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Jamie led us to his living room and we all sat down on two couches. We sat there in awkward silence for a little while until Jamie spoke up. "Trish, h-how did you get out?" He asked, "You aren't dead are you?!"

"No," I laughed, "I'm not dead."

"Then how did you get out?"

"I-, uh, Damian got me out," I said shyly.

"Technically I only got you out of the ice, you got us out," Damian said.

Jamie ignored Damian and kept looking at me. "You haven't changed at all," he whispered.

"Well, it was five years for you but only a few minutes for me, I was in a coma the entire time."

"Jamie," Damian said suddenly, "were you able to find Trish? I mean when I found her I noticed that some of her ice had been chipped away, we were wondering if you had found her after all."

"What is that supposed to mean?" Jamie snapped, "are you bragging that you were able to bring her home but I couldn't!" He yelled.

"No, that's not what I'm saying, I just want to know," Damian said, obviously getting annoyed.

"Because I went after her because I cared about her! You went after her so you could save your precious camp!"

"Jamie!" I yelled, "please stop yelling."

"No Trish! I won't stop yelling! I lost you twice! TWICE! Now you came back to me just to tell me that you've moved on!"

"I didn't move on," I whispered.

"Hey! Don't yell at her like that!" Damian yelled, "You have no clue what she has been through!"

"You shouldn't be taking her side! You've only known her, what? A DAY! I've known her half my life!"

"Please stop," I whispered again.

They kept on yelling until I yelled, "PLEASE STOP IT YOU TWO!"

"SHUT UP!" They both yelled. Damian's face softened when he said that.

"I am so sorry Trish, I-I didn't mean it," he said. But Jamie stayed hardened and angry.

"What happened to you?" I asked Jamie, "Why are you like this?"

"I don't know Trish! I became… different when you left me, it's not my fault." Damian went to say something but I beat him to it.

"I LEFT YOU! When I went to Sally's you never IMed, you never came over, nothing!"

"In my defense, you said you would IM me," Jamie said.

"You know how I feel about giving offerings to Immortals. But that's not the point. I did not want to leave anyone, I was forced to in order to save Coral and the others, I'm sorry if I worried you but. I. Had. No. Choice! You know, I didn't want to come down here, but everyone said it would be the best thing for me, but what they didn't realize is that the Jamie who we knew, isn't the one who left us." I started to get up and walk away.

"You leaving again just shows how much you don't care!" Jamie yelled. Damian went to say something but I clamped his mouth shut.

"Me leaving just shows how much I do care, I want the old Jamie back, and I'm not coming back until that happens. And even then, I don't know if I could EVER forgive you for today." I then walked out the door with Damian following close behind.

We didn't say a word to each other until we got back to Hades' palace. "So, how did it go?" Hades laughed as we walked up to him on his throne.

I shot Hades a look and he shot one right back. "Where's Nico," I said, not even making it a question.

"He's in his room," Hades boomed.

I walked past him and into the hallway that led to Nico's 'room'. "How does he not scare you?" Damian asked.

"Well for one Hades isn't that bad," I snapped, "and secondly, some of the Immortals are smart enough not to mess with me."

As we got about halfway down the hallway, I turned to Damian. "Hey, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to snap at you, I just can't believe that that is Jamie, he used to be so nice. He would have never yelled at me like that, or anyone in that case."

"I know you didn't mean it. I might not have known you for that long, but I know that you've been through a lot and that you're not that mean."

I stared at him and a smile played across my face. "Not that mean, huh?" I said, raising an eyebrow. "When I first came to Camp, I wanted to be the one everyone liked, that they always thought they could count on, that I could be nice to everyone. But I quickly realized that to survive, you need to be mean sometimes, make yourself heard," I said. I then turned and continued to walk towards Nico's door.

"Trish, wait," Damian said.

I turned back around and looked at him. "When we get back to camp, will you promise me that you'll tell me about your life?"

"Why would you want to know about that?" I asked.

"Because, you're the most interesting person I know, and I saved you for goodness sake, I should probably know more about you."

"That sounds like a bunch of crap but sure." We both walked into Nico's room.

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Thanks for reading! Sorry, I haven't posted for a few days, I've had writer's block and couldn't figure out anything to write. Anyways, I'm back now and I'm gonna try and get another chapter out today. Also, just letting you guys know, May 21-23 I won't be able to post because I'm going to a camp for my youth group and we're not allowed to bring electronics. I know it's still a little ways away but I thought I'd let you guys know before I forget.

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