A/N: This one's a short chapter, sorry about that.

After a long, painful experience bumping up and down on the uneven surface on the lake, I finally got a little while to relax before lunch. I thought about what to do for a while, then decided to do some drawing. I headed to the Athena Cabin and grabbed one of the sheets of paper on the desk under my bed. I started to draw the Minotaur wielding a huge hammer one-handed, and got the outline done before losing interest. I put away the paper and pencil, and headed out into the woods, unsure of what to do. I wandered for about ten minutes before sitting down on a rock and staring into space. I started daydreaming. I did that alot. Daydreaming, not sitting down on rocks. Usually I use chairs or seats. I was so absorbed in my daydream that I didn't notice someone walking up behind me until they were only a few steps away. I turned around to see who it was.

"Hello Amber." I said.

"Hi Tom." she replied.

"Apollo Cabin got break at the moment?" I asked, although I was already 99% sure of the answer.

"Yeah." she replied, "I'm guessing Athena Cabin also have break?"

"No, I ran away to live with the forest creatures." I said sarcastically.

"Really? You look more like a city guy to me." she replied.

"I was being sarcastic." I said dryly.

"What's sarcastic?" she asked, sounding serious.

'Pretty but dumb.' I thought as I looked at the tanned, blonde haired girl in front of me.

"Lying, in joke form." I said.

"So kind of like irony?" she asked.

"Hmm... More like irony's a form of sarcasm." I replied.

"And another form is tearing flesh?" she asked jokingly, realizing the simmilarities to the Greek parent word σαρκασμός which meant tearing flesh and speaking bitterly.

"No, that's just a simmilarity." I laughed.

'Maybe she's not so dumb...' I thought.

"Want a rematch from earlier?" she asked, "You were wounded then."

"Sure, why not?" I said, reaching for my sword.

Before I could reach it, I was forced to dodge backwards as she swung her knife at me. Damn it! I drew my sword and blocked her next blow, then swung my sword towards her right side. She ducked under it, so I quickly turned the direction of the slice. She slid to the side and my blade cut into the ground. I dodged backwards as she lunged at me, and raised my sword above my head, then leapt forwards and swung it downwards. She moved to dodge and I quickly kicked her in the chest, dazing her. Unfortunately, she stumbled back just enough for the blade to miss her. She quickly recovered and attacked me, jabbing quickly and dancing around me. I span constantly to keep up with her, clangs of metal ringing though the air as we battled. She rolled backwards, breaking off the exchange of blows, and I frowned. I had just been gaining the upper hand. Suddenly, a beam of sunlight slammed into my chest and I groaned in pain as it knocked me to my knees. I quickly turned and ran into a deeper part of the forest, looking for an owl.

"Coward!" Amber shouted, sprinting after me.

I stopped suddenly, having found an owl, and Amber slammed into my back. I span round as the owl, following my orders, swooped in and snatched Amber's dagger. I pressed my sword lightly to the daughter of Apollo's neck, thanking the owl for its help.

"Well, I guess you just owned me..." Amber said, smiling.

'Damn she's pretty.' I thought.

I blushed at my thought, but thankfully Amber didn't seem to notice. I lended her a hand in getting up.

"Thanks." she said.

"No problem." I replied.

There was a few seconds of silence.

"You know the time?" I asked.

"No, but if we can find a clearing I can tell by the suns position." she replied.

'Definitely not dumb.' I thought.

"Let's start looking then." I said.

After a few minutes we found a clearing.

"Looks like it's about... 12:15 PM?" she said, looking up at her dads chariot.

"So we've got fifteen minutes until lunch." I said.

"Yep." she replied.

"What should we do?" I asked.

"Actually, I was thinking of being alone for a while. Sorry." she replied.

"That's fine." I replied before we said goodbye and parted ways.

Yet I still felt dissapointed.

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