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A/N: Characters may seem OOC.
"Here's our last stop," Luke told Rosie. "This is the creek."
"Awesome," Rosie said. She bent down and started looking at the stones.
"Are there any questions you have for me?"
Rosie turned around and looked at Luke. "Is there ever a voice that talks to you in your head?" She fiddled with the bottom of her sweatshirt nervously.
"What do you mean?" Luke tilted his head in confusion.
"Sometimes, I hear a voice in my head. It talks to me. When I disappeared in the cabin, it told me what to do."
Luke's face brightened up as he figured out what Rosie was talking about. "Oh, that's your father talking to you."
Rosie was quiet as she played with her sweatshirt. "Does your father ever talk to you?"
Luke let out a bitter laugh. "He says I'm his favorite son. I've never met him though."
"Sorry to hear that." Rosie bent back down.
"What are you doing?"
"Looking for stones to skip," Rosie picked up another stone. "It's a lot of fun." Rosie held up a stone, studied it, and tossed it. The rock skipped three times before sinking.
Luke watched Rosie while she skipped rocks. He liked the way that she studied each rock closely to decide whether to skip it or not. "How do you know what rocks to skip?" He asked.
"The smoother and flatter rocks are best for skipping." Rosie sent another rock skipping.
"I need to ask you something."
Rosie turned around. "Ask away."
"I know we've only known each other for less than a day," Luke started fidgeting slightly. "I was wondering if…" He couldn't remember the last time that he was this nervous.
Rosie placed a hand on Luke's shoulder. "Don't be nervous." She said quietly. "I won't judge you." She gave him a shy smile.
That gave Luke some confidence as he took Rosie's hands in his. He smiled shyly as Rosie blushed and looked down. "Rosie Murray," He said. "Will you go out with me?"
'Don't do it.' Hades spoke up.
'Please,' Rosie begged in her mind.
'He'll steal your heart and break it.'
'Luke already stole my heart.'
'Rosie-'
'Please dad.'
'Fine,' Hades sighed. 'Just remember to not let this relationship get in the way of anything, including your education.'
'Thanks dad, I won't.' Rosie looked at Luke, who was staring at her and waiting for her answer. "I'd love to." She felt her heart begin to race with excitement. "Sorry for the late reply, my dad wanted to talk to me."
"That's okay." Luke grinned widely. He hugged Rosie tightly. "I'm so glad you said yes."
HCHCHC
Eloise started to walk to the mess hall with Katie, Nolan, Lenny and Grover. She had some questions to ask and decided to do so now.
"Why is it that Rosie and I could read the sign?" She asked. "We can't read very well due to our dyslexia."
"Ancient Greek is hardwired into your brain." Katie told her. "That's why you could read the sign but nothing in English.
"How did you and Rosie sing in choir if you couldn't read it?" Grover asked Rosie.
"We would look up the song on the internet and memorize it by listening to it." Eloise replied. "We would also ask someone in our section to help us." She started playing with her shirt hem. "Does anyone else here have ADHD?"
"Oh, all demigods do." Lenny said. "It sharpens our senses and helps us in battle."
Eloise started laughing at the memory of Rosie not being able to sit still at the airport. She covered her mouth when she noticed the other staring at her.
"What's so funny?" Nolan asked.
"It's just something that Rosie and I said at the airport." What Lenny had said sunk into Eloise's head. "Wait, we battle here?"
"It's not that bad." Grover said in an attempt to reassure her. "Just keep your eyes open and stay alert. No one will kill you, just a few cuts and maybe a concussion or two."
Katie noticed the look on Eloise's face and said, "Grover, that's not helping." She looked at Eloise. "Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena, is great at combat battle."
"I can imagine with her being Athena's daughter." Eloise was secretly scared of battling anyone, she never even argued with Rosie. 'I don't stand a chance in fighting.' She thought to herself.
"We do Capture the Flag on Fridays." Katie reminded her. "It helps us with our battle skills." She glanced at Eloise. "Don't worry, you'll be okay."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure. We're not allowed to kill."
"Being from the city, Rosie and I know to always be alert." Eloise paused. "Although there was a time where it was too much for us to handle that caused us to let our guards down."
"What happened?" Nolan asked.
"It was dark," Eloise took a deep breath. "Rosie and I had gone to see Grease. Since we couldn't read the street signs, we had a GPS with us. After the show, we went to Jimmy Johns to get some food to eat on the train. The GPS died but we thought that we could use sights, such as a building, to get back. We went the wrong way and ended up blocks away from the train station. We were so freaked out because we couldn't find any cops." She stopped to take a breath. "Rosie was trying to find her phone when some guy grabbed us and dragged out into the alley way nearby." She shuddered slightly. "He threatened to hurt us if we didn't give him all of our money. Rosie panicked and started attacking the man. I really mean she was attacking him. I was able to pull Rosie off the man before she could get hurt and we ran off."
Katie stared at Eloise in amazement. "I can't picture Rosie attacking someone."
Eloise shrugged. "She can if she's provoked or scared. She took self defense classes before I met her." At that moment, she saw a sight that made her smile.
Rosie and Luke were walking up ahead. They were deep in conversation. Eloise smiled at Rosie's gesturing. Luke was smiling and nodding at Rosie.
"I wonder what they're talking about." Nolan commented.
"It must be something important." Lenny decided.
Rosie broke out into a grin and hugged Luke. She blushed slightly. Luke grabbed her hand and they ran to the mess hall.
"Isn't that cute?" Katie gushed.
"Very cute." Grover agreed.
Eloise couldn't help but wonder what Luke said to Rosie that made her so happy. 'I'll ask her later.' She promised herself.
A/N: I hope you liked this chapter. Next chapter will include Rosie and Luke's first date.
