xoxo

I look to your face and see it's telling me there's no retort and the things I thought are coming true due to your cruel ways

[dakotapls]

samcarpenter:

“So, I’ve got your permission to give everyone my nudes? You’re the best, Kotes. Quite a few people actually, like Annabeth, Seb, Percy, Chris, hey, even Piper.” Sam joked, though he did genuinely want to make a calendar now. I don’t think it’s ever counter productive to receive praise at all.” He shrugged, loving the feeling that a nice compliment always gave him. “I do know, so you should just agree with me and admit you’re being a complete dumbass.” He laughed at the push, it was hard to believe he’d managed to get where he was with Dakota. They just got along so easily now, there was nothing holding them back anymore. “She probably thinks you don’t want to talk to her, so stop being a fucking baby and make the first move or you’ll both be stuck in limbo for even longer.”

“it’s your body, you can do what you want with it. i’m not gonna like care if people have them. probably think it’s a little weird, but you’re weird so it’s expected. if you give one to my brother, i’m burning it. because knowing seb he’ll do something annoying with it and then i’d see it and the whole point was that i didn’t want one to begin with.” she didn’t doubt sam’s ability to go through with it, she just didn’t want any part in it, not that she cared, plus even then who was she to say he couldn’t. “of course you wouldn’t,” she shakes her head. “i could but, there’s something much more satisfying about not letting you be right. even if maybe, you are. but that doesn’t mean, i agree. but even if you were, that doesn’t stop it from being any less terrifying, especially when i could lose her forever.” 

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piper-atwood:

“I’ve never wanted to be someone’s friend this badly before, like, he’s so cool, I feel so lame compared to him. Like, you think I’m awesome, he’ll literally replace me for coolest person ever in a heartbeat.” Piper was genuinely serious about that, too, even though she knew Dakota wouldn’t believe her–she was excited for her to meet him, though, hoping she would like him. “Legit, like, I don’t think that’s a situation I want to be in–the guy I used to like forcing me to be best friends with the girl he likes, such lovely vibes…It’d make the campfires a hell of a lot more interesting, I hope she’s got a huge stash of tabs.”

“i was literally about to say, like how could you feel lame, like, you know, how i feel. you’re like, the coolest person i know. and it’s literally, so shocking to hear you say this, and believe it. like, i don’t believe you, and i’ll definitely have to check him out for myself, because i really can’t see how someone could beat you in anyway on the cool scale. but if you say so, like, i highly doubt you’re lying right now. but like, stop lying.” she joked. dakota was surprised to hear how piper felt about this kid, having only hung out with him once. it was very new for her to see, and experience. “it sounds like the worst idea, and if i ever talked to finn i’d definitely ask him where his minds at because it doesn’t sound like he has your best interests in mind, by putting you through that. even suggesting it to you legitimately is wild, like as a joke, sure but, wild. i wish she does.”

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samcarpenter:

“I was thinking about maybe doing a nude calendar, that way everyone could have one and they’d stop fighting over me…or maybe it’d make it worse, who knows? I love the idea of a fan club that that celebrates and praises everything I do, not a load of women, and I guess some men, meeting up with plans to take me down.” Sam raised his brow, as if she was the delusional one in the conversation. “But she probably realised how fucked up the whole thing is, she doesn’t blame you for it–I’m so sure of it, Kotes. I think you’re pretty easy to get over, I mean, there are so many more cons than pros, you know?” Sam laughed, hoping she’d take it as a joke. “And then you isolate yourself from it and it gets worse because you’ve done nothing about it, all you need to do is talk to her.”

“please don’t give me a nude calendar. like i could careless if anyone else had one just, please, don’t gift me one. though i don’t see how it’d appease anything either. it really seems like you’d be the only one enjoying that, and maybe like a few other people but still. if they’re trying to take you down it seems counter productive to also give you praise, don’t you think?” she rolled his eyes. she knew what he was trying to do and it was sweet of him, really, but she knew she wasn’t going to change her mind any time soon. “oh yeah, definitely, you of all people would know,” she laughed, pushing him. “she doesn’t want to talk to me. that’s the problem.”

