Chapter 7
I will be the first one to admit that I didn't expect Nico and Jess to get pass the mutual crush, but hey the world is full of surprises. After Luke and I ditched the romantic moment between Nico and Jess, we continued hiking around the lake. Until we came across a picnic layer out by the shore of the lake. It had all of my favorite things, half and half Snapple, chocolate covered strawberries, and sushi. I look over at Luke, he says,
" I thought I should take you on a proper date."
" Why? I liked our previous encounters."
" Sword fighting, swim wars, and cheating death."
" Yeah, all those things were really fun."
" Well I think one of us has to be the romantic in this relationship."
" And I can't!"
" I didn't say that."
It drives me nuts when he gets all technical it annoys me to death, but sometimes it can be so hot. I drape my arms around Luke's neck and kiss him, he says,
" I like this."
He placed his hands on my on hips and kissed me back. He pulled me closer to him, I kissed him once more and said,
" Why don't we eat."
" Fine by me."
We sat and ate for a while and then I said,
" I can't get used to this."
" What?"
" The words we and us. Being with someone who cares about me for more than a week."
" Ren if this is to much for you?"
" It's not Luke, I've just been alone for so long."
He laced his fingers into mine and said,
" You won't ever be alone again."
He kissed my hand and said,
" Not now."
Now he kissed my neck and said,
" Not tomorrow."
He was millimeters away from my face and said,
" Not ever."
He kissed me, I tangled my fingers in his hair and threw him on his back. I kissed him, this moment will probably go down as the best moment of my life. Until our perfect moment was ruined by some girl with ridiculous red hair, she said,
" Well aren't you two getting cozy."
I got off of Luke and said,
" Who the hell are you!"
" I'm Rachel Elizabeth Dare. The fortune teller in a sense, of camp Half-Blood"
Luke looked really pissed when she said that, he yelled,
" Go the hell way, we want nothing to do with you!"
" I came here for some reason…"
She didn't finish her sentence because her eyes started to glow green and she spoke again but it wasn't her voice, it said,
" A daughter of war shall fight along side a traitor.
Together they shall fight a darkness that has been in slumber.
Chaos will cover the earth like a plague.
If the past will not haunt the hero then the future will be lost.
And in the final breath of the hero the darkness will be destroyed
Or it will the cause of the end for heaven, hell, and earth."
These words she said haunted my mind. I looked at Luke and he said,
" You have just received a prophacy that could save the world."
Hehad looked scared, and the thing is Luke doesn't get scared.
We went back to the big house and after two hours of arguing we came to the conclusion that I had to go on this quest. I chose Nico and Jess to come with me. I couldn't bring Luke because there was no way I would lose him and to do that I had to leave him. I talked to Percy and he got us a ride with some winged horses, minos Nico who would be shadow traveling, but we would only have them until we got out of New York. As I was getting Black Jack ready Luke came up to me and freaked out the horse. I took the horse to the other one and then went back to Luke said,
" You can't leave me out of this Ren."
" I'm doing this to protect you. You already died once."
" And I would die again for you."
" That's why your staying."
" Ren I'm tethered to you and I don't know if I could live if you.."
" Died. And you know I won't."
" Do I?"
" Yes."
I kissed him and it hurt because for the first time in my life I don't want to be alone. He said,
" Take this."
It was a gold locket with a picture of him inside. He said,
" It was my moms."
" I can't."
" You are."
He puts the necklace on me and says,
" You know I won't say good bye."
" Then see you soon."
" See you soon."
He wrapped his arms around me and married his face in my hair and whispers,
" Come home to me."
" Always."
And then we parted ways.