11. Deer In The Headlights

"Hey, Mel! Look!" A fourteen-year-old boy called her fifteen-year-old sister that one time they were cleaning the attic.

"What did you find this time?" she replied, a bit tired. Her brother made a big deal about everything in there.

"Dad's journal when he met mom" That got her attention: she scrambled in her feet and sat next to her brother, curious.

Met a girl in the parking lot,

And all I did was say hello.

Her pepper spray made it rather hard

For me to walk her home,

But I guess that's the way it goes.

September 14th:

Can't believe Reyna left me two weeks ago here! In this city filled with greeks... OK, not all of them are so bad... When I walking around, I passed by a all-girl-school. What caught my eye? Rachel Elizabeth Dare. Yes, the Oracle. We kind-of got along thanks to the 'see-the-future' gig, and, I won't admit it, but she's a good person. I walked to her to say 'hello'. I noticed she wasn't alone and that her companions were giggling. The next thing I know (or feel) is a stung in my eyes, making me groan.

"Oh, my Gods! Octavian!" she screamed at me. I felt a hand on my shoulder, but I shrugged it off, not knowing who was it "Oh, Octavian, I'm so sorry! I thought you were someone else..."

"Someone else?! I didn't even say 'hello'!" I complained, rubbing my eyes "What was that thing, anyway?"

"Pepper spray..." I could hear the guilt in her voice...

Tell me again was it love at first sight

When I walked by and you caught my eye.

Didn't you know love could shine this bright?

Well smile because you're the deer in the headlights.

November 22nd:

Thanksgiving was approaching quickly. But today was a special day: Music Day (big deal if you're a children or Legacy of Apollo) So, Will Solace made this big bash in his home house (Austin, Texas. I'd had laugh if it was Nashville, Tennessee) I attended only because my relatives dragged me. I stood in a corner, sipping my drink and being ignored while everyone else danced, laughed, sang and had a good time...

"Will! Turn up the music!" Rachel asked her half-brother when Queen's 'We Will Rock You' started to play. I stood starstruck, watching her dancing and laughing. I understood I was a goner...

Met a girl with a graceful charm,

But when beauty met the beast he froze.

Got the sense I was not her type

By black eye and bloody nose,

But I guess that's the way it goes.

January 10th:

"Hey, thanks for picking me up" Rachel thanked me. She had these art hang-out and she asked me to picked her up. Besides, we got pretty close lately. But I wasn't ready for what I saw: she was wearing this beautiful purple dress with leather jacket and black heels. I froze and stared at her. That's why I didn't see a fist coming my way. Twice.

"Stephan, stop!" she screamed, running to me. My nose bleed and I'm pretty sure I'll have a black eye in the morning. But my mind was elsewhere... Who in Hell was Stephan?!

"The creep was staring at you!"

"The creep is my best friend and he can! I'm not going out with you! Get. Over. It!" she hissed at him...

Tell me again was it love at first sight

When I walked by and you caught my eye.

Didn't you know love could shine this bright?

Well smile because you're the deer in the headlights.

February 14th:

Valentine's Day. I've never been romantic, but I guess I was gonna try for her...

"Hey" I greeted her when I picked her up from school. She smirked at me "I know you hate the day, but... would you be my friendly Valentine?" I asked, giving her a blue rose. She couldn't date, so I took being her best friend.

"'Friendly'?" she repeated, taking the rose and smelling it "Of course" she replied, smiling...

It's suffocating to say,

But the female mystique takes my breath away.

So give me a smile or give me a sneer,

'Cause I'm trying to guess here.

April 19th:

Spring break. I was ordered to go to greek Camp. I couldn't be more excited. When I got there, I searched for her kind-of please-no-one-notice. She was by the lake. Just when I was walking to her, she turned around and saw me. I smiled at her. She smiled back, but turned into a sneer and walked away, not looking back.

"Hey, Tavi" I heard a female voice behind me. I didn't pay attention. My eyes follwed Rachel in shock. She was jealous!...

Tell me again was it love at first sight

When I walked by and you caught my eye.

Didn't you know love could shine this bright?

I'm sorry I ever tried, deer in the headlights.

Tell me again was it love at first sight

When I walked by and you caught my eye.

Didn't you know love could shine this bright?

If life was a game, you would never play nice.

If love was a beam, you'd be blind in both eyes.

Put your sunglasses on 'cause you're a deer in the headlights.

June 22nd:

It were almost two months and she hasn't been answering my calls, IMs, nothing! I couldn't take it anymore, so I went looking for her. I wanted to know what was wrong to fix it.

"Rachel!" I called her when I saw her. She turned to me, a bit scare. I was making a scene, sue me "Why you've been avoiding my calls?" I asked, walking to her. She tried to answer, but I didn't let her "I called, IMed, everything and nothing! I get I'm not a very good excuse of a person, but that doesn't give you the right-" my ramble was cut with a light pressure on my lips.

"That's why" she whispered "I was afraid..."

"You're not getting away from me like that again" I promised.

"It's not gonna be easy..."

"We'll get through it..."

You're the deer in the headlights.

You're the deer in the headlights.

The teens finished reading and sprinted down the stairs.

"Don't run or someone's gonna break a neck!" their mother called them.

"As long as it's not pepper spray..." her daughter replied, slyly. Her husband peaked from the kitchen.

"What did you say?" he asked, curious.

"Mom, what's the meaning of a blue rose?" her son asked, frowning. Both parents looked at each other before glancing to the book in their son's hand.

"I told you to get rid of it!" she smacked his arm.

"Sooner or later they would know!" he defended. She rolled her eyes at him.

"Dad?" their daughter called him "You're no poet" she accused him, handing him the journal back.

"Are you gonna tell us the story or what?" their son demanded. They sighed. Was gonna be a long day...

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