Powers

Heidi's POV

The car ride to Kansas was very silent, awkward; tense and all those kind of things. The worst part is Toby had to sit next to me. Jenni, being the only one with a license got to drive. When we arrived in Kansas Jenni thought that we should stop at a hotel and get some sleep.

I was the first one to arrive in the hotel room. I sat down on the bed and was staring out the window lost in thought. I heard the door open but didn't turn to see who it was. All of the sudden I heard a low voice, "Why didn't you tell me? I could have helped, I could have done something." I could hear the hurt in his voice.

"I don't know. You always said you never wanted to have kids. It would only hurt them because most demigods don't live. You said kids shouldn't have to live without a parent like most demigods have to. I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to get mad. Bryce is fine; he is with my dad and his wife. They are looking after him." I defended myself.

"That was before I actually had a kid! Now I want to know where he is!" Toby was close to yelling at this point.

"He is safe. That is the only thing you need to know!" I stated.

"I am the father of this child! If anyone deserves to know where he is, it's me!" Toby actually did yell this time and I opened my mouth to respond, but before I could my cell phone rang in my pocket. I gingerly picked up the phone and hesitantly answered it.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Hello. I have someone here who would like to talk to you." I recognized the voice as Persephone.

"Really?...well OK. Put them on." I responded hoping the person who wanted to talk to me was the person I thought it was.

"Hi mommy!" I heard the little voice of my son on the other end and I couldn't help but smile. "Today I made a shadow do whatever I told it to! And I helped Grandma plant flowers because she says it's too dark here but mommy, I like it here! I like Grandpa and Grandma! Although they like to yell at each other, but Grandma says that's because they love each other. And Great-Grandma is kinda weird and she is always giving me cereal. I don't like cereal mommy."

Toby was looking very confused by this point with my extreme change in mood. One moment I was yelling at him and the next I was smiling at whoever I was on the phone with. "That's great sweetie." I replied. "I'm glad your day went so well. Hey, can I talk to Grandpa?"

"OK mommy. Here's Grandpa. Love you."

"Love you too, buddy." There was a little chatter on the other end of the line until another voice greeted me.

"Why hello daughter. To what do I owe this…..honor." I could tell by his tone that he did not think of this as an honor at all, but I didn't let that phase me.

"I was just wondering how little Bryce is doing with you." I said. I could see the recognition on Toby's face as he realized who I was talking to earlier. He then looked angry that he had been deprived of another chance to meet his son. "Has he been behaving himself like Aphrodite said? By the sound of his voice he has grown so much. Bryce also said you had taught him how to use the shad-his powers" It scared me how close I had come to giving Toby a hint that big. He would have known for sure who my father was. "You shouldn't be teaching them how to use them yet! He is only 11 months old. He has plenty of time to learn about that later when he is older. Have you even thought about the consequences? Powers like that drain you a lot when you use them. Even I get really tired after I use them! Also when you start using the powers, you change. Have you not noticed how all your children don't seem so innocent after they have learned of their powers? This is not good for Bryce at all!" I continued ranting not giving Hades a chance to answer any of the questions or to even defend himself. I took a deep breath and realized that the room was gradually getting darker and filling with shadows. "I have to go. Bye. I can't keep talking to you. My powers are getting away with me." I hung up the phone and turned to Toby.

"Wow." Was all he said.

"I told you he was safe. I check up on him all the time!" I informed him in a louder than necessary tone.

"You call that safe?" He hissed, "You just chewed out your father because he was teaching him about powers that would be bad for him to know until he is old enough. That sure doesn't sound very safe to me!...What are his powers anyway." His tone changed from angry to curious, "Does he have my powers?"

"Your half right. He has both of our powers, but they aren't as strong as ours." I explained

"You actually have powers? Wow, who would have thought? So, what are they?" He inquired.

"Well if you're just going to be rude to me then I'm not going to tell you about anything. Not my powers. Not Bryce. Not my father." I replied smugly. That'll shut him up I thought. "So you may leave now."

"Yeah…..about that. Jenni and Ace seemed to think we needed to talk things out so they decided we should share a room and they would share the other. So for tonight we are stuck here…..together…..in this room." He finished lamely.

Both sets of eyes seemed to be drawn to the one bed sitting in the middle of the room. Of course, I thought, we just had to rent the rooms with only one bed in them. Ugh! I hate Jenni and Ace right now. Stiffly I reached into my bag and pulled out my pajamas and made my way to the bathroom, dreading what was about to happen. I quickly got ready and made my way into the bed covering myself up with the blankets as if trying to shield myself from the reality that I am in the same bed with Toby Carlson.

"You are taking all the covers! Not cool Heidi!" Muttered Toby from behind me. I was too annoyed at him too much to actually give him any more blanket, though. I just settled for kicking him. I must have kicked him harder than I thought because Toby ended up on the ground with a loud thud. I was about to see if he was alright when up from the ground came Toby. He jumped right onto me with a loud yell. I screamed and tried to sit up but I found myself pinned underneath him. There was a moment of silence as we gazed into each other's eyes. Finally Toby seemed to break out of the spell we were both under and started to get off of me.

I don't know what came over me. I really don't, but all I know is that at that moment I needed him. I pulled Toby back on top of me and kissed him right on the lips. Soon the covers and clothes, both of which ended up on the floor, seemed very unnecessary.

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