Camp Half Blood: One "Salty" Adventure

Camp Half Blood: A Salty Sequel//Chapter Thirty

Rose's POV:

I woke up to a rapidly moving Nathan. He was sitting up shaking his shirt with an angry look on his face. I became concerned yet confused as I sat up and rubbed my eyes. I then looked at Nathan and then to my side to see Myra. She was standing there, laughing at him. "Myra? What did you do?" I let out a yawn, crossing my arms.

"Me? Commit a crime? Rose! I am completely innocent!" She said making over dramatic hand gestures. I rolled my eyes and then looked at Nathan.

"Yeah, okay. Nathan what did she do?" I asked him.

"She put snow down the back of my shirt and now I'm cold." He whined. "Maybe you could warm me up?" He gave me a hopeful look. I smiled as I rolled my eyes, giving him a small hug. I was too tired for this. It was way too early to deal with anyone right now.

"Rose? Could we just talk for a second?" Myra spoke up once everyone calmed down.

"Yeah sure." I stood up and followed Myra to a place, still in our campsite, where we could be alone to chat.

"How did everything go last night? Are you okay? Did he use charmspeak on you?! Wait you wouldn't know if he did..." she started speaking rapidly, which was a bit unexpected, and then she started checking me over, probably for any signs of injury.

"Oh gods, Myra. Calm down, I'm fine. It actually went pretty well..." I said becoming hesitant at the end. I wasn't sure if I should tell her about Ben's swearing on the Styx. I honestly didn't know how she would react if I did.

"Are you sure? Are you hiding something from me? I want to know what happened. Full detail." Myra started again as she took a small step back. I took a deep breath and crossed my arms nervously.

"Well... we just talked. I told him how I felt about everything and he tried to explain things a little better. And he... he felt really bad... he uh. He actually..." I trailed off looking at the ground, refusing to make eye contact with Myra.

"What did he do?" She asked trying to catch my gaze,

"He swore on the Styx that he'd never hurt me like that again." I said as if I was ripping off a bandage.

"Haha... very funny. Now what really happened?" She rolled her eyes and then waited for me to continue.

"I'm not lying, Myra. That's exactly what happened." I became annoyed that she didn't believe me. Did she think Ben was going to hurt me again? Like, seriously. He loves me enough to swear on the Styx yet she still doesn't believe that he's changed!?

"He swore on the Styx?! If he breaks that... that's basically a death sentence..." She muttered, almost, to herself.

"What, you think he'll break it?" I glared at her, becoming slightly angry.

"I have trust issues." She replied.

"I understand that but... I don't know, this just helps me to trust him again. Cause if he does... then he knows what'll happen." I looked over at Ben. He was still sleeping and I saw him smile, making me smirk a little. I know Ben did a lot of things that could cause someone to have trust issues, but I really do think he's changed. I know there are probably things I don't know about him too, but I have all the time in the world after this stupid quest to get to find out. I wasn't going to pick anyone, Ben or Nathan, until I found out everything I had to.

"I guess... I just... Ben doesn't think right when he's angry..." she seemed to stutter out.

"Trust me. I know that, Myra." I ran a hand through my hair remembering that night. I'd do anything to forget it so none of this would have happened. But I knew I couldn't, so I'd have to live with it.

"I know, I know. If you trust him then I guess I do too." Myra let out a defeated sigh. I glared at her, feeling unsettled.

"Why do you seem so against this? Do you want me to be angry at Ben still?" I said hearing my tone become a bit harsh. I didn't mean to snap, but she didn't know anything about my life. She could never feel the way I felt. This feeling of trust for Ben was new to me. I've never trusted him as much as I do now. He followed me to camp and at that stupid pool party... I never thought it was an accident. He didn't know I was a daughter of Poseidon... how could he know?... ugh this was all so confusing and I tried my best to let it go. But now I know I can let it go. She's never going to be able to understand...

"Of course not! I just worry, alright? That's practically my job." I stared at her before making up my mind. I didn't want to fight anymore. I didn't even want to talk to her. I just needed to get my mind off of this. I needed to get away from her.

"Yeah, okay. I'm gonna go wake Ben up." I walked away.

"Alright..." I heard Myra say from afar. I rolled my eyes as I came to Ben's sleeping form. I sat down next to him and lightly shook him awake. He slowly opened his eyes and then rubbed them before looking at me. I smiled sadly. I didn't want to concern him, so I just hoped he wouldn't be able to tell that I just had a fight with Myra.

"Hey, sleepyhead." I said as he sat up slowly into the same position I was in.

"Hey, Rose. What time is it?" He asked grabbing my hand lightly to hold it. I looked at hour hands, intertwined together as I shrugged.

"Not sure... I just woke up too. We're gonna eat and then be off walking in about fifteen or twenty minutes." Ben nodded and then looked at me a bit more closely.

"Hey, are you ok? You look a bit annoyed. Did I do something?" He asked concerned.

"No, no of course not, Ben. I just... I... I was talking to Myra and we kinda had a fight." I looked down. Ben sighed.

"What happened?" He asked curiously.

"We were just talking and I was telling her how you swore on the Styx for me... and that you doing that really helped me to trust you again... but she just... she was against it, I guess you could say. Like, she's kinda my best friend and if I trust you... I feel like she should at least support that." Ben nodded as I looked up at him.

"Myra and I... we've been through a lot, you know? She has every right not to trust me, but I do agree with you, I promise. It's just that, I kinda don't blame her." He said cautiously. I sighed.

"I get it, Ben. But I just... she doesn't understand my view of everything. It's just weird for me. I don't know, maybe I'm overreacting." I said resting my head in my free hand.

"I don't think you're overreacting. Just try to take it easy on her. Let her think about it and I'm sure everything will work out." Ben tried to assure me. I nodded in agreement and then Ben grabbed his bag, getting us both a breakfast bar thing. We both ate in silence until it was time to get up and go. Once we were all packed back up, we went to wait at the beginning of the trail we've been following. Nathan, Ben and I were standing there, waiting for Cole and Myra to come, but Ben was tired of waiting. We didn't have much daylight so we wanted to get going so we didn't have to travel too much in the dark. Ben called out to them, "You guys ready to go?"

"Yeah, we'll be with you in a sec!" Cole called back to him as both him and Myra stretched, standing up. They then both came up to us and we began traveling again, in silence. Ben lead the way as I stood behind him, walking with Nathan. Ben seemed happy enough and didn't seem bothered that I was walking with Nathan. And Nathan was always happy to be near me, so no problems were arising so far, other than the tension with Myra. Hopefully she'd apologize or at least try to talk to me about it soon because I didn't want to... I didn't want to die once we get to the castle with regret stained on my conscience.