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I do not own the PJO characters.
Jamie and I walked up to the pavilion to get some breakfast. Jamie took my hand in his, I looked down at it and pulled my hand away. "Eeee, not in front of people," I said.
"You're just like Nico," Jamie laughed.
"Who's just like me?" some asked from behind us.
Jamie jumped and turned around, "Jeez Nico, will you stop scaring us."
"He didn't sneak up on me," I laughed, "You just need better hearing."
"So, who's like me?" Nico repeated.
"Me and PDA," I stated.
"Oh," Nico said as he walked past us.
We walk into the pavilion and hear Jazmin whining, and I automatically want to walk back out. I started to turn around to walk back out of there, but Jamie grabs my shoulder and pulls me along. "Hey you're the one who put them up there, I just wanted to beat them up," Jamie said shrugging his shoulders.
"You know I would have never let you beat them up. I might hate them for taking you, but that's not like you and you know that."
I grabbed some food and went to sit down at the Poseidon table as Jamie followed. I met the Stoll's, an annoyed Annabeth, and Percy at the table as I sat down.
"So, Annabeth, what's going on?" Jamie asked as he too sat down.
"We were supposed to get back to New Rome about a week ago, but Percy wants to stay in New York," she said with a sigh.
"What's bad with that," I said taking a bite out of my breakfast, "You're done with college, aren't you?"
"Yeah, but we have our home in New Rome, and we weren't prepared to stay this long."
"Well," I stopped as I saw someone throw food at Devan and Jazmin, I quickly lifted my hand in the air stopping the food in front of Devan's face. Devan then turned to me.
"Really the least you could have done is let that food hit me, you already broke my heart so why not let it hit me," Devan spat.
I stood up and walked towards Devan, "I broke your heart!" I yelled in his face, "You kidnaped my best friend and then told me he was dead!" Tears came to my eyes, "You remind me of my brother, and not the side that the Stoll's remind me of, but the bad parts. The selfish part, the one who didn't care if what he did affected me, he would just do it anyway. My brother is the reason why my curse did what it did, he is the reason I exploded that day! Jamie knew him, just ask him. My brother did not act like a brother should and that is what caused his death. So you doing what you did, could have killed everyone here, that's why I put myself in that dome, so that if I did explode then I wouldn't have killed everyone!" I noticed my eyes burning as I went to sit back down. I sat down beside Jamie and put my head down on the table. I flinched as Jamie put his hand on my back. I could hear Annabeth get up out of her spot next to Percy and walk over to me.
She knelt down beside where I was sitting and slowly rubbed my back in a comforting way. "Hey, how about you and I go out. We can do whatever you want, we can go shopping or go to that café you like. But lets just get you out of here for a little while, let things cool down a bit," Annabeth offered.
I looked sat up a bit and tilted my head so that I was looking at her, "What about Jamie and Coral?"
"Look, I'll make sure that Percy doesn't let his eye off of Jamie, and you know Travis would be more than welcome to look after Coral."
"I-I guess," I agreed reluctantly.
"Great, I'll pick you up right after breakfast," Annabeth said with a smile, she then started to walk back around the table to where Percy was still sitting, "You better watch Jamie," she said as she pointed at Percy.
"Fine, of Trish," Percy said, I smiled at him.
After breakfast, I hurried to my cabin with Jamie following close behind me. I got inside and ran over to my backpack and pulled out all the dirty clothes I had been stashing in there since I arrived at camp.
"Hey, are you going to be okay without me?" Jamie asked.
I didn't respond, I just walked up to him and hugged him tightly, "Just make sure you're here when I get back in a few hours, okay?"
"Promise," he said kissing me on the top of my head, "Here, before you leave, I have something for you." He then walked over to his nightstand and pulled something out of it.
He put it in my hand and said, "I saw it in a store window when I was in the city a few weeks ago, but I never thought I would get the chance to give it to you, since you know, you were supposed to be dead."
I smiled as I unwrapped it. It was a small ring with Jupiter, Mars and the Earth on it. I looked up at him as I slipped it on my right middle finger. I once again grabbed the side of his face and lightly kissed him.
"Thank you," I said as I stood on my tippy toes and pressed our foreheads together, "I needed… this."
"I knew you would like it," he said with a smile.
I backed away and walked back to where my backpack was, I continued to pull stuff out until only the essentials were in there. Just as I finished, I heard a knock at the doorway, I looked in that direction to see Annabeth peering in.
"Huh, I like what you've done with the place," she said looking around from outside, "Well are you ready to go?"
"Yeah," I said walking outside
Thanks for reading! Also shoutout to N.H.I for the reviewing. Oh and N.H.I., no it didn't translate out of Hindi, but my friend was able to translate it using google translate, also reading other peoples fanfic is also what made me want to start doing it myself, so I'm glad that I was able to inspire people by doing what I love.
-Lou Ellen