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Brother and Sister Talk

"So how are you taking being back in Burgess?" Dawn sighed as she sat on her bed staring at the grainy image of her older half-brother, Will Solace. That seemed to hover over the palm of her hand. Photokinesis could be exceedingly useful especially when contacting your half-brother in another state.

Dawn looked away at the question, there were days Dawn truly hated being a daughter of Apollo for the sheer fact that lying was completely out of the question.

She could have kept silent, but she knew Will would have persisted.

"School's hard" She said talking about the least painful thing imaginable. "I had forgotten how hard English was to read."

Will laughed. "Yeah, that's true, dyslexia's can be a pain."

Dawn giggled for the first time in weeks. "No kidding" She said.

Will's face turned serious for a moment. "What about being there?" she asked "I know you haven't been back since the death of your step-father."

Dawn looked down. "It's hard" She said "There are days when I think running away would just be easier for everyone, especially since it's so obvious my brother doesn't want me here."

"Have you tried talking to him?"

Dawn shook her head. "I'm not ready."

Will sighed. "He doesn't know anything does he?"

Dawn shook her head. "No one knows how da- stepfather was killed, if word got out he was killed because of me-"

"You were ten years old, no one could have expected anything from you." Will said attempting to stop that train of thought before it got to far.

Dawn looked away. "Annabeth-"

"Is not you." Will said calmly. "You've learned since that day, and even fought in a war…"

Dawn put a hand to her to head as images of her family falling flashed before her eyes.

Will noticed the reaction and winced. "Damn, Sorry Dawn,"

Dawn shook her head opting not to say anything, as anything she chose to say could have been interpreted as a lie. The consequences for attempting to lie were a serious bitch that she didn't want to deal with at that moment.

"You know, I'll be by in a few days, and we'll really be able to talk" Will said. "You know I'd be there now if I didn't have assignments due."

Dawn nodded. "I know" She told him, "I could just really use a friend, You and Angela were really the only friends I had there."

Will smiled at her though to her it seemed a little sad. "I know Dawn" He told her. "Don't worry, I'm sure it will get better."

Dawn nodded at waved with her free hand. "I should probably let you go."

"Ok, you know you can talk to me whenever you want right?" Will asked.

Dawn didn't say anu, "Goodbye Will"

"Goodbye Dawn" Will said " And, please at least consider talking to your brother, the more he knows the easier it might be."

Dawn said nothing and instead closed her fist, as she did so the image of her half-brother disappeared.

Dawn stayed on her bed for a few more moments before standing up. She stretched and headed to her closet to get dressed for the day, unaware that outside her bedroom Jamie Bennett had heard every word of her conversation.

A/N Damn Jamie's going to have some serious questions now isn't he? "War" "Death of Stepfather" Those are most definatly going to have him feeling confused and curious and demanding answers. He's definitely going to want to talk to Dawn now. Unfortunately Dawn isn't ready to tell him and his mother is respecting Dawn's wishes not to let anyone know.

In this Story Will Solace is twenty years old and has been in college for about 2 years.

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