Forever and Always

Chapter 6: Stoll Special

~Connor's P.O.V~
I woke up around 7 ish. I groggily sat up in my bed and rubbed the sleep from my eyes. Once my eyes focused, they wandered over to Rachael's bed, hoping to see her sleeping figure. Instead I saw a perfectly made bed and the clothes I laid out for her were gone.
I conjured up enough strength to get ready for the day. I made my bunk and pulled out a pair of black basketball shorts with a red line going down the side and a white v-neck t-shirt. I made my way towards the bathroom to take a shower.

--after his shower of old spice deliciousness--

I pulled the shirt over my head and fixed my hair after putting the shorts on. I found a pair of Nike socks that came up to the middle of my calf and put those on. I slipped on my Nike sandals and called it good.
I walked out of cabin 11 full of confidence. The Demeter kids even looked more approachable than usual. I like the smell of the air here at camp. It's nice. Travis clumsily ran up to me with a grin on his face bigger than the moon. "Duuuuude, guess what?"
"What?"
"Katie gardener said she liked my shirt!" He said, almost bursting a seem.
I looked at his shirt and saw why. I read: gooooo green! With a recycle sign under it. "Man, your and idiot" I said shaking my head "she liked it because it's totally up her ally"
"Your an idiot" he shot back
I side bumped him and he did it back. I side bumped him again and he did it back. We got so into our side bumping, we knocked over some 10 year olds. Oops.
The horn rang for breakfast, I dashed of towards our table to save Rachael a seat. I got there out of breath, and too my usual seat. I looked around a bit and saw her coming towards us. Woah. She was gorgeous, even in her simple t-shirt and shorts. Wow. I literally don't have any words. She was so graceful when she walked. I just- ugh.
I waved to her, she came over and sat down. She smelled so good. Like I didn't even need to eat breakfast, she smelled so good. Ahhh. She looked up from her hands and smiles at me. "Thank you so much for the stuff! You are seriously the most thoughtful person ever."
"Eh, don't mention it." I said, trying to keep it cool, like it was no big deal. But the truth? I was flippin' out inside. She liked the stuff I got her! Score one for Connor! Ugh, why do I have to be such a looser? I'm so lame, she will never like me. At least like THAT. I just- why can't I be like Percy?!?!? Have great hair, a sense in fashion, and be a big hero? Ugh. My life.
Rachael blushed. Wait Rachael blushed? Holy crap, did I make her blush. Pfft. You idiot, of course you didn't make her blush.
I whispered to my plate for the Stoll special, which was blueberry chocolate chip pancakes. Mm. Love. I began to eat when I noticed Rachael just sitting there.
"Aren't you gonna eat?" I asked with my mouth full. Stupid!
"I had something earlier, I'm not that hungry anyways." she said looking down.
I could totally tell she was lying.
"Well, that's because you haven't tried the Stoll special yet!" I exclaimed, trying to bring a happy mood in.
"What's that?" She asked, suddenly intrigued.
I whispered to her plait, and two Stoll special pancakes popped up. She looked at me nervously, but I just nodded. She daintily picked up her fork and cut some off. She put the piece in her mouth and chewed. Her face went from dark and stormy to all happy and sunshiny. She looked at me with the cutest face. Her nose was all scrunched up and her eyes were wide.
"Good?" I asked.
She nodded vigorously. I smiled. I loved to see her happy. I began to work on my breakfast as she ate hers. I mentally gave myself a hi five. YAS.
After breakfast, I had archery. I had it all alone with the Aphrodite cabin. Will always laughs at me because I can't breathe around them. It's not my fault they where 20 gallons of old lady perfume!
"Hey Connor! Can you tell me where archery is?" Someone shouted, getting me out of my self therapy session. It was Rachael. My whole brain did a fireworks show. Meh.
"Do you have it next?" I asked partly fearing partly hoping.
"Yeah. apparently I'm stuck with all these moofs." She said looking down at her schedule.
I laughed.
"You and me both, sista." why? Why, did I just say that?!?!? Sista? Seriously Connor, you are SO smooth.
She laughed. Ahh. "well I won't be alone then!"
She slipped her arm through mine "shall we?"
"After you, madam." I said, playing along.
And with that, we skipped to archery.
The archery class has already started. Oops.
Will turned to both of us and gave us each a bow with a quiver of arrows. Will turned to Rachael. "Have you ever done archery before?"
"Uh... no... sadly I have not. I don't even Know where to start!" She answered, turning a light shade of pink.
Will chuckled "that's okay! I will teach you."
As he began to teach her some of the tips, I loaded my bow. I pulled back in the right string, so it was right by my ear. I let go, the arrow whizzed through the air and hit the left side of the Bulls eye. YAS!
After firing the remaining arrows I turned to Will for some more, only to see hi getting all cozy up to Rachael, "teaching" her how to position the bow. Ugh. She DEFIANTLY likes him. No doubt about this one. I put my bow down and stormed off, probably looking like a toddler. I ran into someone on my way down the hill. It ended up being a daughter of Aphrodite...hm... She's looking at me funny. She got up and scooted in close to me. WAY too close for comfort. She began walking her fingers on my shoulder
"Hello, there. I'm Jayden, who are you" she sounded like a cat.
"Um..." I said taking a quick step back "Connor."
"Don't be such a baby, and kiss me already." She said throwing herself at me, and shoved my faced down to hers. I squirmed and tried to get out of her death grip. After about 30 second of me struggling, I finally got free of her grasp.
"WHAT THE HADES?!?!" I yelled. The girl flinched.
"I thought you wanted to have some....fun." she said slyly.
"Not in all my mortal years do I want to kiss a random girl like that! Only someone I love. And maybe not like that..." I sounded so stupid, but that's what I honestly thought.
I turned to go, but I caught site of Rachael. The look on her face told me everything.

~Rachael's P.O.V~
Will was teaching me how to hold a bow when Connor stormed off in a huff. I raised an eyebrow at Will, he just shrugged and moved on to the next student.
"Hey will! I'm checking out!" I shouted over my shoulder. I heard will snort in agreement.
I began to walk where Connor went, only to find him snogging a Aphrodite girl. What a pig. I was so hurt and heart broken and angry! Was he just playing me on the whole time? Ugh I can't stand this place. He looked up at me, and his face turned pale.
I turned around and ran before he could see the tears spilling from my eyes.
I sat on the beach, just staring out at the sea. I felt empty. I realized at this moment how much I really did like Connor. The Stoll that stole my heart, to play with it. I felt someone sit next to me.
"Uh Rachael?"
My head snapped up to see Connors blue eyes.

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A/N:
Sorry if it's lame! I'm sooo tired. I could barely keep my eyes open all day. Forgivith me, mortals. plus, I have a life too. I know. Shocker.
Leo:**snorts**
Me: did you say something Leo?
Leo: not anything worth repeating.
Me: *slaps him* then why did you say it I the first place?
Leo: I'm bad boy supreme. i do whatever I want
Me: well....I'm head fangirl around her so there end. Of. Subject.
Leo: okay pushy pants...
Me: Fire farts.