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This is: Blood
Thalia, Luke
Summary preview: A little blood never hurt anyone.
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I hissed as the thorn in my wrist went deeper instead of out. The pain was not helping my mood.
Luke should have been back by now. The mission was to go out, find (or steal) some food, and bring it back. While I had the far simpler mission of watching over Annabeth in a creepy forest, I was completely aware of the typical time it took to find and bring back food.
Which brought me back to the picking at the thorn instead of obsessing over maybes and could-be scenarios.
"Thalia?" Annabeth spoke up, her voice soft. I flinched at the sudden noise. Pausing for a moment to remind myself that, no, it wasn't Annabeth's fault that Luke wasn't back yet. There was no need to act prickly around her. Judging by the unimpressed look she gave me when I turned around, I failed.
I would never make it as a mother.
"Yes?" I snapped. The unimpressed look grew into condensation. I looked away from her.
"Would you like for me to get rid of that thorn?"
Considering the offer, I glanced back at her. Right. Child of Athena. If anyone could get rid of the literal thorn in my side, it was probably her.
"Sure."
Annabeth smiled and wondered off for supplies. She came back rather quickly with a needle and a pair of tweezers that I probably should have used in the first place.
I lowered my wrist so she could work on it at a better height. Annabeth was quick and soon enough she was placing the thorn in my hand.
"All better now." she informed me, repeating the words Luke always told her after patching up a serious wound.
I let myself smile at her. Annabeth was seriously a cute kid and even though she was only seven, her quick thinking had saved us more than once.
I heard a sharp snap, and whirled around to see Luke approaching us. As he got closer I hit him for taking so long. Luke just took it and winked.
"Who wants some watermelon?" he asked with a ridiculous grin.
Annabeth cried "Me!" and Luke laughed. I snatched the watermelon away from him and tore into it with Annabeth's knife.
"Whoa. You're bleeding! What happened?" Luke demanded, grabbing my wrist.
"Oh calm down. It's just a little blood. Annabeth had to get a thorn out of it for me.
Luke brought my arm to his mouth and gave the injury a soft kiss. "All better now." he whispered.
I blushed as Annabeth laughed.
"I told you so, Thalia!"
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Thoughts?
I still don't know their couple name. Thuke sounds nice enough, I suppose.
Next chapter: Rainbow
~ Anna/ Booklover98