Finding it

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At around noon, the four of us decided to go and check out Pier 39.

I've gotten dressed and talk with Alex as we wait for Travis and Kia to be ready.

"You ready, Kates?" Kia asks, looping her a through mine.

"All set," I say.

"Good, come on, let's go."

The ride to the pier I sat in the passenger side with Kia and Alex in the back, but that didn't stop Kia from having control of the music. As Travis parked the car, the smell of the bay plastered a smile on Kia's face. The weather was nice except for the breeze that came with a near by body of water.

"Come on," Kia says eagerly, practically dragging us to walk faster, "There is so many things I want you to see, and at night, it's even more beautiful."

I laugh at her childlike excitement and we began to speed up our pace. She showed us the left handed shop, the sock store, the piano stairs, the mirror maze and so much more.

Hours slipped by and the thought of us supposed to be leaving today was completely dismissed from our minds. "You guys have to see the sea lions," Kia urges as we watch a live performance from the balcony of the shops.

"We will," I reassure her.

"The sun is going down, isn't it beautiful?" She sighed.

"Yes."

"Oh! I'll be right back!" She jumped with excitement on her face. "Alex, come here!" The two of them exchange a smile and speed walk away.

"Oh, okay!" I shout, as she already turned on her heal and was speed walking out of sight.

I turn to Travis, who was watching her too, and smile. "San Francisco is beautiful isn't it?" I ask.

"I've seen greater beauties." He winks and I immediately feel heat raising into my cheeks.

Looking away, I smile to myself. "The sun will be down soon."

"Yeah, the city is pretty at night."

"Shouldn't we head back? We were supposed to get back to camp today and Alex is all alone in the hotel and--"

"I don't like Alex." He mutters, his tone darkening suddenly.

"That's enough—"

"I don't like that he is so close to you and I'm not. He has feelings for you, doesn't he?"

"Travis, no," I say, and at Travis' scowl I almost cower.

Travis has always been a good natured person, his pranks never meant to harm anyone but to give people a laugh and a smile, his jokes meant to cheer people up. Yet, his frown is so frightening I want to take a step back from him.

"He has been all over you since we've gotten to Camp Jupiter."

"It's his camp, his home, his cohort!"

"He has no right--"

"Rights to what? Being my friend? You're one to talk about no right!"

"I have a right to like you!"

"He doesn't like me! And if he did—which would never happen—the difference would be that he never used me to cheat!"

"I never meant for it to be like that."

"I don't care!" I exclaim, "I don't care that you never meant for me to be the one you cheated with, I still ended up as that girl!"

"I told you I settled things!"

Seeing him angry is so unlike his natural demeanor the expression almost scares me, but I hold my ground. "That doesn't change the past, Travis! You used me to cheat, you hid the truth from me for months, and by the time I was told, you never even meant to tell me!"

"I would have eventually!"

"When? After we got back to Camp Half Blood as if Mae didn't exist?"

"No—"

"Or whenever you stopped being so weird in her presence?"

"No—"

"Would you even have broken up with her if you hadn't told me?"

"Yes—"

"Oh that's so believable!"

"Katie, I love you!"

"If you did, you wouldn't have used me like that. If you did, you wouldn't have hid the truth from me. If you did, I wouldn't have been the one be finding it out! You'd have told me!"

"I did tell you!"

"On accident!" I throw my hands up in exasperation, just when I thought things would be getting back to normal, this has to happen between us.

I expect him to shout another answer at me, and our argument would keep escalating, but he only frowns and tightens his mouth in a line. As much as I wish it didn't, my voice shakes as I tell him, "I found out, only because you told me on accident."

I sigh and shake my head as I turn to away from him. I am about to mutter an excuse for leaving when I feel a hand grab my wrist. For a moment I'm scared as I look up into his eyes, I think he is going to yell at me, use force on me, but instead I look up and see a pair of blue eyes, brimmed with tears. His pain tugs on my heart, increasing my own pain, and for a moment it's like I've forgotten how to breathe.

He softly touches a hand to my cheek and whips away a tear from it, and I realize I've been crying. Before I realize it, our lips crash onto each other's.

His hand snakes away from mine and places it on the small of my back, pulling me closer to him as I put mine on his chest. His lips are soft and even though it has been so long since they were last on mine, our kiss is better than any of the ones we have shared before.

Its intensity ensuring the emotions of us longing for each other, kiss after kiss come together like puzzle pieces, wonderfully creating the picture of all of our own. One with new trust and stability. One with promises of being better and doing better. Of being the best that we can be for each other and to each other, as we come to a strong, stabile understanding of how we need each other. For better, or for worse, for now it is clear that we will be true to each other. No matter the obstacles. 

When we finally pull back, both faces wet with tears, we lean our foreheads against each other's while still in the other's embrace.

"I never meant to hurt you, I never wanted to hurt you. All the other girls I've been with are nothing compared to you. You, Katie, are the love of my life and I mean it from the bottom o my heart. I'm so sorry you had to find out, I'm sorry for the pain I caused you, I'm sorry for making you the one I cheated with. I'm so, so sorry. I love you, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry."

I smile and place a small peck on his lips, for I know now that he truly is sorry, and that he true is mine and only my boyfriend. It is no question anymore whether or not I do or do not share the feeling back, as I tell him, "I love you too."

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