A/N: This will be a calm before the storm type of chapter, its basically a repairing things chapter…thanks! BY THE WAY! This is the second chapter tonight, so if you have not read chapter 6, go do so now!
Chapter 7
POV Jezebelle (Head Girl of Camp Half-Blood, Daughter of Hera)
I feel like it is my duty to tell Flin that Juliette was a daughter of Gaea, but I am not sure how. So, after supper I head over to the Poseidon cabin where he is sitting off the deck of the cabin. "Here to yell at me some more?" Flin says, facing me.
"No. Just to tell you something," I say, dangling my feet off the edge.
"What is it?" Flin asks, his eyebrow knit in confusion. Or worry, I'm not sure.
"It's about Juliette," I say carefully and his expression turns stony again.
"If you tell me that she is a…never mind," Flin says and I know what he was going to say. Well, it was true, but I cannot exactly say it out loud, my mother would murder me where I stand.
"She isn't a daughter of Aphrodite. She's Gaea's child," I say, my blue eyes fixed on his. Flin's eyes go wide and then he stares at the water. "It's okay," I persist.
"I can't believe I wasn't able to see through it," He whispers. He puts his head in his hands and I almost feel bad for him. But not quite, I still wanted to run the point home and hit a home run.
"She almost killed Willow and Amber. If it wasn't for Laurel, they would both be dead. Laurel herself might not make it through," I say plainly, and he looks up at me.
"You're kidding," He whispers, sitting closer to me. I can't help but notice how his hands are shaking like he's either very cold or nervous.
"No, you can go see Laurel in the hospital wing if you want to," I say, waving in the general direction of the hospital wing.
Flin doesn't say anything, just sits there like a shell of himself. "They're okay. It wasn't your fault," I whisper to him.
"It was my fault," He says harshly "I was the one who made her be so pressured that she had to tell who she was! It was my fault. All of this. I should be banished or executed or something," Flin continues, his eyes wetting with tears.
"Flin. You know I would never, ever let that happen to you, or to anybody at camp. Everyone deserves a second chance," I say, propping his head up to face me.
"I don't. I shouldn't lead this quest to the White House. The activation will have to go without me," Flin says, and I see everything that he has stood for all of these years slip away. Memories of him and I in the past six years flood through me. Flin and I sitting at the Hera table at lunch and then being scolded by Dionysus. Him and me picking strawberries and then throwing them at each other. It all catches up to me in one instant.
"Fin. I know you're a lot of things, but you are definitely not a coward," I say hesitantly.
"Fin?" He asks quizzically.
"I thought I'd try it. Is it a no?" I say with a small smile on my face.
"No, I like it," Fin smiles at me.
"Let's go take a walk," I say offering him my hand once I stand up.
"Okay," Fin smiles at me, taking my hand and twisting his fingers around mine.
We walk towards the strawberry fields and I smile at him in the dim light. I still see the pain in his eyes as we walk silently across the fields. "Ever thought we would be doing this six years ago?" He asks.
I remember the day I got here very vividly. I was only 11 and I was very scared after I had seen my satyr with goat legs. I had arrived and at camp fire I met Flin. He told me he was the son of Poseidon and had the power to change the water and things. I was very astounded by it and told him that there was no way he could do it. That night, I was claimed by the marriage goddess and everyone was shocked.
Flin and I met in private that night for him to show me the water trick that he knew. He ended up splashing me in the face with a burst of water. "What are you thinking about?" He asks me softly and it shakes me out of my daydream.
"The day we met," I say smiling.
Before I can do anything, he starts leaning in and I cannot help but wonder if this is what happened with Juliette. I may never know. He softly kisses me and I grin against him. I hear soft chuckles in the background. "Seems like we're being watched," I say softly and he grins.
"Well, we can't control everything can we?" He whispers.
I turn and Flin blasts water in the direction of the giggling. Out comes Joseph from Hermes, Willow from Demeter, Laurel from Hecate and Amber from Apollo. "Not cool!" Flin complains.
Willow just has an angry look on her face from the water blast and Amber is trying to dry herself off. Joseph is still silently snickering, which causes another blast of water in his face.
Pretty soon there is a power fight, which leaves me drenched, with my sleeves on my shirt ripped off and my nose hanging a few feet in front of me. "Laurel! I would like my nose!" I complain.
"Fine," She snickers and puts it back on.
"The right way would be appreciated," I say.
She twists it to where it is supposed to be. "I'm going to call it a night," I yawn.
"Me too," Willow groans and starts to walk back to her cabin. Flin aims water at her back and she goes down with a thud. I roar with laughter.
A/N: I thought we needed a good patching up there XD
Questions:
How do they feel about Juliette's parentage:
Are they happy that Jezebelle and Flin are getting along?:
Yay! Your welcome… XD