Chapter 7: Eat ad Colosseum
Antonia's POV
I awoke the next day and dressed in a short white chiffon. I walked past Hadrian's room.
"Antonia, can I talked to you?" he asked. I nodded and walked in.
"What?"
"I wanted to apologize, I've been way out of line lately."
"It's okay."
"And what I said about you last week. About you being a slut, I'm truly sorry." Yeah right.
"Don't worry." I walked about the grounds, taking in nature, I walked to the waterfall and dipped my feet in the water. It was cool and refreshing. Chills flew up my spine when they went in but I soon relaxed. I wanted to stay there all day but I knew I couldn't. I soon got up and went back to the palace to get another book. I passed by Trajan's office and heard them whispering.
"Are you sure, Hadrian?"
"I'm positive, I followed her last night and saw her with the Gaul."
"So what do you propose we do?"
"I say we put him back in the Colosseum and let myself be editor."
"And you are to make sure he is killed."
"Yes."
"Alright." I quickly ran to my room as I heard them coming out. Hadrian had followed me. He saw me making out with Jasper. He's going to put Jasper back in the Colosseum. He was going to have Jasper killed. I looked out the window and saw him working in the fields. He was right. Running away did sound like a good idea.
That night I sprinted to the waterfall. He turned around and tackled him with a hug.
"Hey," he said. He pulled away and saw my tear streaked face. "What's wrong?"
"Hadrian, followed us last night and he told Trajan and now he's going to put you back in the Colosseum and he is going to have you killed and I can't let that happen to you." He wrapped his arms around me and I cried into his chest. I knew he was trying to take it all in.
"We are going to leave," he said.
"Now?"
"Yes, I don't want to stay in this fucking place anymore with these bitch ass Romans. They're all alike. Selfish and idiotic." I let out a sharp gasp. He soon realized what he said.
"I'm glad I got to know what you thought of me."
"Antonia-"
"Maybe what I said about you to Hadrian was true." I started to make my way back to the palace.
"Antonia, I didn't mean it about." He grabbed my wrist and turned me around.
"Then why did you say all Romans?"
"Because all the Romans I had met, were selfish and only thought about themselves. Then I met you. You, Antonia, are the smartest and most caring person I have ever met." His hand went to my chin and he lifted it. Soon I was looking into his topaz eyes. "can you forgive me?"
"Of course." He smiled and placed a gentle kiss on my lips.
"Like I said before, if you want to come with me, I'm leaving Rome."
"But, what about Hadrian? He'll have us hunted."
"Antonia," he sighed, "I want to be with you and we can't be together here. We'll never be together here."
"Alright."
"Really?"
"Yes, lead the way."
"Come on." He extended his hand and I took it. We walked for so long. Jasper didn't want to stop because he knew that people would be searching for him. Soon the sun started to rise and we stopped.
"Why don't you take a nap, darlin'," he said, sitting down.
"Alright."
"I'm sorry about not letting you take a break. It's just that I wanted to cover as much ground as we could."
"It's okay." I sat down next to him. He patted his leg and I laid my head on it. He ran his hand through my hair. His fingers occasionally getting stuck in the tangled mess. I fell asleep and I awoke to my stomach growling. I looked up and saw he was asleep. His head was resting on the tree and he looked adorable. I got up and walked around. I found an apple tree and grabbed a few. When I got back, Jasper was standing up.
"Sorry," I said, "I got hungry."
"Don't worry." I handed him an apple and he ate it. I bit into mine. It was sweet and juicy. We sat down and watched the sun.
**OMG. Hadrian found out. Jasper and Antonia ran away. What's going to happen. And by the way the language that the chapter titles are in is Latin. That's what the Romans spoke**
