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Saturnine Introvert
Chapter 1
The autumn air was cold yet the inside of the heated chapel seemed colder for Cato Valentina Arellano. She sat on the first row of wooden benches watching without any emotion as members of the Roman colhorts gave speeches of how much the Reyna Ramirez Avila Arellano meant to them. Fake. Cato thought to herself as she glared harder this time at the white coffin that contained her mother's dead body whle waiting for the day to be over. Just then, a tall blonde man with sky blue eyes walked in front of the coffin facing the crowd and delivered his speech.
"Reyna, I'll admit she was a good friend… She was my best friend after all. And I can't stand the fact now that.. that she's gone." He paused for a moment and glanced at Cato who wouldn't meet his eyes.
"I know that I never treated her fairly and-" He was interrupted by a scoff coming from Cato as she abruptly stood up and walked out of the chapel and slamming the doors behind her, setting everyone's attention towards the shut door. Jason frowned, he knew that he could never be forgiven for what he did. He then cleared his throat and continued on with his speech.
Cato walked in the city, probably the last that she would get to see it before many years again. She walked past the bakery, the shops, and everything that made new rome.. Rome. She stopped at the playground and sat on one of the wooden benches and watched as the children and their families played together. A cold tear trickled down her cheek, she and her mother had never gotten the chance to go to the park like that. In fact, she and her mother didn't do much together, her mother was always busy running new rome rather than raise a child. No, not a child, a mistake. She stayed there for a while and reminisced about her past. Although it was painful, she was grateful that it happened. She sighed and cursed herself for her self-pity before standing back up and headed to her home to gather her things.
"Thals, why can't she just go with you?" A very troubled Jason Grace asked as he heaved out a sigh
"Jase, don't you think I asked myself the same question?" Thalia retorted back. She knew that Cato didn't deserve her dad, the dad that never cared for her at all until the news came of Reyna's death.
"If it hadn't been for Bellona's strict instructions, that girl would've been a hunter now" she added
They were both talking outside the chapel, discussing the very issue of Cato. Jason looked around in annoyance then up at the sky, maybe blaming Zeus for all that has happened.
"Thals.. I don't know. Did you see how uncomfortable she was when I was speaking? How she walked out the door? I doubt she would be comfortable living with us." Thalia just sighed at his complains and looked deeply at his brother's similar blue eyes. She opened her mouth to talk but was interrupted when she heard footsteps coming their way. They turned to see an emotionless Cato with a small black trolley being dragged behind her and a dark blue backpack slung on her shoulder. Thalia didn't waste another second, she ran to her and hugged her tightly, tears slowly trickling down her face. Cato was caught off guard and was surprised by Thalia's sudden gesture but she obliged to it anyways, not wanting to seem rude. When they finally pulled away, Thalia made no attempt to wipe away her tears and just pecked Cato on the forehead and whispered "be good" as softly as she could before giving Jason one last glance and disappearing into the woods. Cato then proceeded to walk towards the blonde man giving her a sad smile. "Hi.." He finally croaked out. She just stared at him emotionlessly and dragged her trolley to the back of the car. Jason heaved out a deep sigh and followed Cato to the back of the car. "Let me help you." Jason offered seeing as she was about to put her trolley at the trunk. "No thanks, sir." She replied casually and plopped her luggage gently before closing the trunk. "Sir? No need for any formalities, I'm your father after all." Jason said and smiled. Cato just looked up at him, piercing her father with her same blue eyes, letting the silence take over them. She finally shut the trunk of the car and went to the backseat of her father's grey car.
The drive was awkwardly quiet for Jason, he kept looking at his rear view mirror to check how Cato was doing but every time he did so, she just remained the same- leaning back and looking seriously at the road and drowning out the world with a pair of earphones. Finally, the car had stopped in front of a three-storey white modern house. Cato then quickly got out of the car to avoid being in the same place with her father. Well, she was going to be living with him for the rest of her life anyway, she might as well get used to it, but not today. She got out her Black trolley and blue backpack before following her father in the house.
Disclaimer: ALL CHARACTERS BELONG TO UNCLE RICK! ER, I MEAN RICK RIORDAN.