Tangled in Thorns | A Luke Castellan Story

Chapter 5 - Quests and Questions

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We push open the door to see all the other head counselors already there. Everyone turns to look at us and they all raise their eyebrows and smirks. I roll my eyes, knowing what they're all thinking, and also knowing that they're only half wrong... 

"Thank you all." Chiron's voice rings out, "As you know, the Masterbolt has been stolen and I just need every one of you on the lookout for anything suspicious. If any of you have any information regarding it please, come straight to me." We all nod, "Thank you, you're all free to go. But these meetings will be weekly, one on one with each of you." We all nod and we leave one by one.

As I'm walking back to my cabin, I'm still wrapped in the towel, thinking about what happened at the lake, and what just went down in the office.

I feel a hand on my shoulder and I stop, but I don't turn around, already knowing who the hand belonged to before I heard the voice, "Can we talk Rose?" I don't turn around, I don't say anything. "Please, Rosalynne I needd to talk to you."

I turn around, "Yes?" I look at him, his eyes are still filled with the same, feeling I guess, as before, as they were in the lake.

"I just, wanted to talk about just happened." His hand is still on my shoulder and his eyes are looking at me like I'm completely transparent.

I try to pretend I know he isn't talking about the lake, "Yeah no, it's crazy. Chiron really thinks it's someone at camp that stole it. I wouldn't believe it if it was one of us. Especially someone who we are close to. It would, hurt, if it was someone I cared about."

I can see something in Luke's demeanor switch but I can't place it. "Uh, yeah. It's crazy to think about right?"

I sigh, "You didn't want to talk about the meeting did you?" His eyes snap up to mine and his brow furrows, "The lake..."

His eyes soften and he looks away, "Yeah I just, I think that was a mistake. I shouldn't have done that."

I feel my jaw drop slightly and my stomach plunges, my heart breaks in two but I'm trying not to show it. As I fight back tears I keep my voice steady and put a smile on my face, "Yeah, yeah that can never happen again, it was a momentary lapse of judgement."

"Friends?" I nod and turn away again, walking to my cabin while keeping a fake smile on my face and my tears back.

But as soon as I step foot into my cabin I lay on my bed and bawl my eyes out. Some of my siblings walking into the cabin and see me, Silena knows what's happeneing, Piper can guess. They sit on the edge od my bed and stroke my hair, trying to console me as I cry. I cry the entire night, I don't get a wink of sleep. But the next morning, I put on my face, putting in eye drops to cover the redness and concealer to cover the bags. I take a deep shuddering breath, plastering a face smile on my face before standing up and walking to the mess hall.

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Luke's POV:

I fucked everything up, everything is going to the shits and theres nothing I can do to stop it. I'm lying to everyone I care about, I'm lying to the girl I... I'm lying to Rose, and if she finds out she'll never forgive me, and now, I've just fucked up worse by telling her our almost kiss was a mistake.

The only mistake was not kissing her faster, kissing her earlier so Chris couldn't stop it. Fuck I'm an idiot, she seemed fine, but I'm not. 

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I sit at my usual table in the mess hall, eating and acting like nothing ever happened, like I never fucked things over. After a while I see her walk in, she looks... Normal, makeup, her clothes, her hair, she looks beautiful, but unbothered. Unlike me, people can tell I'm shit, my hair is messy, and I look like I haven't slept. We make eye contact but she looks away and goes to sit with her siblings. Fair I guess, but it hurts, I wish she sat with me like she used to.

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Rosalynne's POV:

I see him, but I don't want to see him, I look away and smile, going to sit with Piper and Silena. I know he's looking at me, I don't care. I don't want to talk to him for as long as I can, I think if I do talk to him, I'll snap and start crying.

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After breakfast I just walk around the woods, just thinking and enjoying the fresh air. I can hear footsteps behind me, and I know it's Luke, but I really don't want to say anything.

"Hey Rose wait up." He jogs to catch up to me and he turns me around to face him. "Hey, um, me and some of the other head counselors are sneaking out to the lake tonight. Wanna come?"

I raise an eyebrow, trying to act nonchilant but aching inside, "Who?"

He sighs and looks up, trying to remember, "Clarisse, Lee, Annabeth, Zoe, Charles, and me. Hopefully you?"

I laugh, "Yeah sure, um what time?"

"I'll come get you, sneak in through your window. Then sneak out through your window." He shrugs.

I let out a laugh, trying my best to not show how nervous I am, "Sure, but this a stupid idea."He shrugs again and I start walking, but he continues to walk beside me. I don't say anything for a while, and we just walk in silence an din a circle and back to camp, "I'm gonna go to the infirmary. I have a shift soon."

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That night I'm sitting on my bed, reading a book when I hear my window slide open and I see Luke climb through it. "DUDE!" I'm whisper yelling so I don't wake my siblings.

"What? I told you." He walk over to my bed, he's in cargos, a white tshirt, layered under a brown crewneck with the bottom of the tshirt sticking out. Goddamn it's a hot outfit.

"Um, let me go change really quick." I place my book on my bed and walk to my bathroom, coming out in a brown off the shoulder, cropped, cardigan and a white pleated skirt with black mary janes and tights. "Ready." I smile. I can see his eyes drift up and down my body, it makes me shiver.

"Ahem," he clears his throat and I shush him. He whispers, "Sorry um, let's go." He turns and climbs back out the window and I follow. He takes my hand to help me down and I let him, but as I hit the floor I immediately let go and wipe it off. I don't know if he saw me do that, but we just continue walking to the lake.

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A/N:  I wanted to include some of Luke's POV in this chapter and I'll try to include it more. Let me know if you have anything you want me to include!