Love the Impossible

Chapter 30 - Octavian's P.O.V.

After holding her and comforting her and telling her she's the most beautiful girl in the world, I did what any good boyfriend would. I got her a puppy. I got her the cutest fluffiest Saint Bernard puppy I could find. House trained, bought food, Named it Eevi and brought it home.

Rachel fell in love with it immediately. So did I, to be honest. It was amazing. We spent the day laughing and playing with it. Evie lifted a load off of Rachel's shoulders and helped her stress melt away. She was happy in a way she hadn't been since she came back and that made me happy in a way I hadn't been in since Rachel stopped smiling. I liked watching her laugh and smile and play with Evie. It was like Rachel, Evie, and I were our own little family and what other campers thought about how Rachel looked or how I acted... Does that really matter? Nope. Not one little bit.

The days flew by. We were happy, we were madly in love. Some of the demigods still treated Rachel with respect, her friends like Annabeth and Piper, yeah and even Percy. They'd swing by, talk to Rachel, play with Evie... People started warming up to me. It was nice. It felt like home. It was home. Every day that passed was beginning to feel more and more like home. I think I love it here. I think I like it more then Camp Jupiter. I think I was an idiot before, hating greeks, trying to gain power and respect, neither of which I deserved back then.

Now that I have Rachel, my eyes have opened. I see people as people instead of just soldiers, enemies, and idiots. Everyone is so much more than that.

I died because I deserved it. I really did.

But I came back because I also deserved a chance to be better than Octavian Version 1.0. And Rachel saw that. Rachel saw that right away. Even when she was still looking into my eyes like she knew what evil was held inside of them. But she knew that that evil didn't have to be inside of me.

So she fixed me. Made me better.

Octavian 2.0. A newer, nicer model, that comes with an Oracle who is beautiful no matter what she thinks about herself and a puppy who is almost as cute as the previous mentioned Oracle.

This is my family.

These are my friends.

I've found my home.

And Love isn't impossible.