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[kannagi]

(Sorry for late reply. No internet for 2 days =.=)

Dylan

Finally Chiron's speech winded to an end, and Dylan couldn't help but notice the far off look in Claire's eyes. Her eyes were clouded, and the corners of her mouth were upturned slightly in a... smile? No way. She was staring intently somewhere behind him. "Hey Claire, what got you so happily all of a sudden?"

Her dazed eyes snapped back into attention. "Wh-what? What are you talking about?" Her eyes narrowed in defense, and her words were a little too forced to be true.

Marissa made kissing sounds, much to Claire's dismay. "Athena is joining us for rock climbing today, and Claire's going to to see Michael." She giggled, and acted as if she didn't even see Claire's withering glare. "Come on Claire, it wasn't a secret."

Dylan shook his head, smiling slightly as they started bickering. Their angry voices, however, faded into the background when he saw Jacob stand up and grasp Rose's shoulder tightly. Too tight. They were too far away for Dylan to hear the conversation, but it was anything but friendly, considering the taken aback look on Rose's face. Jacob continued on, distressed, before storming off angrily. Dylan's blood boiled at just the sight of Rose's arrogant, aloof half-brother. He hardly approved of his and Rose's friendship.

Quickly throwing out his breakfast, he muttered his goodbyes to his still-arguing half-sisters before rushing Rose's side. He tried not to sound to anxious when he asked Rose, "What happened?"

[ragemonster]

((It's ok. And god that sucks. D: I'd die.))

Rose

Still glaring daggers at her half-brother, Rose jumped as Dylan's voice asked, "What happened?" Calming down a bit when she tore her eyes off Jacob's back as he stalked out, she turned to Dylan and said, "Nothing. It's nothing. You'd better hurry and get to the climbing wall, or you'll be late." Her tone was quiet and strained. She put a hand on his shoulder briefly, before jogging out of the mess hall, looking back at him. She could see confusion and maybe (she couldn't be sure) slight hurt on his face.

She didn't want Dylan to know that her and her brother had been arguing over him; she knew he'd feel bad, thinking it was his fault or something. Plus, thinking back on what she'd said, it was a bit embarrassing in some weird way. She slowed to a walk after a few seconds, feeling drained. Seriously considering ditching archery, so that she wouldn't have to deal with Jacob, Rose slowed even more, barely walking now, and with a scowl on her face full of "I-Will-Kill-You" aimed directly in Jacob's general direction as she reached the archery range.

[kannagi]

(It did suck... a lot D:)

Dylan

Dylan was thoroughly confused as Rose stalked off. What was she hiding from him? he thought, slightly hurt. Surely there couldn't be something that she couldn't tell her best friend? They share everything, and Dylan always knew he could confide in her. He couldn't remember the last time he kept a secret from her.

Then again, he shouldn't worry about it unnecessarily. Maybe it just didn't concern me, he finally thought, briskily walking towards the climbing wall so he wouldn't be late.

Marissa and Claire managed to catch up to him halfway there, though they seemed to have stop arguing. Claire's eyes had returned to their normal icy glare, while Marissa was torn between critizing the naiads and "frivilous" Aphrodite campers who were currently reappling makeup and fixing their hair. He just nodded, though his heart wasn't into it.

[ragemonster]

Rose

As she stalked up to where she would stand and fire the arrows, Rose held back a flinch as she remembered Dylan's face when she'd walked away. She knew she'd have to explain, just so Dylan didn't think she was keeping things from him; that would plant the seed of mistrust, something she'd never felt towards Dylan, and something Dylan had—hopefully—never felt towards her. She trusted him completely, and it was a poor show of friendship that she wasn't telling him everything. Scowling deeply at the red-and-white target painted on the dummy she was aiming at, Rose notched an arrow into her bow, drew it back, aimed, and let go.

A perfect shot, Rose thought, as the arrow hit home, right where the dummy's heart would be if it had one. I should practice archery when I'm mad more often, she mused, notching another. She ignored her brother, who was also angrily firing volley after volley of arrows into his dummy. A satyr had to replace his dummy after a while, narrowly missing getting hit with an arrow himself. Rose had a sinking feeling that Jacob was picturing the straw dummy as Dylan. What a jerk, she thought, firing another few arrows into her dummy.

[kannagi]

Dylan

Dylan stood at the base of the rock wall. There was lava ominously streaming down it.

The Athena cabin had already started climbing, along with Claire, who was steadily climbing up. Dylan sighed and started to climb up as well.

Halfway up, Dylan was being outclimbed by everyone. He gritted his teeth and went faster, singing his arm from lava in the process.


