[center][h1][color=#EEE8AA]Ezekiel Kel[/color][/h1]
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[I][color=#EEE8AA]Location:[/color][/i] Beach -- Camp Half-Blood
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	Ezekiel glared at Nancy’s retreating form. Of course she wasn’t going to give him a detailed answer or any advice. He had had enough of Nancy and her snark last night and no longer found it amusing. Maybe he shouldn’t have approached her today all half cocked but he was still agitated with her attitude towards him last night.
	Ezekiel was just getting ready to walk over to her when Demetri grabbed his hand and hauled him over. Demetri clearly wasn’t impressed with the Apollo kids and their quick rise to anger and defensive mechanisms. Ezekiel felt a bit of shame creeping up from Demi’s words but it was replaced with worry and fear with Demi’s next words and retreating hand. 
	Ezekiel didn’t want Demetri to feel like unwanted space anymore. He wanted to ensure Demi understood how much he was wanted and not just by himself but by his siblings and the other campers here. Ezekiel squeezed Demetri’s hand tightly before it was released. 
	[color=#EEE8AA]”I’ll come find you,”[/color] he told Demi as sincerely as he could before he looked back at Nancy. For now, he had to be present for another important person in his life. At least at one time Nancy had been. [color=#EEE8AA]”Look, I don’t know what in Hades is going on but neither one of us needed the backlash. His name is Demetri not *him* and he’s my boyfriend, so be nice.”[/color] Ezekiel felt his ears and cheeks warm as the word boyfriend crossed his lips and he looked down at the ground shyly. 
	[color=#EEE8AA]”Let’s start over. I shouldn’t have come in like an Ares kid.”[/color] Ezekiel shut his eyes and blew out a breath before looking up at Nancy. [color=#EEE8AA]”Hey Nanc, Mads said you wanted to talk about a prophecy. What did you see?”[/color] It was a little awkward but Zeke didn’t know what else to do at this moment other than start over and hope Nancy wouldn’t leave him with nothing more than a bruised ego and the knowledge that he was going in unprepared to the Lotus Hotel with Demi.