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Chapter 8: Coming home

Rosie's POV

I sat on my bunk bed stroking Kitty. It was just another day. But then all the sudden there were commotion outside of the cabin. I looked out the window and saw people rushing to the entrance of camp.

Before I could sit myself back to my bunk, Jacob swung opened the door. I couldn't ask any questions because he took me by the hand and dragged me outside.

"Where are we going?" I finally asked him catching my breath from running. We stopped at a large crowd of campers.

"Hailey's back!" He said. "HAILEY!" He kept repeating her name intil we both heard his name being called back.

"JACOB!" I looked around for her and I saw her pushing people away from her just to get to us.

"Hailey!" I screamed as I ran up to her to hug her. She hugged back.

"Oh my gods, I missed you guys!" She said muffled. She let go of me to hug Jacob, who gladly hugged her back.

"We've missed you too!" He said letting go of her. "So how was the quest?" She just laughed.

"It was horrible, especially spending 24/7 with that dude." She pointed at Alex, who was waving his hands telling a daring story about his travels.

"I'm just glad that you're not dead." She smiled.

"Me too. I'm tired, so I'm gonna take a shower and then slumber." She walked away and we watched her untie her ponytail and her light brown medium length wavy hair fall to her shoulders.

Jacob's POV

I waited for Jackson's little crowd to leave so I could talk to him, but I found something interesting, he was talking to Katrina, not, correct that, he was flirting with Katrina.

"Welcome back Alex." Alex looked at Katrina and she walked away.

"Hey Jacob."

"Well Jackson, how does it feel like to be the hero?" I gave him an unfriendly smile as I circled around him. I grabbed his shoulder with one hand and with the other I pretended that the words I was saying was in big bold letters on a sign. "Jackson saves the world again!" I stopped smiling. "Too bad you're a tool."

"What's your beef man?" He asked shaking me off.

"Weeeell, if you weren't a tool than you wouldn't have to ask me that Mr. Jackson." I walked away planning a prank, that involved honey.

ZE NEXT DAY…

The next morning I heard Alex complaining about the honey bomb I set up in the Poseidon cabin that got in his hair along with the feathers. I was about to do a happy dance when I saw Hailey picking the feathers out of his hair.

DA FOURTH OF JULY….

Hailey's POV

Me and Alex were sitting at the beach waiting for the fireworks were happen. "My hair still smells like honey." I smiled.

"I know, I could smell it from here." Jacob was off somewhere probably doing like setting up more fireworks. Hey, we were pyros; we just need to pyro all over the place. Alex took a blue Twizler out of it's package and started to munch on it.

The fireworks lit up the sky and we watched in awe. And I could have sworn I saw a firework that said: JACOB IS AWESOME. After an hour the fireworks were over. We just sat there in silence. I turned my head and just looked at him and he stared back.

"Happy fourth of July Alex."

"Happy fourth of July Hailey." He leaned in as I leaned in. Our lips touched and for 12 seconds, we kissed.

It was just… Perfect.

Rosie's POV

I sat alone on the beach staring blankly at the sea. I didn't really like the fireworks, half of the time I couldn't tell what color they were. All around I could see people kissing, of course, all of them shared between a boy and a girl. "Don't be sad, you'll always have me." I looked down and Kitty was looking up at me.

"Thanks." I let one tear fall. An eight year old shouldn't be concerned about love. But I was. And I hated it. I got up and walked to my cabin. I was about to walk in when I heard loud moaning. I didn't want to face whatever was in there so I walked into the woods.

After a while I tripped and skinned my knee. I cursed under my breath, but when I looked up; I saw a marvelous meadow shown before me. I looked around and ignored the pain that was coming from my knee. I zoomed into a piece of paper lying on a flat rock. I picked it up and began to read it.

To whoever stumbled upon this meadow,

Please take good care of it for I won't be coming back to. I've started a new life, I hope you understand.

-Katie Gardner

Katie Gardner… who was that? The hand writing looked so familiar. But then I remembered my mommy wasn't always a Stoll. So if I was correct, Gardner was her maiden name.

