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[h2]Mathew Cartelle
~Obstacle Tower ~ Camp half-blood~[/h2][/center]
	Mathew Hugged his half sister back, smiling as he did. Even if she did have a tendency to call him 'Matty' Syleste was by far his favorite sister, sure there wasn't much competition but hey, sometimes that's life. Rmembering that he had important news to tell her Matt stopped hugging her. "Syl! I got into college!" He said excitedly. With his grades in high school it had been a surprise for him. Really the only reason he had gotten in was his mom, she had sold a painting to the head of the colledge and happened to have slipped one of her son's short stories in with the canvas. He basically got a free ride to attend a private college. "better than even that" He started again "The college is in New York, It's an hour and a half away."

	Mathew radiated joy. He could visit Camp-halfblood on weekends and holidays after the summer was over. He was in an actual college. It was as though all his good luck and positive vibes piled into this one summer rather than spreading themselves out. His childhood certainly hadn't held any good. It was a dream come true.

	Now satisfied that his sister was informed he realized that someone else had said something. Erin had called him a Joker, or maybe she'd been talking about someone else. It was clear who she was calling the cowboy, some new kid looked fresh of a farm, not that that was a bad thing. The new guy, Matt had missed his name when he'd said it luckily Syleste had caught it, Gabriel seemed friendly enough. Mathew offered a wave and a friendly "hey, nice to see new faces. I'm Matt, Syl's big brother." before two more half-bloods showed up.

	It was Elena and Charlie. The first mentioned Syleste having a crush on someone, Matt had no clue who she could be talking about though so he wrote it off as a joke. Elena certainly seemed like she was just joking anyway. As far as recognizing others feelings went Matt was no expert. He had enough going on in his own life that keeping up with other people and their lives was just to stressful. He glanced up at the sky, blue with huge clouds. His mind wandered to how the weather might turn and then to what shapes the clouds resembled.
Charlie had spoken as well, nearly as soon as Elena had finished speaking. Matt hadn't caught any of what he had said though, being entranced by the sky's artistry.

	Vennessa was the last to join the group, her greeting bringing Matt back to the real world. "Oh, Hey Van." he said, feigning a quick smile so as not to be rude. 
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