Post by Sheva Das on Apr 22, 2009 12:18:53 GMT -5
Title: In Hindsight
Rating: T
Summary: As they always say, hindsight is 20/20. Annabethx??, Rachelx??...
Righto. I’m going to tell everyone beforehand, YOU WILL PROBABLY NOT LIKE THIS PAIRING. However, you should feel free to flame. I get a kick out of people ranting at me.
There should be a warning here, but that would give away the rest of the fic. So all I shall say is proceed with caution.
* * *
When exactly did I fall in love?
The first time I met her, I hated her and everything she stood for. But in hindsight, maybe it was just denial of my feelings. After a while, I started noticing little details about her that I hadn’t seen before-the infectious smile, her sweet scent, the way her eyes closed when she laughed. How kind she was to everyone, how hard she struggled to maintain some degree of normalcy in her crazy life. How her hands were always in motion, gesturing wildly to accompany her speech, and how smooth and soft looking they were. How she didn’t hold a grudge against me when I came to her, asking for help in saving a friend, how she jumped at the chance to try and redeem herself in my eyes. v
How my feelings for her were changing.
I knew that I shouldn’t feel like that toward her, how everyone would frown if they knew. A mortal and a demigod shouldn’t, perhaps, have been together in the first place, but this was even more taboo then that.
I didn’t know what to do, so I squashed my feelings down into a tiny corner of my heart and ignored them, hoping they’d fade with time.
But when they didn’t over the span of weeks, then months, and then years, I stopped trying to pretend they didn’t exist. I faced the music instead of shrinking away from it as I had all this time.
The next time I saw her, I asked if I could talk to her in private, mumbling the words out of the side of my mouth so that none but she could hear them.
She nodded and smiled, and then told me that we could meet up somewhere later if I wanted.
My first thought when hearing this was if she asking me out on a date. Then I sighed and shook my head, trying to clear it of all the thoughts.
She noticed and, with a worried look on her face, asked me if there was a problem with that. I hurried to reassure her that no, there was not, and could we meet at the park a few blocks from her house? She nodded again, and we agreed on mid-morning.
After leaving, I sank down on a pair of steps in front of an apartment building and wondered what I had gotten myself into.
I entertained the idea of not showing up and lying about a forgotten commitment, but quickly dismissed it. Then I thought about going, but talking about something else instead. Sighing, I realized that I couldn’t do that. Something about her gaze made my tongue freeze, and when it unfroze, what spilled out was always the truth.
My head hurt,
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Yep, I stopped in the middle of a sentence.
And yep, this is an AnnabethxRachel fic. Feel free to tell me I have a sick mind, I'm twisted, blah, blah, blah...although if you could mix some CC in with the insults I'd be very grateful.
Rating: T
Summary: As they always say, hindsight is 20/20. Annabethx??, Rachelx??...
Righto. I’m going to tell everyone beforehand, YOU WILL PROBABLY NOT LIKE THIS PAIRING. However, you should feel free to flame. I get a kick out of people ranting at me.
There should be a warning here, but that would give away the rest of the fic. So all I shall say is proceed with caution.
* * *
When exactly did I fall in love?
The first time I met her, I hated her and everything she stood for. But in hindsight, maybe it was just denial of my feelings. After a while, I started noticing little details about her that I hadn’t seen before-the infectious smile, her sweet scent, the way her eyes closed when she laughed. How kind she was to everyone, how hard she struggled to maintain some degree of normalcy in her crazy life. How her hands were always in motion, gesturing wildly to accompany her speech, and how smooth and soft looking they were. How she didn’t hold a grudge against me when I came to her, asking for help in saving a friend, how she jumped at the chance to try and redeem herself in my eyes. v
How my feelings for her were changing.
I knew that I shouldn’t feel like that toward her, how everyone would frown if they knew. A mortal and a demigod shouldn’t, perhaps, have been together in the first place, but this was even more taboo then that.
I didn’t know what to do, so I squashed my feelings down into a tiny corner of my heart and ignored them, hoping they’d fade with time.
But when they didn’t over the span of weeks, then months, and then years, I stopped trying to pretend they didn’t exist. I faced the music instead of shrinking away from it as I had all this time.
The next time I saw her, I asked if I could talk to her in private, mumbling the words out of the side of my mouth so that none but she could hear them.
She nodded and smiled, and then told me that we could meet up somewhere later if I wanted.
My first thought when hearing this was if she asking me out on a date. Then I sighed and shook my head, trying to clear it of all the thoughts.
She noticed and, with a worried look on her face, asked me if there was a problem with that. I hurried to reassure her that no, there was not, and could we meet at the park a few blocks from her house? She nodded again, and we agreed on mid-morning.
After leaving, I sank down on a pair of steps in front of an apartment building and wondered what I had gotten myself into.
I entertained the idea of not showing up and lying about a forgotten commitment, but quickly dismissed it. Then I thought about going, but talking about something else instead. Sighing, I realized that I couldn’t do that. Something about her gaze made my tongue freeze, and when it unfroze, what spilled out was always the truth.
My head hurt,
* * *
Yep, I stopped in the middle of a sentence.
And yep, this is an AnnabethxRachel fic. Feel free to tell me I have a sick mind, I'm twisted, blah, blah, blah...although if you could mix some CC in with the insults I'd be very grateful.