Banned From Cooking!

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn was in her room, specifically her bedroom doing a quick workout. She was wearing a normal pair of black jeans, with a chain hanging from her belt in two place; the style. For shirt wise she just had a white t-shirt that for her was basically like wearing a bra, since she didn’t really wear one, ever. "Eighty-nine...ninety... ninety-one..." Devyn counted off as she was doing sit ups. She had her music playing on her speakers so she didn’t really hear anything, in the zone for her workout. Her abs felt the burn, but she was fit, in shape, and content. Minus the hunger. Such hunger. She was always super hungry after a workout or after being in her other form as she views it.

She wanted to get to one hundred first and then she eats, however something else was going to interrupt. The smell of smoke started to feel her nose just as she got to ninety-five. "...oh no." Devyn said freeze in her midway sit-up. She moved as quick as she could to grab her actual shirt off the bed, open her bedroom dorm, sprint over to the couch, jump up on it, and quickly remove the fire detector. No way was she going to have the fire alarm go off. They would be fined or have a nice talking too. She didn’t even have to look over in the kitchen area; she already knew who it was. One of her roommates who she was pretty sure could burn water if given the chance.

She set the smoke detector on the table as she hopped down off the couch, slipping on her Black Veil Brides concert shirt over her t-shirt as she went over to approach Charlotte, her eyes burning from the smoke, so grabbed a pillow and started to push the smoke towards the window. "What where you trying to cook this time?" Devyn asked her tone not aggressive or anything yet, but it was to the point. She had forgotten first to make if Charlotte had even turned off the stove or whatever, distracted with getting rid of the smoke that was making her eyes water.

[Charlotte Larkson]

Grilled cheese on the stove couldn't be that hard to make... right? It was one of her favorite meals at home, specifically how her dad made it with a ton of butter and three different types of cheese.

Her stomach growled as she took the pan out and turned the stove on high to get the pan hot quicker. She then rustled through the cabinets grabbed bread and tossed two pieces onto the hot pan. "hmm... Cheese." She tapped her nose trying to remember which drawer in the fridge contained the cheese. She wasn't a normal cooker. She usually stuck to the cafeteria, it was safer and though she was a girl of many talents God skipped her on the culinary front. 

She tossed the cheese onto the bread, taking a spatula and poking it for no reason but that she'd seen people do that before. "Hmm.." She furrowed her brows. "oh! Butter! Shit!" She scrambled to cut a couple pats. "Oh..." Crap she should have put it on the bread first. "no!" The bread was starting to stick to the pan. She could already smell it starting to crisp as the cheese bubbled over the sides joining the bread to burn. "no no no!" She started to frantically scrape the contents, sending crumbs of burned wheat everywhere including into the burner. Smoke started to fill the kitchen and Charlie darted to open a window. 

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn was busy shaking her head and she wiped the sweat away from her forehead and pushed her hair out of her eyes, moving to help Charlotte open up all the windows in their room quickly and then going back to trying to clear the room of smoke, but it seemed like there was no end to end. If she had been thinking she would have know that she should have checked the stove, but her nose and eyes were to busy burning, being a tad bit sensitive due to the side effect of her power on her body in general. "Charlotte, what did you. Burn. This time?" Devyn asked her roommate again, still try to get the smoke to clear the room.

She had a slight growl going on because this was not the first time Charlotte had burned something. This had happened many times. Ever since Devyn moved into this room and met the other girl, Charlotte seemed to have no skill what so ever in cooking. She could smell it. Burnt bread...cheese. What could that have been? Did she not watch whatever it was carefully? Devyn was considering just banning the girl from using the kitchen. Ot at the very least she was going to take up cooking for the other girl. Teach her or just feed her. She honestly didn't care either way. WHY WAS THIS SMOKE NOT GOING AWAY?!

[Charlotte Larkson]

Charlie had been so caught up she hadn't even heard what her roommate had said. "What? Oh!" She grabbed a towel waving at the fire alarm. "Grilled cheese. It's nothing. It's hardly burnt." She assured her looking over to the stove where a big charcoal lump now sat still on a flame. " Hey Dev! Shit." She scurried over taking the pan off the heat and turned the knob. 

She glanced over at Devyn. She didn't look happy and she felt bad about that. And she also looked like she had been working out... something for some reason she seemed to enjoy despite it being slow torture. Hopefully she at least got to finish. 

"Sorry... It's fine now. I've got it." Charlie said as she attempted to dumb the mess into the trash only to have it stick. 

