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I do not own the PJO characters.
"Hey," I said as the Stoll brothers pulled me along, "be a little more gentle will you."
"Sorry, we're just a little excited," Connor said, slowing down.
"Yeah, we haven't done a prank in a while," Travis said.
They led me all the way to the Hera cabin. It seemed just the same as I left it but clean and Jamie's stuff was neatly put back on his side of the cabin. I turned to the Stoll's.
"Why is Jamie's stuff here?" I asked.
"Because, when you left and Jamie died, everyone wanted to get rid of your guys's stuff but we kept all of it and made it look like you guys were still here," Travis explained with a grin.
I looked around. Everything was exactly where it was supposed to be, even Jamie's annoying alarm clock.
"Thank you," I whispered as I embraced them in a hug.
"No problem," They said simultaneously.
"Now," I said backing away, "what's the prank?"
"Well," Travis said, holding up some spray paint, "what do you think we should do." They smiled mischievously and rattled the cans.
I grinned. "We can spray little smiley faces all over the place. It's not much, but Nico said that people might be onto us since there hasn't been a mysterious prank pulled since I was here. So I was thinking something subtle, small, but will put smiles on other peoples faces."
"And this is why you're part of the CTT," Connor said.
We decided to meet up after midnight so that we could be even more sneaky. After we finished coming up with a plan, the Stoll's left, leaving me all alone in my cabin.
For the longest time I stared at Jamie's stuff, for a second or two it felt as if he was still here. If only I hadn't gone on that quest…
I sat there for what seemed like hours until I was startled by a noise outside. I was sure it was nothing so I continued to sit quietly on my bed. It wasn't until Damian had come to the door that I realized that the noise was him tripping on the steps.
"Are you okay," I said laughing.
"Ha ha, I'm fine," he said. He started to walk into the door.
"Wait, don't go any further," I said getting up.
"Why?"
"Because, Hera put a curse on the cabin so that no one but me and Coral can come in here without getting sick, unless I do this thing. Just one perk of being a child of the Greek Queen Immortal."
I walked over to him and placed my hand on his head, my hand glowed with a faint purple light. "There," I said once I finished.
"Nice place," Damian said looking around inside, "You're lucky you only share a cabin with your little sister."
"Yeah."
"Wait? Whose stuff is that?" He asked, pointing at Jamie's bed.
"Oh, um," My cheeks started to feel hot, "That's Jamie's stuff."
"He stayed here?" Damian said a little too loudly.
"Yeah, but only for a little while, the Stoll's brought his stuff in here when he died," I explained.
"Oh…"
I started to fiddle with my ring as we stood there in awkward silence. After a few minutes of not saying anything I looked down at the ring I was playing with. It was the one Jamie gave me for my birthday.
"So," I finally said, "where's Coral?"
"Well that's why I came here, uh, it's time for lunch," Damian said.
"Oh, I guess I didn't hear the bell ring."
I watched as Damian started to walk out the door. "You coming?" He asked.
"Uh," I looked at the ring again, I quickly pulled the ring off my finger and walked over to Jamie's side table beside his bed. I gently placed the ring next to the alarm clock and turned around, "Sure."
Thanks for reading! Shout out to my best friend who even though he's never read the PJO series, still reads my fanfic.
-Lou Ellen and Sydney