Gods, Love, Abuse and Her

Chap. 7: Eric

I just lost my night. My half wanted to kiss Maddie right there, right now, maybe a little too deeply. My other half wanted to blush, run away and bury my head on the ground because of her roommate. Everything was going as planned. I shake my head while putting my mask on. People will recognize me as Sub-Zero this way, not Eric Taylor. Well, except my roommate Percy, who is dressed like Scorpion. I suggested it, now he looks like a... "Scorpionized" wooden match. 

"Hi. You seem disappointed." He says to me. "You don't say." I reply, looking at him with ''that'' face. He just chuckles and smirks, as if he had the power to read my mind. I've always hated people like that. No one knows everything. And no one ever will. I sigh and start to take my costume off because it felt like the underworld in there. I throw on a t-shirt and jeans, narrowing my eyes at him "Actually, I just had a fine night. Happy?" I snap, diving onto my bed, laying on my head in the pillows, inhaling deeply. "I just had a kiss that was ruined. That's all.." I mumble, my voice muffled due to the pillow, groaning as the music gets louder. "Can you tell them to turn it down?" I groan, making him smirk wide. "Just because you're pissed off, doesn't mean they can't have fun."

"Right..." I cover my face with a pillow. "It won't work, the Party Ponies are here." He adds, a bit excited. I groan and quickly get up, unsheathing my katana and walking towards the door, where he blocked my path. "Are you crazy?" He grabs my wrist. "They have paintball guns!" He says as if they were a potential threat to humanity. "This was just for that big stereo over there." I show him my sword and point a big sound box next to a Centaur who is smeared with nectar and dancing like a dead worm. I stare at him with narrowed eyes for a bit, almost making him die. Then I suddenly stab the wooden door behind him, making the poor sod jump. "Fine..." I dive back onto my bed, covering myself with two blankets this time. "Sub-Zero wins." I joke, with my voice coming out muffled. Percy smiles and walks out of the cabin. "Goodnight." He turns the lights off and closes the door.

From the window, I watch sweaty bodies dance and people dance close together, making me feel disgusted. I skim the crowd and see Maddie sitting on the porch of the Zeus cabin, holding her head and looking disappointed. I bite my lip. Did she really want me to kiss her? Or is she upset that someone else broke her heart? Either way, I feel guilty. I'm about to get back down, when Percy pushes me out of my bed and outside. "Oh no you don't. You aren't allowed back in until you win her over. Have fun." He throws my pillow, blanket, and Clyde's at me and slams the door. I scowl "Come on, man! This isn't funny! Let me in!" I stay like that for 20 minutes, when I finally realize, he wasn't joking.

I take the sword stuck on the door and spins it around, coming closer to Maddie without her noticing. I take a deep breath, deciding to stop playing and coming closer to her and stabbing the ground, leaving the sword there. "Hi." I sit beside her, slightly worried if I caused too much damage to her heart.

I feel her body tense up as I sit beside her making me feel more nervous than I already am. She was already upset enough, did I really want to make her feel worst? But if I didn't talk to her, she wouldn't be the same with me, and I won't ever be in my cabin again. "Hey." She replies and bites her lip, which I have to admit, is adorable. She does it whenever she is unsure, and nervous. I must be staring at her too much during training. "How's your Halloween so far?" She smiles a bit, making me smile too. "It's not what I'm used to." She gestures to the tweaking girls and the making out couples but shrugs it off "Well. I mean, I'm used to it, but I never knew that people with godly powers did this too." I smile wider, but I just realize. She was popular before her parents were killed.

 "I understand..." I simply reply, trying to imagine her living a good and peaceful life with her parents and friends. Good parents and friends... something I never had in this life. I shrug and hug my legs. Why all bad things happens to people who doesn't deserve it? Her family and her could be in the living room right now, making Jack O' Lanterns and singing songs at the fireplace. And I could be enjoying a moment of loneliness in my room, pretending that I don't exist. But here we are... her parents died and I fled from mine. But I found someone who I can trust, someone who I can call a friend, maybe more than that. Right now, only 0,1mm of space are separating us.