Aww, hey guys, I can't believe it, 97 reviews, wow. 3 more and we hit triple digits, I'm so excited! So, I can't believe Taylor was such a hit, so I brought her back, well, she kinda should be, being Jase's sister and all. Now we get a little insight in her mind, now bear in mind, my neice just turned 4, while adorable and so cute, I have no wish to get into her mind, the child's mind is a complex thing. I love all the things Taylor says in this chapter, she's an awesome character to write, and so amusing too.
I don't own PJO or anything of such, I did however meet some very awesome PJO fanatics today on my trip. We had to find Blackbeard's treasure map, I didn't kill him... he gave us lollipops, you can't do that.
Taylor's Point of View:
"Does Jase not like tea parties anymore, is that why he's not waking up?" I asked mommy, who was holding me on her lap, so I couldn't go and play with all the big toys in the room.
"Jase loves tea parties, he's just tired." Mommy told me warmly, she looked at the bed Jase was lying on, I wanted to sit on him, like I used to when I woke him up.
"Is it because I was naughty?" I asked, mommy shook her head.
"No Taylor, you were an angel." Mommy assured me, I frowned.
"Then why is Jase here?" I asked, mommy sighed, just before there was a quiet knock on the door before Riley entered with Lucas's girlfriend Sierra, I like Riley, she smiles a lot, and she makes Jase smile too, although they turned the colour of my pink crayon a lot, it was funny.
"Any change?" Sierra whispered in the quiet, mommy shook her head.
"No change." Mommy replied quietly as Riley sunk into the other chair in the room, it was on the other side of Jase's bed and it was dubbed as Riley's seat when she was here. I squirmed on mommy's lap and drew her attention back to me.
"I want Riley." I mumbled, Riley was sad, I needed to comfort her, mommy nodded and looked over at Riley before setting me on my feet. I walked around Jase's bed, past Lucas who was pacing between the wall and daddy and I passed Sierra who attempted a smile at me as I stopped in front of Riley.
"Hey Tay." Riley mumbled as she picked me up and set me on her lap, wrapping an arm around me to keep me there for good measure, but I was gonna be good, I needed to comfort Riley.
"You okay Riley?" I asked her seriously, Riley attempted a smile but I saw the water in her eyes. "Why is Jase sleeping?" I asked her Riley looked sad again and gazed at my big brother.
"Because a bad person tried to hurt him, and he gets tired a lot." Riley replied, I nodded.
"Did you kick him in the ankle?" I asked. "Like I do to Lucas when he tries to change my tv?" I added, Riley let out a tired chuckle.
"Yeah, I kicked him in the ankle and he went crying to his mommy." Riley said, I nodded, this was good.
"Did you bite him, like mommy says Jase used to do when Lucas tried to steal his cupcakes?" I chirped, Riley shook her head.
"He was a crybaby, it would be mean." Riley said sadly.
"So was Lucas." I countered, it drew a watery laugh from Riley.
"It's fine Taylor, he got in lots of trouble, I wouldn't want to either." Riley said quietly, we were back to quiet Riley. I sighed and looked at my big brother, his hair had grown out since we'd moved to New York, it got rid of the "pretty boy" image I saw in some of Jase's old photos, I think Riley might have something to do with that, wait, I know Riley had something to do with that.
"Are you okay?" I asked, Riley looked at me with her pretty black eyes before switching her gaze to Jase, her cheeks turning a dark pink the longer she looked at him.
"I don't know any more Taylor, I'm worried about your brother." Riley said quietly, I nodded as I cocked my head to the side in the way that always got me the last cookie after Lucas got dibs, it couldn't get it from Jase, he was tougher, for him you had to call in the only thing that could get him to give up the cookie. Riley. She was very pretty and she made Jase turn as red as my crayon, I should know, I checked.
"Is Jase sick?" I asked, I was always sleepy when I'm sick, Riley seemed to think about this.
"Yes, in a way..." Riley said airily, I nodded.
"Mommy holds my hand when I'm sick, to make me feel better, maybe you should hold Jase's." I suggested, Riley turned a darker shade of pink and I was confused, but none the less she picked up Jase's hand and held it in the one that wasn't keeping me where I was.
"I'm going down to the café, anyone else hungry?" Mommy offered, Sierra raised her hand half-heartedly, Lucas nodded.
"I could go for something to eat." Daddy agreed, mommy turned to me and Riley.
"Are either of you hungry?" She asked, I shook my head.
"No Mrs Evans, I'm fine." Riley replied quietly.
"Okay." Mommy replied. "We'll be back soon." She promised as she crossed the room to drop a kiss on my head, then she left with everyone else, leaving me with Riley and a sleeping Jase. It was quiet for a real long time until I noticed Riley drawing circles in Jase's hand with her thumb.
