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Auburn

I brush my damp hair over my shoulder, my wet hair flopping lazily onto my back. Why did this stupid cabin have to be so dang hot? I study the blade I had recently crafted this morning. I would have to put it in the armory later. It was a fine blade, but not like the one I held so dearly. Mine was made by Hephestaus himself. It was short, and light, but it was forged with accuracy and never became dull.

My mind flashes back to the day I straggled over the camp boundries. It was a cold night, there were no clouds in the sky, there was no moon. I couldn't see anything, except for the satyr that guided me from my home in northern Pennsylvania. The satyr was bleeding from a nasty cut from a Mima, and I had to drag him over the line.

I can't remember the satyr's name. It starts with an A. What was it? Argos? No there was already one at the camp, and he was covered with eyes! I was getting it now. Yes! I had it! His name was Amun. I leap out of my bed, the sharp sword clatters to the floor, making a sharp ringing noise. I bend down, pick up the sword, and put it in my empty sheath. I wasn't planning on using my sword today.

I go looking for Amun, and pause by the entrance to the armory. I quickly dash into the empty building and place the sword on the wall of assorted sharp objects ( my favorite wall). I sprint out, especially fast since I'm looking for Amun. Most satyrs hang out by the fire in the middle of the camp or by the forest. I would try the forest first.

* * *


I search the entire edge of the forest, but I'm not about to ask anyone to go in the forest with me. I don't have any friends here. I didn't see Amun anywhere. I even asked a few satyrs who where flirting with dryads, but they hadn't seen him.

I aimlessly walk to the central campfire, watching people talk, until they notice me looking and I move forward. I continue with this pattern until I see Hestia, just a little girl, she is tending the flames of the campfire. I normally come around her at noon, she gives me a little bit of bread that she makes out of thin air. She is the only person I regularly talk to, other then the satyrs.

I sit cross-legged by the fire and Hestia gives me a little bit of bread -which was all I need because I hardly ever eat- and a water bottle. I say thank-you to her in ancient greek and she says your welcome. I sit in silence as we eat, we save our talking for later. When I gulp down the last of my bread and water the horn blows for lunch. I get up to go, but the only reason I'm going is to give my offering to the gods. I start towards the pavillion.

Hestia catches my wrist, " Auburn, Amun is closer then you think," she says, then lets go of my wrist.



-thestorygirl

Katherine

I sprinted off, those two words and the rest unsaid floating in my mind. "We can't..."

Was I really that stupid that I hadn't seen it before? That I had to ruin everything with my selfish feelings? Another memory consumed me, one of my fourth foster home when my supposed mother had looked at me; disgust in her eyes. "No one can love such a selfish girl. A creature really who kills all those she's around."

I choke back a sob, maybe she was right. No one can love me. I'd lost everything, and I'd just lost another importante part of my life.

When I slowed down it wasn't because I was out of breath, it was because I was nearing the forest. The one that was stocked with creatures. A sword leaned against a tree and I jogged towards it but stopped remembering the sword fights I'd had with Daemond before.

I stood staring at the sword, numb to the world around me. If I could have been the girl those foster parents had wanted maybe I wouldn't be in this place. In this position of loneliness. In a place where everything deserts me because I'm unworthy, selfish and foolish.

I look to the sky, the clouds covered the beautiful blue that I used to love and cursed the gods.

"You had to choose my mother, didn't you Poseidon?" I cried, anger and pain making me shout.

"If you'd never have given mother me as a child, then I wouldn't be here! I wouldn't have lost every thing I've ever had! I could have been born to some other family, a normal one!" I collapsed to my knees.

I pressed my face into my palms, the tears were wasted. I'd rather feel nothing than these ceaseless emotions that replay over and over again in my heart.

I just sat there, and gave up.

