Chapter 2

Atlanta smiled as she watched Herry and Archie wrestling on the floor, of course Herry was kicking Archie's butt since Herry had Archie in a headlock and Archie couldn't get out of it.

"Give up?" Herry asked laughing.

"Never!" Archie said trying to punch Herry but he missed.

"Oh Archie just give up before you hurt yourself." Atlanta said stifling a giggle.

"I'm not giving up without a fight!" Archie yelled trying to kick Herry's legs this time trying to impress Atlanta, but instead of getting Herry off of him, Herry just tightened the head lock that he had Archie in.

"Ow!" Archie complained, "Ok uncle!" He finally said.

Herry laughed and let Archie out of the headlock.

"You Ok, Arch?" Atlanta asked as Archie cracked his back.

"Yeah I'll be fine." Archie said walking out of the living room in search of an ice pack.

"And the weiner is." Odie said finally looking up from his laptop.

"Anyone else want a go?" Herry asked looking at Atlanta, Odie and then Neil hopefull, he loved working on his strength with his friends rather than with a punching bag or something else.

"I'm good." Odie said quickly going back to typing on his laptop, although Herry was fairly certain that Odie was just pretending to do work to avoid fighting Herry.

"And ruin my hair?!" Neil asked mortified as he looked at himself in his mirror.

"How about you Atlanta?" Herry asked looking at her smiling.

"I think I'm good." Atlanta said laughing as she heard the door open and smiled when she saw Theresa walk in, "hey Theresa."

"Hey." Theresa said looking around the living room "is Jay back?"

"No, where'd he go anyways?" Neil asked looking up at Theresa.

"He walked me to the school, I was supposed to have a meeting with Persephone but then something happened…" Theresa said trailing off.

"What happened?" Archie asked walking back into the living room holding an ice pack to his back, causing Herry to chuckle.

"Sorry Arch." Herry said.

"Don't worry about it." Archie said cringing as he sat down.

"Anyways what happened, Theresa?" Atlanta asked looking at her.

"I had a vision…" Theresa said trailing off again as the door opened taking everyone off guard when Jay walked in.

"Theresa." He said surprised trying to hide the box that contained the necklace in his pocket, "I thought you were with Persephone."

"She was but she had a vision." Atlanta said standing up and walking over to Theresa taking her hand trying to calm her down since Theresa looked really upset.

"What was your vision?" Jay asked wishing that he could be the one trying to make Theresa feel better rather than Atlanta.

"It was about my friend, Kyle; he told me to run before he changed into a griffin and flew at me." Theresa said feeling sick to her stomach.

"Was that the bad feeling you had?" Jay asked remembering their discussion just a few hours ago.

"I don't know…" Theresa admitted, "I still have that bad feeling."

"Could this be related to Cronus?" Odie asked.

"I didn't see Cronus." Theresa said, "the only thing I know is I spoke to Kyle just a few minutes ago and he invited me over for the holidays, and I'm tempted to go, just to see if everything's OK."

"You're not going alone." Jay said in a final tone.

"He did say that my roommates were invited as well." Theresa said looking at everyone individually.

"A chance to get out of the dorm?" Neil asked excitement filling his voice, "I'm in!"

"I think I'm going to stay here." Herry said sprawling out on the couch.

"I'll come." Atlanta said smiling.

"I've got a huge project due." Archie said sighing sadly, he would love to get away with Atlanta for a bit.

"I've got a project due too." Odie said looking up for a brief second before going back to typing on his laptop.

"I'm coming too." Jay said, maybe wherever they were going would be romantic enough to give Theresa the necklace he had bought for her and to tell her how he really felt, and hope that she felt the same way.

"Thanks Neil, Jay and Atlanta." Theresa said smiling, before feeling her heart skip a beat as he PMR went off again, and Theresa knew that it would probably be Kyle.

"Hello?" Theresa said picking up her PMR.

"Hey have you made a decision whether you're coming or not?" Kyle asked sounding slightly annoyed.

"Why do you want me there so badly?" Theresa asked a little harsher then she intended.

"Well we haven't seen each other in forever!" Kyle said sounding even more annoyed.

"We also haven't talked in forever." Theresa said remembering the last time they had talked he had asked her out and she had rejected him, and they hadn't really talked much since then, "in fact do you remember the last time we talked and why we stopped talking?" Theresa asked challenging him.

"Of course I do." Kyle said and to Theresa's surprise Kyle sounded a little bit nervous, "we stopped talking because I joined a travelling hockey team." Kyle said after a few minutes of awkward silence.

"Um not quite." Theresa said.

"Oh what ever." Kyle said really annoyed now, "it doesn't matter, just come over for the holidays."

"Um alright," Theresa said deciding to drop the question, "me and a few of my roommates will be there soon."

"Alright see you then." Kyle said hanging up.

"Something's not right." Theresa mumbled more so to herself but Jay heard her.

"Why because he didn't remember why you two stopped talking?"

"Yes." Theresa said.

"Why did you guys stop talking?" Atlanta asked.

"Because he asked me out and I rejected him… he was quite hurt." Theresa said shuddering at the memory.

"Maybe he wants to make things right?" Archie asked, "you know pick things up where you left them."

"Maybe." Theresa said although Kyle wasn't one to forgive that easy, granted it had been about five years now since Theresa had rejected Kyle, but he was so upset would he forgive her?

"We'd better get going." Jay said, glad that Theresa hadn't seen the jealous look on his face when Theresa was talking about how Kyle had asked her out.

"Alright, I just have to go and pack a few things." Theresa said running upstairs, followed by Atlanta, once they were upstairs they walked into their room and Theresa leaned against the door, if there was something weird about Kyle would he be able to fight him? She would have to be, no matter how hard it would be, her loyalty lied with her friends and saving the world now, and if Kyle somehow jeopardized that Theresa would have to do whatever it took to stop him no matter what.

End Chapter 2

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