Broken, Not Shattered

Campfire

A/N: I'm sorry for not updating. I've been super sick.

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~Annabeth's POV~

Finally it was time for the campfire, I know Erin has been looking forward to meeting the rest of the camp officially. Piper and Jason seem to like her and the rest of the demigods she came here with, I hope the rest of Camp Half-Blood does as well.

"Annabeth!" Erin's voice brings me out of my thoughts, "Malcolm says the campfire's about to start. I want to see Nate and Brandon and Louis.." She says excitedly.

"You sound like you're three. Here I thought you were the older sibling." I say jokingly.

"Hey. This is basically the first minute I've spent away from them this week! They're my family. Well, I mean, I've got an entire cabin of actual siblings now....oh, you know what I mean."

Once again, I laugh. She can be so serious, and yet she has a childlike innocence about her. I wonder what other sides there are to her. I didn't even realize she was literally dragging me out of the cabin; for a girl who has never trained, she's pretty darn (A/N: I will not swear unless I see fit for the mood. This was irrelevant, but whatever) strong. Soon enough, we've ended up by the campfire, where her friends stand by Chiron and Mr. D.

"Ah, there she is," Chiron says, smiling at my older sister. "Now, may I have your attention campers?" The talking ceases and Mr. D. does the intros.

"This is Erica, daughter of Athena, Nathan, son of Poseidon, Brady, son of Apollo, and Louie, son of Ares. Be nice to them, accept them, blah, blah, blah, blah." Louis looks a bit steamed at his name being said wrong.

"Um yes, this is Erin, Nate, Brandon, and Louis. Please welcome them to camp." Chiron inputs. I wonder why no last names are mentioned, maybe it's like Thalia and her last name. I'll have to ask sometime. Some campers mumble to each other, wondering why the four are just being claimed at 18 and 19. "The gods decided to let them live a normal life and protected them from monsters until now. They work in strange ways; they have their reasons for every thing." More mumbles from the crowd. They sit down awkwardly by Percy, Piper, Jason and I.

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-LATER ON IN THE CAMPFIRE-

All of the sudden, the hideous she-devil herself, sometimes referred to as Drew, saunters up behind Nate.

"Hey, baby," she purrs: Nate's face contorts with disgust at this. Erin's eyes show nothing but anger; not even a hint of jealously is seen, she's just upset Drew would even think of talking to him. "Why don't you and I go someone where we can talk?" With this, Erin is up and in her face with a blink of the eye.

"Look, I'd appreciate if you would back away from the boy. You barely even know his name, and he sure as heck doesn't know yours. Nate has no business with you, therefore you have no business with him. He's my best friend, and my boyfriend. You need to at least know his favorite food and color before you even think of making a fool of yourself by flirting with this very taken guy." Erin is oddly calm on her facial expressions and tone of voice, however her eyes still burn with rage. Drew looks flustered that someone dared to speak to her like that. She regains her composure and opens her mouth to speak. "Save it. I wish to hear no more of your lies and flirtatious words." Erin cuts her of. As this whole thing is going on, Nate looks so proud of his girlfriend. His smile might as well be bigger and brighter then Apollo's!

"......HMPH!" Drew storms away in defeat.

"You're so overprotective, Erin. I'm a big boy who can handle myself." Nate jokes, pulling Erin into a tight hug.