Auburn - Hephestaus

I was shocked by Hestia's announcement. He was closer then you think, what was that supposed to mean? That I was standing on him? As I walk closer to the sound of the horn, I begin absentmindedly stroking my right index finger, feeling around for my ring. Where was my ring? It wasn't there. Oh my gods, it wasn't there. That was the most important thing I had ever had. It must have fallen off of my finger as I asked the satyrs where Amun was.

I take off running to the forest, going as fast as my long legs can carry me. I streak past people heading to lunch. They stare at me. I must look very odd, running the opposite way. It doesn't help that I was the weird girl at camp, I sat by myself, with out any friends, and spent all day in the forges or the armory. My mom would say I should try to make friends. Not likely, these people look at me like I was the weirdest person they've ever seen, I have no interest in them.

I see a girl sitting with her head in her hands, by the forest, she looked three years older, but I wasn't intimidated. I heardly ever was, dealing with jerks at my school before I came here had trained me. I walk over slowly, but not quietly, that might startle her. I can creep up on people if I want to. I go over and sit in front of her cross-legged. I think her name is Katherine. I heard her heart-beat go faster, she must have noticed me. She lifts her head above her hands, her face is red, but not wet.

"Are you okay?," I ask softly. She blinks, clearing the softer color of grey in her eyes. I realize her eyes are almost black. She was crying over a boy. I don't know how I know that, but her eyes don't exactly focus on me. I bet it was that boy that she always looked at. I can't remember his name, but I could see why she cares for him. She sniffles lightly.

She responds so lightly that I can hardly hear her, "Obviously not, but thanks for asking." I nod and get up. "What's your name," I tell her my name, " Your in Hephestaus. You sit alone at lunch and spend your days in the forges. You don't talk to anyone." This was making me uncomfortable. I shift on my feet, but to be polite I nod my head, " You have no friends, do you?"

Now I am angry. She is prying to far into my business. I feel my skin getting hot, and prickling all over. I must be glowing already. I see her eyes get wider. Yep, definetly glowing. Hissing through my teeth I manage to spit out five words, " Yes, I have to go."


-thestorygirl

Ani:

I saw someone walking away from a devastated looking Katherine, and walked over to her.

"Katherine, hon, are you okay?" I asked when I got closer, pulling her into a hug.

She burst into more tears and spilled a story about how Daemond had shot her down and how upset she was.

Stroking her hair, I could feel my eyes grow stormy as I said, "Go back to the cabin, I'l be there in a minute and we can talk okay? I just need to...let my partner know I need to do something."

She took one look at my twisted face and stormy eyes and she looked fearful, but ran off to the cabin anyway.

Once the door to our cabin shut, I sprinted, hunting for Daemond. When I finally found him, I marched up behind him.

I tapped his shoulder quickly, and as soon as he turned, I punched him square in the jaw and screamed, "How dare you Daemond! How dare you hurt that poor, innocent girl! I warned you not to, and you still didn't listen! YOU DIDN'T LISTEN!"

Holding his jaw, he opened his mouth to speak, but I aggressively pushed on his chest, causing him to stumble back, and continued to shriek at him, tears of anger and sadness running down my face, "You don't have a clue how much she has been through! You don't have any idea how much she has been hurt! The day I met her, I made it my job to make sure she would never be hurt again. I took a risk with you Daemond, and now I curse the Gods for allowing me to be such an idiot! I trusted you to keep her safe you heartless jerk!"

As I spoke, I pushed him again and again until he was backed into a wall and I wiped tears from my eyes, whispering, "Posiedon was cruel to her to put her in the life she has, and he is cruel to let you hurt her like this. I learned long ago that Posiedon, our so called father, was never going to help us and that we needed to help ourselves."

My face damp, I balled up my fist and spat, "Don't you dare come near Katherine again, or I swear I'll kill you! I don't care who the heck comes down to punish me for it, whether it be Zeuss, Ares, or some other God or Goddess, I will kill you if you so much as come near her."

With that, I turned, my hair whipping around, some clinging to my face, and stormed off.

