Exhibit Number Two
The time Reyna remembered a heartbreak moment forgotten by someone, and TOTALLY avenged the heartbreak victims.
Ally was so done with Valentine's Day. So was Gwen.
Both were daughter of Venus. Both had had their hearts broken by Jacob Michaelson. Both hated his guts. And both had their eyes fixated on the sun of Mars who had broken their heart and was now headed towards someone else.
Reyna Avila RamÃrez-Arellano.
Oh, Pluto no. Not my best friend. Gwen thought grimly, as she started getting up, with the intention of dragging Reyna away from the traitorous son of Mars.
She sat back down numbly when Reyna accepted the hand accepted towards her, and headed for the dance floor with Jacob. Her eyes were bitter with betrayal, as she watched her now ex-best friend laugh and dance with Jacob. He twirled her around, and they waltzed around the room, people staring at them, or, more specifically, Reyna, who looked stunning.
Ally stared at the praetor with eyes filled with hate. How could the daughter of Bellona dance with someone who had crushed her heart until it lay there in pieces, and set fire to the remains? Did she have no soul? Did she even know?
Then, Reyna announced loudly, "Jacob, please stop stepping on my toes."
A slow grin spread across Gwen's face. Oh, Pluto yes.
Ally looked up, eyebrows raised.
The son of Mars flushed red, and stuttered an apology. Reyna smiled mischievously, and nodded in forgiveness.
Once again, they were spinning around the room, when the song changed, and Jacob's arm twitched lower on Reyna's waist. Ally and Gwen waited with baited breath to see if Reyna would notice and call him out on it. She didn't disappoint.
"Too low, Michaelson, that is way too low. Didn't your mother teach you how to dance with a lady?"
Jacob's face resembled a tomato at this point, and he looked like he was regretting asking her to dance. Jason Grace was glaring at him from where he was dancing with Piper McLean, which probably wasn't helping Jacob's case.
Gwen was grinning now, and Ally's eyes were shining.
The final blow came at the end of the song.
Jacob dipped Reyna, Jason's fists clenched, Gwen and Ally waited in anticipation, and Reyna judo-flipped the son of Mars over her shoulder.
He landed on the floor with a thud, and the music stopped.
Reyna leaned in real close.
"Do you really think," she started, "That I would have forgotten. Do you think that I wouldn't have cared when my best friend came to me, tears running down her face, tears that were caused by you? Do you think I didn't notice when one of my strongest archers couldn't hit any targets? Do you think I wouldn't have seen her crying silently because you couldn't stand to be loyal? Do you honestly think," she grabbed him by his collar, her breath hot on his face and hellfire burning in her eyes, "That I wouldn't avenge them?" She stood up, her eyes flashing.
"Well I did. Unlike you, I do not forget."
She never did forget. Too bad others did.
