Sweet Tooth( Kailin)

[Olivia Baker]

Liv stood in front of the chocolate display trying to figure out which of the 27 appetizing treats to buy. A part of her was tempted to say fuck it and grab all of them, and die stuffing her face with chocolate and binge watching Downton Abbey. 

"Free Sample?" A voice chimed in. Liv's face lit up like a christmas tree, free chocolate? Oh ho ho this woman didn't know the monster she was creating. 

"Don't mind if i do" Liv smiled, popping a milk chocolate treat into her mouth. Crap, actually now she had 28 things to decide between, damn that woman was good. 

Liv picked up a bag of chocolate covered gummy bears, now whoever invented these were absolutely brilliant. She sighed and added them to her basket along with the milk duds and pink and green m&ms. She was pathetic. She really couldn't believe how stereotypical girl she was being right now. She looked like hell, sweats, t-shirt and messy bun and felt like she was going to explode. The past few weeks had sucked so freaking bad and though she wasn't on her crutches anymore... she still had a pretty pathetic limp.

[Kailin Bishop]

Kailin had an intense sweet tooth, that much was known throughout the entire household. What they didn't know was that she planned on spending some of the money the tall Asian 'santa' (as JJ called him) gave her on Christmas for her own little chocolate and candy stash.

She said little, but that was probably going to be an understatement.

Stepping into the shop, lines and lines of candy and chocolate greeted her with open arms. Lollipops on the left, giant Sweet Tart boxes on the right. Oh this would definitely be fun. All the while, free 'samples' were being given throughout the store. Kailin walked up to a woman who gave a brunette some sort of chocolate.

"Would you like a sample?" The woman asked.

"Yes, Please." Kailin smiled, grabbed a single piece, and turned to go back to the selection, spotting a glimpse of the girl's face in the process. It was a familiar face from Hammel, though they hadn't spoken much. Well, great place to start, right? In a world of pure imagination, yes?

"Olivia?" Kailin stepped forward.

[Olivia Baker]

Liv was still munching on her free sample, she was lucky enough to get caramel when she heard her name. "Yes?" She said, if you could even call it that as the caramel stunted her speech. She swallowed hard seeing the blonde girl from school, "Oh Hi Kailin." She chuckled awkwardly. God this was uncomfortable. She didn't really care all that much about her appearance usually but this was even a bit much for her.

"Heyyyy" Uhg no! "What are you doing here?" She quickly glanced at her reflection, at least she didn't have raccoon eyes.

[Kailin Bishop]

"I got money for Christmas, and I'm spending it on chocolate before anyone can stop me." Kailin gave her a sheepish smile. The girl didn't look too put together today, but she didn't look bad. Actually, Kailin was slightly jealous of Liv at one point in time. Kailin was just as happy and carefree, but she always thought Liv to be absolutely gorgeous. Maybe that was what hindered them forming an actual friendship.

Or maybe it's just because they never spoke too much?

"Is that caramel?" Kailin, despite her sweet tooth, wasn't too big a fan of caramel. But for the sake of conversation, she asked.

[Olivia Baker]

Liv laughed at her answer. It was at that very moment that she decided that she definitely liked Kailin Bishop, she always thought they'd get along but this basically just sealed the deal. It was odd that they hadn't spoken more in the past, they had similar interests, and classes but for whatever reason... it never happened. That seemed to be the case with a lot of the girls at Hammel though, they all seemed to prefer the guys... well unless they preferred girls overall which was fine but just also limited the options for girlfriends. It was slightly depressing.

"Oh yeah!" She said looking at the second half of her sample. "It's pretty good but not my favorite." She shrugged "Caramel was always lost on me... over rated.. i DO like it in coffee though...w ell did." She was a black coffee girl as of late. She wanted to kick herself for rambling, she tended to do that. "Anyway I like the way you spend your money. I see your priorities lie in with mine." She chuckled awkwardly raking her fingers through her hair forgetting it was up in a bun and getting it kind of caught. Great.

[Kailin Bishop]

"I agree. I don't know, but the stickiness and the overly sweetness of caramel. I just don't enjoy it. Snickers can get away with it because I don't really taste it, but other than that? I can't really eat it."