*Hope this is okay*

Katherine

I didn't want to know what Ani was going off to do.

Honestly, I didn't much care because I was worried that if I bothered asking; pried too much, that she would leave me too. I raced off to the cabin and closed myself in there, alone.

No one was inside so I just slunk off to my bottom bunk and slid under the covers, turning on my side and staring out the low window that was opened to the water.

I remembered how free I'd felt that day when Ani, Daemond and I had gone off for a nice swim. The first time Daemond had been about to kiss me. I shuddered at the memory, my heart tearing a little more.

So, what was I supposed to do now that I had lost everything? Talk to Ani? She was my sister, my best friend, my protector; but I couldn't just throw all my pain down on her and let her carry it on her shoulders like a pack-mule.

I wasn't cruel.

Another memory of long ago spoken words crushed me; "You cruel, monstrous girl! You made her suffer!" The mother had cried as her true daughter had been killed at the hands of a monster. The killing blow had been meant for me, not the poor girl on the floor.

I swallowed and pressed my face against my pillow.

I hated being like this, I was supposed to be strong; right? I was a god's daughter.

Laughing bitterly to myself I turned towards the door as it opened, and Ani walked in with red patched cheeks. She looked as though she had just calmed down.

She made her way over to my bed and sat down on it's edge and smoothed my hair. "Are you alright?" she asked me quietly.

I wasn't sure if I could actually speak, all this talking to myself in my brain must have frozen my vocal cords but I looked over at her and sighed. "I'm fine."

She laughed, a real laugh, one that I could never do at this point in time. "Do you know how many times I've heard that lie?" she told me with a smile.

Her smile was infectuous and I joined it with my own. "I bet quite a few times?"

She looks at me and sobers up, noticing my still red face from the tears I've been crying. "Yea. Come on, let's go get your mind of this." she tells me.

I meet her gleaming eyes with my own, and I scoot up on the bed and rest my back against the wall. "I've been meaning to pick up a sword." I tell her with a smirk.

She eyes me carefully, "Well... If you want to pick up a sword then you'll need a shield because I'm not going to let you off the hook without a proper battle."

She hops off the bed and I swing my legs off it and join her as we get to the door.

I suddenly stop as my mind returns to her face the moment she had entered. "What was it you had to do, Ani?"

I was careful, trying not to get her angry with me. I wasn't sure if my caution was unnecessary but I decided I'd better tiptoe around the camp for quite a while until I get back to myself.

Katherine! No.... Daemond's such an idiot sometimes... Well, get in my plans Ani! But it's ok, just'll take me more time than expected.

Daemond


I slump besides the Dioynsus cabin, exhausted and, as per usual, confused. I'd beaten the pulp out of post of the plants around here and some of the wall. Dad would probably kill me, but it didn't matter. The one time in my life I don't act on feelings just had to be today. Had to be. I'm a damn idiot!!! The fog in my head had finally decided to clear up. I'd lost my best friend. She probably hated me. I didn't mean the words I left unsaid. Why couldn't I just have said them? Yet I was still sitting here like a lazy fool, not going after her. I didn't deserve whatever ending she gave us- good or bad. I run my hand through my hair, bringing some of it in front of my face. How many times had Katherine looked at me and thought I was cute- hot, even. Then I did what I hadn't done in a long time. I cried. Mind you, it was BAWLING or anything. Just small, simple tears for everything I lost. My mother, my father's love, all the friends I ever had. Katherine. Katherine. Katherine. The name has a bitter ring to it, even in my mind. Then I think. What was the truth? Was it that I really was such a fool to mess with Katherine's heart- even by accident? Was it really that bikini that messed up my heart- or something more? I didn't think I'd ever really know. I'm not sure I really want to know. I let her go, like such an idiot. Who said I wasn't? Then again, I WAS a rash impulsive teenager who got what he asks for.I push myself up and brush myself off. I had a girl to make things up to. As soon as I do I hear harsh, angry footsteps. Oh Gods. I knew who it was before I even saw her. Ani.Sure enough, the throughly pissed daughter of posiedon rushed at me. She punched me square in the jaw and screamed,

"How dare you Daemond! How dare you hurt that poor, innocent girl! I warned you not to, and you still didn't listen! YOU DIDN'T LISTEN!"

