These drabbles were written for: Percy Jackson Fanfiction Challenges - kitty132383: The 100 Prompts/100 Drabbles Challenge
Disclaimer: I don't own the Percy Jackson and the Olympians or the Heroes of Olympus series, all rights go to Rick Riordan.
16. Photograph
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Thalia Grace didn't trust many people.
It was hard to earn her trust.
"Hey, can I come in?" Thalia turned to the girl who was standing in front of the tent.
"It's just as much yours as mine," she said simply and the girl sat down next to her with a smile on her face.
"What were you doing here alone? The others are out, playing," the wavy dark brown-haired girl stated.
"I was just thinking," the daughter of Zeus shrugged.
"You aren't very talkative today, Thals," the Huntress said and Thalia chuckled.
"I am never very talkative, Lia. Maybe you have mixed me with someone else," the Lieutenant said mockingly and the daughter of Eris rolled her eyes. Amelia noticed a frame under the sleeping bag and pulled it out curiously only to be stopped by the other girl.
"Hey, what's that? Why can't I see it?" Melia asked with raised eyebrows.
"It's personal," Thalia said and that made the other Hunter even more curious.
"What can be so personal?" the daughter of the goddess of discord asked but Thalia didn't answer.
"You know, when you first came here I hated you," Lia started and the Lieutenant looked up and fixed her electric blue eyes on her.
"Daughter of Zeus, the new Lieutenant... I was very jealous, you had everything I have ever wanted," the brown haired girl stated.
"What has changed?" Thalia asked curiously.
"I have realized that your life was never as perfect as I thought it was," the daughter of Eris shrugged.
"And what does it have to do with being personal?" the Lieutenant asked with high eyebrows as she had no idea what the other girl was talking about.
"I don't hate you anymore. You are my friend, you are sister," the other girl said slowly.
"The picture is so personal that not even my best friends have seen, who I have been on run for years," the daughter of Zeus said and the other girl smiled.
"I see I haven't earned your full trust yet, but I'm sure one day I will. At least I will keep trying," the other demigod said with a sad smile on her face.
"I'm not a really trusting person," Thalia replied automatically and honestly.
"I like challenges," the daughter of Eris said with a smirk and before the Lieutenant could answer she has left the tent.
Thalia Grace looked out and when she was sure no one was around she picked up the photograph and looked at the picture of herself with her baby brother in her hands.
Jason
How much she has missed him.