A/N Two chapters today! I'm on a roll!
Ash: Well, can I leave now?
Me: What happened to Zach?
Ash: He poofed.
Me: Oh, well… if you're still bored…
Ash: NO! Just tell them *waves out of computer screen* you don't own this stuff and that they should review at the end.
Me: Are you sure you don't want me to summon up—
Ash: Just read people!
Chapter 13: ASH
"Hey, uh, Shiloh?"
She turned around, trying to hide the hurt in her eyes. I winced. I did that.
"Look I'm sorry. I was out of line."
Her eyes went all soft. "Oh, Ash. I should have realized. I mean, I saw how messed up you were after that…that…"
"Yeah, but I think it's going to be okay now. Cassie gives really good advice."
"Well good. So, are you over it?" she asked tentatively.
"Jessica is no more," I grinned. Shiloh nodded.
"So…are you still going to snap at me about Spencer?" she asked, almost scared of my reaction it seemed.
"Uh… Depends on what you say…but I need your help."
"You need my help?"
"Yeah," I admitted grudgingly. Shiloh grinned.
"Well, okay, but you owe me."
~THIS IS A TIME BREAK~
"So you're going to defrost now?" Percy asked.
"I'm trying," I told him. "I didn't realize how much of a jerk I was. Jessica really did a number on me, huh?"
Percy laughed. "So, do we have Spencer to thank for this defrost?" he teased.
"Well, no, not directly. I, uh, got kind of pissed off at Shiloh, and Cassie knocked some sense into my thick skull. I'm going to go leave this for Spencer." I held up the envelope with the ring in it. Percy just kind of blinked at me.
"It's a ring. Something I'd gotten for Jessica before she let me know it was all just a game," I answered his unspoken question.
"You're not telling her it's from you? Probably a good idea. Ya know, you're lucky she can't see you. If she could you'd get thrown in the handsome jerk category and she'd forget about you," Percy said after a moment of silence, he smirked a little. I laughed and said,
"Later Perce."
I walked casually around the courtyard between the cabins to the Hephaestus cabin. I set the envelope on the steps, and slipped away.
A/N Spencer: I should go smash in that chick's face.
Ash: Why?
Spencer: She's obviously from the deepest part of Tartarus. Nobody deserves to be played with. Not even you.
Ash: Gee thanks.
Me: Review!