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samcarpenter:

“Yeah, there’s a long list, I’m a very wanted guy–there’s at least three people in camp who want me but can’t have me and they’re not over that. No, no, no, I can’t have you meeting up and figuring out my secrets. It’d ruin the whole thing–you’d work out how to get over me, and then who would you hang out with if you’ve no longer got your meetings?” Sam always managed to spin things into his favour, realistically, he just talked a lot of bullshit and that seemed to work the majority of the time. “I’m sure she also needed the space, it wasn’t like she was eager to talk to you either. It doesn’t mean she hates you when you guys finally do talk.” Sam sighed hearing her list off all the reasons to prove her right, but he wouldn’t accept it. “Dakota, come on, she’s your best friend, you wouldn’t be best friends if you couldn’t take a few bumps here and there, and that’s all this is, you’ll get over it eventually. Yeah, and I wish you’d have done that, too, but it’s whatever, you’ve done nothing wrong.” 

“you know, i definitely believe that. shame, they’ll keep wishing though.” she shrugged. “what? i thought you’d love the idea of having a fan club, and if i could be friend all of those girls for that sole purpose i’m sure i could keep them after that, plus it’s like a genius plan because i’d have a solid group of friends who would understand completely because they’ve all done the same.” dakota was never one to just take what sam told her and agree with it even then she knew what to say to turn this back around in her favor. “of course she’d need space, i broke her heart. i know her, okay, and moving on isn’t easy, especially for piper. she’s probably not over it by now.” she knew what sam was trying to do it was just extremely hard for her to believe any of it with an incredibly guilty conscience. “we weren’t best friend’s after that fight. you didn’t hear what she said to me, and the thing is, she was right about everything. it’s not just a few bumps, nothing i ever do, is small. i always make big mistakes. and it sucks.”

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alisoncaballero:

“Right? I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed a single word that’s come out of his gross mouth.” Ali grunted at the thought. “Oh?” Her eyebrow raised in interest to the other’s obvious slip up. “Ah, I think I know which one you mean, actually. Looks kind of like a pirate, right?” Ali had never met a pirate, but if she was picturing the right person then she’d always thought he looked like one. “That’s a magnificent plan, he’ll have to leave you alone for you to leave him alone, it’s a win-win sitch for us, and he’s destined for failure. “Usually there’s somewhere to put it, it’s not like I’m constantly walking–I mean, I should, I’m so unfit, but you know, it’s not my thing. Moving, ugh.”

“i never have and i’m extremely certain about that. it still baffles me that i’m even related to him.” out of all people, to be related to seb, it had to be a mistake. dakota avoided eye contact, not necessarily sure how she’d get herself out of that one. she pushed her hair behind her ear, “uh, yeah, he does look like a pirate, especially if he was wearing one of those flow-y shirts. wow i need to get him that, it’d be pretty funny.” she knew if she talked about sam more it’s only be more obvious that something was going on and she wasn’t necessarily sure how she’d answer the question if she were asked. “it’s my favorite kind of situations, especially if it results in seb leaving me alone.” she chuckled. “i don’t really like having bags and stuff the idea of like having to hold things not in my pocket’s would be like a bit frustrating, and i’d probably forget it places all the time. but yeah, no, i agree, moving sucks.”

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piper-atwood:

“Thanks, Koda.” Piper smiled, she needed some reassurance like that. Finn kept going on about how wrong she was, and even Sebastian thought she was a dumbass right now so it was night to have someone holding her up. “I was kind of hoping he’d cause the anarchy with everyone else, too, I was looking forward to that.” She admitted, wanting people to up their game. “Ugh, see, I’d never be able to say this shit with Finn, he’s so sensitive about her, it’s annoying. Maybe I’ll just be friends with her to see if she offers me some acid or something, ‘cause no sober mind is so kind.”

“no problem, pipes.” even if piper was mad at her it never changed how she thought of her, piper could do anything, she was extremely capable and dakota was proud of her for it. “he’ll definitely throw people for a loop, most new camper’s never go that hard when it comes to training, and if he’s built and athletic, which is still so surprising to me, it’ll definitely surprise other people.” dakota almost wanted to mention that another competitive male would probably drive sam insane as well, but she feared upsetting piper right now, especially since it was their first conversation since the fight. “that’s ‘cause he’s biased and in love with her, she could do no wrong to him, and talking to him about her would be extremely pointless and frustrating. if she does, please pass that info on over because this camp, definitely needs a hook up.”