"Hmm.. Water?" She  said turning the sink on and drenching the still hot pan causing steam and smoke to barrel through the room and a loud hissing sound. 

"Crap." 

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn's jaw dropped a little and hung there for a moment. Grilled cheese? She burnt grilled cheese. Well...a lot of people actually burned grilled cheese, so that was understandable, you had to have the right balance of butter, bread, and make sure you didn't keep it on to long or it stick and the cheese would basically cook to the pan. So she forgive her for this. It was just, this was not the first time something had been burned, and she bet it would not be the last time.

"Yeah, hey. We need to talk about this cooking thing." Devyn said as she gestured to the stove and the fact that she had left it on. Rule number one, don't leave a stove unattended when it was on. Devyn slid a hand down her face, she just hoped that the way she end up dead was not burning alive or chocking on some smoke from a burnt meal. that just be a shame, and a waste of food. "Char, honestly if you just ask I could cook you something." Devyn said being dead serious, coughing a little more and then she saw what Charlotte was about to do. "No wa-" Devyn was too late and more smoke and steam was sent up into the air. Devyn pulling her shirt over her mouth and nose, coughing some more as she went back to fanning the smoke.

"Leave it. I'll take care of it." Devyn could not help but her words to come out as a growl as she moved over towards Charlotte to take care of the mess. The pan was going to have to soak, that was for sure. Charlotte was a cute and the whole not being able to cook had its charm, but that was only to a certain limit. That and it was slightly hard for Devyn to fully hit on her roommates, since she was living with them. Granted she still may or may not flirt, but for now, getting rid of the smoke was more important and keeping it from getting out into the hall. Okay, it still was a little funny, Devyn could not deny it in the back of her head.

[Charlotte Larkson]

Charlie cringed when the other girl stated she wanted to talk about the cooking thing. She could already tell this conversation was going to go in a direction she really didn't want. If no one let her make mistakes while cooking how was she ever going to learn? Her offer to be cooked for wasn't the first time someone had made that offer. 

"I know... but..." She sighed raking her hands through her hair, managing to smear black soot onto her cheek in the process. 

She groaned seeing her own mistake as well as Dev's reaction. Great. She hated her. No doubt about that. THe girl thought that Charlie was an absolute idiot. Ironic too considering Charlie had such a high grade point average and her father was a stickler for academics yet here she was looking like Cher from Clueless. 

"I'm sorry Dev." She said, her eyes swelling half from the smoke and half from being genuinely upset with the outcome. "This must be so annoying." It was for her too. She was still hungry. 

[Devyn Solway]

She set the pan aside for the moment to let it cool down, going over to the stove to make sure everything was turned off. Mind already trying to figure out how to clean this up. She was hungry too. She just worked out and after a good workout she liked to chow down. She looked over at Charlotte, running her hand through her own hair for a moment, looking around. at least the fanning and window being opened was helping clear things up even a little bit. Was a step in the right direction. Devyn rubbed her eyes, understanding that Charlotte clearly wanted to be able to cook for herself. Devyn could not help that slight chuckle that escape at seeing Charlotte make a mess on her face. It was pretty cute.

However her chuckle quickly was gone when she caught that look in Charlotte's eyes. Ah, possible tears where going to be coming soon. At least it was a possibility. Devyn always liked crybabies and people who were quick to anger. Why? She wanted to make it worse oddly enough. Yet that was not always the case, really she just liked to see it, she never really planned on doing it unless the person got her upset. Yes she was upset, but not enough to make her roommate cry. Not yet anyway. "Hey its okay Char. Come here." Devyn motioned for her to come closer as she wet a cloth, waiting for the other girl to come closer to she could wipe the mess off her face.

"If you really want to cook, let someone help you. At least watch you. Hell I'll even teach you how to at least cook basic things." Devyn said in a calm tone, trying to settle the growling the dared to slip out again. however for now Charlotte was banned, banned until Devyn got things cleaned yup. "Are you still wanting grilled cheese?" She asked her curiously.

[Charlotte Larkson]

Charlie really didn't want to cry. She really hated that she tended to cry so much but it was her default mode. She cried when she was happy, sad, confused, hurt, mad, anxious, excited, really anything and now was one of those moments where she wasn't exactly sure what she was feeling but tears were hard pressed to escape from her doe eyes and run down her face. 