"Why are you doing that?" I asked curiously, Riley looked from Jase's hand to me for a second.
"I don't know, I guess it's soothing." Riley shrugged, I nodded slowly, mommy sometimes did that too. I tried to think of other ways to make Jase feel better, mommy made me sleep when I was sick, but Jase was already sleeping, in my book the prince kissed the princess to wake her up and she was all better, I should tell Riley.
"Why don't you kiss him." I suggested, Riley turned a deep pink as she looked at me.
"Kiss him?" She repeated, I nodded.
"In my book the prince kissed the princess and she woke up, all better!" I told Riley, who shook her head.
"That's a prince's magic, and are you implying your brother is a girl?" Riley asked confused, I shook my head.
"No, but Jase is the prince who needs to be woken by the pretty princess." I said, Riley laughed weakly. "Kiss him." I insisted, Riley thought about it for a few minutes, it was the same sort of look Jase got a lot of times when Riley wasn't around, a dreamy smile, those two.
"Are you sure?" Riley asked scared, I nodded.
"It will make him better." I promised, Riley looked unsure but then she looked from me to Jase and I saw determination spark in her eyes.
"Okay..." Riley said, she stood up and set me down on her chair.
"I want to see if you're doing it right." I told Riley as she straightened up again, she stopped and froze in place before nodding once and heading around to the other side of Jase's bed, where I could see her face.
"Are you sure?" Riley asked nervously, I nodded from my seat and I watched as Riley leaned over and kissed Jase's cheek. We waited in silence for a few seconds before I shook my head.
"The prince always kisses the princess on the lips." I told Riley in my most-grown up voice, Riley gave a nervous laugh and nodded.
"How could I forget." She said, her voice was higher pitched than usual and her face was the colour of my red crayon now. I watched as Riley brushed all her hair to one side as she leaned over Jase again, I politely closed my eyes just before they kissed, just like when Jase covered my eyes when daddy leaned over to mommy before work each morning. I heard this funny toy that kept making beeping sounds speed up, I wasn't sure if it was a good thing, but it was interesting.
"Are you finished?" I asked as I uncovered my eyes, Riley pulled back cautiously and looked at me, she looked a little sick herself, her eyes were all shiny and out of focus, I wondered if she caught whatever Jase had, my book never said the prince became ill like the princess. I looked at Jase as his eyes fluttered open and I smiled, he and Riley were wearing dreamy smiles, I wasn't sure if it was a good thing, it seemed to be.
"Hey Taylor." Jase murmured, I waved brightly at him with a smile on my face until there was a knock on the door.
"I'll get that." I told them as I got off the seat, I made my way to the door and opened it carefully. Jase's doctor stood on the other side of the door, when he noticed I was the one opening the door he crouched until he was looking me in the eyes.
"Miss Evans, I'm here to check on your brother. To make him better." Doctor Robmin told me kindly.
"You don't need to, Riley made him all better." I chirped happily, Doctor Robmin looked over my head for a second.
"And how did Riley do that?" He asked cautiously.
"She kissed him of course. Like in my book!" I exclaimed, it was so simple, didn't the doctor know this? Doctor Robmin looked over my head again and this time I looked at Jase and Riley as well, Riley coughed nervously before taking a seat and fiddling with the blue shirt she wore, I'm pretty sure that it was the shirt Jase wore to the school dance a few months ago, the one he never came home with.
"I see." Doctor Robmin replied carefully as I looked at him again.
"You can go now." I told him brightly.
"Come in Doc. Taylor, please go and sit on Riley's lap." Jase instructed softly, I rolled my eyes, making the doctor laugh before leaving the door and heading over to Riley, who picked me up and set me in her lap. The doctor checked the clipboard at the end of Jase's bed and then the big toys, laughing when he got to the beeping machine, making Jase and Riley turn to the colour of my red crayon.
"Why have you two been using my red crayon?" I demanded, the doctor couldn't resist, he burst out laughing as Riley hid her face in my hair and Jase looked anywhere but at me and the doctor. Grown ups are strange things.
Again, I love Taylor. She's so awesome. And I told you guys Jase was gonna live, I think the next chapter will be where we find out Edward's sentence for attempted murder and where I get Jase and Riley together. I hope you guys liked this chapter, I feel so awesome right now, I'm on top of the world... mostly because I love finishing chapters and PJO. I hope you guys liked this because I am going to go and write the next chapter. Sorry this took so long, when Hera's not telling anything and Apollo's reciting sleeping beauty in your head, it's unpleasent.
Until next time.
Thalia out.