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piper-atwood:

“But I’m going to take him down, I’m never going to lose to some boy.” Piper scoffed, rolling her eyes. “He’s gonna be competition for everyone, it’s going to be anarchy–I might be in love.” She was joking around, obviously, she wouldn’t be so dumb as to fall in love again. “And it always seems so fake, like, she probably hates everyone really, most people are so annoying it’s ridiculous to think that you could like so many, if any at all.”

“yeah, of course, i believe it, i have like zero doubt in you.” she always thought highly of piper, she was one of the best fighters she knew. “well, hey he’s got your attention that’s enough to cause anarchy, even without his arena skills.” she chuckled. “i can’t even remember the last time i spoke to her, but if she really did hate everyone i’d believe it.  like there’s probably some really twisted reason she’s like that, or maybe she’s on drugs or something. because realistically theres no reason a person is that nice.”

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samcarpenter:

Smiling into her kiss, he had never been a stay-in-bed kind of person, but he never seemed to mind it with her. “You’ve got to be, at least, like, a level 20 wizard or something. Oh. come on, it’s not ridiculously long, and only a mere few have gotten over me.” Sam put his hands up in defence, though wondered just how long his list was, he’d never kept count. “It’s not like you did anything with the intention to screw her over, and she knows that. You’re not a bad person. She knew what she was putting herself through when she accepted it, and I mean, come on Dakota, she knew you didn’t actually love her. It’s kind of her own fault, you know?” Sam agreed fully with what he was saying, as he felt like Piper was the idiot in the whole situation, not Dakota. Well, they were both idiots, but Piper knew exactly what she was doing. “I just think you’re being too hard on yourself.”

she couldn’t help but grin, “yeah, probably, won’t get higher then that though. i don’t think. are you implying that there’s a list of girls who haven’t gotten over you that’s longer? you should give me the list, maybe we’ll have a meeting.” she teased. at this point, dakota didn’t care too much about the other girls, she did before, but now, she was well aware that sam wasn’t like this with just anyone, he’d opened up to her even after everything and she wasn’t going to let something so insignificant affect her. “i still ignored her for two months after. i didn’t even talk to her and i felt it so messed up and unresolved, it was stupid. i ghosted her like some dumb ex-girlfriend, but like piper wasn’t ever that, she was my best friend and she deserved closure or like an explanation something substantial. she was just looking out for me, taking care of me, she didn’t plan on loving me back. it was an accident, that i manipulated her into with a false sense of security.” she closed her hand around his. “it’s just if wouldn’t have happened had i made different choices. had i talked to you sooner.”

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piper-atwood:

“He was good, too, but not like, oh this is all fun and whatever, but like serious competition.” Piper grinned, she was far too competitive for her own good and the fact that she’d finally found a new challenge. “Soon to be best, there’s still some slightly better fighters out there that I’ll need to beat first, but yeah, I think I’m pretty chill. Well, let’s just say you won’t be the only hot redheaded friend for much longer.” Piper played along, not that she was joking–Jay was attractive, but she was sure most of that was down to his personality, even though she’d only seen such a small amount of it. “I have plenty of friends, and…okay, even though I haven’t got loads, I’m not overly fond of everyone here, and it’s not that she’s not nice, but she’s, well, she’s too nice. It genuinely infuriates me that someone can be so happy all the time.”

“oh shit, damn, piper, it’s almost like you found your match.” she loved seeing piper so energized, and even more excited because it was about a boy, someone who sounded like he’d be a good match for her. she was glad to see her moving on so well. she was glad she was there to begin with. “you can do it, i know that already. oh damn, another hot redhead, now i’ve got competition too, huh.” she joked. “yeah, no i get that completely, plus people that are too nice i always feel like i have to worry about like coming off to confrontational and i obviously don’t want them to feel bad but like, how positive can someone be and for what good reason would they be like that.”

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alisoncaballero:

“Oh, gods, what poor unfortunate creatures? I’m going to be sick.” She reached for her knees as she bent over with a groan, the thought repulsing her. “Which one’s Sam again?” Alison wondered, not even sure if she meant a guy or a girl, the name Sam wasn’t producing any faces to attach the name to. “No, no, not at all, he can’t blame me for his misfortune this time, so I can just laugh in his face instead. Dehydration is like the worst thing. Carrying water is odd?” Ali raised a brow, she hated being dehydrated, she always got the worst headaches, so carrying water around her at all times was a blessing. 

