𝐄𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐒𝐄

'don't you believe'✓

-Chapter six-

"What happened, Millie?" The bed dipped under Lee's weight and Amelia finally raised her head from her its previous position on her legs. She had to blink a few times before her eyes adjusted to the light. The smell of eucalyptus was dulled, but at least she heard birds in the distance. Something to show her she was here at camp and not somewhere in her head.

"I think it's getting worse again. Like really bad, Lee." Amelia whispered. Amelia had a terrible night of sleep, nightmares plaguing her again. Lee her older brother had woken her out of two the last night and now everybody worried.

"Amelia this is not okay. Dad is trying to tell you something, you have to listen."

But she really didn't want to dwell in the bone shaking feeling any longer than she absolutely had to. Nightmares weren't that rare under demigods, but for children of Apollo the god of prophecy it meant no good. It wasn't usually her getting those dream more likely Dawn. Amelia didn't know how to deal with the ancient words and blurred pictures of her dreams. Prophecy just wasn't for her.

She was afraid someone other than her devoted brother would hear and call her insane again. The weighted blanket helped a bit, it was coloured in a sunset orange and it was soft against her fingertips. Her arms tightened around her legs pulling them even closer to her chest.

"Have you talked to Dawn about it?" he asked.

There was a lump in her throat hindering her from speaking. Again she asked herself if screaming that night in the infirmary counted as talking. No? Yeah then no, they hadn't talked. Amelia couldn't even look her sister straight in the eyes. How would she talk to her? She turned her head towards the wall so he would see how her eyes watered.

"I'm guessing she told you she wants to leave then? Nothing is decided yet you know that right? And even if she decides to go that doesn't mean she loves you any less." When he got no answer he sighed and reached for something in his pocket. He held out a eucalyptus drop to her which she reluctantly accepted. Now she certainly felt like a child again, a kid that needed sweets because it was throwing a tantrum. Not the best way to raise your children but the fastest way to calm them when they were hurt.

Which she wasn't. She wasn't hurt, she wasn't damaged.

She did not respond to him. There was nothing else she had the desire to share with him right now. After all she had heard those exact words before. It sounded fake rolling from his tongue. Had they met up and studied those lines to show they cared or something? Because they were doing a horrible job.

Looking over to Dawn's bed she found it was empty. She was on infirmary duty so that was no real surprise. Her bed was made and some of the photos she used to have on her nightstand were gone. But no nothing was decided yet. Liars.

"I talked to Luke, he's worried about you." he said. That caught her attention. He was worried about her? Her eyes found his face and skimmed over it in search of any sign of what words had fallen between the two. "He said you were really out of it yesterday and that you had one of your- visions. Seriously, Amelia should I be worried too?" 

A vision? No that wasn't right, she didn't have one yesterday- she didn't.
She rubbed her temple and tried desperately to see through her foggy memory. There was nothing there other than the faint picture of Adrien turning blue in the face. No sign of a dream or Luke snapping her out of one, she always remembered that at the very least. Why didn't she now?

"I don't know. I had a fight with Luke and I talked to Clarisse then I went to sleep, I think... Did he say what happened exactly?" Her head felt like someone had pushed it hard against a wall though she didn't remember that happening. That didn't mean a lot right now as she obviously didn't actually remember the day before.
"No, he did not. But-" He sighed brushing his blonde hair out of his face with his fingers. "Amelia you know I told you not to stay at the Hermes cabin." Lee reminded her.