The Augur and Me

One of the funniest (and most vicious) fights I had ever seen was going on at my feet.
People everywhere were silent as their eyes drifted from me to the fight.
Jason was acting like a kindergartener. It was actually kind of cute. He kept screaming, "My Purple!" Which I thought was really adorable.
Frank was just trying to explain that he was only asking me for advice on how to ask Hazel out.
And Octavian... Well, he was throwing teddy bears and screaming profanities and curses.
A stray teddy bear hit my foot, so I picked it up and tossed it back in between them. Huh. The fight immeadiately ceased.
Frank was the first to stand up. He walked over to Hazel, and they had a hushed conversation together. Yaayyy Frazel!
Jason stood up and wrapped his arm back around my waist.
Octavian sat on the ground, alone. I felt sort of bad for him, until he repeated something that made me snap.
"You're such a dissapointment to your mother."
He hopped up and made his wy toward the village, which I could only assume was where his house was.
"Well. That was... interesting." Jason said, breaking the silence.
Everyone started talking and spreading out again.
I looked at Jason and smiled. "Your Purple?" I laughed.
"Always have been, always will be," he sighed.
He pulled away from me, and I looked into his eyes. It was pretty nice that I didn't have to look up too much to see them. I was 5'7", and he was 5'10", but it helped him, because he was 16. That was a pretty good height for that age. How many five-foot-seven fourteen year old girls do you see anyway? Not too many. I know it's not that tall, but it feels like it.
He looked down and took my arm. As he studied it, he smiled a bit.
"Venus, huh?"
"Shut up!" I laughed, punching his arm.
"Ow."
"Sorry," I blushed.
"Hey, I've gotta go-Preator stuff, I swear-but meet me in front of the Jupiter Temple at eleven."
"But I can't just-"
He put a finger over my lips.
"I'm a Preator, and you will NOT get in trouble." He winked at me.
I gave a weird kind of giggle. "Okay, I guess..."
"Great! See you then!"
And with that, he ran off.
I stared longingly, even as he entered the building and was out of sight.
Hazel came up behind me, "You can't break the rules!" She insisted.
"But for Jason I will."
Hazel sighed in defeat. "C'mon."
I followed her. We ended up at the stables with Hannibal and Skippy.
I scratched Skippy behind the ears, and Hazel sat down and leaned up against the wall.
"Hazel, is something wrong?"
"I don't know, actually."
"Then there IS something wrong."
"Then I don't know what."
"I do..."
"Huh?"
"You like Frank. You should be together. I ship you guys!"
"What is... 'Shipping'?"
"Sorry, fangirl language. I'm just saying, you two obviously like each other. You should be a couple!"
"What is a fan-"
"Oh you stop that right there. Respect the fandoms. It's just... Kind of an inside joke."
"Oh."
After we left the stables and at lunch, we really didn't have anything to do.
I talked with Hazel, and when that was over, I gave Don some money before telling him not to expect it too often, I was just feeling generous.
I lay in the sun outside the Venus temple for a few hours. I liked spending time to myself, It let me think.
After we at dinner, I walked around the village for a while, and watched the sunset by myself.
When it was dark, I went to bed to find Hazel half asleep in the bunk next to mine.
My eyes were heavy, but I willed myself not to give in to sleep.
At ten-fifty-five, I silently slipped on my shoes.
I made my way out as quietly as I could, and when I got to the Temple of Jupiter, my heart was racing from excitement. I waited for Jason for about two minutes. Then he called my name in a voice he used only when people were in it deep.
"Violet McLean! You think you can just avoid the rules because we're friends?!"
I couldn't help myself from laughing as he sat down next to me. He wasn't wearing his toga, which I had gotten used to seeing him in, but he was still cute without it.
I put my head on his shoulder, and he wrapped his arm around me.
A cool breeze drifted by, giving me chills.
"Here," said Jason, pulling off his hoodie. His shirt came up a little (okay girls know what I'm talking about here. When their shirts do "the thing") and I pretended like I didn't notice.
He handed it to me.
"You do realize that you're not getting this back, right?"
"It's worth it 'cause you have it."
I smiled and slipped it over my head.
I lay down and put my head in his lap. He took my hair down and started playing with it. I closed my eyes, still smiling, and the last thing I remember before falling asleep was four words from Jason's mouth.
"I love you, Purple."
I woke up to the sun rising above the hill. Great.
I jolted up. "Jason!" I hissed. Shaking his snoring adorableness awake.
"What?" He opened his eyes. "Oh..."
"Yeah..."
"Oh, well."
"What..?"
He wrapped me in his arms and lay both of us on the ground. He was on top of me, which for some reason didn't bother me.
I looked into his eyes, thankful that it was him there. Happy that it was him.
He kissed me. After kissing for a few minutes, he rolled over to where we were both on our sides.
He pulled away for a minute. "Can I make a confession?" He asked.
"Um, I guess?"
"I've wanted to make with you since the day I met you, and now, I will."
He moved us to where he was leaning up against the wall, and I was practically lying on top of him.
He got his wish. He was finally getting to make out with me. I hadn't realized until then that it had been my wish too.
I was about to pull away when his hand started to find its way up my shirt, but thanks to Reyna, I didn't have to.
I guess she didn't realize it was him until it was too late.
She yanked me off of him, "VIOLET! WHAT IN THE GODS' NAMES ARE YOU DOING?! Oh... Sorry, Jason. Didn't realize there was another Preator with you."
She gave a nervous laugh. "Well, I'll be leaving now!" With that, she ran away, her toga billowing in the breeze.
"Well that ruined the mood." I said, dissapointed.
"Not entirely..." Jason stood up behind be and wrapped his arms around me to the point where his hands were cupped around my breasts.
He put his chin on my right shoulder.
I turned my head to look at him. He had a stupid smile on his face, while I had a quizzical one on mine.
"What?"
"I'm still fourteen."
"Sorry," his face fell and he blushed as he dropped his hands.
"It's fine," I turned around and gave him a peck on the nose as I dashed off to find Hazel.
After cufew was lifted, I guess would be the term, Hazel and I went to the bath house.
Since Hazel finished before me, I was in there with a few random people that were scattered around.
As I was leaving, Jason found me and stopped me.
"Meet me in the Preator room at midnight."
And he ran off.

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