“that’s literally what i’ve been saying for ages.” she chuckled, glad to finally have someone in agreement with her. she’d never understand the hype when it came to seb, but that’s probably because she was his sister, but even then, she couldn’t see her and sebastian ever having a close siblingship either. “sam’s my boyf-uh... he’s tall, black hair, son of ares, pretty annoying. british?” dakota almost couldn’t help but mentally facepalm at her slip up, knowing very well she probably wouldn’t get away with it. “i’ll tell him it’s a message from me and you and if he gets mad, i’ll just get him again and again until he leaves me alone. i hate having headaches, it’s the worst. it’s not odd but like it’s odd, i don’t know just like having a bottle of water on you all the time sounds like a good idea but it seems like it’d be annoying to hold all the time.”

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samcarpenter:

“I’ll see what I can do.” He nodded, smiling down at her, with her loving the idea being enough to make him plan how he was going to do it, as he’d do anything to get her out of this state. “They’re still steps, we’ll get you there.” He let his arm wrap around her waist as he played along with her fingers on his. “You’re not rubbing anything in her face, I know it’ll be hard, but she’ll get over me someday.” Sam rolled his eyes, an attempt at a joke, or some kind of lightheartedness about the situation she was in. “Yeah, but I’d rather Piper get hurt instead of you, so you need to stop beating yourself up over something you had no control of. I’m sure she’s fine about it.” Granted, Sam didn’t really know. He’d always try and be the better person for Dakota, make her face her fears since the outcome would be so beneficial, except he didn’t make it common knowledge that he, too, avoided Piper like the plague. He found the whole thing awkward, but not because it was Piper, but simply because if someone else was in love with Dakota, that was a risk to everything he’d tried so hard to keep, when he wasn’t quite confident enough to believe she’d choose him over someone else. 

she smiled, leaning up she kissed him lightly, before sliding back down, she didn’t know what she’d do if she didn’t have him here with her, she was thankful that he’d stuck around. “yeah i will.” she couldn’t help but chuckle, hitting his chest playfully. “how any girl get’s over you, is a mystery to me, like literally a mystery. i’ll have to ask her when she does or you know your long list of past hook ups.” she teased, finally having accepted the position she was in, one where, she wasn’t over sam, and she was definitely okay with that outcome. “that’s the thing though, i’ve hurt everyone enough, yeah? and it was my fault. i did that to her. i put her in that position knowing fully well that it was too much to ask of her, there was no way either of us would’ve gotten out of that okay and intact, and i put our friendship through that ‘cause i was selfish, fully aware that there were consequences.” she felt a bit weird talking so openly about the situation she put both piper and sam through but she knew she could talk to sam, she was making progress with him, she finally felt okay and not completely guilty for what she put him through. but either way she couldn’t ignore it and talking about it, facing her issues was better then not.  

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alisoncaballero:

“Ugh, this is so annoying, I already tried that room and no one was in there.” Ali sighed, as though her life had just been ruined, though the girl was right: by the state of the other room, she should have known it was his. Picking up the pistole, she examined it. “No, it’s all still there. You can keep it if you want, get him when he’s back for me? Why do you need water? Are you dehydrated? I always carry a bottle on me if you want some.”

“i’d suggest other places, but i feel like that’d just be other random girl’s rooms and i’d be scared if you walked in on something you shouldn’t have.” she leaned over to check, “oh good. yeah i was only worried if like, sam slipped on it. but sweet. i’d love to do that for you, unless that’s like taking the fun away from you. dehydrated.. yes, yeah. kinda? like i definitely feel like i will be. really? that’s like a little odd, but you have a water pistol so it isn’t right now.”

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piper-atwood:

“Right? I was so shocked, I thought I was being punk’d or something.” Piper laughed, struggling to stop her smile. “He’s not got a weapon yet, I don’t want to scare him, you know what I’m like with sparring. But he’s just a cool guy, like, I just want to hang out with him, sleeping with him hasn’t even crossed my mind.” Of course it had, but it wasn’t the primary thought she had when thinking of him. “That’s what I said–and besides, I don’t want to be friends with his girlfriend, or whatever they are, it’s legit like a punch in the face. Like, she’s the complete opposite of me and I don’t need to be reminded of that.” 

