He gave a soft chuckle, "in my line of work you always learn how to talk to people. More importantly, how to listen." He shrugged, "call it what you will. You are facing something big and unavoidable. In the end you can choose to learn how to deal with it."

He nodded, "Absolutely. Just give some heads up so I'm not half asleep." He smirked, "And I understand not wishing to tell your parents and I won't force you, but the more you hide something the more people tend to find it."