With the broken one

𝓦𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓫𝓻𝓸𝓴𝓮𝓷 𝓸𝓷𝓮

I was sitting on the pebble beach, gazing at the still water of the canoe lake in Camp Half-Blood, enjoying the peaceful breeze and the faint sound of the campers, celebrating the return of Percy, Annabeth and Grover. I saw the fireworks and I smelled the banquet, wich they had prepared for Percy.

Perseus Jackson, son of Poseidon. My boyfriend, Luke, had told me all about him. When the just twelve year old boy had been sent off on a quest, I had been concerned that he might not return, but against all odds, he and his companions made it back.

Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood, two very dear friends of mine, had gone with him. When the two had reverted, I had almost cried happy tears. They were like family to me; after I, Luke and Thalia had found Annabeth in the streets, and Grover had found us three, we had all been inseparable. Until, of course, Thalia had died. The pain of her loss was still lingering in my heart but I kept going with my life. We all did.

My thoughts were interrupted by a rustling noise in the bushes. I quickly turned around, ready to fight, well aware of the danger of the woods. But my pounding heart was calmed, when I realized, the swish had been caused by a squirrel.

My shoulders relaxed and I sat back down, going back to being rapt in thought.

This time, my mind wandered in a different direction, to my boyfriend. Luke Castellan, son of Hermes. My everything.

I looked at the small piece of paper in my hand, written by Luke.

"𝓜𝓮𝓮𝓽 𝓶𝓮 𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓪𝓷𝓸𝓮 𝓵𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓪𝓯𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓴𝓼 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓮𝓭. 𝓦𝓪𝓲𝓽 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓶𝓮! 𝓘 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓮𝓮 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓾𝓷 ♥︎", the note said.

I had to smile a bit. His handwriting was overly beautiful, wich was quite unusual for a Hermes child, and definitely prettier than mine.

I read the jotting once more and let my eyes wander to the sky, seeing the fireworks slowly fading. A sigh escaped my lips. He should be here by now. But I kept waiting.

Only a few minutes and a lot of overthinking later, another noise, coming from the woods, behind me, caused me to flinch. Those were fighting noises.

I immediately jumped up and ran towards the source of the noise. Maybe someone needed help.

When I approached the fight scene, I made sure to not make a sound. I heard muffled voices and I froze when I recognized Luke's voice. I couldn't make out the words he was saying, though.

But by the time I reached the small glade, I didn't see him. The only people standing there were Annabeth and Percy. Annabeth turned to me and I saw tears glistening in her eyes.

"Beth? What happened? Where's Luke?", I asked confused. Why was she crying?

She wanted to say something but Percy leapfrogged her. "Uh, you're Y/n, right? Luke's girlfriend? I'm sorry but we just found out that Luke's working for Kronos. He is the Lightning Thief."

W-what?!

I shook my head rapidly. "N-no. Uh-uh. Not Luke. You're lying." I started tearing up and I could barely stand.

He has to be lying. Not my Luke. He would never. I kept telling myself.

"It's true", Annabeth finally said, her voice cracking, and with those words, my heart shattered.