Dawn West-Allen: Part Two

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"ugh."I sighed in frustration burying my face into my hands.

"Okay, here's my advice to you because it looks like you could use it." he started. "I didn't want to see my cousin get in trouble but I didn't want my grandma to lose her vase either. I thought the right thing to do was to Fix the vase. This meant that he didn't get in trouble and grandma didn't lose a vase." he finished. "So, my advice to you is to find a center"

"Find a center?" I muttered to myself.

"Yeah, common ground, so everyone is satisfied. " he shrugged.

"Thanks, Jeven." I said.

"No problem." he replied staring at his watch." My break is over, but if you ever want to talk while I'm not working-" he said grabbing a small notebook and pen from his apron." here's my number."

"Thanks-" I replied taking the small piece of paper.

"So, this is where you've been this entire time." Nora said walking towards me.

"Nora?" I said." What-what are you doing here?"

"Mom and dad sent me." Nora said staring at Jeven.

"Hi." Jeven said.

"Hi..." Nora said hesitantly.

"Do you guys know each other?" Nora asked.

"Uh, yes, I mean no, sort of..."I stuttered.

"Jeven, I could use your help with unpacking the new shipment." Cindy said.

"Right, I forgot about that." He said rushing away.

"Who is he?" Nora said with a smirk once he was gone. "He's kind of cute."

"We should leave before mom and dad get worried." I grabbed Nora's hand, leading her to the door.

"Bye Jeven," I said as I walked past.

"See you later, Dawn." he replied.

"Aaaww, he said see you later." Nora mocked. "Your secret boyfriend is so sweet." She said as I pushed her through the door.

"He's not my boyfriend." I shot back.

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We sped back to S.T.A.R labs with me ignoring Nora the entire time.

"So now you're mad at me?" Nora said as I walked ahead of her toward the cortex.

"I was just joking." she said." and after what you said in front of spencer you should consider us equal. "She said jokingly." Dawn? Dawn? slow down!"

"I'm not mad about Jeven."I said over my shoulder.

"Why else would you be mad?" She asked speeding in front of me." Look, I didn't mean what I said about your secret boyfriend-"

"I'm not the one keeping secrets, Nora." I said walking around her.

"What do mean by that, Dawn." She said as I kept walking. "Dawn? can you just talk to me?"

"Why should I?" I turned to face her. "You didn't talk to me after you found out what Thawne did to grandma Nora."

Nora looked around before phasing us into the time vault. The lights instantly turned on, almost blinding me. She refused to look at me and settled with keeping her eyes planted on the ground.

"Why didn't you tell me?" I asked.

"-I don't know." Nora replied. "I forgot-"

"-Tell me the truth, Nora." I begged." Please."

Nora went quiet as I waited for an answer.

"I thought about when you first met Thawne and how you didn't want his help-." Nora finally said." I knew you would be mad and probably not want to work with Thawne anymore-"

"I -"

"But before you make that choice." Nora talked over me." I want you to know, that I understand how you feel, But I think Thawne has changed. He's not the same person that murdered grandma Nora, He's different-"

"That doesn't change the past." I interrupted." What He did to our family, to our dad-"

"I know but..." Nora's voice trailed off.

The room went silent as I thought about what Jeven said earlier. I knew what I wanted to do and it was something that would benefit everyone.

"We don't have to tell mom and dad but... I don't want to work with Thawne anymore." I spoke up.

"We need him to save dad and stop cicada-"

"-No, we don't" I replied." We've been doing this for months; we can figure it out on our own." I explained." We can stop Cicada and save dad from disappearing. I just need you to trust me, okay?" I said as Nora stayed quiet. "Nora-"

"But what if it doesn't work and we make things worse-"

"Then I'm telling mom and dad everything." I replied." I can't keep lying to them about what we are doing."

She sighed before reluctantly nodding in agreement.

"And I need you to promise to always tell me the truth." I added." you said it yourself, we are a team so we need to work like one."

"Dawn, I-"

"Promise!"

"I promise." She said.