CheckMate (A Luke Castellan fan fic. OC CHARACTER)

Falling

Raphaels POV

    As I changed the gauze on my stomach Luke made sure I didn't die doing it. Internal eye roll. I winced in pain as I reapplied it around my waist.
         I looked at myself in the mirror. My long hair was pulled up in a bun and my cheekbone has a graze on it. I also had a black eye curtesy of Piper. It was her fault she charm-spoke to Luke. Chiron has to literally pull me off of her.
       Luke came behind me and taped it on my back. "Thanks baby." He nodded his head. He gently held me in his arms. He put his head on mine and swayed us back and forth as if we were dancing in a ballroom. "Are you sure your ready for the climbing wall?" He asked very worried. "Yes Luke. I will be fine. Plus if I fall off of it I have wings remember." He nodded his head begrudgingly.
     I fixed my bra and put a lose fitting t-shirt on. It was another punk rock band. What else is new though. I like being emo and I don't plan on changing.
        Luke continued to hold me close. "Your gorgeous you know that right?" I giggled. "I'm going to blush stop... I know right. Absolute perfection." I flipped my ponytail over my shoulder. He rolled his eyes.
    He opened the door back to my room and he flopped on the bed. I just laughed. I grabbed my phone and started going through my Instagram. Lin Manuel Miranda posted a video of him and Phillipa Soo in Hamilton.
     I unmuted it and listened to them sing It's Quiet Uptown. Luke looked at me. "Why are you listening to that? Again." I rolled my eyes and sat down next to him. I showed him the video.
     There all dressed up in there old school dresses and combat outfits dancing. Daveed Diggs jumped off a table and yelled. I giggled. "Why did he jump off the table?" I laughed. "Cause Daveed Diggs is hot... but not as hot as you." He gave me one of those "shut the fuck up" looks.
      I smiled and turned my phone off. "Come on. You need to get back to your cabin. Inspection is in like five minutes." I ushered him out the window and started making my bed. I fixed the pillows and the covers.
     A knock on the door brought my attention to something else. I shoved my duffle under the bed and sat down on it. "Come in!" The door opened and it was Will. Damn him and his voluntary needs.
     He looked around looking under the desk and everything else. "Will just leave. You came in earlier and looked around." He stuck his tongue out at me and handed me something. It was a box. Almost like jewelry sized. It looked like a glasses case almost. Almost.
       "What's this?" He smirked. "It's a surprise. It's from a certain man in your life. He's about 6'0 blond, blue eyes, and scrappy blond hair. Sleeps in Hermes cabin. Mostly here though. Do you know him?" I threw a pillow at him. He put it back on the bed and left.
     I slowly opened the box. It held a pair of glasses. There was a note on it.

    Your welcome for the glasses.
         Take out your contacts first;)
               Come meet me when your finished
                  being "inspected".
                         -Luke.

  I slipped over and grabbed the contact's case. I slipped the contacts out. I looked a the long mirror that I'm "borrowing" from IKEA.
       My eyes, they still looked strange. Even to me, there dark black creepy ness to them. My all white iris' and the small red veins creeping up to them. I looked away and slowly put the brown glasses on. They were a light brown- dark brown marble combo. They had lightly curved lenses and carefully crafted handles.
I carefully slipped them on. I looked at myself in the mirror. My eyes looked normal. Like anyone else's eyes. Blue iris' and a pupil. I almost started crying to be honest. How did he
find these?!
I stood up and walked to the bathroom. I looked at myself. I readjusted the glasses and fixed my hair. I took it down. I looked like a nerd. My hair fell straight down my back. I've never gotten it styled or curled. It's just always been straight. No matter what I do to it.
I left my room and walked towards the front door. I opened it. Campers were making there way to the climbing wall and the stands.
I was astonished to see no one looked at me like I was a monster. No one looked at me weirdly or even took a glance at me.
I walked over to Luke. I took nervous glances around at everybody. "Stop being self conscious. Get in line. Your over there." He pointed to where Percy was. I walked over next to him. Since apparently The Big There's children stand in line together.
"Scared Raphael?" I laughed. "Lil bit. What exactly happens again?" He looked towards me. "Chiron will go over the rules then the conch horn will blow and we'll all go running up the gladiators ring at the top. Then when it's pulled out of the holder thing." I nodded my head.
Chiron stepped in front of the fifteen children and explained the rules.

