I looked at him and smiled, and nodded. I ruffled his hair, and kissed him. Cole smiled and stoodup. He pulled me up and gave me my guitar. We walked to my cabin, and I stood there beforeopening the door.“Meet me at the big house before we leave tomorrow.” I said softly. Cole nodded and let go of myhand. He walked back to his cabin and waved and I waved back. I walked into the cabin and mybrothers looked at me.“What’s wrong with you?”“Your red as a lobster.”“She looks all lovey dovey.”Will looked at me carefully. He then smiled. “Lemme guess. Girl meets boy, boy meets girl.Girl and boy find out they like each other on a quest. Girl and Boy kiss.” He said laughing.The heads turned and looked at me. Marcus, Jason, and Kris gave a wolf whistle. My facewent red.“Is he cute?” Bruce asked.“Better not be from Ares cabin.” Gabe said rolling his eyes. I nodded yes to Bruce andlooked at Gabe. “And what if he is?”“Um... he’s dead meat.”I wanted to laugh at his face. Cole had slaughtered Cerberus in a matter of fifteen minutes.I rolled my eyes and smiled.I had my stuff packed and waited by the big house for Cole. He walked over with his backpack.“What did you need?” He asked softly.“I wanted to give you this.” I handed him a paper, and his eyes lit up. “You can come whenever, wehave a pool at the complex so bring a suit.”“Thanks! I’ll... show up.”I laughed and Cole smiled. “So... I’ll see you... whenever?”“Well before school starts.” Cole said smiling. He hugged me and kissed my forehead softly.I hugged him back and ruffled his maroon hair. “Tell me if you get an infection. I’ve never heard of aCerberus... claw mark?”“Well you won’t hear about it again.” Cole said smiling grimly. I gave him a look and smiled.I walked out of the barrier with Cole, we didn’t hold hands so nobody could think about it. I sawmoms car, but Bexter walked out.“How was it? Good to see your guitar lived.” He said softly. I smiled and held up my hand. It startedto glow and Bexter’s eyes widened.“Lovely. No night reading!”I rolled my eyes and put my stuff in the car. I looked over at Cole who hugged his mom. He lookedup at me and waved. I smiled and got into the car.“How’s mom?”Bexter smiled. “You have a brother named Brent waiting to meet you.”