I open my mouth to tell her it was all a mistake but I aggressively pushed on my chest, causing me to stumble back, and continued to shriek at me, tears of anger and sadness running down her face,

"You don't have a clue how much she has been through! You don't have any idea how much she has been hurt! The day I met her, I made it my job to make sure she would never be hurt again. I took a risk with you Daemond, and now I curse the Gods for allowing me to be such an idiot! I trusted you to keep her safe you heartless jerk!"

As she spoke, she pushed me again and again until I was backed into a wall and she wiped tears from my eyes, whispering,

"Posiedon was cruel to her to put her in the life she has, and he is cruel to let you hurt her like this. I learned long ago that Posiedon, our so called father, was never going to help us and that we needed to help ourselves."

She balled up my fist and spat, "Don't you dare come near Katherine again, or I swear I'll kill you! I don't care who the heck comes down to punish me for it, whether it be Zeuss, Ares, or some other God or Goddess, I will kill you if you so much as come near her."

With that happy thought, she whips around and sprints away. I slump down, rubbing my sore jaw. Jeez, that girl kept her promises hard. I'd buried myself so dang deep. I couldn't make it up to Katherine for lying about my utterly confused feelings. Because with time Ani shoved me, she made me realize the truth. The way she smilied was better than the Daughter of the sun god. The way she noticed me... The way she could fight my blackmail... With every quirky reply I had been falling in love with her. I hadn't even noticed it until she'd put on the cursed bikini. Now I have no way of telling her the truth. Project Ditch Ani had been the worst fail ever. Yet what could I do? If I get close to Katherine, I die a slow and painful death. If I don't... I already had enough regrets. So I did what any guy in debt would do- I went and got some paper.

Dear Katherine,

Please read this. Don't let Ani see it, unless you wan't me to be deathy bruised. If you do, let her see it. I guess it doesn't matter anymore. I'm the biggest idiot in the world. (In case you already didn't figure that out.) I guess I'm a jerk who accidently set your made you I hurt you. I got it. I don't know how I did it, but I'm me so of course you did. I can't claim and say that I loved you the whole time. I can't lie to you Katherine. Yet I couldn't seem to say that we should be friends. So yes I'm an idiot. Yes, I'm confused. Yes, I probably added to your list of heartbreaks. I'm sorry. You just need to know that I made a huge mistake in not speaking, it letting you walk away. As cheesy as this sounds, I already miss you. You don't have to come back and be friends with me. Just understand that I have a reply now. I have your answer. So next time I lov Ani Can we meet Goodbye.

Gods, I wish I had a pencil. I fold the letter up and tuck it under the Posiedon door, praying to every god I know that Ani won't find it first.

Ani:

I leaned against the cabin wall next door the door as I clutched at my arm, blood seeping through my arm.

"Gods, Katherine. You been sneaking out at night to practice?" I asked, I grin on my face despite the cut on my arm.

After only about half an hour we came back because Katherine had caught me off guard and slit my arm.

Katherine laughed, but then asked me, "Are you sure I didn't hurt you to bad?"

Smiling, I pushed myself from the wall and shrugged, "I'll live."

Katherine pushed open the door and we walked in.

I stepped on something and it crinkled.

When I set my eyes on it, I picked it up and wondered aloud, "I wonder what this is."

Katherine slid it form my hands and behan to read it, but quickly closed it again after a a few seconds. But it was enough time for me to read Don't tell Ani.

"Don't tell me what?" I asked my sister as she walked over to her bunk.

