..Chapter 4..

Never Say Never

TPOV

My second favorite day of the year was here. It was the 24th of December.

Christmas Eve.

I got out of bed smiling and stretched. Once I was ready for the day I walked out the door and to the dining pavilion. There were lights hung all around and all I saw was red and green. There was a wreath on every door of a cabin. Right where the fire pit should be there was a giant Christmas tree. It was decorated with red and silver ornaments and lights that would sparkle in the night.

"Wow," I whispered looking around camp. When I lived with my mom when I was little we never decorated anything like this. It was always just a simple fake Christmas tree. We also never did anything together except open presents.

"Nice, huh?" I heard a voice from beside me. When I turned to look my eyes locked with piercing blue ones. Almost immediately I turned my head away so I didn't feel anything for too long. I heard a sigh almost to low for me to hear. Almost, but not quite. I knew what Parker was up to now and I wasn't falling for it.

I nodded and continued walking to a table. "Yeah it's pretty amazing," I muttered sitting down. I rolled my eyes as I heard Parker sit down next to me.

"Yeah because I helped," he said smirking. I held back a giggle and smacked his arm playfully. He continued babbling on about how he helped with the decorations. I was almost about to tell him I had to leave when Violet slid into the seat across from us. She winked at me and I sighed in relief.

"Hey guys," Violet said perkily, interrupting Parker saying something about the Christmas tree. He grunted and rolled his eyes before putting on a fake smile and looking at Violet. "You guys excited for Christmas or what?" she asked and Parker nodded with a glint in his eye. He was planning something. "Oh yeah, Thalia, Apollo was looking for you. He told me he wanted you to meet him by "your rock" whatever that means," she said. I smiled knowing exactly what it meant.

"Thanks! Bye Parker!" I said before rushing through the forest and to our rock. Sure enough, I saw Apollo leaning against it looking up through the openings in the leaves above.

"Hey," I said smiling. He turned around and smiled at me before kissing my forehead and hugging me.

"Hey beautiful," he said winking and I giggled. He started tickling me and I busted out laughing. He continued to where I couldn't handle it anymore, and collapsed to the ground. He continued tickling me until I begged him to stop. "Gotcha," he said smiling. I sighed and pressed my lips to his cheek.

"You don't even know how excited I am for tomorrow," I told him as he helped me up off the ground. He cocked his eyebrows and tilted his head to the side. I chuckled a little at how cute he looked.

"Tomorrow?" he asked confused. I laughed and smacked my palm to my forehead.

"It's Christmas! Hello anybody up there?" I said knocking on his forehead until he pushed my hands away. "I swear sometimes you're so out of it," I giggled and he just huffed. "I also can't wait for your gift," I said smiling. His face lit up.

"Ahh you remembered," he said shaking his head with laughter.

"Of course I did," I said as he moved closer to me. When he was inches away from me he frowned.

"I was hoping you'd forget," he said. I shook my head laughing at him. I knew he didn't really mean it. He liked to joke a lot with me. Once when we had fallen asleep out here in the forest and he woke up pretending to not know who I was. That freaked me out until he kissed me.

"But for now, here's your present," he said leaning down to kiss me. He touched his lips to mine for a couple of seconds but I leaned away.

"But there's no mistletoe here," I said smiling. He just chuckled and bumped his forehead to mine.

"Oh well," he whispered in my ear and kissed me again. I smiled as he wrapped his arms around me.

This would never get old.

PPOV

I walked away from the table that Thalia left from. I frowned and crossed my arms across my chest as I walked through camp. Violet was acting. She came over on purpose. Did they know about my plan? My eyes? Why did Thalia look away from me when she saw it was me? Even worse: Why was I worrying about what Thalia thought about me? I wasn't supposed to care about her at all. It wasn't apart of my plan.

I sighed and forgot about my questions as I walked deep into the forest. Once I knew nobody could hear me I pulled my tiny silver cell phone out of my pocket. I knew half-bloods weren't supposed to use cell phones that much but it wouldn't matter at all soon. I dialed the number I knew all too well.

"Hello?" the voice answered groggily. I rolled my eyes. He was probably sleeping like he always was.

"Hey Ryan it's me, Parker," I said into the phone and I heard a sigh.

"Of course it's you who else would it be?" he said rudely I just sighed. "How's the plan working out?" Ryan asked me and I sighed. I'd probably have to tell him the problems I was having.

"Everything is going fantastic! She's fallen for me!" I said sarcastically.

"What happened?" he sighed and I rolled my eyes and started explaining.

"Well I started to get her to like me but today she was acting all suspicious. I think she found out about my eyes. And..." I trailed off not wanting to tell him. I heard him gasp and I cringed for what was to come.

"Don't tell me you're falling for her? Darnit Parker why? You know this is going to ruin the whole plan! You were only supposed to act like you fell for her!" he yelled so loudly that I had to hold the phone away from my ear.

"Ryan! Calm down! I'm not even sure I have! But... I don't know anymore," I said hanging my head low. "I can't hurt her if I continue with the plan. Never," I whispered and I heard Ryan sigh.

"Never say never," he said dramatically.

"Shut up!" I yelled at him and heard him laugh.

"I don't care what you can can't do! We already started the plan and we can't stop now. We're to far along," he said quietly. I sighed and made an excuse that somebody was coming and that I had to go. We said our goodbyes and I hung up. I sat against a tree and pulled my legs to my chest. I buried my head in my hands and sighed.

What was I going to do?

Well you guys kind of know Parker's intentions now... half of them ;)

And who is this mystery guy Ryan? :OOO

Well how are your guys' weeks? I ended school on Thursday so I've been done for almost a whole week now! But I don't get to sleep in because since Monday I've been having to get up at 8:00 in the morning and go to my swimming practice until 10:00. It's not fun at all -_-

And guess what my coach made us do this morning? 66 laps! That wasn't even half of the practice either! That only took up about 30-45 minutes of the practice when we're there for an hour and a half. So I probably did like 80-90 laps in all today.

Anyways who is excited for Eclipse coming out this month? :DDD I am! I'm going to the midnight showing at my theatre! Super duper excited! :DDD I'm also so excited that Seth is finally going to be in this one! He's my fourth favorite character next to Jasper, Emmett, and Edward :)

Well I don't have much else to say! Time to respond to your reviews!

Harryfan94: I know right? He's the perfect match for Parker! :D

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NotSorry: Hahahaha I know right? Darn him! Lol

TOTALinuyashafan101: Hahaha just wait and see. Thalia is being extra careful around him now that she knows. I don't think you're going to like what happens in the next chapter very much... hahahaha xD

wisegirlx17: Thanks! Wait til you see what happens next chapter :O

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Well that's it for this update! Until next time! (Which will be very soon because I'm writing up chapter 5 as we speak! :O It' one of my fav chapters in the story!)

-Taylor(: