-hearted. She never wanted anyone to be sad," Kessler said. "She wasn't someone you'd think this would ever happen to." But at some point, the smart, funny, strong-willed girl fell in love with a man six years her senior, Elgin "Ray-Ray" Robinson Jr. And prosecutors say her adolescent affair proved fatal. A classroom leader Chelsea attended Cleaveland Traditional Magnet School in southwest Wichita, an elementary school that features a "back-to-basics" curriculum. Most parents who choose Cleaveland do so for its rigorous academics, strict discipline and standardized dress code. The school's mission statement emphasizes values such as respect, integrity and perseverance. Amanda Kingrey, Chelsea's fourth-grade teacher, said Chelsea…