A/N: Okay so first of in my storyline Sherlock is shown to be 33 years old and Athena is 27 years old. Also Athena is 5 ft 7 inches while Sherlock is obviously 6 ft. I know this is unnecessary details but I wanted to establish that Athena is younger and shorter then Sherlock. Even though I will keep on describing Athena's outlook in my stories if anyone wants to know in particular what she looks like, let me know so I can describe her in my authors note.
Pure Song out!
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"…you don't smoke or drink." comments Sherlock.
"By the whiteness of my teeth, I presume?" asked Athena. Sherlock nods.
After the quartet had reached the restaurant, John had specifically asked the waiter to place them as far away as possible from Sherlock and Athena. Sherlock tried to complain but John had somehow managed to use his anger to control Sherlock. After everyone had settled down, Athena tried to start a conversation with Sherlock, a gesture to which he rudely responded. This made Athena lash out at him; this made Sherlock deduce that Athena had serious anger issues, something which he (without hesitation) said on her face. Athena, to Sherlock's surprise, responded very calmly to his deduction by saying "I only have anger issues when I am forced to deal with civilians who are sociopaths."
This started a deduction argument between the two. In which they would take turns in deducting some trait or fact about the other person. Either the person would himself explain how he deduced the fact or the other would. The game had been going on for a while now.
"You have no real interest in maintaining yourself but the hair style and the suit shows that you try to create a façade to impress someone. You certainly don't seem like a womanizer, so who are you trying to impress?" comments Athena. She brings her face closer to Sherlock and stares intensely.
"John seems like a simple chap so it can't be him. It has to be someone you are constantly meeting with and you don't particularly like. You are a loner hence you don't have many- or in your case no friends. So who is it?" Athena unintentionally moves in closer to Sherlock. Sherlock who feels a bit challenged at this point doesn't move an inch or say a word, instead he intensely watches Athena observing him.
"Who does a man possibly need to impress so-"Athena stopped. Her eyes widen, she let out a small laugh and relaxed back to her chair "A sibling, isn't it?"
Sherlock didn't move an inch he kept silently observing. "It can't be a younger sibling, because this sibling has an impression on you, you want to be like him but better. And nobody's role model is younger than him."
Sherlock desperately wanted to comment on that, but he didn't want to help her in guessing his relationship status with Mycroft.
Athena gave Sherlock one last look before finally giving her closing statement, "An older brother… You have an older brother who is apparently doing better than you or has always been better than you. But I am presuming that in terms of looks he isn't exactly a super model, and that is your angle. Even though you often challenge him on the intelligence level, your physical appearance is your actual checkmate point with him." It was obvious Athena was feeling quite proud of herself; she wouldn't hesitate to admit that she loved embarrassing men, and Sherlock was no exception. She was convinced that Sherlock wouldn't be able to challenge her at all. In fact she was expecting Sherlock to get up and leave however to her surprise, Sherlock responded.
"You enjoy humiliating men because it gives you a sense of power. Most women use beauty as a method of controlling men, you use your deduction skills-"
"Induction reasoning!" Replied Athena sharply.
"….Inductive reasoning to control men," Sherlock continued, " it is these habits of yours that make men find you undesirable and feel repulsed by you. Something you are very insecure about, however you do this because men tend to harass you often and try to take advantage of you. And you feel justified in treating them like that."
Athena felt as if someone had drained all her energy. Under any given circumstances she wouldn't have hesitated to reply but right at that moment she couldn't even breathe, let go of come up with a reply.
"You hate couples because they remind you of your inability to adjust with anyone or attract anyone, I'm not sure which one it is but I'm pretty sure it's both. You try to maintain yourself in hopes that someone will find you attractive, the traces of your lip stick and blush makes it fairly obvious. However, up until now not even a single man has made an attempt to seduce you, or else you would have taken better care of your appearance." Sherlock pauses for a second moves in closer to Athena and stares directly into her eyes. "In fact any man you have fallen for has rejected you without any hesitation. That is why you are such a dysfunctional woman. That is the true reason why you simply enjoy humiliating men so much."
Athena didn't respond with a single word. She had never in her life been so openly humiliated, she felt her heart burst into a million pieces. Athena felt tears forming but kept holding them back. Sherlock started reading through the menu. He did it so casually that it made Athena feel sick. How could a man be so rude, and not expect a woman to not get offended. She had been humiliated by men before and every time she got offended by them, she would humiliate them equally. Instead of feeling guilty they would tell Athena to change her attitude because no man likes such a disgusting attitude. How was this fair? She pondered, how can a man think that his remarks are funny or not-so-offensive and demean a woman's remark as an insult to a man's pride? Athena had dealt with many pigs in form of men but this particular man, she was sitting with, he was it he was the ultimate male specimen who had pushed her off the cliff. She knew that now whatever inhuman, anti-social, man bashing woman she would turn into wouldn't matter because now the game was over and he had won. She couldn't reply to him and that proved it that she could never really win an argument with a man because men are just that ignorant. The way to win against a man wasn't a logical argument; a woman just can't break a point into a male's head. Athena felt her breathe loosen up, she relaxed herself.
"Just let the night end so you can go home and never see his face again." thought Athena to herself.
"Interesting deduction," commented Athena calmly. Sherlock was surprised, this was usually the point where most women would throw a drink, slap, walk out or shout at him. But Athena she seemed quite calm, that it actually made Sherlock worried about what would happen next.
"Thank you…." replied Sherlock carefully not knowing what to expect. Feeling a bit hungry but not sure what to order, Sherlock waved at the waiter. The waiter who had originally designated their seats approached them.
"Yes Sir?" asked the waiter.
"We will be having whatever our friends are having." commented Sherlock with a smile. He didn't even bother asking Athena what she will be having, and Athena didn't even look up or respond to this.
"Your friends?" asked the waiter.
"The ones we came with?"
"Umm….. Sir this is awkward but your friends left an hour ago."
"Excuse me?" said Sherlock. At this point, Athena had looked up. Sherlock and Athena both looked at each other surprised. Athena without hesitation started getting up.
"Will you please give us a moment?" asked Sherlock with a polite smile. The waiter nodded and left.
"Where are you going?" asked Sherlock.
"I did this whole blind date thing for Mary, since she's not here, I don't need to do it anymore." replied Athena. She started walking away from the table and out of the restaurant. When Sherlock following behind her asked, "Would you like to help me find them?"
"Why do you need my help? You're so talented, you could probably find them without even trying." Athena replied sarcastically.
"I probably can, but your help will speed the process up." Sherlock replied. At this point Athena thought of two dilemmas. One, completely ditching him and going home with this feeling of humiliation; or two, staying back and then using the time period to look for an opening to destroy him. Both sounded horrible, the first one would ensure Athena no further humiliation but the second one would ensure her revenge.
"Okay, let's go." Athena replied.
Athena had chosen revenge.
