Hey guys, here is the next chapter. It's not as dramatic as the first one but I think it's still pretty good. Hope you enjoy it
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Dawn
Crash. That was my first thought when I woke up.
Sunlight filtered through the window, sparkling on the moisture on the flat bit of roof directly outside of it. Slowly, as I tried to shake the grogginess I always got the day after he came, I cleaned up the makeshift bed. Almost immediately after I was able to think straight, there was a knocking on the door. "Dawn!" Dad called, "Have a look at the time please."
That was all he had to say. Not even bothering to check the clock, I raced to my closet then, after jumping into my dark blue and lavender romper, I threw open the door that joined my room to the bathroom. He was already downstairs, just like every morning, so I didn't have to worry about it being used. After spraying my hair until it was damp and workable, I quickly worked a little leave-in conditioner/curl enhancer since I didn't have time to straighten it like normal and finally scrubbed my teeth before racing back into my room. Last I snatched up my messenger bag from its spot on the back of my white desk chair, also I had to make a beeline for the iPod that was sitting in the docking station/clock on my bedside table. It wasn't until I had that in my hand that I noticed the time. I only had ten minutes before I had to meet Annabeth… Not the longest I had slept but it was bad enough. Racing out my door and down the stairs, I got into the kitchen without bowling over Hestia (that had not been a good morning) and grabbed a muffin just as my stomach made a horribly loud, gurgling noise.
"So, you finally decided to get up," I stiffened internally at the sound of that laughing voice. It was him. Just like every morning, he was sitting at the table with a bowl of Vector cereal.
Thankfully, Dad walked in before I was obligated to answer. "Remember, when you two get home from school there'll be another guy around the house," He looked pointedly at me while I leaned against the counter, innocently eating my muffin. "Unfortunately, your mother won't be here to meet him. She's going to be in the city for a few days due to work."
"Let me guess," I said, excitement warring with depression over the situation, "Mom is going after a Nemean Lion?"
He shook his head in disbelief, "Actually, it's a Hydra/Nemean. He's taken four kids in four weeks and he started with a boy, so no one called Artemis until it was clear his main target was young girls."
Here he just had to put his two cents in, "I bet they called that brute, Ares, first. He uses too much force if you ask me."
No one asked you, I thought childishly. Before I could say anything, Dad turned to him and remarked sternly, "Luke, Ares is my wife's cousin. Even if I agreed with you, I'd have to ask that you talk about him with a little more respect."
"Sure thing Ross," he answered as he took his empty bowl to the dishwasher.
I looked at the clock and immediately sprinted for the door. I called to Dad before I reached it, "I'll see you later!"
Sprinting down the driveway and the road, I made it to the corner just as Annabeth does. She smiled when she saw my flustered state. "Slept in again?"
Without a second thought, we turned down our usual route to school and I answered her as I tried to untangle my headphones, "Yeah. Staid up late reading and then I had this nightmare."
She sighed and gently took the earbuds away from me before I tangled them up more, "The same one? You really should see someone about that. It's not good."
"Thanks," I said as she handed them back, "and I might. I'm sure it'll be fine but if it doesn't stop by July I'm going to tell my parents." Scrolling through the music, I tried to find the song that had been in my head all morning.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw that Annabeth had taken her iPod out as well. She seemed to be scrolling through her own playlists also as she said, "Hey, I heard a song yesterday that I thought you would like. It's-"
I felt a little bad for cutting her off but I had just gotten to the song and needed to start it, "Umm, actually Annabeth, I already have a song for today. You can listen too if you'd like but maybe could you show me that song next time?"
"Oh! Well, sure. Pass an earbud then." She didn't seem upset and simply put her iPod away. I started the song just before I felt like I was going to burst.
It's six thirty-five
Half asleep half alive
Just another day
Life's like a red light
Sometimes it feels like
You will never change
The same road to nowhere
The same faces pessing me by
I couldn't have planned it
To be so distracted
By your eyes and
Crash
Like a trainthrough a house of glass
Like stars falling right where I'm at
Like a tidal waves washes away the past
Oooh crash
"Why that song? It's a lot different than the ones you usually listen to," she remarked as she let the earpiece fall back to my side.
I switched sides so that I could listen to the song some more as we walked and not be too rude. She didn't mind though since this was a normal occurrence. "I don't know. After the nightmare last night, I had this weird dream and this song popped into my head the moment I woke up."