Charlie nodded and stepped closer when Dev waved her over, a teary smile coming onto her face when the other girl took the cloth, gently getting the soot from her cheek. "I'm sorry. And I know. I know... Uhg I sound like i'm 12 or something." The whole situation made her seem much less mature than she was, which was half the reason she felt embarrassed, and half the reason she was still fighting tears. She shook her head. "No. I actually Lost my appetite." She said as she glanced over to the grilled cheese corpse in the sink. She had a box of crackers in her room for times like this and if anything she'd munch on those.

"Thanks... This is really embarrassing and you probably think I'm so pathetic." Charlie said, raking a hand through her curls. "I promise I"m not totally useless." 

[Devyn Solway]

There are the tears. Devyn thought to herself, not really surprised by them and was always fine with seeing tears. She liked for people to cry, for them to yell out. Holding emotions in was dangerous for mutants such as themselves, even more so because they were teenagers, hormones where out of whack so it made perfect sense for tears to be shed. Devyn moved the cloth to wipe away Charlotte tears from her face, and dabbed at her eyes. She was still cute even when she cried and those doe like eyes were to die for. "It’s fine. The fire alarm didn’t go off, nothing burned down, and everyone is alright." Devyn reassured her with a slight smile and poked at the other girl’s cheeks. "Relax CharChar." Devyn said using the nickname she had for the girl, she liked nicknames, even more so with people she got to know, made them seem a little more special in her mind.

Devyn did make a face at Charlotte saying that she lost her appetite which was never a good thing. It was important to eat and skipping meals lead to issues. So long as Charlotte had at least a snack Devyn would not make a big deal about it. "Well I was going to make myself a sandwich or something and I don’t mind making you one as well. Have some bacon I made from this morning so I was thinking a turkey bacon sandwich." Devyn informed her, since that was what she planned on making and she had enough to make more than one sandwich and it would not be really hard for her to do. Heck Charlotte could even do it herself, all she had to do was put everything together, unless she wanted to warm up the bacon if she liked it hot; again that should not have been to hard either way for the other girl.

"I don’t think you a pathetic at all." Devyn spoke honestly as she moved to go over to the fridge and pull out everything she needed for her sandwich and extra in case Charlotte changed her mind. Grabbing the bread off the top of the fridge and setting out two paper plates. "I believe you. No one is perfect. If you are weak in one area then it most likely means you are really strong in another area. I happen to know for a fact that you are really good in school. I've seen your grades." Devyn admitted, having passed test back before or the teacher and also just kind of kept tabs on the people she was living with. It was important to know at least a little something about the people you lived with, even if you were never going to deal with them. However, because Devyn did want to deal with them. She felt like she should get to know and understand them. "So, other than this event how are you?" Devyn asked as she started to work on putting together the sandwich.

[Charlotte Larkson]

She chuckled slightly, her arms crossing her chest as she continued to be so sweet about the whole situation. She was surprised. She knew Devyn was nice, hell she really liked Devyn but she couldn't help but admit that she was a bit intimidating. She was positive if Devyn wanted she could beat Charlie up. Granted, Charlie was fragile and she'd been working on that in the training rooms with Liz. Hand to hand combat though? It wasn't her strong point. So a girl fight? She was doomed. But this was the opposite... this was... something else. 

"Bacon?" Charlie repeated as she tucked a stray curl behind her ear. She loved bacon. "Well if you're going to make something with Bacon in it i don't see how i could turn it down." She admitted as she leaned agains the counter. Perhaps it was the fact that she was on such a restricted diet growing up. Saying bacon or cheese around her mother was as good as dropping the f-bomb. 

"Yeah I guess..." She sighed. "I'm Ok..." She wished there was more to say about that. "It's boring here.. same old." She shrugged. "I've been training a bit with Liz... just took up archery. OH! I LEARNED A NEW SONG!" She squeed "But what about you" She was interested. She was actually really interested to see what was going on in the life of Devyn. Despite living with her she felt like she was a mystery. She knew that she was in good shape, really great shape, her body was... like woah. But that was about all she knew about the short haired vixen. 

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn was a nice person, she didn’t really have a hate towards people or anything, and she just stuck to herself unless something interested her or she had a purpose to deal with someone. Charlotte was her roommate, which was purpose enough to talk and deal with the other girl. Plus she didn’t really have a problem with Charlotte, other than her cooking, but she could deal with that. Well try to anyways, but not like she was going to beat the girl up or try to hurt her for just trying to make herself something to eat. Yet she knew she did come off as intimidating, it was just kind of in her nature, even before she came into her power. The result of having a tough military dad and being a super tomboy who wanted to grow up to be like their dad. He dad was kind, but aggressive when he needed to be and did always come off as intimidating to others until they got to know him better.

