I sighed and leaned against the post of my bed. Luke was currently teaching a class at the arena so I couldn't exactly see him right now which sucked. It was now a week into July, my birthday had just passed and I now was 15. I hadn't really had a party. I just celebrated with a cupcake and chilled down at the beach with Luke, Bethany, Jake, and a few others. Percy still hadn't come back yet. I sighed and then looked at my guitar that had been collecting dust. My poor baby. I got up and grabbed my guitar and then smiled. I pulled the strap so that it was around my shoulders and waist before I started strumming my favorite song by Paramore.

"If I'm a bad person, you don't like me
Well, I guess I'll make my own way
It's a circle, a mean cycle
I can't excite you anymore
Where's your gavel? Your jury?
What's my offense this time?
You're not a judge but if you're gonna judge me
Well, sentence me to another life
Don't wanna hear your sad songs
I don't wanna feel your pain
When you swear it's all my fault
'Cause you know we're not the same
No, we're not the same, oh, we're not the same
We're the friends who stuck together
We wrote our names in blood
But I guess you can't accept that the change is good
It's good, it's good
Well, you treat me just like another stranger
Well, it's nice to meet you, sir
I guess I'll go, I best be on my way out
You treat me just like another stranger
Well, it's nice to meet you, sir
I guess I'll go, I best be on my way out
Ignorance is your new best friend
Ignorance is your new best friend
This is the best thing that could've happened
Any longer and I wouldn't have made it
It's not a war, no, it's not a rapture
I'm just a person but you can't take it
The same tricks that, that once fooled me
They won't get you anywhere
I'm not the same kid from your memory
Well, now I can fend for myself
Don't wanna hear your sad songs
I don't wanna feel your pain
When you swear it's all my fault
'Cause you know we're not the same
No, we're not the same, oh, we're not the same
Yeah, we used to stick together
We wrote our names in blood
But I guess you can't accept that the change is good
It's good, it's good
Well, you treat me just like another stranger
Well, it's nice to meet you, sir
Well, I guess I'll go, I best be on my way out
You treat me just like another stranger
Well, it's nice to meet you, sir
Well, I guess I'll go, I best be on my way out
Ignorance is your new best friend
Ignorance is your new best friend
Ignorance is your new best friend
Ignorance is your new best friend
Well, you treat me just like another stranger
Well, it's nice to meet you, sir
Well, I guess I'll go, I best be on my way out
You treat me just like another stranger
Well, it's nice to meet you, sir
I guess I'll go, I best be on my way out." I sang. I had got up and started dancing by the time I had finished my song. I heard clapping and laughing. I pulled my hair back behind my head cause I was head-banging and it had gone everywhere and was blocking my sight. I looked up to see Percy laughing at me. I smiled at him and moved my guitar so that it was on my back.

"I didn't know you could sing like that." He said.

"Oh hey! You're back! Finally I was getting lonely and yeah." I laughed. He chuckled and set his stuff down as I set my guitar down in its holder.

"So how was getting the bolt and Hades? I didn't know he left people alive...trust me that stuff spreads quickly." I said once a shocked look crossed his face. I smirked at him slightly before I smiled at him.

"Yeah, it was hard down there but we managed to get back alive and we got the bolt back to Olympus." He laughed. I did a picture perfect pose giving him a thumb up and he laughed at me.

"So how's Luke?" Percy asked.

"Fine he's at the arena right now practicing I think." I smile.

"I'm gonna go there. See if I got any better." He said heading out the door.

"Good luck you'll need it." I muttered. I decided I was going to go for a walk. I grabbed my guitar again and notebook and a pencil and walked down to the pier. I was always at peace by the water and it helped me think straight a lot of the time. I sat down and just let my fingers flow over the strings until it started sounding like a piece of music and not mumbled up notes. I wrote the notes as it came to me and then I would add the words later after I figured what type of song it would be.

