Victoria Weylin

Coast City

September 5th, 2011

I had honestly thought that people would have forgotten by now, but apparently they hadn't. I had gone to get coffee, bed head style, this morning with my little sister, and people were staring to the point where I was ready to scream at them to stop. But before I could, my little sister grabbed my hand, looking me in the eyes. Icy eyes met ocean, and I calmed down. My sister always seemed to be able to calm people down. She had a strange understanding of emotions and was good at swaying people, mostly to calm them down or make them happy. When we got home to the house, I had checked the mail, and there was a large envelope in the mail for me from a P.O. box.

"What's that?" My sister asked as she tucked her golden red hair behind her ear. I noticed she had changed out of her bedhead attire and put on a light blue sun dress with thin white sweater. Her feet were still bare and I was sure they were cold on the linoleum of the kitchen.

"Dunno, I have to open it first…" I trailed off, ripping open the top of the orange packet. A small stack of things fell out onto granite kitchen island with a little card on top, from Sylvia and Dr. Palmer. One by one I checked the items, telling Lenore what I received. "Alright, Lenny. We have… an information packet on the next stages of my treatment I started last week… a dietary list of things to help maintain a good caloric intake… a schedule of when I have to go in for checkups and office hours in case I experience any harmful side effects or get sick while being treated…" I stopped, getting to the last thing. It was a little white envelope and when I opened it, a shiny black credit card came out with a note taped to the back. For expenses such as food, new clothes, school supplies, etc.

"Why is there a credit card?" Lenore asked, biting into her large cinnamon roll I got for her at the coffee shop.

"The people taking care of my treatment are apparently paying for all the food I'm going to have to eat, clothes since my weight will be fluctuating now and stuff. That kind of stuff." I told her before putting the card in my purse. When I looked in my wallet, it was weird seeing the driver's license. I finally got one the other day after a couple months of learning. Sylvia and her father pulled some strings with the DMV to expedite the process. They did that after they realized I would be spending most of the day with Lenore at my father's. My brother started college last week, so they new I needed to be able to take Lenore places, to and from school, and to get groceries and things while my dad works. This year, Lenore was going to be a freshmen, so it would be easier for my dad if I took her to school since the high school isn't on the way to the work for him like the middle school was.

"That's cool… so does that mean we can go shopping today? I know you don't have enough clothes for school, most of what you wear is mine… Sure, I'm alright with it, but it'd probably feel good for you to have some of your own things." Lenore spoke in such a way that I immediately knew she was right, while realizing she was convincing me to take her shopping since our father hasn't yet for back to school items. I couldn't help but smile at her.

"Fine, just let me borrow a dress for our high school orientation today, and we'll go shopping. For school supplies and clothes if you want to get some too." I told her, and her face lit up.

"Alright, I think I have a dress that'll fit you just fine." She told me before taking another big bite of her large cinnamon roll. I couldn't help but just enjoy the vision of my now fourteen year old sister, ready to take on the world with a frappachino and a new outfit.

A few hours later

Coast High School

I huffed as my sister and I walked out of the high school with our class schedules and supply lists. We could have gotten them online, but the two of us have had a busy summer. Mainly, it was worrying about the press seeing into our house while we're trying to keep the family privacy, especially while my family was trying to get used to the fact that I was still alive. In all honesty, Lenore and I had wished we skipped orientation. The whole time, I was getting stared at, avoided, and whispered about. They were calling me the dead girl. Lenore told me that her new classmates had figured out her last name and realized she was that Lenore Weylin. The one with the dead sister who… came back to life.

The two of us trudged through the school campus, across the quad. Even faculty and staff of the high school stared at us. It was getting old quickly. The two of us made it to my new blue prius and climbed in. I made sure Lenore buckled up before I started the car. After peeling out of the little parking spot, I was quick to drive in the opposite direction of downtown, and make our way to the mall. It was so much easier to shop in the suburbs where there were less people to notice us, like the media, who was still looking for a statement from me and my family. At least they weren't as incessant on getting their story now that the entire summer has gone by and they've received nothing.

"Well, I'm glad we get to do something fun before school starts tomorrow." Lenore told me after a silent car ride. The two of us got out of the blue prius as I took a note out of Superman's book, putting on the fake glasses I had in my purse and pulling my hair back.

"Sister bonding." I smiled, walking with my sister to the front entrance of the mall. The second we were in the food court, I felt myself get weak. "Dude, I gotta eat." I told her, feeling the dizziness coming on.

"Sbarro, Smoothie King, Panda Express, Wendy's, Great Steak, Chipotle, Chick-fil-a…" Lenore read out the names of restaurants in the food court, and I just grabbed her arm and took her to the Wendy's. A few short minutes later, I walked away with a ten-piece chicken nugget, fries, a bacon cheeseburger, and a milkshake. Lenny just got an iced tea, burger and fries.

"Oh, thank god." I exclaimed as I sat down across from Lenore in a booth. I started wolfing down the food I got as Lenore just looked at me funny. "What?"

"Easy there on the nuggets, you don't want to choke." She laughed. I tried not to smile as I glared at her. With just the wiggle of my pointer finger, a piece of ice flew out of her cup and smacked her in the cheek. I laughed as I looked around, making sure no one saw. Lenore scoffed, tucking a loose strand of ginger hair behind her ear. She leaned in to whisper.