I spent my own time here fixing the place up, getting things going. After having a fight with myself, I decided not to tell Hailey or Jacob about this place. I needed this place to be alone.

A place where I can forget about love and all the fear of being hated.

I headed back to the cabin with the note in my pocket. But then I saw Chiron yanking Aaron, an Apollo child out of the cabin and he was half naked except for his boxers that had the sun on them.

I walked into the cabin and Angie, an older Demeter child was crying and I could tell that she was naked under the thin sheets, but I wasn't that kind of person that would like her when she was naked. Plus, she was old.

"What happened?" I asked Hailey in a whisper, I didn't want to be rude.

"You wouldn't understand, you're still too young." She answered patting my shoulder.

Later in the night I figured out that she and Aaron were doing the birds and the bees very loudly.

THE END OF CAMP…

Jacob's POV

We were heading home in a cab. I felt Hailey rest her head on my shoulder and the sound of her munching on honey-nut cheerios. I keep thinking about the boarding school mom and dad will be sending me to. Some place called Jackson Hill.

Dad says it's supposed to suck ass, but they're sending me there so if I get expelled, that won't have to be an option for the future.

That seems reasonable.

"Can I have some?" I asked her. She poured some onto my lap. "Gee, thanks."

"Hey! You said you wanted some, so I gave you some." I started eating them off my lap.

"True that."

"Can I have some?" Rosie's hands were cupped so she wouldn't have to pour it in her lap. Hailey poured some in Rosie's hands and she happily began to eat it. The cab came to a stop and we tumbled out as I paid him with my stolen money.

"YAY, HOME!" Hailey screamed. She ran up to a tree and began to climb it.

"Honey, don't fall!" I turned and saw mom standing there looking concerned about my sister's general welfare with that tree.

"Mommy!" Rosie ran over to mom and gave her a hug,

"Hello mommy." I said mocking Rosie, but then I just got hit on the leg. She flashed me her smile.

"Hello Jacob." She grabbed my head and kissed my forehead. We're the same height now so it was awkward, well for me really, I didn't know about her.

She was pretty, even as she aged. And if you're thinking dirty thoughts, shut the fuck up. Whenever we went places without dad there I noticed men staring at her. She ignored it. She and dad weren't like most middle aged people, for one, they were it mint condition from monster fighting.

Then I heard a loud thunk. "I'm alright!" Hailey called.

"Go help your sister up." Mom commanded. I walked over to Hailey and offered my hand and she gratefully took it. I pulled her up and we went inside. I dragged my luggage upstairs and walked into my room.

The school uniform was laid out on my bed along with a stack of small canvasses. On the top one there was a pastel green post-it note. I picked it up and started to read.

Dear Jacob,

We knew you wanted new ones. So here, a goodbye for now present.

-Mom and Dad

I smiled and stuck the note to an area on my wall that I reserved for post-it notes. Some of them have writing on them, some don't. I start packing and before I pack the uniform, I look at it.

It consists of a navy blue blazer, a black tie, a dress shirt and a dress pants. I'm assuming I have to bring dress shoes too. Ew ties. I pack it away and go to Hailey's room to check on her.

I knock but she doesn't answer, usually, she would answer no or yes, come in. So I swing it open. She's just sitting there with a pencil in hand and a blank piece of paper on her desk. "Hailey?" She flinches and turns around.

"Oh, it's just you." She looked genuinely scared for a moment.

"What did you think I was, a monster?" As I was sitting on her bed,she threw the pencil and it hit my forehead. "Hey! Ow! I was only kidding, Gods!"

She got up from her chair and sat next to me. We talked a bit but then she grabbed her iPod and started to dance, and she was a good dancer. When she noticed she was dancing alone, she unplugged her headphones and plugged her iPod to her iLamp that served also as a speaker. Dance to This Song was playing. She pulled me up. "Come 'on, dance with me."

"But I can't dance!"

Let's dance to this song,

(Yah!)

Let's dance to this song,

(Yah!)

Let's dance to this song,

(Yah!)

Let's d-d-d-d-d-d-dance.

"Oh yes you can, I've seen you before." She twirled around. "You can dance to save your life."

