Mount Olympus

Jace

She buries her face in my shoulder and I bury mine in her hair, closing my eyes and inhaling her scent.

What you're thinking...it's not true, a voice rings in my head.

Wonderful. Now I'm hearing things.

I pull back a little and wipe the brims of my eyes.

"I-I'm exhausted," I say, "Too much happened today. Um..."

I swallow and look away for a moment.

"Can I stay with you tonight?" I whisper, "On the floor. I don't want to go further than boundaries permit...I just... Thinking about everything... I have nightmares when I think about stuff like I was. I don't want to be alone."

Way to sound like a pathetic loser, Jace.

The voice repeats what it's said a few times, but I don't respond to it anymore, waiting for Rayah's reply.

Rayah

I sigh, looking at him. "You're not going to sleep on the floor," I say, shaking my head. "It's not comfortable. You can sleep with me, but we won't..." I think of the right way to put it. "Do anything. Okay?" I whisper.

Jace

I study her and nod, flashing a smile. I kiss her cheek and set my forehead against hers.

"Thank you," I whisper.

Rayah

I smile and kiss him softly before pulling back. "You tired?" I ask in a whisper.

Jace

I flash a smile, "Yeah, kind of. You?"

Rayah

I nod and yawn. "Very."

Jace

I smile and kiss her nose, picking her up and setting her on the bed. I slip her shoes off and cover her up, hesitating before taking my shoes off and sliding in beside her. My nerves jump off the roof, the familiar voice in my head bugging the hell out of me. I shut the lights out for her and look in her direction, taking a deep breath.

Rayah

He gets me settled and I flash a smile as he slides next to me. "G'night," I whisper, burying my face in his chest. "Love you."

Jace

She buries her face in my chest and I smile, my heart fluttering at what she says. Blushing at the thought of her feeling or hearing that, I flash another smile and kiss the top of her head, wrapping my arms around her.

"I love you too," I whisper, "Sweet dreams, Ray."

Rayah

I smile and take a deep breath, feeling like I have a fever. I bring my hand to my forehead and sigh, hoping I wouldn't have to go to school tommarow if I'm sick. I pull back and look at him. "I'm going to go check my temperature alright?"

Tahira

Things went by like a blur afterwords, I soon found myself at school hanging out in the parking lot. I soon saw Jace and Rayah on the sidewalk as I sat atop a wall as they passed by, they barely looked at me but I was a woman of my word and kept Cameron's thugs off of them. They passed by without a scene as Cameron raises an eye brow wondering.

Jace

The night passes quickly, soon turning into morning. I kiss Rayah's forehead without waking her and leave a note, saying I'm headed home to change and that I'll be back to pick her up. Even with the reconciliation with Tahira, I dread school.

I change and get ready like usual, hurrying to meet up with Ray at her house. I get there just as she's headed out the door and kiss her in greeting.

"Morning," I say, twining our hands and leading her to the building, "Let's hope today is better."

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Cameron

We don't touch them...at all. They're all cuddly as ever and Tahira tells me to keep away from the two. I raise an eyebrow and look at her.

"Change of heart, sparkles? I thought you wanted his life hell," I say.

Rayah

Not feeling too well, Jace leads me to school. My temperature was 100. Little fever. I get to school, feeling sleepy and lazy, not wanting to get into any fights or anything. I just want to get this over with. My eyes start to close in 1st period but I try to keep them open, yawning the whole time.

Tahira

It makes me wonder just how close Cameron is to figuring out that I just want him around as an insurence polace. But never more there is no way I keep in a relationship if he didn't open up to me soon, who knows what'll happen then.

"I used to until I came up with the plan to lay off only if I hold his eternal loyalty to me shall I demoenstrae?" I ask.

Jace

Rayah's sick, I see it and feel it inside. I stick especially close to her, trying to be as supportive as she needed. It worries me. Especially with everything that's happening.

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Cameron

I study Tahira before looking back at the two, "Please do. I'm not sure if I get what extent you're taking this too."