1.) No Foul Play

2.) No Charm Speak

3.) If You Dont Follow One. You Have To Clean Up The Confetti By Hand

4.) No Flying.

"If anyone has any injuries during the duration of the race. Just shout and we'll stop."
He looked at me and I nodded my head. The pain in my hip started to hurt really bad. I blew it off as probably just to little water.
The conch horn blew and the crowd went wild as we ran to the wall.
I went for the lowest swinging peg and jumped to it. I pressed my hand to my side where the gauze was. It was definitely bleeding through. I ducked to cover a pin. I grabbed onto it and started going backwards.
I was approaching the lava and grabbed a pick and used it to climb up. I climbed up it for another thirty seconds before someone took the peg out and I slipped. A peg came towards my hip and I flew off the wall.
I landed twenty feet below on the ground. I heard the sirens go off signaling that someone got hurt or worse. Thank you!!
I tried and failed at sitting up. I hit my head on the gravel again. Luke ran over. I started coughing. There was a crack in my glasses. Not surprised. He helped me sit up. "Raphael your soaked in blood." Will said running over. "I'm fine." I managed to say.
Luke leveraged one arm on his shoulder and I stood. "There's no way I'm doing that ever again. I'd rather get shot again." Luke chuckled slightly.
Will handed me some ambrosia. I nibbled it. My knee buckled and I almost broke it. Luke helped me back up.
Will laid me down on a bench and lifted my shirt. "I wouldn-." Luke started.
Too late. Will got blown back onto the rocky gravel. My head hit the bench and my vision blurry. Luke gently lifted me head to give me more ambrosia.
Nico checked on Will. Everyone in the crowd was now watching Luke and I. I started getting dizzy. Like if your trying to fall asleep and you exhale super fast and long you feel like your falling. Yeah, I feel like I'm falling. My eyelids starting getting dizzy and I must've passed out.
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I opened my eyes. I was in my room. I gently pulled the covers over my head. It was way to fucking bright for this shit.
I felt around my stomach. I had no shirt on but a sports bra. The one I bought from Walmart to be exact. I also had my favorite pair of Luke's sweats on.
My stomach was completely wrapped in gauze and soaked with a pink liquid. Blood. The door opened and I pretended to be sleeping. The bed dipped and someone sat down next to me, in front of my stomach. Since I was facing the right wall.
What's super funny is I actually started to fall asleep trying to fake sleep. Someone lifted the blankets so the sun was available to my eyes.
"Love I know your up." I tried to be still. Luke poked my nose harshly. "Owwwwwwww." I grumbled. He chuckled. He pulled the blankets off my upper body and looked at my arms. He ran his fingers up and down the shadows. "Do you know why you have a personal defense mechanism. Cause we people got no idea." I smirked.
"Yeah, it pops up every now and then. Sort of like my seasonal allergies. I've never known it to do that though. Yet no one really bothered me in my normal life. Cause no one cared about me." Luke kissed me. "Well people here care about you. You are loved here and don't deserve to not be loved or cared about." I blushed. "Plus that blush. Your gorgeous." He laid down next to me.
Someone knocked on the door. I cuddled into Luke's chest. The someone knocked again. I grunted, "just come in!" The door opened. It was Nico. "Chiron is looking for you Luke. Plus she needs rest. Don't argue with me Raph: you do." I rolled my eyes and Luke kissed my and stood up.
     "Loveeeeeeee youuuuuu." I said childishly. "I loveeee youuu too Raph. Get sleep." I giggled and maneuvered so I was comfy. The door gently closed and I started to fall asleep.