Cursed Love - P.J.O

S E V E N

Age: 14
Sereia Jones

I noticed Luke's expression when I showed him. He looked like he just saw his worst fear. After a moment or so he looked at me with amazement. Fake amazement.

A bright smile appears on his face and he walks toward me, "how did you learn you could do that?"

Everything in my body was telling me it was fake curiosity but I really wanted to believe it wasn't. We had been apart for so long, I was just happy he was talking to me.

"In first period, Jason was," I begin but Luke interrupted.

"Who is Jason?"

"One of my bests friends there. Anyways, he was being really annoying." I tried to continue but was interrupted again.

"Just best friends?"

"What the Hades Luke! Let me finish a sentence!" I yell at him interrupting me. Luke's eyes widened at my out burst.

"Anyways. He was being very annoying and I had a water and I wished I could dump the water all over his head, and the water did it! So I was like, that's odd. Maybe I should look into it." I rambles as I do hand motions.

  "Don't you think you and ....?" Luke asks while awaiting for an answer.

    "Percy?" I say not sure that's what he's looking for.

   "Yeah Percy. Don't you think y'all look alike?" Luke asks.

   "I mean his mom looked at me weird when she saw me." I pause before busting out laughing, "what — if I'm her search love child!"

   Luke didn't seem to find it as funny as I did. Once I realized he wasn't laughing with me I quickly stopped laughing. He looked like he was thinking of something, could be why me and Percy looked like. Hades I didn't know, I was just happy to be near Luke. So I didn't have to rely on memories.

   "Well, Layla has been balling her eyes out thinking you wouldn't be coming back." Luke says smiling down at me. I laugh and we start to slowly make our way out of the woods.

  "I bet she likes me more." I shrug my shoulders trying to annoy Luke, but he just smiles while shaking his head. I felt a stinging pain in my stomach.

  "Probably." Luke says softly. I was beginning to worry. Luke didn't look at me when he was taking to me. That's what hurt the most, but maybe he's just stressed. We walked in silence, the only sound was the leafs crunching and occasionally a twig snapping. As we came close to the opening of the camp, Luke lets out a big sigh.

   "Hey — I have to do something. I'm glad to have you back." Luke sounded hesitant to tell me, he puts his hand on my back while smiling.

   I watched as his lean frame walk across the open fields. My stomach dropped knowing Luke had to do something more important. Being gone to babysit made me miss Luke, it made realize he is addicting. His stupid smug grin he gave me when he knew he was right. His messy curly hair. The sass he would give everyone. My right hand moves towards my left hand and on my ring. The only thing my father left. Or so my mother said. I start to twist the ring, wondering what Luke was doing.