"WHAT? When?" She just smiled.

"When I was trying to steal something from your room," But I cut her off.

"What were you trying steal?"

"Some pretty blue paint." She slid across the floor. "Anyway, but I couldn't cause you were in the room, listening to your iPod, and dancing, and boy, you dance pretty good."

I know your thinkin you heard this before,

Some strings and bass to move your body to the floor,

(To the floor)

But girl that don't matter if the beats are the same,

Cause seeing your body move I'm glad you came.

This got me actually dancing with her.

Move this, move that, verse one, verse two,

That's all these songs are meant to do,

Just melodies, don't stop to think

Mindless moves girl let's grab a drink!

And we kept dancing our asses off intil mom called us to lunch.

Alex's POV

I walked up to my house and unlocked the door. When I walked into the house I saw my mom sitting there reading an article on herself. "Oh, hey honey."

"Hey ma." I mumbled. I didn't look forward to going home. I had to go home to my mom, who was always over protective over me. Let's just say she didn't approve of me and Hailey together. She said that she was too 'wild.'

I also heard her talking to dad on how Mr. and Mrs. Stoll don't parent their children right. And I was all like, what do you mean? Their life seems awesome, full of danger and awesomeness!

"Why are you so down?" She asked.

"Oh, it's nothing." I said. "Any lunch?" She nodded. No one in this family could cook, so we survived on Grandma Sally's cooking to get us through, and Pamela, a personal chef mom hired cause we had money to throw around since she was a famous architect.

"In the fridge, you can warm it up in the microwave." I opened the fridge and saw beef stroganoff. I took it out and poured some on a plate and put it in the microwave for one minute.

After a minute I took it out and grabbed a fork. I was going to hurry upstairs but then she started to talk to me.

"So how was camp?"

"Good."

"Did you go on any quests?" Every year she asks me that.

"Um, yea." She smiled.

"That's my boy. What was it about?" Why was she so happy I went on a quest?

"Oh." I paused to take a bite of my food. "Zeus thought that I stole the master lightning bolt."

"But you didn't."

"Yea I know." She muttered something and didn't speak to me again, so I just headed upstairs and went into my room.

Artemis' POV

I snuck into the window of the Stoll's residence, and the window happened to be Jacob Stoll's.

"Oh, you whoopee."

"Happy to see you too Jacob."

"Why do you even bother to come here?" He's sitting on a stool and he's painting.

"Cause, you're really fun to pester." I peek over his shoulder and I see him painting a necklace like mine and silvery stuff flowing into it. "What are you drawing?"

"My voice being sucked into that damn necklace of yours."

"Why?"

"Cause it just comes to mind."

"Oh." We sit there in silence, but then I decide to look around his room. The walls are covered with artwork and posters. And there was a small area where there were just post-it notes.

There were a bed, as usual, nothing out of the ordinary, a mahogany desk that had pencils and pens scattered about on top along with many scraps of paper. There was a closet, which I'm guessing it carried all of his shoes or something. And then there was a drawer, which I'm guessing carried his clothes and stuff. It was just a room, but if you were in the corner Jacob was in, it was a studio.

"Nice room." He just looked at me.

"Um… Thanks?" My time was up so I decided to leave. "But this time, don't go out of the window, everyone's asleep so you can go through the front door." I just looked at him and I left. On the way downstairs I saw that a lamp light was on. I peeked around and saw Katie Gardner there, but she was sleeping. But then I heard some footsteps so I hid in a nearby closet. But I opened it just a crack.

I saw Travis Stoll walking down the stairs, he was shirtless, but I didn't pay much mind to that, I see Apollo all the time. What was he going to do? Rape her? I grabbed my knife just to be sure.

"Kaatie." I heard him whisper.

"Mweh? She lifter her head.

"Come 'on, go upstairs and sleep."

"Carry me."

"What?"

"I said carry me." She laughed.

"Ugh, fine."

"Yay." There was a bit of silence but then I heard them coming upstairs. Then a door shutting. I waited for a while but then I creeped my way out of the house. That definitely wasn't rape.


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