. Chapter 4 .

On The Line

TPOV

I smiled as I sat down and watched the kids play in the grass.

These past few days had been stressful. I always started to worry if we stayed longer than a week. The reason being, the gods had a free chance to come down to camp for whatever reason and they'd see Alex. At first they probably wouldn't think he was immortal but if you asked anybody we were friends with, our cover would be blown.

Of course we weren't a hundred percent sure that he was immortal. We just didn't want to... test it.

I looked back over to the kids to find Seth look towards the forest and then back at Dani and Alex. He said something to them and then shot off in the opposite direction towards the cabins. I raised my eyebrows but soon shrugged it off. It didn't seem to matter.

"Hey." I heard a voice from behind me. I grinned as I turned around and saw Apollo walking towards me. When he reached me he pulled me against his side and kissed my forehead. I smiled up at him and continued watching Dani and Alex. "Where's Seth?" Apollo questioned and I shrugged at him.

"He ran off into the forest." I told Apollo. He raised his eyebrows and just shook his head when I said nothing more. It seemed sort of suspicious to me but then again I didn't think it was that important.

Later that day, after the sun had set Apollo and I had taken Alex back to our cabin and we were now laying on the bed with Alex between us two. He was telling us about his day with Dani.

As he babbled on I looked at Apollo and saw him smirking at Alex. "And Seth started being mean to me because of Dani." He finished out of breathe. I whipped my head around when I heard that and tilted my head to the side.

"Why?" I asked him quietly and he frowned and crossed his arms across his chest.

He took a deep breathe before he started talking. Sometimes he acted like such a little adult. "He kept telling me that he was Dani's best friend and I wasn't." He said pouting. I just laughed a little and wrapped him in a hug. He curled up against me and closed his eyes.

"Don't worry honey. He's just jealous because you and Dani are so close." I told him and he nodded before yawning. A couple minutes later I heard him softly snoring. I just shook my head and looked up when I heard Apollo quietly chuckling. I raised my eyebrow at him and he just pulled me into his arms smirking.

"Alex is only three and Seth is four. They're too young to be fighting over a girl!" He told me like it was the most obvious thing in the world. I just rolled my eyes and layed my head on his chest.

It was silent for a while after that. Apollo just played with my hair while I was deep in thought.

Why did Seth suddenly run off earlier today? He looked sort of panicky. Maybe even a little scared. I knew I shouldn't worry so much over a small thing but I had a gut feeling that something was going on and it wasn't going to be good.

"Stop worrying." Apollo murmured against my neck. He started trailing kisses from my neck to my collarbone. Sometimes it was scary how he did that. Maybe I was just really easy to read.

Apollo continued kissing up my neck until he reached the corner of my mouth. He looked at me and smirked before pressing his lips against mine. I grinned and kissed him back, tangling my hands in his golden blonde hair.

And just like that all my worries disappeared. For now...

Different POV

I growled as I saw Apollo telling Thalia to stop worrying. Of course she should worry about me.

I soon heard shuffling behind me. I whipped my head around and scowled at whoever was disturbing me. When I saw the little boy I sighed and motioned for him to follow me into the forest so we wouldn't get caught. I could sense that he was scared. I mean who wouldn't be?

Once we came to an empty clearing far enough from camp I turned to face him. He was shaking in fear and looked like he was about to cry. Even if he was a smart little boy he still was only four years old.

How had I stooped so low as to getting four year olds to do my work for me?

As I walked closer to him he stumbled back and fell to the ground. I saw him wince in pain and I just rolled my eyes and laughed. Once I was close enough to him I crouched down to his height and smiled at him. He cringed at the close proximity but didn't dare move.

"Did you find out or not?" I growled quietly. He looked down at his hands and shook his head. I huffed and stood up from my position as I begun pacing back and forth.

"I-I'm sorry. I c-couldn't just a-ask him-," He stuttered and I whirled around to glare at him. Once he saw my expression he shut his mouth and looked at the ground once again.

I took a deep breathe and exhaled though my nose. When I turned back to him my voice was hard. "You will find out no matter what. Do you understand?" I crouched down and took his chin in between my thumb and pointer finger, forcing him to look at me.

"B-But he's m-my f-frie-,"

"No buts." I squeezed his chin harder causing him to wince. "Understand?" I asked him once again. He nodded fastly and I released his chin. I turned around and sighed thinking hard.

"You may go now, but next time I see you, you will have an answer for me. Right, Seth?" I asked him quietly my back facing him. I heard him sigh and get up from his place on the ground.

"Yes."

"Now go." I told him and I heard him run as fast as he could. I sighed and collapsed to the ground on my knees, thinking hard. I needed to find an answer. If not, my plan would fall apart.

I'd do whatever it took to find out. No matter how long.

Ohhhhhh I wonder who this person is... hehe I know xD We know that the little boy is Seth and he's working for this person. But, don't jump to conclusions that Seth is completely evil. It wasn't really his choice to work for this person.

Anyways, I'm sorry for being away for so long D: I know I usually update weekly... and that didn't happen for like a week and a half... And I'm very sorry for that! Writer's block had struck... again... yet I knew what I wanted to right but couldn't put into words -_-

Anyways I'm back and my updates will become fast because guess what. NO MORE SWIM TEAM! And this is where all of you happy dance xD I finished last week! We got third in championships out of four. Pooooh... according to statistics we were supposed to get second... but those darn freestyle reelays =/

I'll have about two more weeks of free time and then I'm back to school which means updates will become slower. But I'll try to get as much as I can in those two weeks! Don't worry, I haven't abandoned you guys yet!

Plus I started working on my new story coming out after this one :O I have already finished the first chapter and am working on chapter 2! It's loosley inspired by 27 Dresses... that's the only hint I'm giving you for now xD

Well time to respond to all you wonderful reviews! This story has gotten the most reviews for each chapter so far! Super excited :D

Noell -spyandDemeter'sdaughter: Thanks! I love the name choice too! They're some of my favorite boy names. My favs are Seth, Parker, Ryan, Alex, and Dylan. I've used all of them except Dylan xD

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Anyways now that I'm done with responding to your guys' reviews why don't you leave a review telling me who you think Seth's parent is because I haven't revealed that yet! And go vote on my poll for who you think Seth is working for! Thanks for reading!

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Until next update!

-Taylor(: