dirty clothes, clarisse la rue

𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝟷

the summer before the beginning

(pre-percy era)

me and risse were doing our morning jogs before we began sparring. we had the time so we decided to jog to zeus' fist in the middle of the woods.

in a patch of leftover flowers from spring we laid on our sides staring at one another and talking about everyone and everything. from the new demeter kid i showed around yesterday, to risse's upcoming plans for capture the flag.

unknowingly, we naturally drifted closer to each other. it was almost as if we just fit. i think it was then in that moment when i realized i never wanted to leave our little bubble together just us.

i had known that i felt something for this girl since the moment that i gave her, her tour of camp. the way she looked in the light, the way her curls bounced, but it wasn't just her undeniable physical attraction, no. it was her rare, small, beautiful smile that only she saw. it was the way she would ramble while cleaning her spear. it was the way her eyes lit up when she thought of a new way to prove herself to ares.

in that moment i was so lost in my train of thought of her, that i didn't notice my eyes darting taking in her every facial feature from the small, faint, spread out freckles, to the slight sunburn on the tip of her nose.

but for how focused i was, i still didn't notice her looking at me with the same look in her eyes.

until i looked into her eyes, and i did.

slowly i saw her leaning and when i felt my lips on her i immediately let my eyes flutter shut and leaned into her returning the kiss with just as much joy.

when we pulled away, we exchanged looks before i broke the silence with my rambles,

"i uhm am so sorry i don't know what came over me. i mean i do, i like you. i actually have liked you for a while, but i didn't wanna make thing about it, and make it awkward when you reject me, and.."

risse cut me off,

"wait, wait, you like me?" the way she said it was filled with disbelief and shock.

"of course i do, who wouldn't?" I say matching that energy of disbelief.

clarisse doesn't answer the rhetorical question but instead counters it with her own question,

"so what are we then? cause i can't stay just friends after that."

i whole heartedly agreed and asked her to go on a walk after offerings at dinner.

she of course agreed, and from that walk on we've been dating ever since.

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CHAPTER ONE IS OUT!!!! so what'd y'all think? make sure to please please please vote! and comment or message any thoughts, questions, or concerns. sorry for taking 2 days to come up with this a lot has been goin on for me. but this is summer, and then i'm gonna do fall, then winter, then spring, so we can see their relationship progress before the show plot starts. love you all have a good day/night!!

word count: 528

(chapters will get longer the more comfortable i get with my writing)