AN: Originally this was going to be by itself, but I've changed my mind. It's now going to be a series of one shots about Connor and Lou Ellen. Writing this showed me that I need motivation to follow through with anything, so PLEASE feel free to send me PMs if I don't update. I won't consider you rude. I promise. Just say anything about this story and I will at least attempt to write something. Reviews are also a good motivation *hint hint*.
Disclaimer: I'm a thirteen year old girl, not a middle-aged dude.
"Got your nose," Lou Ellen teased "You'd better come get it," She had literally taken the nose off of the Demeter Counselor's face.
"Give it back!" Miranda shrieked.
"Nah, I worked hard to get this, I'm not gonna give it up that easy" Lou Ellen joked.
Honestly, she didn't care about the effort put into this. What she did care about was making sure Conner Stoll saw her. It may sound cheesy, but since arriving at camp she knew he was special.
Both had a passion for pranking, and whenever Lou Ellen was near him she felt all tingly inside. The only problem was that he didn't seem to know she existed. If only he would notice me she thought. Then, suddenly, he turned around and mouthed "Can I talk to you after the meeting?" Lou Ellen's breathe caught. "Sure" she responded. He winked back at her. She sighed and smiled dreamily.
"Lou Ellen, please give Miranda her nose back" Chiron requested. She was snapped back to reality. "Yes sir" she muttered, and tossed Miranda her nose. On the outside she may have appeared calm, but on the inside Lou Ellen was jumping for joy. She only half-listened to Jason's recount of his quest and practically skipped over to Conner when he was done.
"Hey," Conner said "You're Lou Ellen, right?"
"Yeah, that's me,"
"I have a question for you," he looked a little nervous, and kept glancing at the nearby campers.
Lou Ellen was too busy thinking about how cute that was to even hear his question. "Sure," she said.
"Great," He grinned "Can you do it now?"
"Do what now?" she was confused.
"Light it on fire,"
"I'm sorry, what?"
"The ping pong ball," he answered, as though this should be obvious.
"Oh. Yeah. Of course. Why am I doing this again?" Lou Ellen cheeks flushed, and she looked towards her shoes.
"I bet Travis I could burn it faster than he could," Conner explained "It took him nearly six minutes with a lighter to catch it on fire,"
"Is using me cheating?"
"Nope, the terms are I can use anything I can find in camp, excluding Greek fire," he looked very pleased with himself saying this.
That made Lou Ellen feel worse. Was he only talking to her because of her freaky powers, and saw her as a "thing", a tool? Or did he actually think of her as a person? Either way, she already agreed to help him.
"Let me see it" she said.
"Sure, one second," he turned around and shouted "Travis, come over here!"
To Lou Ellen it seemed his brother was purposely taking a long time. At last, Travis finally arrived.
"Oh man, I forgot about Hecate's children," Travis cursed, then turned to glare at his brother "You knew about them when we made the bet didn't you," he accused.
Conner nodded and tossed Lou Ellen the ping pong ball. She stared at it and it burst into flames. The Stolls thought it was pretty cool, but she was used to it. Afterwards they asked her if she wanted to help them with any future pranks. Because that also meant more time with Conner, she said yes.
The trio became very close over the next few weeks. They enjoyed each other's company and could pull off way better pranks now that they had a magic user on their side. Although the three of them looked happy from the outside, Lou Ellen couldn't help but think it was all fake. That if it wasn't for her powers they wouldn't be talking to her at all.
