How to Run From the Mess You Made

'Just Friends,' Huh?

HEYYY IM BACK !!!
TW: cussing, yelling, family problems, etc.

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As Sky was dragged into the cabin and forced to sit on her bed, she couldn't help but think about Leo.
Was he alright? I wonder what he's thinking right now... what are we? Are we still friends? Oh, gods... Did I ruin that?

She was drawn back to reality as Piper snapped her fingers in her face. "SKY! Are you even listening to me right now?" She looked absolutely pissed, like Sky's grandma when she accidentally broke her vase. "Yep, totally." Sky looked up at her, then back down at the floor again, lost in thought once more as Piper began to raise her voice. As she did, Sky stood up and looked up at her, now showing that she was paying extra attention.

Piper looked back at her, making direct eye contact in an attempt to make her uneasy. Sky just stared back as Piper continued her spiel. "Do you not know how disrespectful to our mother? That was incredibly rude and inconsiderate of you. You two could have met up privately, or even somewhere else, but no. You had to sneak out and meet him past curfew on the roof, what is wrong with you?!"

Sky's gaze reverted to the floor, her head hanging low as her shoulders slumped. "I'm sorry..."

"You're sorry? Do you think just saying 'I'm sorry' is going to fix all of this? You've dishonored our mother! What would she do if she found out?" Piper began to pace around, and Sky found her legs getting tired by just watching her. Piper sighed and began to rant again; "You've got yourself a boyfriend, I know, but that doesn't justify sneaking out at night to be with him."

Sky sat down on her bunk and continued to look at the floor, her eyes welling with tears. it's been quite a while since she was last yelled at, and she didn't miss it one bit. "I'm sorry..."

Piper looked over to the girl, her gaze turning sympathetic as she set her hand on her shoulder. "Look, girl, I'm only doing this because I'm looking out for you. You're young, I don't want you getting yourself in dangerous situations where you could get hurt or worse. You have to understand that. I've been through hell and back. I'm not going to let that happen to anyone else. Understand?"

Sky nodded, feeling pathetic. She remembered what Sade said, and visualized her coming into the cabin, and making the yelling go away.

Piper began to speak again, "You won't be going out to see Leo, and no more sneaking out at night. You hear me?" She crossed her arms and looked down at Sky, who was wiping her tears while trying to call out to Sade in her head. "I... okay, fine..."

Then, as if perfectly on cue, Sade barged in and almost broke the door off of its hinges. She took a look at the situation, before realizing the campers were forced into a deep sleep by a Charmspeech user and Sky was crying. "PIPER WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON HERE?!"

In return, Piper looked over and gave Sade a questionably stern look. "I was just having a talk with her about sneaking out at night, what's it to you?"

Sade crossed her arms and stepped forward, standing beside Sky. "I was told to watch over this kind soul and make sure she didn't get into any trouble. And you seem to be stirring up just that. What's wrong, Sky?" She knelt beside her and took her hands, her gaze softening as she saw the poor girl's shattered state, holding her hands gently as she wiped her tears away.

Piper rolled her eyes, "Look, I was just talking to her. She's got a boyfriend; she was sneaking out at Midnight to kiss him on the roof." Piper glared down at the two girls.

Sade let go of Sky's hands before moving her hands to cover her ears, turning around to yell back at Piper. Sky couldn't hear, so Sade yelled; "SO?! I caught you and Jason making out the other night! Shut your face hole!" Sade decided that she wanted to censor herself in case campers were listening, or in case Sky could still hear her. She then released her hands from her ears and took Sky's hands in her own once more. "So, if you don't mind me asking, what happened...?"

Sky began to explain, and the more she did, the more Sade seemed to comfort her.

"And then she-" Sky was about to finish her sentence, but stopped when she looked out the window, seeing Leo watching them from afar with a concerned expression on his face. She couldn't help but smile.

He really does care about me...

Piper's gaze followed Sky's, and she now knew that Leo was watching them. She concealed her emotions and kneeled beside the other two girls.

Sade whispered something in Sky's ear, something along the lines of; "get out of here."

(She said: Grab your stuff and let's get out of here.)

Sky nodded and smiled slightly, turning around to get her stuff together.

Piper's eyes widened and she was about to stop her, but by the time she got up and took a step towards her, Sade was standing between her and the goal. "Listen, I know Chiron doesn't like sparring, but I'll do what needs to be done. let us leave, please." She had a pained expression, anyone in a mile's radius could tell she didn't want to be saying this, but she had to do what needed to be done. Piper scoffed and turned her back, walking back towards her bunk. Sky finished putting her stuff together and told Sade the rest of the story, which only made the situation worse. "What. The. Hell. Piper?!" Sade remained at Sky's side, as she now had her bags on her shoulder. "What was all of that about?!"

Piper turned to face them, a bitter and hard-to-read expression on her face. "Look, I was just telling her, it makes sense, just don't be kissing guys on the roof when you're up past midnight. That's a bad idea. Don't go and freak out on me, I'm just looking out for her."

"Look, if she's not welcome here, I will take her with me to the Hades cabin. She will be very welcome there." Sade gently grabbed Sky's hand and turned towards the door to leave.

Piper huffed and rolled her eyes before sighing and walking up behind them. "Woah woah woah, wait a second. What are you doing? Where are you and Sky going? You can't just steal her and take her to the Hades cabin!"

Sade turned her head to face her, her eyes looking more dead than a skeleton's. "Why can't I? And who gave you the right to speak to me that way?" She made direct eye contact with her, goosebumps rising along her spine.

Piper glared back at her, before averting her gaze once more. "No one can take away my right to speak, and I can speak to whoever I please. You're a camper here too, and I'm just saying, sneaking out at night is dangerous, especially with a man. Sky here isn't the only one who can get hurt. Besides, what are you going to do at the Hades cabin? Hold a sleepover with her? She better not miss a single campfire or party while you've got her there. This is a camp, not a preschool."

The only response Sade had for that whole rant Piper gave her was, "Really? I couldn't tell. I honestly thought it was a preschool because you sure are treating it like one." She rolled her eyes and took Sky's hand, then opened the door for her.

Sky smiles and rushes outside, leaving an angry Piper in the cabin full of sleeping campers. Sade followed Sky, now dragging her along while shaking her head and mumbling angrily. Leo is watching from the rooftop of the Hephaestus cabin, clearly confused and concerned, but is slightly taken aback by Sade's sudden attitude.
What the Hades happened in there?

Sky looked up at him and smiled while waving.

Leo smiles and chuckles, glad to see her doing well after what happened inside the Aphrodite cabin. He waved back and subconsciously tapped out, "Are you okay?" In Morse code. he didn't know if she knew what he was saying, but it was worth a shot, right?

Sky kept walking with Sade, and they eventually made it to the cabin, Nico greeting them at the door. "Hey, is everything alright?" He looked rather concerned, which caused Sade to giggle in response, her attitude and previous emotions dropping immediately as she smiled and moved out of the way so he could see Sky. "More than okay. I got her out of trouble!"

Nico raised his eyebrows in surprise, and he let them in, now realizing that it was starting to lightly rain. He rushed the two girls inside without paying any attention to Leo and had Hazel help him tend to them.

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TADAAAA, I HOPE IT WAS GOOD BECAUSE MY BACK HURTS FROM SITTING AT MY DESK FOR SO LONG. BOOOOOOO!!!!!!!