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Chapter Nineteen
*a few days later*
Thalia had yet to leave Jughead's cabin. She was too afraid to be approached by the rest of the campers; pestering her about what it felt like to die and what it's like to be at camp now. Jughead had been bringing her food and water for the past few days. While Veronica and Abigail continued to spend time with Thalia trying to see what she could remember and to hopefully get her to trusting the two of them again.
"How'd everything go with Noah?" Abigail asked as they waited for Thalia to wake up after falling asleep in Jughead's bed
"He absolutely hates me. I don't know what to do. He has his new family that he spends all his time with" Veronica explained
"Did you tell him that you were always watching over him though. Every time he would go out into the forest you were making sure he wa safe. Or the time that he broke his arm during training you healed him without him knowing, because you knew he wouldn't accept your help"
"I can't Abigail. He already doesn't forgive me, so the only thing I can do is move forward and be the sister that he needs as of now. I can't focus on anything else except Noah right now"
As the two of them were talking Jughead came back from the mess hall. He brought everyone food and he put Thalia's food on the table next to his bed so that she would have it for when she wakes up. Abigail was comforting Veronica and then Jughead came over to see what was happening. He knew that she was upset about something and he absolutely hated when Veronica was upset. He thought of i️t as his job to make sure that the love of his life was never upset. He didn't think anything of what i️t could be at first, but Veronica was still debating whether or not she was going to tell her boyfriend about her brother. It was such a sore subject and Jughead had his own problems to deal with.
"I gotta go find Percy. I'll see you later" Abigail said leaving the cabin
Jughead came and sat on the couch with Veronica. She laid across his lap and looked up at him. He was gently playing with the soft ends of her hair as they weren't saying a word to each other. They were very disconnected from one another starting from when they got back from their mission. It was very noticeable for Veronica to notice. What she didn't know however, was that Jughead noticed it also.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Veronica asked
"I'd rather listen to you talk. I can tell when you're upset Ronnie. You're not able to hide it from me. So let me listen to you" Veronica sat up and she looked straight at Jughead. She crossed her legs and sat there taking a few deep breaths. "Ronnie what's going on?" he asked beginning to sound nervous about what she was going to say
"I wasn't going to tell you this, because you already have so much on your plate and I didn't want to add my problems to it. Jughead, I have a younger brother. He hates me and when I saw you with Thalia being a big brother towards her I realized that I needed to be there for my brother"