It just came to me naturally even though it was really a trait of Apollo children because he was the god of music. I had started at 4. My mother thought it was a good idea for me to do something instead of sitting around doing nothing productive. She started with the violin and it had ended up badly. I had thrown it across the room then later that week. Then she had seen me trying to play the guitar in my private pre-school so she decided to give it a try. I've stuck with it ever since. I used to sit in front of the pent-house sometimes with a friend of mine and play while he played drums and we actually got money. I was a very resourceful child for a 4 or 5 year old.

She had promised me that when I was older that we would go and try to get me a record deal with Island Def Jams or some record company on the East Coast because when I was little I could sing so well. I had video tapes from little recitals I would do back when my mom was alive. That reminded me I had to deck out my cabin with a flat-screen and a DVD player with some DVDs. I looked up at the sky and sighed sadly.

"Mom why couldn't you save yourself?" I asked. The wind blew and I held back my tears. Not having parents around me toughened me up after a while but it still stung when you were the only left at camp during the school year while everyone else was with their human parents for those who had them. I mean I sort of went to school during the year. I actually skipped a lot just to walk around and I forged my report cards and took classes online at the libraries but still I wasn't at the grade level I was supposed to be at right now. I sighed and looked out at the water. I saw my reflection. It brought tears to my eyes.

"Stop crying." I ordered myself wiping away the tears. I hated it when I cried because it made me feel vulnerable. I hated feeling vulnerable.

"Hey," I heard someone behind me. I didn't turn around because mostly I didn't feel like it.

"Hi." I said. Then Bethany sat down next to me and stared out at the sea before looking at me quickly and then looking back at the sea again.

"What's wrong?" She asked.

"Nothing just kinda sad that's all." I said as I strummed through a pattern real quick before she asked me something else.

"Where's your lover?" She teased bumping her shoulder into mine.

"Down at the arena," I laughed.

"Wanna go take a visit?" She asked. I shrugged but agreed to go.

"Sure let me drop off my crap." I said. I stood up and gathered my stuff up. We walked to my cabin and I dropped my stuff off and then we headed toward arena. When we got there Percy and Luke were facing each other. Percy was trying to land a hit on him. I sat down with Bethany as we watched Luke and Percy face off. Then Percy managed to disarm Luke. I smirked at him and nodded my head in approval.

"Wow Percy has gotten good since he's been on that quest." Bethany murmured. I nodded in agreement then once they finished I spoke up.

"Really Luke? You're slipping." I laughed. Luke looked up and smiled at me. I smiled and we walked down the stairs towards the ground floor of the arena.

"Hey," He said coming towards me. I backed away as he tried to hug me. He gave me this confused look and I just smiled at him sweetly.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"Your sweat bro; I don't do sweat." I giggled. He shook his head and smiled at me.

"Oh, come here you!" He said grabbing me by the waist. He lifted me up off my feet and I squealed.

"No!" I squealed. He shook his head and his sweat flew all over me. I groaned and wiped it off me disgusted.

"Eww stop Luke!" I said. Bethany and Percy were laughing at me. Luke then kissed me and Bethany smirked. I pulled back and smiled at Bethany. Luke hugged me again around the waist.

"So now how did Percy beat you?" I asked holding back my laughter. He shook his head out again on me and I stuck my tongue out.

"He made me drop my sword." He said letting me go.

"Nice." I said looking at Percy. I looked at Luke then.

"You got beat by a 12 year old!" I teased. I started running knowing that Luke would get sort of mad at that comment. I heard Bethany laughing with Percy.

"Oh you better get your ass back here." Luke chuckled running after me. I ran behind Bethany and she tried to get away for me. She got away pushing me forward and ran for it and Luke came over and scooped me up in his arms. I wrapped my arms around his neck and I kissed him.

"Let's leave the lovers." Bethany said taking Percy with her. I looked at Luke and kissed him again. He froze in mid-kiss. He pulled back and looked at me. I stared at him really confused. What the fuck had just happened?

"What's wrong?" I asked confused. That hasn’t happened before, like ever.

"Nothing." He said. He walked over so he could set me down on the seats. He set me down and then he kissed me. He smiled when he pulled back.

