It was nearly half a minute before her conscious mind finally took in the last part of what he'd said; it took nearly as long before she was able to fully process it. When she did, though, she immediately raised her head and emphatically declared "No way, Jeremy!"

"Before you say 'no', Sis, you better think about it some more. What happens if I accidentally say something to somebody at school, and they start thinking that you play with yourself so much that your own brother caught you at it? What d'you think your friends would say if THEY found out? Would you want Mom or Dad hearing about it?"

The first two possibilities had plainly shaken her, but it was the idea of one or both of their parents finding out that got her thinking that maybe what Jeremy wanted wasn't really all that much, or so bad. After all, he'd already seen; and hadn't he said that he liked it? Besides, if he started looking at HER, then maybe she could turn it around and threaten to tell on him for looking…

With the possibility of maybe having a way out of the deal, Dawn figured that she still needed to pretend to be 'fighting' it, so that Jeremy didn't figure she was up to something, and come up with something else – maybe even worse! – for her to do, instead. After a bit, she managed to fake being resigned to her fate, and mildly angry, when she finally told him "Okay, Jeremy, I'll do it. But not when there's any chance someone will see us, or find out! It's just you and me, all alone!"

Having gotten what he wanted, Jeremy knew that agreeing with her conditions (which he'd have wanted, too) would make it easier and more certain that she'd actually do what he wanted when the time came. So he didn't hesitate to tell her "Of course, Sis, if that's what you want."

The two of them sat in silence for several seconds before Dawn asked "Is that it? I can go now?"