Chapter 2

"What! No he is not dead. No, No, No this isn't happening! Di Immortals Carter! I told you we should've gone but no you wanted to hear the stupid prophecy from our wonderful father! Oh isn't he just great! He didn't even recognize us! How did this happen Percy?" Carly screamed

"Well uh, I think it was when the bridge collapsed. Uh, we found his bow, but nothing else. We just finished burning his shroud. I asked Nico and he said that he's in The Underworld but he is but he's not sure where.

"Where's Conner?" she said between sobs "Where in Hades is he!"

"Uh, I think he's eating dinner? That or planning more cabins." I said. Why did she want to see Conner? Wasn't like he was all great and mighty. It's Conner. She stormed down the hill with tears running down her face.

"I swear the next time I see who was responsible for this will die and rot in Tartarus forever." Caroline said. Apparently that wasn't like her because Annabeth said she was really calm and peaceful.

"Let's go to dinner," Annabeth suggested

"Okay" Carter and Caroline quietly replied

We walked down to The Big House for dinner. We saw Carly and Conner sitting together at the Hermes table.

"Carly, what's wrong? You can tell me, I'll understand" he said sympathetically "I'm really glad you're back, I-I really missed you."

"No! You'll never understand! Never!" she screamed. She put her head on his shoulder and cried. He put his arm around her.

"I will understand, these last few days, they've been rough, I'll do anything to make you feel better"

"HE'S DEAD! HE'S GONE! YOU'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND!" she ran off to the forest and went for Zeus's Fist.

"Carly wait!" he chased after her

"No you won't, not unless Travis dies and you're not there to say goodbye! You're not there to see him die!" she said her back facing him.

"Is this about Michel" is face dropped and she turned around.

"I didn't get to say goodbye" she collapsed in the grass and cried. Conner sat next her and put his arm around her. He whispered something to her and they went into the forest with his arm around her waist.

"Her and Michel were really close, they did everything together, whenever she came to camp, they would go to Zeus's Fist and talk about everything, from what they did today, to what their wishes were." Caroline said. Her and Carter walked off to the Artemis table.

"Shouldn't they go to the Apollo Table, he is their dad?" I asked

"Well they can choose, I guess they want to be alone. They come to camp every 2 years but they haven't been able to come lately because of Kronos and stuff. They wanted to be Hunters but Apollo wanted them to go to camp so they made a compromise that every 2 years they would go to Camp for 1 year. Carly can also can date and stuff because she got special permission from Artemis." Said Annabeth "Their mom died in a fire when they were young and Luke, Thalia, Grover, and I saved them but couldn't save their mom."

"Oh, so uh her boyfriend is Conner?"

"Yeah, they've been together for 2 years or so, she was cursed by Aphrodite so men literally kill one another if she is single, but the curse isn't active if she has a boyfriend."

"That must suck, why was she cursed"

"She upset her on a quest, said she hated the pretty girl always getting the attention, directly after she got into a fight with one of her daughters."

"Oh"

"Yeah I'm gonna go to bed" she said. She kissed me goodnight. I think it was supposed to be short, but it felt like forever to me. Her blonde curly hair over those beautiful, stormy grey eyes.

"Nighhtahhfim" I mumbled

"Night Seaweed Brain" she laughed

When I went to bed, I saw Carly going to the Hermes cabin. I ran up to her to try and talk to her.

"Hey I'm really sorry and-"

"Go away! You were the leader! You should've saved him! Or at least tried!" She ran into the cabin. I figured there was no use talking to her, she was still traumatized. She came out with Conner and they sat together behind their Cabin. I was on my way but I overheard their conversation.

"He's gone forever, He said he had to tell me something important. And now I'll never know" She laid her head down on his shoulder and cried.

"He died a hero, everyone gave speeches on how good of a brother he was, how good an archer he was, and especially how good of a friend he was."

"But I didn't get to go, I didn't get to say goodbye! He was my full brother, not just my half-brother!"

"Hey, its okay. Do you wanna go out to Zeus's Fist? We can talk like you and he did and-" Then, unexpectedly she kissed him. It was long and meaningful, like she really loved him. She pulled away.

"I-I love you so much I've been just mean to you, and you've been so nice " she choked out. Then just cried and cried. She looked frustrated and disappointed in herself.

"What's wrong?"

"I-I have to go" She started breathing really heavy, she looked as though she was going to faint.

"Carly, wait." He cried. She stood up and then started shaking. Her breathing got heavier, and she fell into Conner's arms.

"I-I have- have t-to go" she spat out

"I know but Carly, you're having another panic attack let me walk you back to your cabin." He said. She quickly said as he ran off to her cabin. He stood up, but she left him speechless. She turned around and gave him the most passionate kiss I had ever seen. She wrapped her arms around him and he put his arms around her waist. They stood there as though they were the only people in the world. Like they would never see each other again. She eventually pulled away and looked him straight in the eye

"I love you" She left with tears streaming down her face. He stood there dumbstruck, so confused. He sat back down on the ground and put his head between his legs. I waited and then I went up and talked to Conner.

"So, Carly's your girlfriend… How long have you two been dating?"

"Two years"

"That's a long time-"

"Two years of her going to camp"

"That's like five years. I know it must be hard for you to see her like this."

"Does she get panic attacks a lot?"

"Yeah, whenever she's really stressed she blacks out. She almost just had one because her brother"

"I'll look out for her," I said

"Yeah, but I think there's something else wrong" he said "She talked to me as though she was going to die"