“i honestly still don’t even believe it. i won’t until i see it with my own eyes.” she grinned. “well, if he says yes, and he was up for the challenge of going against you in a sport, i think he can handle it. plus who wouldn’t want to learn how to spar with you? you’re like the best this camp has.” dakota chuckled, rolling her eyes, “uh-huh, sure, come on, he’s probably like super fit.” she shook her head, “yeah, of course, plus, like it’s definitely not chill to force a friendship on you. and it’s not like you can’t make your own friends. he probably asking more for her and not you.”

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samcarpenter:

“I’m going to buy you a clock, and just have it stuck on 10pm so you’re never guilty about drinking early ever again.” Sam didn’t necessarily like seeing her in the state that she was in, but he didn’t really know what to do about it either, so he was just trying to watch from afar, while still being close enough to help when she’d need it. “So, you left the bed, but not your room? I guess it’s a work in progress.” He smiled at her, shuffling to snuggle next to her as she gestured him to. “You’re coming to the arena with me tomorrow, I’m not having you spend another day indoors–it’s not healthy, D.”

“i’d love that, actually.” dakota knew she could easily weld one herself, it’d give her something to do, but she didn’t seem to have any energy, and there was always a small fear that if she walked out of her cabin she’d run into piper and feel pathetic all over again. she nodded, “mhmm. you know me, small steps, extremely small steps.” she joked. dakota took his hand in hers, playing with his fingers, she hummed. “i don’t know. like...” she sighed. “it’d be easy to say yes but like, what if we see piper, i don’t want to rub anything in her face. i don’t want to keep hurting her.” 

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alisoncaballero:

It was at least over a year ago, but the last time Ali had seem Sebastian was the one and only time she truly felt an anger like no other, so, she didn’t feel any guilt about sneaking into his room. She had her water gun at the ready, hoping to find a sleeping Sebastian, she quickly barged in, only to halt and drop her weapon in surprise. “Ah, mother trucker, dude!” Ali sighed in disappointment. “This isn’t Sebastian’s room?” 

dakota looked at the girl suspiciously, eyeing the water pistol and the girl who’s barged in her room. on her floor, she pointed to it. “i’m so glad, you didn’t shoot that at me. and nope. definitely not sebastian’s room. i’m like a lot cleaner than he is. his is next door.” she looked at the pistol again. “water didn’t fall out of that did it? because i am in full support of you getting seb with that, but it’d be a shame if your ammo spilled. especially since while it would be smart to have water around me right now, i don’t.” pranking seb would definitely brighten her day.

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piper-atwood:

Piper placed herself on the floor next to the bed, seeing Dakota’s sketchbook she presumed she’d want her own space rather than moving everything. “Okay, so his name is Jay. he’s really cool–we played soccer. Like, what’s up with that?” She laughed, still finding the whole thing ridiculous. “He’s like so chill, and nice, and I’m going to ask him to train with me tomorrow. But like he’s in Dionysus, and I don’t know if that’s just the universe telling me he’s bad news, since I’m trying to avoid Finn like wildfire–he wants me to be friends with Olivia, like, what the fuck?”

dakota, scooted closer to piper, trying her best to be invested and not cautious. as she listened to her talk she couldn’t help the smile that began to spread, she really missed piper and she couldn’t help but fall into their old routine so easily. “soccer? no one plays sports here? who is this guy.” she joked. “you should. he’ll say yes, obviously. you’re like the coolest chick i know. i think maybe that’s the universe telling you that you chose the wrong dionysus kid last time. see, exactly, what the fuck. that’s gotta be like one of the stupidest things i’ve heard. you and olivia are like, nothing alike. what was he thinking?” 

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samcarpenter:

“I wasn’t planning on it, besides it’s definitely not before midday.” Sam chuckled, making his way over to her bed and planting a kiss on her forehead as a greeting. He picked her the bottle as he read it, interested in her choice of drink. “I guess if it’ll make you feel better then I’ll join you in becoming an alcoholic.” He sighed, refilling her cup for her. “Just promise me you’ve at least moved from the bed since I left this morning?”

“i think i knew that with the light coming in, but lying to myself seemed like the better option. and alcohol does help with delusion so.” she smiled up at him, out of all the new things in her life, she’d admit, being with sam, was definitely a good thing. “yes, that would definitely make me feel better.” she gladly took the cup from him. “i got up, to find the whisky? i would’ve gone with something smokier, bourbon, not scotch, because that’s more my taste, but i couldn’t find any.” she shrugged, and patted, next to her, “come here.”