[later]

Dylan stormed grumpily towards the cabin. He did awful at today's lesson. He tried to see if he could spot Rose over at the archery area, but the trees were blocking his view.

[ragemonster]

Rose

Practically snarling with anger at her idiot half-brother, Rose stomped around a thicket of trees. He'd "accidentally" knocked her arm when she'd been aiming, causing her to fire the arrow right at an Apollo camper. The arrow had, thankfully, missed him; he'd moved just in time. Still fuming, Rose rounded the corner of the trees, and almost smacked right into—

"Oh, hey, Dylan," she said, forgetting her anger temporarily to be replaced by surprise. "I was just coming to look for you. How did practice go?" she asked, though she could guess the answer; small bits of his shirt were missing where the lava had burned it, and his arm was singed. She glanced at it sympathetically. "That looks like it hurts."

[kannagi]

Dylan

Dylan shrugged. "It'll be fine," though at that moment his arm suddenly surged with pain and he couldn't help but wince slightly. "How was archery?" He asked, as he walked alongside Rose towards the Dining Hall for lunch. When Rose wasn't looking, he rubbed his arm tenderly, though it didn't do any good. I'll soak it in water after lunch, he thought, as he had no more practices to attend.

Pushing his way through a couple of ferns, the two finally made it to the edge of the forest. Dylan narrowly avoided stepping on a wood-nymph, who let loose quite a number of colorful curses before shaking her fist and retreating deeper into the forest. "Sorry!" He yelled after her, but he couldn't help but smile. Nymphs could be so touchy.

[ragemonster]

Rose

"Well," Rose said, raising an eyebrow at the grouchy wood nymph, who was still muttering curses at Dylan for nearly stepping on her. "I almost skewered an Apollo guy, courtesy of Jacob, who accidentally-on-purpose knocked my elbow in the guy's direction. Don't worry!" she said hastily, as she could see Dylan's green eyes flash with alarm, "I didn't hit him. He got out of the way. Jacob almost shot a satyr," she added, cheering up slightly. Jake had gotten yelled at for it, the satyr whacking his head with the reed pipes.

Rose relived that now, smiling as she remembered the hollow thunk as the pipes had hit Jake's head. He'd stormed off ahead, then, towards where Rose and Dylan were approaching once again, the Mess Hall. An ice cube of dread dropped through the bottom of her stomach as she realized she'd have to deal with Jacob, who was going to be in a towering temper. She wasn't scared, exactly, but she wasn't feeling all that brave, either. She was ashamed to admit this, even to herself, and she hated the way she paled with the thought of it.

[kannagi]

Dylan

Dylan laughed just picturing Jacob getting smacked with reed pipes. "I never heard of someone so bad at archery that they almost hit a satyr. They're not even near the targets!" He smiled, but then Dylan noticed the apprehension on Rose's face at the thought of going to sit at her table. "Don't worry about him, Rose. Just don't talk to him." He suggested. "Just eat your food and get out of there," he whispered, as they were passing a group of Aphrodite campers, who of course are horrible gossips.

[ragemonster]

Rose

Rose nodded, grateful for Dylan's reassurance, and said, "See you after lunch." She made her way towards the Zeus table, pretending as though her half-brother (who was more demolishing than eating the sandwich in his hands) wasn't there. Instead, she leaned on her left arm with her elbow resting on the table and waited for the nymphs to bring her her lunch, which they did almost immediately. She thanked them and bit into her apple, ignoring the sandwich for the moment. She saw Jacob move in her peripheral vision and tensed slightly as he leaned in towards her. Obviously, he was just like her: stubborn.

"So, this is how it's gonna be for the rest of our lives, is it?" Jacob asked, his voice low. Rose ignored him. Jacob threw a grape at her. She turned towards him, eyes narrowed.
"What?" she said, annoyed.
"You're ignoring me," came her brother's equally annoyed reply.
"You're being a jerk, so I'm waiting for you to adjust your attitude."
"I'm being a jerk?"
"Yes. A huge one," she added, sarcastic thoughtfulness in her voice.
"I'm not the one choosing a friend over family."
"You're not my family." This, finally, sparked a reaction from him; Jake flinched slightly. Angrily, he said, "Maybe not. But I'm all you've got, seeing as your mother doesn't want you anymore." This time, Rose flinched. Violently. Temper rising, Rose growled, "I'm choosing Dylan over you because he isn't forcing me to choose."
Yet again feeling drained, Rose stood up and dumped the rest of her lunch, taking the apple and striding out the entrance. She hated drama, and walking away seemed to be the only way to get away from it. At least for a while.