A/N: Enjoy!
Chapter Four
The next day Leia woke up with puffy eyes and a sore throat. She decided to skip breakfast in favor of more sleep. Later that day she woke up to Annabeth shaking her. Leia looked at her blearily.
"Annabeth?"
"What's going on Leia?"
Leia sat up, "What?"
"What's going on with Luke? He's acting really strange today and he won't tell me what's wrong." Annabeth looked nervous, "Did you guys fight?"
For a moment, Annabeth looked like the scared little girl they had found her as. Leia leaned forward and pulled Annabeth into her arms. Annabeth buried her face in Leia's shirt.
Leia held her tightly and whispered, "It's going to be alright, it's going to be alright."
Leia looked up to see Luke standing in the doorway staring at them. They made eye contact and Leia waited for Luke to say something. Luke bit his lip and walked over to them and joined the hug.
"She's right Annabeth, it's going to be alright."
Luke and Leia made eye contact again and Leia knew that this was just for Annabeth. Leia sighed and rested her head in top of Annabeth's.
"It's going to be alright." she said, more for her benefit than Annabeth's. Their family was falling apart.
In the next few weeks, the tension between Luke and Leia stayed the same. They would talk to each other, they would hang out with each other, although only when someone else was with them. They would laugh at each others jokes. It was almost normal, yet Leia felt hollow inside. Luke never met her eyes or talk to her when they were alone. Leia hated it, she hated that she had ever said anything, she hated was letting the truth ruin their relationship. She hated it all. Then one night, just after they had come back from Olympus at the winter-solstice, it all changed.
"Arghhhhhh!"
Leia was awakened by a scream. She looked around, all the girls were looking to the other side of the cabin, whispering. They all looked to Leia, her being the senior girl camper in Hermes' cabin. Leia sighed and rolled off her bed.
"I'll go see what's up."
She walked over to the boys' side of the cabin and saw all the boys looking fearfully at the bed in the corner. Someone was thrashing around in it, whimpering.
"Luke?" Leia asked the boys.
They nodded.
"Go back to sleep, I'll take care of him."
The boys looked skeptical but settled down back in their beds. Leia picked her way over to Luke's bed, he had stopped thrashing now he was curled up in a tight ball, eyes wide open.
"Luke?" Leia whispered as she sat on the edge of his bed. His eyes flickered to her then back to staring at nothing.
"Luke?" Leia asked again, this time lightly putting her hand on his shoulder. He bolted away from her, pressed back against the wall and whimpering.
"Hey," Leia said soothingly."I'm not going to hurt you."
Luke didn't take his eyes off her. Leia just sat there patiently, speaking softly to him, but not touching him again. Eventually, Luke started to relax. He slid down the wall and laid back down in bed. Leia slowly pulled the covers up to his chest. She reached over and started stroking his hair. Luke froze from her touch but eventually relaxed. They stayed like that for a while, until Leia noticed Luke still had his eyes wide open.
"Do you want to talk?" Leia asked softly.
Luke looked up at her and nodded.
"Let's go outside." Leia got up and helped Luke to his feet and they headed outside.
A/N: I'm writing another fanfic at the moment along with this one (you should check it out!). So, it may be a while before I update again. I'll do my best to do it as quickly as possible!