half a heart

Vivienne giggles as she knocks on a cabin’s door. Her breath smells of alcohol, which explains why she seems to have come to the decision that standing is too much effort and promptly slides down to a seated position–– her fist still tapping incessantly against the wood.

Hazel pulls open the door to cabin six, a smile already on her face. “About time you, wait.” The blonde’s eyes narrowed, staring at her friend before sighing and leaning against the door frame. “You are un-fucking-believable, we agreed we wouldn’t start drinking without each other!”

Kerri looked at Hazel when she came out. She shook her head silently at Hazel’s question.

Hazel moved forward, reaching to place her mug on the small table next to them before tucking her feet beside her.  She wrapped her arms around her sister, running one through Kerri’s hair.  “Do you want to talk about it?”

“Okay, but like eight times out of ten they don’t fail me. So I’d say that’s a pretty good track record—Hold on, this is gonna be loud for like, a few seconds.” Rae places the lid on the blender and holds it steady before turning it on, pausing her words until the smoothie is done. She smiles, triumphant with herself, before turning to Hazel again. “Wanna try it?”

Hazel looks at the smoothie, raising an eyebrows at the color, before shrugging.  “Why not? Hopefully I won’t get poisoned.” She reaches towards Rae, taking the glass and taking a sip.  She pauses for a second, looking down at the glass before nodding and handing it back.  “Right, that one has my complete approval.”

Kerri is seated on the porch of the Athena cabin. She stares down at her coffee trying not to remember what happened last night. her fingers tap against the coffee cup anxiously. Her eyes are bloodshot, not only from lack of sleep but from crying. 

Hazel walks out of the front door of the Athena cabin, closing the door softly behind her.  Holding her own mug in her hands, she walked over to the small porch swing beside Kerri, moving the swing with her toes. “Hey.” Hazel knew that Kerri had been awake after she herself fell asleep.  “Did you get any sleep?”

Sophie let out a small laugh as Hazel scolded the camper she’d nearly decapitated, “Yeah, I’m fine, thanks.” Sophie smiled, “Pretty happy I didn’t accidentally chop off somebody’s head.”

Hazel smiled, reaching up to fix her ponytail that had started to fall apart during her workout.  “That makes two of us.” She looked at the sword still in Sophie’s hand and tilted her head slightly as she playfully narrowed her eyes at her sister.  “Your form’s gotten a lot better, by the way. You haven’t been spending all your time training, have you?”

Sophie was out in the yard training with her sword. She focused in on her movement, completely ignoring the world around her. Then she swung the sword around and narrowly missed the throat of another camper she hadn’t noticed standing behind her. “Gods, I’m so sorry!” She gasps, “Are you okay?”

Hazel watched the situation between her sister and another camper, letting out a small sigh as she walked over, pulling an earbud out of her ear.  Stopping next to the camper that had nearly gotten hurt, she crossed her arms as she looked down at them.  “Pay attention to what’s going on around you or you might not be so lucky next time.” She tilted her head in a gesture for the camper to leave, which they quickly did, then turned to face Sophie.  “You alright, darling?”

Mikey nodded his head. It was still weird to him just how much could actually happen in a year but, hearing Hazel’s laugh made his minuscule smile brighten a bit more. “–O’course, you can,”  He responded as he let her take some of the junk food from his arms. “…I couldn’t decide, so, I just went with everything that sounded good.” He confessed.

Hazel made sure she had her bag was still on her shoulder before taking multiple bags, looking at them. She nodded her head in approval before skillfully adjusting the bag of pretzels so she could open them as soon as they got inside.  “I’d say that this is pretty much the entire kitchen, but between the two of us we can eat this no problem.”

Hazel pulled open the door, the smile she forced onto her face turning into a look of confusion when she saw the look on Gabriel’s face.  Despite barely knowing him, she still immediately became worried for him, and stepped further out onto the porch.  “What’s wrong?”

“Hey, hey! That was not my fault. The recipe was shitty, my baking skills had nothing to do with it.” She points and Hazel and jokingly squints when she takes some fruit “This shit runs in my blood.”

She sees Rae narrow her eyes and slowly bites into the honeydew, watching her best friend add the rest of her fruit medley.  “I’ve eaten enough of your cupcakes to know to never even suggest that. I’m just saying pinterest has even let you down.”