XENIA Hades rhymed with broods for a reason; he always did it. Because here he was, seated across from me and staring blankly, like he was made of nothing but dark clouds and haunting secrets. However, from the moment I realized that I would be stuck with him for a week or so working on our social studies project I decided to focus on anything but his unusual attitude. So, I reached into my bag and brought out my list of topic suggestions for the assignment instead of trying to demystify his behavior. Since our last meeting had ended up in an unfortunate visit to the hospital, we set up a new meeting after the weekend and decided that we’d come with topic ideas since we didn't get to talk about any before things went awry. “These are really good topics, you should check mine out and t