It saddens me that there is no gasps of OH NO for Pollux.
Chapter 6
"You know, I'm a nice person and I'll give you the benefit of the doubt until I am positive, until everyone ELSE is positive that you didn't jump off Zeus's fist head first in an attempt of suicide." Mason snapped, glaring, when I first woke up.
"Where's my dad?"
"I'll answer that when you tell me whether or not you tried to commit suicide."
"I didn't, now wheres my dad?"
"Yelling at doctors."
"Oh. How does my head look?"
"Have you ever seen a cracked open bowling bowl? Try holding it together with toilet paper and add blood."
"We're in an actual hospital." I sum up.
"Yes Pollux, we are." She says with an eye roll. I wince when I try to move a little.
"Didn't you hear me? You cracked your head open! Dweeb."
"It hurts."
"Duh." Then she forced me to look at her in the eye.
"Pollux, I know I sound really, REALLY mean, but I want you to know that I love you and I'm just upset that you're hurt. Sarcasm is my defense when I'm upset or scared and right now I'm both."
"It was stupid of me to be up there in the first place."
"What were you doing?"
"I was reflecting... Thinking about life and wishing I didn't have to live without Castor, but I'd never kill myself... I swear on the river styx I never would."
"I believe you."
"I've thought about it though..." She frowns at that. I've never realized how good of friends I have until that moment, with Mason, sitting in a hospital bed and wishing my head wasn't busted.
"I just wish you'd be different." Hurtful...
"I CAN'T be different, I'm just too afraid I'll forget Castor." And even as I said it I knew I'd never forget him. She confirmed it.
"You WON'T forget him. I promise."
"So what now?"
"Well-"
So I'm gonna be mean and not tell you... This was just a short chapter to show the relationship between Pollux and Mason building.