𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘 || 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘺 𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘹 𝘰𝘤

ɪɪɪ - ꜱ'ᴍᴏʀᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ

——S'MORES AND SWORDS

BACK AT CABIN ELEVEN, everyone was joking around and talking while waiting for dinner. the second that lilith walked through the door, she looked around. the stolls were doing what they did best, messing around. heath was pretend sword fighting a random hermes camper.

she made eye contact with percy, who was sitting next to luke and talking about gods know what. the second that percy looked at her, luke followed his gaze and said something, presumably about her. lilith felt uncomfortable and made her way to the back of the cabin and flopped down on dante's bed stocked with pillows and blankets. she felt a presence sit down next to her.

"let me guess...you've had a horrific day?" dante asked.

"uguhnnnnhhnnnn..." lilith moaned into the soft sheets.

"ah, i'm correct." dante said, "so... the new guy. what's his name...percy? what is he like? tell me everything."

lilith really didn't have an opinion on him. alright, he was kinda funny. the bad smell thing with clarisse was hilarious. but he was also annoying. a new migraine causer.

"he's alright." she said, turning on her side.

"alright? what do you mean 'alright'? you must have some judgement on him. do you at least think he's cute?"

"i'm not answering that."

"ah, so you do...i see." dante joked.

lilith rolled her eyes and looked up at the top of the bunk. she observed the pinned photographs of people dante knew hanging from the wooden frames. his mom and his step dad. his younger half sister (not a demigod). his boyfriend. nobody she had actually met before.

she stared at the photo including just her and dante. it was taken a year ago. lilith had a nasty haircut from an encounter with a monster who fried off half her hair and dante still had his braces. she carefully plucked it off the wall.

"awhhh, i'm really that special to you, huh?" she teased.

dante quickly took the paper from her hands and put it back up, "lily, i just put it up there so i can remind myself why i should kill myself one day. but thank you for thinking that."

lilith snicked as she turned onto her back. her hair wasn't wet anymore, and the taste of sewage had left her mouth long ago. her orange camp shirt and black shorts were slightly damp. she touched her hair and ran her fingers through it, making it soft once again. dante looked over.

"ooh! a little birdie told me you took a swim."

"don't remind me. also, that doesn't make sen—"

he interrupted her, "who really did that little magic trick. i've heard people saying percy busted the pipes, but i do not see him doing it."

"what are you implying..?"

"lilith, be a hundred percent honest with me, did you bust the pipes yourself? i know for a fact that you can do some beginner magic with water, i've seen you."

lilith thought about it. it wouldn't be impossible for her to control the pipes. she could've if she thought of it as quick as she should've. but she didn't. annabeth didn't have any powers that she knew of, other than her intelligence. so it must've been percy.