Mount Olympus [8]

Rayah

"Just go," I don't answer, "I don't want anything to do with you anymore. I just want to be alone. I just want to live my life as it is. My immortal, awful, life. Now get out before I snap both your necks."

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Jackie

I don't hesitate, telling Nic to just leave and that I'll be fine, and that I'll text him later.

Jace

I run a hand through my hair and sit back, staring at the ceiling as tears run down my face. This is just... She was it. She was the one. And I didn't stop her. I couldn't stop her..

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Nic

I hesitate, kissing Jackie's cheek, before noticing the disappearance of Jace's bag. I flash back to the hotel and open a portal, landing in his dorm and finding it trashed with the window open. Where are you, Jae? What happened?

Rayah

I run to my bed when he leaves and bury my face in a pillow.

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Jackie

I study her before sitting on the couch, wondering what happened.

Jace

I wipe my face and get out of the car, not paying attention as I walk back to my dorm.

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Nic

I crawl out the window and call out for him before finding him. Just as he finds me, a car full of off campus kids collides head on with him. My heart stops, as does the car, before I take off running to where Jace should be.

Rayah

I feel my stomach slightly before sucking it up. I glance at the window to where he gave me the ring, and I hesitate before slipping out of the window to get it.

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Jackie

I look up at the ceiling, shaking my head and letting her do whatever.

Jace

Blinding light hits me before everything momentarily blackens. When my vision returns, Nic is there and sitting me up against him as agony pulses through my veins.

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Nic

I swear the longest, most horrible line of curses as I sit him up against me, ordering the b*stards who hit him to call an ambulance or something, "Stay with me, Jae. S'gonna be okay. Keep your eyes open."

Rayah

I pick up the box and open it, hesitating before sitting by the tree and texting Jace I'm sorry and that I didn't mean what I said.

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Jackie

I fall asleep, having a bad feeling in my gut.

Jace

My phone makes a noise in my pocket, and I swallow before moving a hand toward it. Nic puts my hand back down and orders me still, my eyes closing slowly.

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Nic

There's so much blood... I didn't think Rayah left him with this much, but... I swallow back bile and force the memories away, keeping him close as the sirens get louder. He reaches for his phone, but I take it for him, finding it from her. Hesitantly, I swallow and unlock the screen to read over the message. I stare at it for a few moments before texting back that he can't answer now.

Rayah

I swallow, texting back, Why not?

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Jackie

Having a vision, I shake my head and jump up, running outside.

Jace

A pain worse than the others shoots across my chest and I gasp, opening my eyes and wincing. I can't breathe, I realize, no matter how hard I try.

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Nic

I drop the phone for a moment, trying to help Jace. Tears escape from my eyes just as the ambulance arrives. They cart him inside and I grab the phone again before riding along with him. However strange it might be, I take my brother's hand and refuse to let go.

He just can't, I text back, not wanting to face the realities if I have to type things out.

Jackie

I shake my head, Tomorrow's Christmas Eve, and...

I grab Rayah's arm when I get to her and flash to the hospital, "Something happened to Jace. Lets wait here."

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Rayah

Something happened to him?

I swallow and wait, my eyes watering slightly as I look at the floor.

Nic

Jace blacks out, and the machines start blaring crazily halfway there. I slip his phone in my pocket and watch the paramedics do all they can. Swallowing, I jump out of the ambulance when they wheel him inside the hospital.

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Jace

Everything fades for a moment, before simply going black. The pain remains, and that's the only way I know I'm still breathing.

Jackie

I see him and stop Nic, asking what happened.

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Rayah

I just stand there, the velvet box he was going to give me in my hand, and don't blink once as I watch him pass by. My Jace, my baby, all bloody and broken. I don't hesitate to run after him, crying by the time they tell me I can't go any further.

Nic

I don't hear Jackie at first, the whole scene replaying in my mind again. Swallowing, I look at her and compose myself, "H-he was just walking. Walking... I was headed for him. I don't think he was looking. A bunch of drunk idiots ran right into him... broke him."

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Jace

I hear Rayah, but can't respond or open my eyes. I'm taken away, locked in a room, and worked on by what I can only assume is a team of doctors and nurses.

Jackie

I nod and pull him into a hug, closing my eyes, "It'll be okay."

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Rayah

I wipe my eyes and try to control myself, sliding down the wall and fingering the velvet box. I take the ring out and slip it on my finger, admiring it. Yes.