*Now, Written, you can decide to have me beat of Daemond or spare him. Hahaha*

Auburn


I run away from Katherine when I see one of her sisters coming towards her. Not wanting to spark any questions on why I was near a girl I had never spoken to before, it is the only thing I can think of to do. I sprint back to my cabin, streaking past people and one particurally shaken up half-blood with a forming bruise on his jaw. I do a double take, that was the boy that Katherine was hanging out with all the time, he was the person who had hurt her. I want to give him a good deck in the face for doing something that horrible. I ignore my impulse and slow down to a walk. I want to see Hestia, but she is no where near where I left her.

I decide to go see if there was any food left. I am startlingly hungry, and a good slab of meat would fix that problem. I walk up to the open air building that stil smells of meat. Maybe there was some food left. I trot up the stone steps and to my delight there is a small hamburger with my name on it and a bright yellow banana. Sitting next to the food is a small satyr chewing on a tin can.

I know it might be stupid to be seeking out a satyr I had met once in my life, but this would be probobly be the only person at this camp who would talk to me other then Hestia. Amun looked like he was my age but judging by the size of his horns he was much older then me.

"Amun," I stammer, shocked. "Hestia said you were looking for me. So, I came here and waited for you to get food." Amun was smart to think that he should wait for me to get food, I don't eat until everyone has left, except for dinner.

"So what have you been up to lately? Hestia says that you haven't exactly made friends," he asked. I feel my face getting hot, but I know I wasn't glowing. "Well it's not exactly easy to do that when everyone thinks I'm some weird freak. Plus I don't want to be friends with anyone I've met so far," Amun frowns, " Oh come on, Amun. No one talks to me, and it's probably because I sit and play with fire all day."

Amun is right, and I am wrong. The reason I had no friends was because I had never even tried, but no one had tried to be friends with me. It doesn't mean I was going to try. I think Amun sees that, I am still stubborn. Just as I was when I refused to leave Amun.

Amun is a fortune cookie type of satyr, always saying things that had to be desiphered down to the last letter. Amun gets up slowly and walkes over to the nearest column. "It doesn't do good to play with fire, Auburn. You'll get burned." I hate it when he goes all fortune cookie on me.

I blink and he has already trotted off into the woods. I consider going after him, but I have a feeling he won't answer any of my questions.

What was that supposed to mean, that I am spending too much time in the forges? No. Definetly not, Amun wouldn't waste his breath on something so meaningless as that. Then what was it? Maybe I did need something. Or someone. It's not like I could go friend shopping though, and none of the girls here were my taste. But then again, no boy I had met even for the briefest of seconds had caught my eye either. I was going to keep looking.

I sit down at the table, eat some of the food and dump the rest into a offering. I pray to someone to help me. I hear whispers, but nothing else.

I walk quietly back to my cabin, there was smoke smell around the cabin that I loved. I walk through the door and sit on the lower bunk. I can hear people talking and laughing.

I start singing. I don't know what compells me to sing right then, but whenever I had a bad day my mother told me to sing. I just sing a high, rather complicated melody that I vaguely remember from somewhere. My high voice carries through the cabin, echoing off the metal walls and making my voice tripled into oblivion. It was sort of erie, like a million mes, all singing the same notes but at different times. I wasn't worried about people hearing me, let them hear me.

When I was singing the world got quiet, just for me, like my own solo. The people outside also seems muted, and I wonder if they heard.

When the song ends I just sit back on my bed, and think.


-thestorygirl

Katherine

I look at Ani and tuck the note into the pocket of my jeans. "It's nothing. Just a note of sympathy from the Hephaestus kid who has the crush on me." I tell her. "You know, the one who always has his hair in his face."

We laugh because he's a sad kid but my laugh is bitter, filled with something that I didn't even recognize. Maybe it was empathy; I knew exactly how he felt.

I turn to the window and look out at the lake that sits beyond it's glass, "You know; I wonder if we could make it outside." I say in a murmur.

When I get up off the bed and start to pace, the words of Daemond's message replaying in my mind; they were seared like a brand in my brain.

