Jasmine Bays
"Fine, but answer me this. Do you think you're the only one that has problems with their sibling? I lost my older sister three years ago. She meant more to me that the world. And now she's gone." He exited the Hermes cabin with that note in her head.
It kept replaying in her head. Why am I so selfish? She asked herself. Gods. Why am I feeling sad? Nico lost his sister. I just had an argument with mine.
"I'm such an idiot!" She screamed to herself
"No you're not" someone countered. She looked at the door and it was Avalon Grey; her half-sister.
Over the month that Jasmine's been in Camp Half Blood, she and Avalon had grown closer. Not as close as she is with Katie and Aurora, but Avalon was the only friend that was her friend and only her. Katie, Aurora, Alex and Casey were her brother's friends. Not hers. Well, not technically. She grew up with them yes, she's close with them yes, but they mostly hung out with Jeremy. Avalon was one of the friends only Jasmine had, like how Alex was friends with Clarisse. That was a BIG surprise.
"What are you doing here?"
"I live here. I passed Nico on my way here. Is there something you want to talk to me about?"
"It's not that important"
"It depends what's at stake" Avalon shrugged. "Is it your pride? You're Dignity? Or is it your reputation?"
"All of the above" sighed Jasmine, defeated
"You know you can tell me." She inched toward Jasmine
"I know. I just… I don't know. I have mixed emotions. And I…I'm…I'm… I don't know" Jasmine admitted
"You're scared." Declared Avalon
"Of what?"
"You're feelings. You feel something you don't know how to explain. And different emotions keep piling up on top."
"How do you know this much?"
"Personal experience"
"Sometimes it's easier to talk."
"I ran into Nico on my way to the arena. Alex watched us and soon we were debating if I liked him or not, soon the whole gang jumped in and turned against me. After a few minutes, the subject turned back to my old crush on Nico and how I was being silly about it. And Jeremy yelled at me to get over it. I don't know why it hurt, I've been told worse, but it did"
"He's your brother. Every insult he says hurts, but when he's serious or even if he sounds like he's thought about it a lot, it stings"
"Yeah. Then I came here to just scream, but then Nico came and we started arguing then the matter of if he was pretending to be my friend before came up and that led to him talking about losing his sister"
"He talked about Bianca?" Avalon asked, astonished. Jasmine nodded. "He never talks about her. When he does, he gets all depressed."
"Now I feel selfish. Getting upset because my brother yelled at me when Nico's sister died. I just feel weak. Like I shouldn't be sad because someone has it worse than me."
"Don't say that. It's like saying you shouldn't be happy because someone else is happier. You have the right to be sad. It's an emotion that makes you human."
"The thing is, it's just not one emotion. And I don't like it. Not knowing what I feel. Not knowing how twisted my emotions are."
"It gets better. It always does. Just give it time."
"Thanks, Avalon. Sometimes it feels like the whole world is against me. It's nice to know that someone cares"
"Hey, now. Don't get all sappy on me" she playfully punched Jasmine's shoulder, while said girl laughed. "Besides, friends build each other up. Not tear each other down" (A/N: To the first person to tell me what show the last quote is from and who said it, I will dedicate a whole chapter to a couple of your choosing)
"Hey now" mimicked Jasmine. "Don't get all sappy with me"
After the Hermes sisters finished laughing, Avalon asked Jasmine how she met Hade's son.
"At the beginning of eighth grade, he got labeled as 'emo'. A lot of people avoided. I wasn't one of them. I was never one to follow the crowd. And, I know how words hurt. So I hung out with him. We were friends. Then I started to feel more than just friends and I had my first crush." Jasmine blushed at this part. Avalon raised an eyebrow but didn't interrupt her. "But when I first saw him here, he pretended not to know me. And it hurt more than I let on. Now I hate him. I mean I can take a hint and if he didn't like me he shouldn't have led me on to think that there could have been something"
"Is there something you're not telling me?" Asked Avalon asked suspiciously. Jasmine's hand went straight to her necklace. The last time it was put on was…
"On the day I left Maui, I lost my necklace. At the end of the day, he found it and put it on me." Avalon squealed which was very unlike her. "And we almost kissed"
"ALMOST?!" Avalon was bouncing in her seat.
"Jeremy was on the road and he could have seen me."
"That's it?" She asked with a smug look.
"I looked back at him and…"
"AND WHAT!?" screamed Avalon
"I kissed his cheek" Jasmine said quietly but still audible
"That is so CUTE" exclaimed Avalon
"Scream it to the entire camp, will you" Jasmine exclaimed with sarcasm dripping down. "You are such a hopeless romantic"
"Puppy love is cute at your age"
"WE"RE THE SAME AGE!"
"But you didn't deny that you love him" said a new voice. It was Casey.
"But I didn't confirm it either." Argued Jasmine, now on her feet.
"But you didn't deny it" repeated Casey.
"What are you doing here?" pouted Jasmine.
"Checking to see if you were okay. You and Jeremy don't fight too much and when you do it's not as serious.
"I'm fine" reassured Jasmine
"So you forgive him" asked Casey, hopefully
"I didn't say that"
"Come on. You know he didn't mean it."
"I know, but even the thought of him thinking those words, it just hurt"
"Great Job, Albany." Blamed Avalon. "Now she's depressed again"
"Sorry" She looked at Jasmine. "I know what will make you feel better. You, me and Avalon go out to the city tonight. It will be single ladies night out."
"You can do that?" asked Avalon.
"We can if we ask Chiron. Or better yet, get Albany to ask Mr.D, you know how he's such a sucker for her"
"Mr. D likes Albany?" asked Avalon, who looked both astonished and grossed out
"Not like that. Albany stays in the big house for some reason, and in the morning she would do some chores or whatever, but Mr. D shows his appreciation through niceness." Explained Casey
"That's all you have to do to get him to be nice to you?"
"Have you seen his office before she came?" Asked Jasmine. The three girls shivered at the mental picture they had.
"Forget it. I rather him be mean to me and call me the wrong name on purpose than clean that office" exclaimed Avalon
"Same. I here he has a statue of himself in there" said Jasmine
"That's not so bad"
"Well, in the statue, he's naked and peeing into a fountain"
"Okay that is disgusting"
"On so MANY level" added Avalon
"So, single ladies night out?" asked Casey
The Hermes sisters exchanged looks and said "Yeah"
"You want to ask Chiron?" asked Casey
"Let's get Albany to ask Mr.D" suggested Jasmine
"Agreed"
