The End of Everything

Run

Reyna's POV

"You're leaving? Why didn't you tell me earlier? Where are you going? How long are you going to be gone?" Thia asked, rattling off questions at a hundred miles an hour.

"It was a last minute decision. It'll only be for a day or two," I promised. Thia bit her bottom lip and fidgeted with her fingers. Thia was very good when it came to controlling her emotions or expressing them at reasonable times but there was one thing she didn't have much control over. Her anxiety. It had only gotten worse with age. She hated it when one of us left.

When she was younger she'd cry for ages before falling asleep and when she woke up she didn't really talk much. Her normally spastic and humorous personality would become quite and shy as she over thought everything that could go wrong if one of us was away.

"What is it for?" Thia asked, her eyebrows knitting together.

"Just checking up on something I'll be fine. Please, don't worry. It's not your job," I sighed, moving a piece of hair out of her face.

"I can't help it. Are you going by yourself?" Thia asked, already slipping back into her anxious mindset.

"Yes," I nodded, shooting Thalia a look for help but she just shrugged.

"But that's not safe! What if something happens?" She asked, her breathing already becoming shorter as her worry increased.

"Thia. Listen to me. I'm going to be okay. You're going to be fine." I rested a hand on either side of her face so she would look at me.

"Right," Thia nodded, but she didn't seem convinced.

"Alright. We're going for a walk. Just the two of us," I sighed.

Thia gave me a confused look. "What?"

"Come on. Put your shoes on." Thia paused for a moment before running upstairs.

"What's your plan?" Thalia asked.

"Nothing. We're just going to talk. I think she needs to." I shrugged as Thia bolted back down the stairs and skittered to a stop in front of me.

"Um. Where are we going?" She asked.

"Doesn't matter. Come on." Wrapping an arm around her shoulders I lead her out the front door and eased it shut behind us.

"Did I do something wrong?" Thia asked nervously.

"Nope," I smiled. She let out a sigh of relief and relaxed a little leaning into my side. " I just wanna talk. What's got you so...uptight?"

"You're leaving." Thia looked at me as if it should have been obvious.

"Yeah but what specifically about that is bugging you?" I asked. Thia frowned, thinking for a moment.

"Just what could happen. Like what could go wrong." She looked down at the ground as if it held the answer to all of her worries.

"What do you think could go wrong?"

"You could get hurt or lost or something worse. I just want to make sure you'll come home." And that was it. One of her biggest fears was always whether or not Thalia and I would come home from whatever minor quest we had to complete. Thia knew all about the wars, stories, and close calls we'd had along with our friends.

"One thing that I've learned over my life time is that if something is meant to happen it will and there's nothing we can do about it," I explained.

"Is that supposed to make me feel better?" Thia asked, raising her eyebrows.