"Ani, I think i'd like to take a walk alone. Just to clear my head." I tell her, and honestly I hated lying but I was pretty good at it.

Ani looked at me carefully, like she was trying to see if I'd go drown myself in the lake; and then finally she nodded. "Alright. I'll be here if you need me. I'm going to clean this and take a shower before bandaging it."

I smile softly, "I really hope you're alright." I tell her as I turn to walk out the cabin door.

I really want to know what kind of answer Daemond has; he's already hurt me enough and he knows it. What else does he want? To introduce me to the one he loves?

Trying hard not to flinch at the direction of my thoughts and invite Ani along; I decide to square my shoulders and walk outside.

Honestly, I hated doing this whole; Aphrodite-broken-hearted-thing.

I tugged at the tight black shirt that I'd put on after sword-fighting. It was better than that loose blue one that I always wore. My hair was neatly tied into a bun atop my head and my pants were super tight and ripped at the knees. I always wore close fitting clothes when I was fighting, it prevented me from having to dodge with my shirt billowing in the wind to get caught.

So, looking like I was ready to pick up a sword and drive it through Daemond's useless heart; I stalked towards where I thought he'd be.

The vineyard.

Daemond had once brought me there because he'd owed me strawberries after one of our infamous sword-fights and now it was just a place of memories that would haunt me for quite some time.

Actually, coming to think of swords; I leaned down and felt in the boot that I wore and unsheathed the hidden dagger. Hmm, I wondered where I'd put that. I guess that it had been there all morning.

Now, I was walking towards the vineyard looking ready to kill and brandishing a dagger; I wonder what other people thought of this scene.

When I saw him, I pulled free the message that I'd tucked into my pocket and crumpled it in my fist as I walked closer.

He was standing there, his back to me as he slowly made the strawberries creep towards him and sprout. I, anger dominating most of my emotions, threw the wadded ball of paper at his back.

My grey eyes were probably blazing at the moment, he'd already hurt me. I couldn't be hurt any more, only enraged.

I pursed my lips a moment while he turned around, and met my blazing eyes. He seemed startled at the sight of how angry I was but he opened his hands in a gesture of surrender. "I didn't think you'd come."

I flashed a bitter smile, "I wasn't going to, until I found the dagger in my boot and wondered if I'd get the chance to shove it through your heart." I growl.

His eyes widen, but he nods quietly. "Go ahead." He says it like he doesn't care. Like he deserves it.

I look at him for a long time, my hand on the dagger going slack after a moment before I finally shove it back into my boot.

"What do you want, Daemond?" I ask him in defeat. I keep my gaze on his, I had no reason to blush or be ashamed. I was just Katherine, the girl who was ready to pick the dagger back up and shove it through him if he hurt me anymore. I'd save Ani the work.

Daemond

I turned around, coming face to face with two blaring eyes. A pair of eyes I never thought I'd see again.

"I didn't think you'd come."

Katherine flashed a bitter smile, "I wasn't going to, until I found the dagger in my boot and wondered if I'd get the chance to shove it through your heart."

Her anger, which had suprised me at first, now had familiarized itself with me."Go ahead." I tell my dear old friend, Katherine's anger.

She look at him for a long time, her hand never leaving the dagger. I stare her back down, easily, naturally, sadly. Her hand on the dagger going slack after a moment before she finally shoved it, rather angrily, back into her boot.

"What do you want, Daemond?"

Although she had put her dagger away, it still looked like she wanted to tear my heart out and burn it on an open stake.

"Well..." I pause, wishing I had planned this out better. No, of course I didn't. I shouldn't have to." I wanted to tell you that I'm the worlds biggest idiot."

She tapped her foot. "I already knew that."