It wasn't that Kailin was picky, she could eat pretty much anything. Caramel just happened to be one of the few things she pretty much said no to 98% of the time. Nobody judged her for it. It wasn't like she didn't like pie or something. Who didn't like pie?

Her mouth watered at the thought.

"Yeah," Kailin giggled, "I have to be really sneaky about it, though. If Devlin found out I was spending my money on stuff like this, he'd kill me." Her eldest brother was more like a father than her own father was. In fact, she rarely ever saw her father or mother now a days.

"So you want to terrorize this candy store with me? I'd love to have an accomplice."

[Olivia Baker]

She nodded in agreement as Kailin explained the specificity of caramel. Her ears perked up as she talked about her brother, maybe he was kind of like Tristan... if so she felt a bit bad for Kailin but could relate. "Oh yeah.. my brothers kind of.... bossy too." She sighed, bossy was an incredibly nice was of Liv saying it. "He recently moved into town, and it's been.... massively difficult." She bit her lower lip as she picked up another chocolate piece adding it to her stash. She didn't know why she was so open with that information with Kailin... probably hope that she could relate since she felt rather isolated in that area.

She smiled when she asked for her partnership, "Why of course, how could a girl say no to another sugar conosaur?" She asked with a tacked on british (well really Penelopesque) accent.

"Just guide me, are you a dark, milk, or white chocolate kind of gal?"

[Kailin Bishop]

"I know. I have 6 of them," Kailin said. It was an odd thing to speak about her family, mainly because it was so large and everyone was amazed by it. To Kales, her family was just that, a family. She never knew anything different. The blonde wasn't one of the eldest, but rather one of the youngest. The concept of a small family was entirely foreign to her.

"The answer is simple, darling. You can't." At this, Kailin laughed, the fake English accent tinting her voice just as it had Liv's. She gestured the brunette to follow her to her favorite part of the store, a giant Hershey's Milk Chocolate bar the center piece of it all.

"I'm a definite milk chocolate kind of gal. I could stuff my face for hours."

[Olivia Baker]

She knew about the Bishops but somehow hearing her say she had 6 brothers was daunting to her. She had three brothers and that was enough, Kailin had twice as many. She couldn't imagine. "I wouldn't be able to keep everyone straight." she chuckled, then again she did know of most of her siblings. "You know it's amazing all of you ended up with abilities I'm the only one in my family and it's made things difficult. " She shrugged, she got a letter from her father at least once a month reminding her her abilities weren't everything and she should be focusing on her studies in actually important subjects rather than learning to control her gift. 

"As can i. "She chuckled as she slam dunked a few chocolate bars into her basket which had suffered from lack of coco and a surplus of gummy. SHe really needed to chill, at this rate she was going to end up six sizes bigger in a month

[Kailin Bishop]

"Oh, it isn't really my job to keep everyone in line, thank goodness." Kailin was one of the youngest, so there wasn't much of a responsibility burden on her shoulders. Of course, there were the few times she had to keep both Savannah and JJ in line, but usually she just conspired with JJ, and then ignored Savvy for the most part.

"A few of us freaked out because we had later manifestations. My little sister threw herself into a freezing cold lake to 'stimulate' her hidden power, as she said. I had to pull her out." That was one of the only times that Kailin legitimately worried about her youngest sister. She had Zach, after all.

"But yeah, we all have a myraid of powers that clash a lot. I have Illusion Manipulation, which can be very good for messing with my siblings from time to time. Though I think the most useful powers my family has is taken by my eldest brother, Devlin. He has Duplicates, so he can be everywhere at once, literally."

It was quite often that she spoke of her family, and she tended to go off a bit of a tangent when speaking of them. This was mainly due to the fact that there is so much to talk about. 12 brothers and sisters in a single household gave some very interesting stories.

"Sorry, I'm sure you don't want to hear about my hectic family." Kailin gave a sheepish smiled, as she picked out a few Almond/mix chocolate balls, individually wrapped, from the stand.

"These are incredible. I could just, mmmm."