"Yes bacon." Devyn said with a chuckle, noting the tone in the other girl’s voice which made it clear that she liked bacon as well. Devyn was a big meat eater, so bacon was a must for her to always have, already cooked or waiting to be cooked. She just simply nodded and went to work putting the sandwiches together for the two of them, making sure to wash her hands first because had been working out so was still a little bit sweaty and did not want her body flavor to be on their food. Granted she had never had a complaint about her body not tasting good. Bad. Devyn thought to herself as she snickered a little. She nodded to show that she was listening to Charlotte as she spoke about how she was doing. "Boring? Well I guess I could see that. Just have to find a club or something you really like doing and you will find it sort of fun...granted it is high school." Devyn said with another chuckle as she completed one sandwich and held out the plate to Charlotte.

Her eyes widened and the loud tone and squee, raising an eyebrow at the other girl as she went back to completing making her sandwich. She was thankful that her sensitivity was being normal today, but still the pitch was not fully pleasant, but she deal. "A new song? What is it called and care to sing it to me?" Devyn asked because she did in fact like hearing people sing, it was relaxing if the person knew how to sing. Plus if Charlotte had a talent for it that make it even more interesting to get to know her roommate. She moved over to the fridge and got herself a water bottom, opening it, taking a sip, and then took a bite out of her sandwich. How am I doing? Devyn thought to herself for a moment as she leaned back against the counter.

"I'm fine. Oh, I got a drink thrown at me when this college girl found out I was really a girl. Something about playing with her head and feelings." Devyn said with a shrug, that was pretty much it, but that was outside of school, and she was still thinking of how to sum up any recent events.

[Charlotte Larkson]

She nodded. "Yeah.. I mean I'm on the cheerleading team but.." She'd been having nightmares about those girls. Awful nigthmares that turned them into zombies causing Charlie to flee to her best friends room like a kid. But with Evan that was the norm, when he couldn't sleep he ended up in her bed too. It was their thing. 

"Yeah Cheerleading is... odd." She chuckled going to grab her ukelele, tuning it as she listened to the girl talk about what was going on in her life. She raised a brow. "Well that's something." She laughed "Poor thing... probably was real surprised. A shame though that she wouldn't even try. Who knows? Maybe she would have liked being with a girl." She mused as she hummed trying to get that last note just right.

"Ok. This song is somewhat depressing but..." She shrugged and began to play...

A man came across this old tower one day It was straight like from a book he once read He lifted his head up and saw this young lady And here's what the lady said:

CHORUS "Moi je m'appelle mademoiselle Noir Et comme vous pouvez le voir Je ne souris, ni ris, ni vis Et c'est tout ce qu'elle a dit"*

The man was so scared he could only run away He ran to the town and then said: "I just saw a lady with the longest dark hair And I think she's a living dead!"

The people, so scared, took their guns and their swords They ran to the tower and then They saw the pale lady and felt a great fear When they heard how she said it again:

CHORUS 

The people, they knew what this all was about She was clearly a demon from hell They decided to set her long hair on fire In the end it would burn her as well

But the lady was no demon she was a lonely soul Just like in that book they once read Still waiting for her prince while her hair was on fire The one last time she said:

CHORUS 

She continued to strum a few more chords and hum along before finishing. 

"I'd sound better on anything but a ukelele... but it's what i've got."


((Song: www.hitrecord.org/records/826868)) 

[Devyn Solway]

"Cheerleaders." A huge sly grin spread across Devyn's lips about hearing that her roommate was on the cheerleading team. Yum, cheerleaders. Devyn took another bite out of her sandwich. Now she was just thinking about girls in their cheerleading uniforms. her mind was going down the gutter, so she countered acted it by just taking a bigger bite out of her sandwich and focusing on the yummy bacon flavor. Nudging the other plate with the sandwich for Charlie on it. She wanted the girl to take a bit and tell her what she thought of it. Devyn didn’t really cook for many people; in fact she mostly just cooked for herself. Sometimes for her Kitty, but mostly just for herself. So she wanted to know what someone else thought of her cooking. She knew she was no five star chef, but she figured she could cook well enough for something to be good. She was best with cooking meat and the only thing that she was bad at cooking was vegetables, and that was by choice because eww vegetables.