Annabeth didn't push things but when we got to school and some of our other friends asked about the song/dream/new foster sibling (after Annabeth told them about it of course) I got interrogated.
First Piper (a girl who would be drop-dead gorgeous like her older sister, Silena, if she would actually try) warned, "Dawn, if my mom was here she would say "Your life is about to get interesting". Well, I have to agree with her for once but probably not in the same way. You better watch out tonight. This new guy might be trouble." She had always hated her mom's attitude and job (which was extremely inappropriate for a woman of her age and she worked in a match making company) so it was no surprise that she would be warning me against the trouble of guys… although she has been acting a little different around Jason lately, hmm.
Then Hazel (my best friend) said, "Did the nightmare change at all because of it? Please tell me it wasn't the exact same." Sweet Hazel, she had some kind of old aura around her that made her seem like she was born in the wrong time period. Between that and the clothes she liked, we all agreed that she should have been born in the 1940's.
Then, just before the bell rang, Lacy finished squealing (she had started the moment she heard the "news" and it had lasted for a good five minutes) and gushed, "Oh my gods! What were you doing last night! Did you meet someone that we don't know? Or do you think it's some kind of sign that this new foster sibling is going to be "closer" to you?" I'll admit, I flinched at that comment but it looked natural. There was no reason for anyone to think I had any history with that ideology.
Thankfully, the bells rang and we went our separate ways until break, and by then everyone had forgotten about my change in song style.
Feeling so numb
So afraid so undone
Is this just a dream
Standing in circles
No grip on this world
And all I can do is believe
You just tried to hold it
But you can't control it
When love makes you
Crash
Like a train through a house of glass
Like stars falling right where I'm at
Like a tidal wave washes away the past
Ooooh crash
Like every other Monday, I walked home alone since Annabeth had Brainiac club (it's actually a science club but they do a lot of different things and it's made up of some of the smartest kids at our school) and he had football practice.
Once I got home, I walked in to find my dad home early (I knew because his car was outside) and the sound of thumping feet upstairs. I knew that Hestia would still be at daycare so that meant that Dad was showing the new guy around the house, probably showing him his room from the area that the thumping was the loudest. "Dad?" I called. Usually I would walk into a deserted house, grab a snack, and then head straight to my room but I thought I should introduce myself to the new guy before he got home. "It's me, Dawn!"
"Ok, Luna. We're coming down right now." My dad had been using my middle name as a nickname for as long as I can remember. Yes, my full name is Dawn Luna Patterson. A little strange to have the name of the sunrise and another word for the moon as two of your names but that's what my parents decided.
I dropped my bag by the stairs and headed for the kitchen, "I'm going to make a snack. Either of you want anything?" I though I'd be polite and offer. It was the guys first day with us, even if I haven't actually met him yet.
"Sure honey, whatever you're making" he answered after some slight conversation that grew louder as they got closer. Cutting up some apples, I was trying to decide how many to do when I hear them behind me.
"Dawn," my dad said as I turned around, "this is Leo. Hopefully he'll be staying with us for a while. Leo, this is my oldest daughter, Dawn. You two are the same age so I hope you'll get along."
If I had expected anything this morning, it was not that Lacy would have come even remotely close to the truth. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately?) when I got my first look of my new foster brother, I was met by eyes that seemed to have flames dancing in their depths.
We're running on two separate paths
Right when we thought there was nothing left
Like took our breath away so fast
Oh
Like two lives colliding
Like something was guiding
Us all the way
Without even trying
The world has decided
To make our paths
Crash
Like a train through a house of glass
Like stars falling right where I'm at
Like a tidal wave washes away the past
Oooh crash
We're running on two separate paths
Right when we thought there was nothing left
Life took our breath away so fast yeah
With nothing let
Life took our breath
Away so fast
Ooooooh crash
Ooooooh crash
Ahhh! Please tell me you like this. It may be a little scattered but that's what I was kind of going for. Just to make it clear, whenever something was in a short line and was in italics, it was the lyrics to the song Crash by Chad Brownlee. It is a great song and I thought it would work. Normally, the songs I pick for Dawn's daily song (yes, there will be a new one each morning that I write about) will only be in the beginning but this one seemed to work best if it was spaced out throughout the chapter since each part of the song worked with a different part of the story.
So, please R&R/like/fav so I know if this is actually any good. Love you all!
~ Bye from Ky 3 xoo