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Chapter 11 Hazel
After both Reyna and Piper leave the table, we sit eating in awkward silence. Jason is staring intently at his plate. Frank is quietly swallowing his food. Dakota is stuffing the meat in his mouth. I am just waiting for the girls to come back. I don't know why Reyna doesn't like Piper. She's funny and sweet and, once you get to know her, not bad for a Greek. Sure she's not stiff and stoic like a Roman, but she's not creative with threats like a Greek. She's...herself. She's Piper. I don't know why she doesn't like the nickname. I think it suits her in some way. I even forgot her actual name. Calling her Piper has become a habit of mine, I can't think to call her anything else.
I hear footsteps and turn to see Piper coming back, sighing. Everyone looks at her. I expect her to sit back next to me, but she keeps standing.
"I don't know how you guys can stand her." she says.
"Reyna's not all that bad." I say.
"Well, if you like stiff and serious automatons as friends then I guess she's not all that bad." Piper says.
Dakota snorts. The corners of Jason's lips quirk up.
"Are you going to sit and eat?" I ask.
Frank looks at her expectantly. She smiles. "I suppose." she says.
She sits down. I expect her to sit straight, keep her elbows off the table and make abseloutely no noise, eating, but she slouches, rests her elbows lazily on the table and makes tiny slurping noises eating. We all watch her with wide eyes. She stops and turns to us. "What? Can't a princess eat like a normal human being?" she snaps.
"You call that eating like a normal human being?" Jason asks.
"You wouldn't know." she mutters, digging back in to her food.
Dakota, Frank and I choke on our food, trying not to laugh.
"So, Piper," I say, "Could you..uh...tell us about your life back at the castle?"
"Why do you want to know?" Piper asks, her usually smiling face turned hard.
"Well..I'm curious." I say. I see Jason stop and watch her, eyes narrowed.
"Curiosity killed the cat." Piper says.
"Pshaw..a cat has nine lives, my friend." Frank says.
Piper looks down at her plate. She sighs. "Life at the castle is...great, just great."
"I bet you miss the food." Dakota says.
Piper smiles. "Yeah, the food there is way better." She says, her voice indicating this conversation is over.
But Jason looks mad. "Yeah, I'm sure you loved the food." he says, his voice dripping with sarcasm, " And the clothes. They must've all been made of the softest, rarest materials. Tell me, does your father sit on a crystal throne, embellished with gemstones? Does he spend all that money on his own comfort and convenience? And what about the beds? Were they soft enough for you and your..."
"Jason." I say.
But he isn't done. "Your bastard of a father must have all the things in the world within his reach. I'm sure all the guards are obedient lifeless slaves to him. I wonder what he uses as blackmail for them. I wonder how much he threatens them."
I glare at him. I know Piper is our prisoner and we shouldn't really care about what he says to her. Heck, we shouldn't even let her eat with us. But Jason's gone too far.
"Done?" Piper asks, not even a hint of human in her voice.
Jason ignores that. "How can you live with a man like that! How can you- he exiled us. He ruined our lives from the moment we stepped in Greece!" He's shouting now. "How can you not care of what he'd done to us! Don't..don't look at me like that! Don't look as if you couldn't care less! Dammit, don't you have any feelings!"
He was right about that. Piper looked emotionless. Now she looked like the automaton, no anger or sympathy or anything in her eyes. She looks scary like that. I expect her to slap Jason or throw something at him or do something painful, but she just says in a cold, chilly voice, "You were the one who came here with wide open arms. Your foolishness got you here." With that, she gets up and leaves.
Jason looks as if he had been slapped. He also gets up and leaves, but not to any random room to breath in or some hallway. Instead he follows her to her cell. I flinch. This isn't going to end well.
Jason's POV
I let myself in her cell, slamming the door shut behind me. The princess whips around and frowns.
"What?" She asks, annoyed. "Here to lecture me about manners?"
I blink. What happened to that cold poker face at the dining area? She just looks annoyed now. I actually thought, back in the dining area, that she would fangs and bite my head off. That's how scary she looked. Her rapid change of emotions isn't something a normal, happy person feels. Her father has done this. If not him, then she's seen something. Witnessed a tragedy. A tragedy that cuts so deep that...
"You poor thing." I breath.
She scowls. "Excuse me?"
I take a step towards her. "He's broken you so bad." I say. "Your a mess."
"What are you talking about?" She asks.
I suddenly feel the urge to console her. To wipe away the nonexistent tears she's shed. I shake myself. No. You can't do that. She's just a messed up Greek scum. And your supposed to be mad at her. I clear my throat. "You heard me." I say in harsh tone, trying to clean up what i'd just said. "You're father's genes have messed you up."
She turns, her back facing me. "Your Roman blood has messed you up." She mutters, walking to her corner where she sleeps.
She must think I'm crazy. First i shout my head off then i act sympathetic towards her before bashing her again. She tilts her head to me, still not looking my way. "A little privacy please." She says.
I turn around a leave, making sure to slam the door.
Weird chapter in my opinion. Sorry if you didn't like it. A lot is going on in my mind and I just wrote this down to keep the story going and add some actual anger towards the king. I know in almost every chapter, I always end up writing in Jason's POV but it's necessary. Anyway, hope you enjoyed and please review. I feel like a failure when I don't get feedback. So please REVIEW.