Making Decisions

All afternoon I went through my routines automatically. Thalia and Janis came up to me right
before I went to the Big House to check on Fiona.

"Tyler, I'm sorry about Fiona," Janis said. I just nodded and Thalia sent Janis away.

"Listen we know this is hard for you and we hope that she'll make a recovery. But, could you tell her our offer still stands?" Thalia said.

"Of course." She just nodded and went off.

I was waiting outside the infirmary with Olami. Apparently when I broke up with Lilly, she stormed up to Fiona and blamed her for everything. No one could hear what Fiona had said, but whatever she said got Lilly mad enough for her to stab her. The Hunters got them apart and that's when I came in. I had been waiting for about an hour when Chiron finally came out to find me. He just ushered for me to follow him. All of us walked to a secluded room where Fiona was.

She was in a baby blue longsleeved night gown with IV cords growing out of her arms. She was laying down on her back and her arms were by either of her sides. Her hair was in a fishtail and her eyes were shut. I sat in a chair next to the bed and took her hand; it was barely warm and limp. I was waiting for her to stir or something; just a sign that she was having a dream or would wake up soo. Chiron wheeled over and Olami took a seat on the bed.

"Tyler," Chiron started, "she went into a coma." I kept my eyes fixed on Fiona's sleeping face. Olami was the one to break the silence.

"Chiron, how did this happen?" she asked.

"She lost almost eighty percent of her blood. Her body needs time to heal."

"What are we going to tell her school?" Olami pointed out.

"One of the old campers is her teacher. Iris messiging her will be no problem."

"How long will she be out of it?"

"I wish I knew."

"What about nectar and ambrosia?" Olami asked.

"It could only do but so much and with her age we didn't want to risk anything. She has a fifty-fifty chance of waking up. All we can do now is pray to the gods. Tyler?" Chiron must of been looking at me. I lightly squeezed Fiona's hand with both of mines and began to sing.

"Oh, oh, oh,
Oh, oh, ummm

She's staring at me, I'm sitting wondering what she's thinking
Ummm nobody's talking, 'cause talking just turns into screaming
And now as I'm yelling over her, she yelling over me,
All that that means is neither of us are listening,
And what's even worse, that we don't even remember why we're fighting

So both of us are mad for nothing, fighting for,
Nothing, crying for,
Nothing, ooh

But we won't let it go for nothing, don't let for,
Nothing.
It should be nothing
To a love like what we got oh, baby

I know sometimes it's gonna rain,
But baby can we make up now
'cause I can't sleep through the pain, can't sleep through the pain
Girl I don't wanna go to bed mad at you
And I don't want you to go to bed mad at me
No I don't wanna go to bed mad at you
And I don't want you to go to bed mad at me, oh, no"

I let a tear fall from my cheek and lowered my head. Chiron put a hand on my shoulder and told me to take all the time I need. Olami said she would see me soon and headed out of the room. Only Fiona's shollow breathing and the beeping of her heart monitor filled the room. How are you suppose to take the news that your eight year old sister is in a comma? Well, however your suppose to, I don't think I took it too bad. I've never been more nervous in my life.
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Everyone kept giving me their damned sympathy; even the Ares kids gave me a pitty look. I guess this is how Fiona felt when I got hurt in Delaware. She's been in a coma for three days now. The Hunter had came up to me and told me if I could inform them as soon as she woke up and I said yes. Mr. D annoucned that Capture the Flag was cancelled tonight, so we had some free time. I got Sunny and went to Fiona's room and took my seat. She still looked peaceful in an eerie way. I wanted this to be a prank of some sort; I wanted her to pop up and say "gottcha" and we both just laugh. Unfortunetly, she still layed the with her eyes closed. I took her hand and began to talk to her.

"Hey Fiona, how are you?"

No response.

"Lilly is on lockdown. She can't go anywhere and can't play any games. You were right, Lilly and I should never of gotten together."

No response.

"Remember when you said you wanted a puppy? Now you got Sunny; not a puppy but he's still cute." Sunny licked Fiona's other hand and whimpered. He waddled over to me and put his head in my lap.

No response.

"The Hunters told me that their offer to you still stands. I won't be mad if you want to join them; they seem okay."

No response.

"Are you having sweet dreams? I hope you are. I can't wait for you to tell me about them."

No response. On the nightstand in her room, there was The Secrect Gardern; it was her favorite book. I picked it up and read the a chapter out loud. After that, I kissed her forehead.

"I'll see you soon," I said.

No response. I got up and was about to leave when Sunny barked. He licked Fiona's cheek and trotted over to me. I closed the door quietly, out of fear I would wake her up. We headed to the campfire, yet I wasn't in the mood for s'mores. I did string a lyre and a guitar. When we were all in our cabin, my sisters and brothers were silent. After we were all ready for bed, Sunny had taken his usual spot on Fiona's bed and whimpered. I went over to him and petted his head. The golden retriever gave me a wide eyed look that held a clear message: "I miss her." I scrathed his head.

"I miss her too." With that, we all went to bed.

Notes

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