"What was that before you just like froze mid-kiss?" I asked again. I really wanted to know what had just happened because I had this nagging sensation that I was missing something sort of big.

"Nothing." He said pecking my lips again in assurance.

"Are you sure?" I asked biting my lip.

"Positive." He said through his teeth. I narrowed my eyes and stood up. I crossed my arms over my chest and glared at him.

"Think twice before lying to me again." I warned him as I walked away from him. He grabbed my wrist tightly and pulled me back to him back to him. I winced at his grip lightly and stared up at him.

"Where are you going?" He asked. I tugged at his grip and he didn't let go.

"I don't know the beach maybe." I said.

"Where are you going?!" He asked as his grip tightened around my wrist. That's when I outright flinched at how hard he was gripping my wrist.

"Ow Luke let me go! You're hurting me!" I said trying to pull my wrist out of his grip. This was going to leave a fucking bruise and then I would have some questions being asked I really didn't want to have to answer.

"Where are you going?!" He demanded yanking me closer. I pulled back to get my distance.

"I don't know!" I screamed as I reached into my pocket with my free hand and brought out my Bo-staff. I gave it a light squeeze and it grew to full size. He eyed it as I hit it him in the chest with it as a warning. He glared at me and I glared back at him.

"Let me go Luke." I said calmly. He glared harshened and he didn't let go. Okay so he wanted to do this the hard way. If he wanted to do this hard let’s dance.

"Fine you made me do this!" I said. I clicked a button and I shocked him. He jumped back and looked at me surprised and hurt. What the fuck? It was his fault that I had to do it. He wouldn't let me go and I looked pointed my bo-staff at him in warning. I rubbed my wrist carefully wincing.

"Don't hurt me again!" I warned him as I looked at him. I walked off shrinking my bo-staff again. I shoved it back into my pocket and then I sighed heading to my favorite person in the world, someone from Hermes cabin. Jake. I saw him walking and I smiled.

"Hey, Jake!" I said jumping on his back. He laughed and caught my legs. He carried me on his back for a while. Jake would sneak out of camp for me and then go get stuff for me. He was like my older brother. He was only two years older than I was.

"Hey, Cassi! What do you want me to get for yeah?" He asked as he turned around after I slid off his back when we reached his cabin. I smiled at him knowingly.

"I need a DVD player, HD Flat-screen, a new sketch book, a couple drawing pencils, and how about an 8-pack of cola?" I asked.

"Sure Princess," He smiled.

"Thanks Jake." I smiled at him.

"Anything else? Cash, Check or Credit?" He asked.

"Credit smart ass." I said getting out my wallet from my pocket. I started flipping through the things in there trying to find my credit-card. I finally found it and pulled it out smiling at him.

"Here you go," I said handing him my credit card. Right before he got ready to take it I snatched it out of his hand and gave him a pointed look. He looked at me innocently.

"Anything that I didn't say shows up on my bill your ass will be getting kicked by my foot." I said as he took it out of my hands. He faked a look of hurt.

"I'm hurt that you would say that Cassi. And don't worry Cassi you've given me your credit cards before." He said. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.

"How many have I've never gotten back and had to cancel it to get a new one?" I asked putting my hands on my hips.

"Only twice." He said.

"Only thank the gods." I said. He laughed and slung his arm around my shoulders. I slid my wallet back into my back pocket and I smiled up at him as the gears in my head started to turn. Jake could get me anything and I mean anything.

"Do one more thing for me." I said.

"Which is?" He asked glancing down at me.

"Watch Luke he was acting weird." I murmured as I glanced around looking to see if anyone who talked to Luke was near. I didn't need anyone tipping him off.

"Gotcha." He said.

"Thanks Jake." I said.

"No prob." He said. I walked off and headed toward my cabin. I sighed and looked up at the sky.

"What's wrong with Luke?" I asked myself as I kept walking. I hated not knowing this but having Jake watch him was good because Jake was like the tabs person here. He knew everything about everyone at this camp and he probably knew what everyone was doing all the time. It was kind of creepy but he wouldn't be Jake if he didn't do that.