Katie POV
It had been a week since the Battle Of The Labyrinth, and I was still a wreck. My boyfriend Lee was one of the two casualties of the battle. We had dated for two years, and I still couldn't believe he was really gone.
The only people who actually understood how I was feeling were Pollux, because he lost his twin brother Castor, and the Apollo cabin. All of Apollo's children had lost their oldest brother and leader, while I'd lost the love of my life.
I was lying on my bed, thinking about Lee, his smile, bright, sparkling blue eyes, and gentle voice. I'd been doing this a lot the past week, and my siblings knew better than to disturb me, sure, I wouldn't attack them with a knife like Annabeth, or beat them to a pulp like Clarisse. But an angry daughter of Demeter is still pretty scary.
The conch shell sounded then, but I didn't move. Miranda, my second in command, glanced my way, and immediately knew I wasn't going, so she guided my half-siblings to the dining pavilion.
About fifteen minutes later, I was half asleep, and still in Lee Land, when there was a knock on the door. It wasn't one of my siblings, they wouldn't knock. I figured it must be the Stolls, trying to prank me again. But the knocking continued, more persistent now. So I got out of my nice warm, cozy bed, to open the door. When I got there I hesitated, 'what if it is the Stolls I thought.'
But I opened the door anyway, ready to yell at the annoying brothers to go away. But I was surprised to find Will Solace from the Apollo cabin standing there. He looked how I felt, depressed, and not quite there, as if he was thinking about his brother too.
"Hey," He smiled half heatedly. " I brought you some food, you've been skipping a lot of meals."
"Thanks." I mumbled. Looking at the olive pizza, unable to meet his eyes. "Will, can I ask you something?"
"Yeah."
"What's it like, you know, without him?" I couldn't even bear to speak Lee's name.
"Like a whole different world. I've looked up to him ever since I came to camp. And now he's just... Gone."
"Same here, when Malcolm told me he was dead, I didn't believe him, not until I saw the shroud."
That's when I lost it, I started sobbing. Will held me in his arms and whispered comforting words, but I couldn't focus on it. All I could think was 'He's gone.'