I let out a harsh cough-laugh. I could already feel my last chance slipping through my fingers. "You know me Katherine. I always act on feelings. On spur of the moment decisions. On heartbreak. Today it finally caught up to me. You are the best friend anyone could ever have. I-" I run my hand through my hair, correcting my mistake." Ani is really lucky. Anyway, when you gave me the oppurtunity to finally do right with my life, make a good decision, figure things out, I couldn't speak. Couldn't decide what I really wanted, what I really needed. You caught me off guard and that was no reason to not speak. So now I'm going to say what I should've said." I pause, not really sure what to say next. The words I want to say all fly through my brain and seem to be spitting themselves out at random places. "If that's ok with you that is."

She looks at me with emotionless eyes. I wish I knew what she was thinking. I wish I knew a lot of things. "This should be good."

I sigh, wishing I could get more than just that. " I know you remember when I said "We can't-"

She paled, like she knew exactly what I was talking about.

" Katherine, I meant that we can't let it end like that. You rushing off and me, confused and regretful. That's what did happen. I guess I needed sometime to think, unlike you." I take a deep breath, choosing my next words carefully. "I guess you figured out that I liked Alex, huh? She was the one who first welcomed me to Camp after years between my mothers and the street. She was sweet, kind. I was lonely. So, I had a crush on her. I guess since she was the first girl when I came back I pressumed I still had a crush on her. She passed by me today Katherine. I didn't feel a single thing."

I pause, waiting for her to mutter something sarcastic. She just look at me, her eyes emotionless, but still waiting for me to finish.

" Then we kissed. The best kiss I ever had. That should have made things clear as day for me. No. My feelings had to have the last say. So you come up to me and tell me you have feeling for me... It's kinda like a bomb exploded in my head. The fog didn't clear before it was to late. Before I hurt you, before I lost you. It took your friend Ani to clear up the dust. I know... I know... I know it's to late. I need to say it though Katherine. You are an amazing person. It took you to be teared away from me to realize that, Katherine." I don't know why I kept repeating her name. I guess you do when you want to hang on to something. " I don't want to sound cheesy, but that's how this'll end up. I kinda feel like I was missing a lot of you. " I stumble for words, feeling a lot like Katherine probably did just a bit ago. A lifetime ago. "I speak like such an idiot...The point is that I like you back. I know it took awhile for my stupid brain to figure it out...but I do. Really, honestly. I love the way you fight my blackmail. The way you smile. The way you can fight me and," I cough," almost win. I love the way your totally pissed at me, because I wouldn't want a girl to come crawling back to me. I love the way you put up with me until it came to this. The end." I look at Katherine, feeling the truth. The real, incredibly cheesy, truth." That's what I want. I just needed you to know." I put up my arms. "You can stab me now. I deserve it." I did. For not knowing. For waiting. For everything else.

Katherine

I kept my expression blank, but inside everything was tearing; turning into a pit of unrecognizeable rubble.

It was then that I realized something, something that I hadn't before.

Even though Daemond had spoken his wild speech, telling me that it had taken him until I'd been lost to him to finally realize that he had feelings for me, it was as though a knife had been driven into my heart.

If I hadn't left him, if I had never said a thing then he would never have come to feel anything. How do I know that he isn't lying? I know, I can see it in his eyes. The eyes I loved to look into when I could feel the crumbling of my world but just now, I wasn't sure.

I raised a hand to cover my eyes for a long moment, clearing my muddled thoughts.

When I finally uncovered my face I lowered my hand to rest on my thigh and stared, unflinchingly into Daemond's gaze.

"You've told me all that you love about me." I tell him quietly after a moment, "But you haven't yet said the three words that I want to hear, Daemond." I can feel the sting of tears pricking my eyes as I silently plead him to say them.

Daemond seems at a loss, and I honestly can't tell what he's thinking.

My mind is racing, silently hoping that he wouldn't tear me down from where I stood.

Not that I am not loving every minute of watching Daemond, Ani and Kat's amazing romance unfold, but could somebody please post for another character?

I would if I knew where Kassie was... and what exactly was going on...

Make one of course you would have to have permission lol