Devyn smirked at Charlie's words about saying poor thing about the girl and that she might have enjoyed being with a girl. "She did, but I think it was too much of a shock for her." Devyn said with a chuckle as she took another drink from her water bottle. "Plus technically I'm illegal. I'm only seventeen and she is like...twenty-one or something." Devyn said followed by a shrug, moving to slide down to the floor with what remained of her sandwich and water. Looking closely at Charlie as she started to sing. Her eyes closing at some point as she rested her head back and listened. It was nice, even with the ukulele and Charlie was not a bad singer. Devyn clapped when Charlie was done singing and playing. Nodding her head a little. "That was pretty good. Do you like singing?" Devyn asked as she looked at the other girl, taking her last bite of her sandwich and guzzling down her water for a moment.

Hot. Devyn thought still trying to cool off from her workout plus the heat from the smoke from earlier that had cleared up by now for the most part. She poured what was left in her water bottle on her head and let the water drip through her black hear and slide down her face. A water stream getting a little into her green eyes making her blink a few times before wiping the water out of her eyes. "Think that song would sound best with a piano. We should sneak into the music room sometimes and you sing to me again while playing the piano." Devyn said nodding as if they had both agreed and it was set in stone as a plan for what they were going to do.

[Charlotte Larkson]

When she was done she placed the Ukelele down and went to take a bite of the sandwich. "Wow!" THis is good." She said covering her mouth with her hand as she talked. She shouldn't be talking at all with her mouth full but manners were never her strong suit. 

"I think you're right... but I'm not much of a piano player." She said as she swallowed "I mean i can play chopsticks but that's about it... I just started Ukelele a couple months ago but it only has four strings so it's like cheating." She was convinced anyone could play the Ukelele "I do really like to sing. I used to be a ballerina but." She waved her hand in the air dismissingly "Well Babs-I mean mom was a ballerina so when she had a daughter it was home schooling and toe schools until i manifested and ruined it all." She sighed "I don't think she'll ever forgive me for that." 

She didn't know why she was opening up to her roommate so much about her family life. It seemed like an almost unspoken rule to keep to yourself about your home. Everyone had problems. Being a meta wasn't exactly what any of their parents had hoped for their children.. and getting taken away had been devastating for more than one family. But they didn't have a choice. THey were different and therefore prisoner sent to montana to learn how to use their powers. What happened next? She wasn't sure. But she wasn't sure she wanted to go back to Manhattan either. 

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn smiles at hearing that Charlotte said that her sandwich was good. It made her feel good to hear that. She gave her head a shake, sending water droplets out of her hair and around the surrounding area. It was not a dog thing, at least she didn’t think of it as a dog thing. She did it before she got her power, it just felt nice to shake your hair around and send water around. Even if her hair pretty much clung to her head when it was wet, but it was not soaking yet so she was able to send some water flying around. "Happy you like it. If it’s not enough feel free to have anything of mine in there. Just let me know so I don’t freak out when I'm a soda short or something." Devyn said with a chuckle, knowing that she kept count of her sodas and had her name on all of them. She was a tad possessive over her things, but she could share, just had to know about it.

Devyn's green eyes were focused on Charlotte as she spoke about not really being good at playing the piano and how she used to be a ballerina. Devyn's eyes could not help but drift over the other girl now again, trying to picture her in a ballerina outfit. She could see it, she bet Charlotte was pretty good at it the way she talked about it, but then there was talk about never being forgiven by a mother. The word mother made Devyn look away for a moment. Pushing any and all thought about her own mother out of her head before looking back at Charlotte as she patted the spot beside her. She always found it interesting that people just seemed to open up and be honest with her about things. Must have been because she was intimidating and they felt that they could not lie to her or that possibly they felt safe and alright opening up and talking to her about personal things. These were all guesses either way since Devyn didn’t read minds or really know why people did it. She didn’t mind and felt...honored in a way.

"Did you like being a ballerina CharChar?" Devyn first asked because that was the important part. Someone should do something because they enjoy it. Not because their parents did it and wanted their children to do it too. Sure it was alright to have kids try it out, but if they didn’t like it they should not have been forced into it and allowed creative freedom to try out other activities they might like better. "Why do you say you ruined it all?" Devyn then asked after a moment, not taking her green eyes off the other girl but then she bit her tongue a moment. "You don’t have to tell me by the way." Devyn wanted that to be clear, because she would never pressure someone into talking about how things changed when their powers come too, because she understood that for some it was not a happy memory.