Trying too hard (Hailey)

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The sounds of the horses blurred his mind as he sat on one of the hay bales that scratched at his legs and rear while he tried to think. He knew it wasn't a normal thing that happened around the camp, when two people tried to just leave but he also knew what was going on and he didn't know how to handle it. How was he supposed to handle it? The plan had been to run off with the hottest girl in the camp and forget about all the problems and gods and monsters that were here. Now? He wasn't sure if they were still going through with the plan, he could understand why she wouldn't want to but...how was he supposed to talk to her alone?

So he went and sat the stables, and thought about her and her sister, who he didn't know about until he heard it from one of the other huntresses who snapped viciously at him when he asked about Hailey. So he couldn't approach her unless she was alone, he'd be killed, literally. By Artemis or any of the other hunters or even her siblings. He couldn't find out how she was doing or what had happened to her sister? So he sat at the stables, the place he had set up for them to meet up at so they could leave, and just waited and hoped to see if she had somehow got the message to see him here.

[Hailey Nichols]

Numb. Hailey was completely numb the last couple of weeks. A part of her died. A big part of her. Yeah, Hannah and her weren't the closest, but Hailey wanted to make amends. But now that could never happen. Hailey was finally getting over the stage where she would cry herself to sleep every night, but her fellow hunters worried about her. They snapped at anyone that asked about Hailey as they tried to let her grieve in peace.

Hailey forgot about running away with Vincent during those few weeks before she caught the murmurs around camp. Artemis wanted to station Hailey away from camp so she could heal and Vincent wanted to talk to her. She couldn't help but feel a little panicked. If she was going to run away with Vincent like she originally planned, she needed to do it before she was taken away from camp for who knows how long.

So she heard the rumors that Vincent was waiting for her at the stables so she didn't waste any time. She hurriedly made her way to the stables and opened the door. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw him. He looked handsome compared to her messy hair and dark circles under her eyes. "Vinnie," she said softly as she went over to him and hugged him tight for dear life.

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He didn't know how long he had been waiting around in the smelly stables. He did know that more people needed to come in here to clean it up more often. It stank to Hades. After only a couple of minutes of sitting in the stables did he start to mess around. Making hundreds of little squares tied together with the hay. Forcing an imaginary ball to appear in his hand and a wall to bounce it against. Feed the nearest horse or pegasi for a bit. He kept at that for who knows how long. He didn't know if she was going to show, or even hear about the rumors. But he would wait all day if he had to.

Soon enough he heard a noise. If it wasn't her though, then he didn't want to be bothered. So he readied himself to make him disappear from the persons sight until they turn the corner. But it was her and the second she turned that corner all of his thoughts stopped. She was really here. In the midst of all this she had still come to the stables. Thank the gods. He was going to have to had a couple drinks if he had to break into the Artemis cabin to talk to her.

Then she started to move, and Vinnie was on his feet to try and meet her halfway before she was already wrapped tightly around him. He wrapped his arms around her and tightly hugged her back, swallowing the lump in his throat before he opened his mouth to speak. "H-..."He paused for a second and scoffed slightly at the damned Vinnie nickname. "Hey there, Redhead..." He finally managed to get out.

[Hailey Nichols]

Hailey had no clue how long Vincent was waiting for her in the stables. From what she could tell, or smell, he was there for quite a while. She could smell the hay on him as she pressed her face against his jacket and took a deep breath. Her eyes closed as she just hugged him close. She just enjoyed the moment, since she did not have any good moments lately the last couple of weeks. She blew Vincent off about running away together, since they were supposed to run away the week she found out about her sister but she gave him an excuse why she couldn't.

"Hey," she muttered as she pulled away from his chest and smiled sadly up at him. "Good to see you." She took a shaky breath as tears slowly welled up in her eyes. She chuckled a bit as she tried to brush it off, but her tears slowly turned into sobs. "I'm sorry, Vinnie," she muttered to him before she pulled him in close and squeezed him into a hub as she buried her head into his chest once more.