"Since when can you control ice?" She asked quietly. "I thought it was just water." She looked at me, straight in the eyes, ocean meeting ice.

"Nah, being a hydrokinetic like myself, anything liquid isn't a problem. I can control ice because it's water based, but I'm not advanced with it. It's been a lot of trial and error." I explained, before getting back to eating.

"That's actually pretty cool. If you're going to be hanging with those heroes, you could totally like, turn the water to ice and use it like a weapon, kinda like how that hero Aqualad makes swords and hammers out of water." Lenore took a sip of her iced tea before getting back to her burger.

"That'd be pretty cool if I could figure that out. There are other Atlanteans on the Team that can teach me better than her can. Their sorcery is more advanced. They know how to control the water better than Aqualad." I told her bore starting wolf down my burger. But it didn't take long to eat it.

"So, what kind of clothes do you want to get?" Lenore asked as I finished the burger and started on the fries, dipping them in my milkshake. I had think for a second on what she said to me. Then I remembered all the clothes that I had to wear while Vandal had me captive.

"I don't really want a lot of white, I've had to wear that every day for about four years. Maybe some things, but I want a lot of dark colors, maybe some vibrant ones too. Idk, I just really want color." I admitted before drinking my milkshake finally. Lenore looked at me, and I could just see the gears turning behind those icy blue eyes. We were silent for a minute, and I could tell she was still thinking about what I told her.

"I think I know the right stores for us to go to." Lenore smiled finishing her food and tea. I had just finished my milkshake.

"Okay, let me just get one of those mango smoothies from Smoothie King before we go. Do you want one?" I asked her, and she just laughed.

"Maybe later, but I'm good for now." Lenore smiled and waited with me while I bought a large mango smoothie. Then, as I was drinking away, my younger sister was holding my free hand, leading me to the first store. Inside the Urban Outfitters, I saw a lot of clothing that Savage wouldn't have ever let me wear, and I was in love. I wasn't really paying attention as Lenore dragged me around the store, picking out clothes, holding some for herself and handing more to me, knowing I didn't have anything since the whole world thought I was dead. I couldn't just borrow Lenore's clothes forever. The only thing I had to tell her was stick to dresses and loose or stretchy shirts at this store since I was about to drop in size due to my treatment.

"Lenny, why do you like unfitted dresses so much?" I asked as I walked out. She was grinning from ear to ear. I was wearing the seventh loose dress. This one was sleeveless and navy blue with thin white stripes.

"You look adorable. Just keep trying these dresses on. They're perfect to hide your soon to be bony figure and you can still wear them when you gain weight back, just like you said you needed." She explained. I groaned and agreed with her, starting to like the dresses. After an awkward swipe of the shiny black credit card, we both had separate large bags of clothes. I had mainly dresses and tops, but she convinced me to get fabric shorts, bralettes, and patterned socks and tights. I honestly had never seen tights with patterns, knit styles, or pairs with holes ripped into them on purpose, nor had I even heard of a bralette before this day. The day went on, card swipe after swipe, buying makeup, nail polish, jeans and belts for when I get skinnier, shoes, leggings, workout clothes, a backpack for school, more food, undergarments, jackets, sweaters, accessories, etc. We got enough clothes to give me a wardrobe and enough for Lenore to replace a third of her closet. I was happy to have made it through the day at the mall without people staring. But on the way out, I saw a little store specific to hair products. I kept staring into the store when Lenore noticed.

"Tori, do you want to go in there?" She asked, knowing what I was thinking.

"There's something I want to do." I told her before walking up to the shop. I realized my arms were full of shopping backs, so I handed a few off to my sister, who had less than me, so I could grab a basket. I immediately went to the wall of hair dye. I found the temporary die. I quickly read the boxes, finding the ones that would last around two weeks after each application. I put a bunch of colors in the basket and bought them.

"That's a lot of hair dye." Lenny commented after we were leaving the store. We were off to get our school supplies before going home

Sylvia Wayne "Wildcat"

The Cave

A Few Hours Later

I was hanging out with Wally in the cave when I Tori texted me that she was stopping by. She told me she went shopping, so I was curious what she was going to look like. I was sitting in the kitchen, eating oreos dipped in peanut butter while Wally stuffed his face with a double decker sandwich that he made while I had been inhaling a carton of grapes. Every so often I would feed him a peanut butter covered oreo, and every time I did that, he would give me a kiss and give me a bite of his crazy delicious double decker. Right around the time we finished our food, we heard the Cave computer announce Tori's arrival via zeta tube. The two of us got up from the stools at the counter and walked over to the mission room. When I saw Tori, I almost couldn't believe it.

"Oh wow." I told her, completely shocked.

"You like it?" She asked, and I couldn't help but smile.

"I love it." I told her. She had walked into the cave wearing a black trapeze dress with a hooded army green jacket that was just as long as the dress. The green sleeves were rolled up to her elbows, showing a black leather bracelet that wrapped around her wrist a few times. Around her neck was a black leather choker with little silver studs every centimeter of leather. On her feet were combat boots with wooden soles and smooth silver studs that covered the toe of both boots. Her makeup was dark with smokey eyes and dark lips. Her hair was wildly curly, as it always was, but her blonde hair was dyed an extremely vibrant shade of light blue.

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