Winter Is Coming(Kailin)

[Kailin Bishop]

"Anthony," Kailin corrected, holding the teddy bear that her boyfriend had given her for her birthday to her chest. She wondered idly how many times it took him to get it in her locker, since it was locked when she had found it, and the blonde had never gave him the combination.

Kailin pursed her lips at her brother's question; Anthony would never say that to her, but if that... jerk said that to her brother, she'd very much like to spend all his money and then slap him in the face with the heavy bags. Nobody get's to tease or hurt her brother unless it's her or one of her siblings, because they were family, and family did stuff to one another.

"I'd be pissed, and I'd probably would have smacked him in the face with whatever items I could find," She had to remind herself she wasn't talking about Anthony for a moment, because she began to feel bad. But after she quickly fell back on the realization it was the Asian Santa she was talking about, she felt significantly better. "You're not his toy to just play with whenever he gets bored of real life. You're a person."

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Zach wished he hadn’t said anything. He wasn’t the kind of person to complain about his situation, especially not to his siblings. He wasn’t…it wasn’t like he was a girl going to cry to her sisters about a cheating boyfriend. And Zach wasn’t good very good at talking anyway, he’d probably say it weird and give people the wrong idea. Besides, Zach had already decided he wasn’t going to continue…whatever it was he had with Kai.

“I thought that was….I almost did that.” Zach wanted to hit him. But Zach didn’t have the confidence to do something like that. He barely had it that time in the bar with Vanessa. “…I did throw my drink in his face though,” he said with a semi-smug squirm. Zach chuckled at how impossible that imagery must’ve have seemed to…anyone.

[Kailin Bishop]

Kailin grinned like the proud little sister that she was when her older brother explained his reaction to the Asian's words. The man deserved it, no doubt, so she hoped Zach had gotten it in his eyes. Nobody had the right to screw over anyone that way, let alone her brother. "He deserved it," Kales said, squeezing her teddy bear tighter to her chest.

Kailin wasn't one too keen on cuddling and snuggling with Zach, so she kept her distance, like she always had. But while the blonde had always been so uncomfortable around her brother even when in the same room, the couch distance was now seeming to be a little too much. Kailin scooted slightly to the right to be closer to her brother. "Sometimes I wonder why you don't just stand up for yourself, you know? You like to shy away, and that isn't good, because even though we aren't that close, you're still my brother and it doesn't take an empath to see that it's hurting you."

She didn't expect Zach not to hurt, but she did wish she would speak up a little more when referring to himself. He was the kind of guy to just hide away, a recluse -heh, irony-, and allow certain things to happen to him. It wasn't right, but it also wasn't her life, and Kailin wasn't about to start telling Zach how to live it.

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Zachary nodded in response. “Yeah…that’s what I thought.” Though maybe he should clarify that the drink tossing was because he found out the other man had a kid he didn’t even know about while they were on a date. Somehow, though, Zach couldn’t bring himself to bring up that little piece of information.

Kailin knew her brother well, despite them not having the best of relationships until just recently. Zach glanced over to his sister, then away again, keeping his eyes down and a small smile on his lips. “I know….I just…I think that’s a little bit why…I do…because I’m…clearly not very…” How could he say this without sounding like a special needs kid? Zach took a moment to collect his thoughts. “What I mean is,” he tried again, “Is that, if I didn’t let people, uh…push me around sometimes then…well, I’d probably just lock myself away as some sort of…recluse, I don’t know…”

Zach lowered his head, watching his fingers as they twiddled over themselves. “I think thats…one of the things I really liked about Kai. He made me do things. He’s really…spontaneous, I guess is the word for it. Arrogant. Pushy. Doesn’t take no for an answer.” That was a little annoying…no a lot annoying, but it wasn’t like it was all bad. Zach didn’t hate being pushed into things, not at all, just that sometimes…it was a little fast. Zach sighed as a frown took over his smile. “…I miss him…”

[Kailin Bishop]

"You just made a deal with the devil, Zachy." Kailin knew he wouldn't do many things willingly, but Kailin took the more extroverted genes from the family and so if he really wanted to get out there, the blonde was more than willing to take him out places and get him out there. The girl wasn't the one to go all 'teen girl shopathon' on him -she did that with Claudia-, but she could get him to be more outgoing with his life.

Kailin always gave him a hard time of being so shy, because she simply didn't understand it; but over the years, Kales learned that it wasn't always a choice, but it could be fixed. Introversion was different from shy, and shy was an aversion to social contact, and that sometimes was learned. She wouldn't shove him into a group of people, but maybe getting him out more would help him?

"Of course you do," Kailin said, a bit insensitively, to his words. "But you shouldn't sit here miserable because of what he is done. Next Friday, we're going out. I'll drive if you don't want to. Yes, that's exactly what I'll do." The blonde said with a grin, her eyes distant as if she were picturing how everything would occur.

"And you won't be frowning like that during that time, nope. I promise."

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Zach looked down at his younger sister, his eyes going wide and nervous. "Uh-oh," he said with a lighthearted chuckle. "Should...should I be scared?" With her tenaciously extroverted (and sometimes merciless) personality, Kailin could sometimes be even scarier than Claudia. At least Zach knew how to handle Claudia. "Fine," he resigned, throwing up his hands. "Show me...do your worst." It wasn't like he had anything better to do. And besides, it was a good chance for them to get to know each other better.