[Olivia Baker]

"No no." She chuckled "I like hearing about your family. I think it's really cool and hoenstly wish me and my brothers were closer... we used to be but once I manifested." she let out a sigh shaking her head, "My parents weren't exactly happy when they found out... and my brothers and I kind of lost touch more or less over the years... I mean I have one who recently moved to Pilot Ridge but not to be with me... and me and him are like oil and water." She shrugged "But your family... I mean I wouldn't be able to keep everyone and their powers straight." She admitted as she decided she was done adding to her cart. She easily had $20 worth of candy ready for her stash and was starting to feel sick looking at it. Her relationship with food was becoming a little out of hand. She'd been going through periods of extreme binge followed by what seemed like days of not being able to eat anything at all, totally disgusted by food, most likely due to her choice in food which lacked nutrition and in turn made her body sick. The 17 year old didn't care though, on days she did feel like eating she wouldn't be engaging in a salad if she could help it.

"I think Illusions is one of the coolest abilities." She admitted "I mean mine is cool... i can slow time and go back a few minutes and what not but it's nothing really that interesting... I mean it makes getting ready in the morning a little easier and if i need extra time on a test that's easy too but..." She shrugged "I don't know I always wished I had something I could experience with someone. Illusions you can." 

[Kailin Bishop]

“My brothers and I, minus Devlin and the twins, aren’t very fond of me. Gaige has it out for me, I think, Zach and I just recently started talking--He’s 23-- and Gordon is the reason I have the scar in between my eyes.” Kailin had always covered up the inconvenience of a scar, always finding it to be incredibly irritating and noticeable. Ever since she got the stitches, people had noticed. It was only until she was 13 that people stopped commenting on it because she could wear makeup. But even still, the scar had made a permanent crease that, when her expression was just right, would indent and show up regardless of how much makeup she wore (which was never much, really).

Kailin laughed at the brunette’s comment about her family in general. “Yeah, I’ve lived with them my entire life and I still get them mixed up. I mean, The easiest to remember are the Twins, but other than that? Forget it. I mix them up all the time.”

She strolled down another aisle that held nothing but numerous fruit flavored straws and strings. Kailin picked out two gummy bears --a red and an orange-- and handed one to Liv, plopping the other in her mouth with a mischievous smile.

“Illusions are interesting, but are a real headache.” Kailin said, covering her mouth while still chewing the gummy. “Especially the auditory aspect of my power. Voices sound like old, scratched records. It’s really frustrating and exhausting to work with, but I’m trying. I’m planning on graduating next year.”

[Olivia Baker]

Oh how she could relate. Granted she only had a bad relationship with one of her brothers but this wasn't a competition. "You have a scar?" She said squinting her eyes and inching closer to her face to look. Perhaps it was a little rude but she'd honestly never noticed it before. "You can hardly see it." She chuckled "When did you get that is it new?"

Liv smiled and popped the gummy bear in her mouth feeling like an absolute bad ass. That was the closest to stealing she'd ever been. She hadn't considered the other aspects of illusions besides the obvious, image. "That sounds really complicated." She said as she swallowed "Mine isn't that bad... i mean it only gets complicated when you add another person. She smirked and grabbed a handful of m&m's throwing them up in the air and then grabbed Kailin's arm lightly. She slowed down time so slow that the M&M's appeared to be floating and Liv picked one out of the air. "I mean it's cool for tricks" She chuckled scooping them into her hand again so they wouldn't all land on the floor when she released Kailin's arm, allowing time to go normally again. 

[Kailin Bishop]

Kailin watched in awe as the girl demonstrated her power. Well, that was definitely useful. Imagine how many more pranks she could pull by using that! The literal slow motion made her blink though, and she reached out grab the floating M&M's. She popped two in her mouth, and then when Liv let go, some fell to the ground. Kailin fell back and yelped quietly.

That. Was. So. Cool.

Kailin then focused her attention on the brunette, her eyes flashing for a moment as she pressed an illusion onto the newly made friend. She pulled herself into the illusion, imagining the chocolate meadow from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The chocolate river, the candy plants and everything. Though when her head started to throb, she allowed the illusion to fade.

"Your power may be cool, but I have some tricks too," Kailin grinned.