Tangled in Thorns | A Luke Castellan Story

Chapter 7 - Twists and Turns

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Rosealynne's POV:

I walk into Chrion's office with paperwork from the infirmary, just run downs of injuries and medication we've given out. Flipping through the papers as I walk in, I don't notice someone already standing at Chiron's desk filing through some papers. I walk straight into him and all my papers fall to the ground, "Shit." I pick up the tossed papers and meet Luke's eyes and I smile weakly, "Oh hi."

"Hey." He quickly glances at me before placing down the papers again.

I look at the top of the stack and my eyes widen, "Why is my file on his desk?"

He shrugs and looks at me, "I have a feeling he's looking at every kid as a suspect as to who's helping Kronos."

My eyes widen in shock, "You mean... He's doing a deep dive into everyone?" His eyes narrow as he nods, my face flushing with embarrassment.

"Yeah, he's really taking this seriously. I'm pretty sure he believes he's getting close to figuring it out." He smiles at me, "What are you doing here?"

"Just dropping of some paperwork from the infirmary, just injuries and medication and stuff." I place the files on the desk and turn back to Luke, "Wanna go for a walk? I need the fresh air." He nods and we both start towards the door.

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"You're joking!" I laugh as we walk up a hill, "There's no way that Nico did that."

Luke laughs, "Yeah, no one believed him when he said it was him."

"That's crazy." An awkward silece falls upon us, the ony sounds that of nature and the twigs cracking under foot.

After a few minutes Luke breaks the silence, but once what he says sinks in I wish he didn't. "So, are we ever going to talk about yesterday or are we just going to pretend it never happened."

I bite my bottom lip and look at the floor moving beneath me, "What do you mean?"

He scoffs and I look up at him, my eyebrows raised. "I mean the fact that I called you beautiful and you looked at me like I just told you you're living in VR."

"Oh, yeah..." I look back at the floor, "Sorry it just caught me off guard. I was flattered, really but it wasn't something I was expecting to hear from you."

His brow creases, "Why? You are beautiful and you're like my best friend. It's pretty usual for best friends to compliment each other."

"Yeah, but we're usually the teasing and making fun of each other type. Not the "You're so beautiful" type..." My fingers are fiddling with the cuff of my sleeve.

"Rose? Look at me." I glance sideways but my head is still down, "Rose." He stop walking and hooks his index finger under my chin, forcing me to look up at him. "Rosie, you are beautiful, I don't care if it's not what I usually say to you. It's true, and I don't regret daying it."

My eyes are wide and I can feel tears forming in my eyes, "You mean that?" He nods and I smile at him, "You're too nice."

He laughs and drops his hand from my chin, "I'm honest Rosalynne, when someone deserves to be told something I tell them. You deserve the world, every nice thing everyone's ever said to you and ever will say to you."

I smile and wrap my arms around his waist, hugging him tight. "Thank you Luke." His body goes ridgid for a second before he wraps his arms around me and place shis chin on the top of my head, I like this feeling.

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Luke's POV: 

She's fucking stunning, I don't know how I ever thought of her as anything less than that. My arms lock around her and I hold her close. I don't ever want to let go, I want to stay like this and keep her in my arms for the rest of our lives. But I know that's not possible, not with everything going on. God, I wish I could tell her, let her in and hopefully have her help me and be on my side. But the chances of that are slim to none.

"Rose?" I pull back from her, my arms are still around her. She looks at me with those beautiful light brown eyes and my heart skips a beat. I smile at her, the words on the tip of my tongue, 'I love you.' But they don't come out, "We should get back."

She nods and unwraps her arms from around my waist. We walk back to camp in silence, the occasional cough or sniffle from one of us. No words being spoken though. I had so many running through my mind though, so many things I wanted to say but I knew that I couldn't.

We get back to camp and she stops in front of her cabin, "I'm gonna go, I'm tired, I need to go to bed. It's been a long day."

I nod and smile at her, a bit shocked when her arms wrap around me again. I pull her in closer to me, "You okay?"

She looks up at me through a wide smile, "Yeah, thank you for today. I had fun." 

I smile at her, but it quickly fades into a look of shock when she kisses my cheek and then walks into her cabin.

What. The. Fuck.

A/N : Sorry I haven't updated in a while I've been so busy omg I have AP's coming up and I've been studying like HELL for them. I'll try to update more often I SWEAR! I wanted to keep this a bit short to js get another chapter out but I promise the next one will be a bit longer.