Disclaimer: PJO is not mine. Obviously.
~Explanations~
000 Kale 000
I poked at the coals of the dying fire.
Me and the gang (Vesta, Bex, Patch, and Prim) were at the beach. They dragged me here and were now looking at me expectantly. For the past half hour.
Patch spoke up first, "Dude! We dragged you here to explain, not play with fire!"
Vesta, after Patch broke the metaphorical ice, "Yeah, Kale, we can't just let you suffer like this. Something's going on, and you know we won't stop bugging you 'till we get it."
I sighed and mumbled, "She was my best friend. My very best friend..."
I looked away, "and I loved her. I still do. Even though she doesn't remember me I love her. We met when I've never stopped thinking 'bout her. I was always wondering if she was okay, if I'll ever get to see her again..." I felt tired as I said the next part "If she would still remember me..."
I laughed bitterly, "Obviously not."
I looked at their facial expressions.
Vesta looked slightly hurt, "Why did you never tell us?"
I looked at her, "What was there to tell?"
"We're not just your half-siblings, Kale." she said, looking at me, "We're your friends. And, not matter how much in the past it is, we want you to tell us whatever is hurting you."
"That's right, Kale." Bex said with his deep, rumbling voice.
"Yeah, Kale," Prim said, "You know you can trust us right?"
"What they said," Patch mumbled.
I looked at all of them, I never realized how great my sibs... no, my best friends were. I smiled at them, slightly sadly.
"Course I do." I said, "You guys are my closest friends, my only best friends since Alisa. Hephaestus Cabin or no Hephaestus Cabin."
They smiled as they heard how I called them my best friends, and they really were. I've never really thought about anyone but Alisa as my best friend, but I realized now, I had four best friends that I could lean on. That I could trust. That would help me no matter how seemingly insignificant the problem. And maybe, just maybe. With their help. I could move on with my life instead of being hung over Alisa.
A/N: Well, it's a simple one-shot about Kale. I felt bad that he never appeared again in my main story.