Zach had no plans on becoming the beaming ray of confidence that some of his siblings were(or gain the arrogant stupid aura of confidence that Kai had), but he knew he could stand to be more outgoing. At least learn to talk and communicate what he needed when he needed. In a way, no in a big way, their breakup was just as much Zach's fault as it was Kai's. Maybe if he had been more assertive...or stopped trying to dodgeball everything...maybe just straight up told Kai how he felt before, then maybe Kai would've been more...

Something...

At least Kailin seemed to be enjoying herself, making plans all excited like that. It did manage to halfway dissolve the frown that Zach had been trying to get rid of. "Fine. I believe you, you don't have to convince me," he said, shaking his head. "I'll just..leave everything to you. You want to drive. Okay. You can drive." He did wonder what she was planning in that little blonde head of hers though.

[Kailin Bishop]

The excitement showed in the younger sibling's eyes, the squeak of delight that passed Kailin's lips only confirming her delight. Quickly, she released the bear from her grasp, and instead wrapped her arms around her brother for a moment. "You're seriously agreeing to this?" Of course there was disbelief wrapped in her words; Zach had never really hung out with her outside of the house, and she didn't think he would be so willing to comply with her demands.

Now just to figure out where she wants to take him...

She had until at least Wednesday to figure things out completely, and then a day to set it up before she had to give him the good time that he deserves. Kailin was all for sitting and lounging around the house with nothing but her jammies and teddy bear, but that wasn't what Zach needed.

"And I promise I've gotten better with my driving. I'm practically an expert." Well, not an expert. Just a really decent novice who liked exaggerating her talents a bit more than the average person, but little did she know that sentence could possibly cause some anxiety. Oh well, he'd find out either way.

The blonde pulled away from her brother and took a sip of her soda, grinning from ear to ear.

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Oh, god, what was he getting himself into? At least he knew it was coming, had agreed to it ahead of time, rather than just having it sprung on him out of nowhere with less than two seconds to make a decision. Zach needed…time. To mentally prepare himself for things that were coming. That way he wasn’t freaking out about them later.

“Just don’t…go too crazy, okay? I don’t want to…find myself jumping out of an airplane or something like that a week from now.” That was just…nope. There were limits to his agreeability and jumping out of planes was far past them.

“An expert? How many times has Mom let you drive?” he asked with disbelief in his voice. It took him and Dev forever to convince their parents to let them even try driving. "Do I...need to be worried?" Zach wasn't sure if his insurance could handle it. Not like he was going to say no, Zach had already agreed.

[Kailin Bishop]

"Oh don't be so paranoid," Kailin said, brushing him off with a simple shrug. "I'm not going to put you into a situation that I don't think you'd be able to handle. Promise." And that much was true. There were many limitations that were set on her by making that promise, but she wanted Zach to have fun, not want to throw himself out of a plane because he didn't want to even be where she had taken him.

His nervousness about her driving abilities made her giggle. He really didn't realize that she was the one to drive her siblings to school in the morning, did he? Obviously not, because then he wouldn't be asking her those questions. "Calm down, I'm the go-to driver in the mornings, and everyone get's there in one piece, even JJ. I'm really good."

But not the best, obviously. Kales always had to make sure she was modest on that subject, so she wouldn't do something potentially stupid like text and drive. Mom would kill her if she died.

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“Can you blame me?” he asked, somewhat bewildered. Somehow, Zach had missed that Kailin was the one doing all the driving for everyone before school every morning. He’d assumed it was Katy or Lany….maybe not Katy, but Lany was definitely responsible enough to handle driving. Not that he thought Kailin was irresponsible or anything, she probably was plenty. It was just…unexpected to learn.

“Even JJ…In one piece? That’s….an accomplishment.” Considering JJ was technically two pieces.

“Okay, fine. I trust you,” he relented with a smile. This was the reason why he’d been spending so much time at home. So that people like Kailin could give him a hard time and distract him with things like this. As apprehensive as he was, Zach was still looking forward to it.

He sighed, shaking his head and taking another drink of his soda. “Thanks, uh…Kailin. I really appreciate you trying to….yeah.” Zach turned to his little sister. “Thanks,” he said again.

[Kailin Bishop]

"Right!" Kailin beamed in excitement and pride at the idea of getting her brother's to school alive every single day. After all, half the time they fight in the backseat about something or another; of course, they truly didn't mean anything by it, just brotherly rivalry that occurred when they basically shared the same mind. God, no wonder they went back and forth.

"Thank you! Thank you!" She reached out to hug her elder brother, pulling back after a few seconds. "I promise we'll have fun and you won't regret it." Why was she so excited to take Zach, her twenty three four old brother, out to the town for a distraction day? Had this been five months ago, this would have never happened. Oh how time changed things.

"Well, we'll watch Game of Thrones later! I have to plan for this, so I'll be up in my room." The Blonde practically scurried off, but stopped after a few steps. "Oh, and dress nice!" Kailin offered that before heading upstairs, leaving Zach to probably wonder what the hell he got himself into.