[center][h1][color=#EEE8AA]Ezekiel Kel[/color][/h1]
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[I][color=#EEE8AA]Location:[/color][/i] Train
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     Demetri's words of retaliation were appreciated, but they only made Zeke feel sad as well. He should have talked to Janelle first. He knew how news traveled at camp, and Coach Hedge had made quite the scene for him and Demetri.
     He felt a presence beside him and turned to see Nancy had rejoined them. He sighed at her simple words. She wasn't prying, and he was thankful for that, but Nancy had become a good person to talk to over the short time they had known each other. 
     [color=#EEE8AA]"Apparently, I am the reason for the group's communication barriers because I didn't tell Janelle about Demi and I,"[/color] he said and looked back at Demetri for a moment. [color=#EEE8AA]"I know how rumors spread at this camp. I should have spoken to her first, but I was focused on the quest and wanted to approach the situation with her privately."[/color] Zeke absentmindedly scratched under Demi's chin while he spoke to Nancy. 
     [color=#EEE8AA]"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I actually miss my little run down trailer, and the kids I went to school with. I was bullied, but at least I was bullied for what I am rather than what I turned myself into."[/color]
     Nancy, Demi and even Kristin knew of his previous life with his mom's unsavory career, and being bullied about that and being poor. When he started at Camp Half-blood, Zeke didn't want his reputation to be the poor kid with the stripper mom who couldn't even afford basic cable. So, he started to overcompensate for what he lacked. He pushed himself to be the best in the infirmary, best in archery, best with sarcastic comebacks. Cold-hearted and an asshole. He achieved his goals, but at the cost of friendships and he hurt Janelle. If he just acknowledged how he was feeling rather than blocking himself all the time, he and Demi could have started even before Janelle arrived at camp.