Impossible

Chapter 18

Chapter 18

Paige's P.O.V.

I had changed into leggings and a cropped tank top, and was all ready for capture the flag. Connor lead me to the edge of the woods and handed me some leather armour and a short sword.

"Here,get into this. I'll be back in a sec." Connor stated before rushing off to the ares cabin.

I pulled on the leather breast plate and was struggling to reach the buckles when a warm hand caught mine.

"Here, let me help you with that."

I turned and saw the boy from the Apollo cabin. His golden eyes catching me in his gaze.

"Thanks" I murmured softly as he started adjusting my shoulder straps.

"What's your name anyway?" He asked curiously.

"Paige" I replied. "Paige Mathews, and you?"

"Derek shaw" he spoke softly.

Gods what a sexy name.

His hands moved down to adjust the straps on my waist and I sucked in a breath as his fingers brushed the skin below my tank top.

Just then, Connor decided to show up.

"Fraternising with the enemy are we Mathews?"

"So what is I am?" I ask daringly.

"Then I hope you got some decent information." Connor smirked.

"I better go." Derek interrupted "see you around Paige."

"If your lucky." I reply back teasingly.

"So what was that?" Connor asked sounding annoyed.

"What was what?" I asked cautiously.

"You seemed to be getting pretty comfortable with that Apollo guy." He stated accusingly.

"Well yeah, he's hot" I reply.

"His dad is the sun god."

"That's not what I meant" I replied laughing.

Connor muttered something under his breath that sounded a lot like ducking girls.

"Are you sure that this is safe?" I asked lifting the sword and trying to change the subject.

For some reason I didn't feel comfortable discussing Derek with Connor.

"Yeah just try not to maim or kill anyone with it, or it's no desserts for a week." Connor replied deadly serious.

"Oh how reassuring!", I replied sarcastically.

The horn blew, signalling to meet in our teams. Connor lead me through the woods to a small clearing where the Ares, Hermes and Hephaestus cabins were waiting.

A tall muscular looking girl stood at the head of the group.

"Hey Clarisse, we got a new one here, unclaimed." Connor shouted to the tough girl.

The girl turned to me and grinned. Her grin reminded me of the shark in finding Nemo.

"Okay, newbie. Here's your chance to make your godly parent proud and maybe you'll get claimed tonight."

I grinned at her. This sounded like fun.

"Okay so here's the strategy." Clarisse shouted to the group. "The other team have the Poseidon and Athena cabins so their offence will be strong. Therefore we will need the Ares cabin to be on defence as we will be getting the most action. They will leave the Apollo cabin on defence as they have bows and will probably be in the trees. Hephaestus cabin, you set traps to catch or stop any campers from getting too close, which should save us some time for the Hermes cabin to take the flag. You guys have the god of thieves on your side so use stealth and steal the flag. Any questions?"

The crowd was silent and suddenly the second horn rang and the game had begun.

-J xx