Okay so not only has it taken me ages to update this, but this chapter is super duper short T-T The reason for this though, is that I wrote the next chapter and realized that I kinda needed a filler chapter...this is it. Don't hate me!

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((Day four))

The next morning Apollo seemed to be troubled. Aria had woken up and Apollo was sitting right where she had left him the night before. He had a vacant look in his eye but when asked, he insisted he was fine.

"How'd you sleep?"

"Good I guess. I'm fine...but what about you? You don't seem right."

The god paused for a moment.

"Don't seem right..." He muttered to himself before snapping out of it. He turned and grinned at his daughter. "No, no. I'm fine. Perfect, actually!"

"You...are?"

The god nodded. "Just thinking."

Aria had to bite back a smart remark at that one. "Uh..okay. If...you say so."

"I do."

Aria just rolled her eyes and decided to drop it. "Whats the plan for today?"

Apollo seemed to perk up slightly. "I thought we could go to the beach!"

Aria blinked.

After a moment, the sun god cleared his throat before repeating himself. "...I thought we could go to the beach!"

Again, Aria said nothing.

"Ahem. I though we could go-"

"I heard you the first time!"

"Well...you didn't say anything so I wasn't sure. So what do you think?"

"Uh...I think- No in fact I'm pretty certain that the nearest beach is 6 hours away."

"Negative Nelly." Apollo mumbled. "Alright then, what ideas do you have?"

"Um...well..."

Apollo's hand shot up. "Oh! Oh! Oh!"

Aria just frowned. "Yes...Apollo?"

"We could go to a concert!"

Aria thought about that for a moment. "Nah, too last minute."

"Ugh, you're no fun. You know that? You have to be one of the absolute most boring people I know. Nearly as bad a Zeus. And trust me, that's an insult."

Suddenly, there was a loud rumbling outside and it started to cloud over very quickly.

The god sighed dramatically. "Okay, okay. Sorry. I said I'm sorry!" He called out.

Almost instantly it cleared up outside.

"Touchy...Well anyway, if you don't have any ideas we might as well just hang out here."

Aria couldn't help but feel relieved at that idea.

That day turned out to be the best that she'd had with Apollo. They ordered pizza, rented movies, played Rock Band, and talked the entire time. Apollo seemed cheerful and he seemed to honestly be enjoying himself too. Even Arty followed them around, his tail wagging. It was the first time that Aria felt relaxed and content. She didn't once think about her mother, or the fact that Apollo was immortal. It was almost exactly what she imagined hanging out with a normal dad to be like. And she loved it.

Three movies, two pizzas, and an infinite amount of Rock Band battles later, Aria was tired.

"They're really missing out."

"What do you mean?" Aria asked.

Apollo smiled slightly. "The other gods. They're really missing out...this is fun, ya know...bonding."

Aria grinned. "Yeah, it is."

"I meant what I said, by the way. About everything. You being my favorite, and all. You're a good kid."

"How can you be sure if you've never spent time with all of the others?"

"Well just because I may not spend a lot of time with them, doesn't mean I don't watch."

Aria thought about this.

"And thanks, for giving me a chance. It really means a lot to me, Aria."

"You meant what you said about wanting to be here too, right?"

"I said I did, and I meant it."

Aria just smiled at him, not saying anything.

She never thought she would hear Apollo say those words. Ever. To hear him say that made her incredibly happy.

Maybe they could be close after all.