Apollo's POV
"You do have a point there, Sis. But not everyone reads the world like you and some others do." I replied gently, rubbing her back and holding her close to me.
"Your brother's right, Princess, as much as it pains me to speak it." Dad smirks gently.
"Really now? How is it that I constantly get picked on by you?! Why can't you pick on Kerrian or Tranquillo for once?" I shoot back not meaning any of it, Dad knew this as he started this to get Princess to laugh or at least smile. I glanced over at her and saw that it was working.
"Will you two knock it off? You're acting like whiny children, my gods!" she signs quickly at us. We've become quite skilled at reading and interpreting her sign language after so long.
"I don't think so, Princess. They're both just big toddlers." West laughed. "True, West. Do you know how much longer till we get home?" Princess asked, leaning against me with her head on my shoulder.
"About 10 minutes, why? You hate being at home." I state. "That's why, because I can see things, or at least get a glimpse of them. Unlike at home when neither Dad or Mom let out." She glares at dad.
"You know we just want to protect you, Babe." Dad said. Princess blows the fuck up at him. "But you don't do it to Kerrian, or Apollo, or Tranquillo! Why is it just me you do this to?! Am I weaker than them, because I'm a female?! IS THAT IT?!" "No it isn't Princess. It's-" "It's what, Dad?! What is it?! What's stopping you from letting me live my own life?! You can't keep me in there! I'm going to have to grow up and learn things on my own without you or the fucking bitch interfering with it!"
"Don't call your mother that!" Dad yells back at Sis. "She is no mother to me! How many musicals has she missed?! How many of my first experiences did she miss?! How many times has she not been there?! How many times has she not been there because she found excuses to not there?! Does she even know about the things I do that a MOM would be proud of?! No she doesn't. Because she's so fucking self-absorbed like mortals are, that she won't deal with anything that doesn't suit her purposes. Tell. Me. It. Isn't. True, Dad. I dare you. She doesn't even sleep with you anymore, she doesn't even pay attention to you anymore."
As the carriage stopped, Princess got up from her seat next to me. She went over to the door and right before she took West's hand to get out of the carriage she turned back around and looked straight into Dad's eyes and signed, "Maybe you should stop protecting that's already gone." and then left all of us still in the carriage gobsmacked.
Hey guys! I'm so sorry for not posting anything! School started and so did Color Guard. Last night was our last game and also senior night. I cried so much, because I had become so close to the 3 seniors on the Color Guard squad. But I had soooooo much fun during this season! I'm going to do it again next year! We don't know if we're going to have a Winter Guard yet or not, I fucking hope we do. We tried everything to get one. We're waiting on the superintendent to say yes, because he likes the idea, but he has to make it formal or something like that.
Now that the season's over, I should be able to have more free time to write. I know that this isn't much but it's all I had and it's better than nothing. So I'm going to put a poll up on my profile about updates. And I want ALL OF YOU to vote on it. If you can't leave a review and I'll count everything up when it's done. The choices are going to be: 1) More updates BUT shorter chapters (kinda like this one) or 2) Less updates BUT longer chapters probably around 2,000 words.
Let me know what you think! My current schedule is up on my profile. I'm trying to stick to it right now but it's gonna take some time to get back into the swing of everything again. You can also find me on ao3 as Princess_Hestia_Hades.
Love you guys!
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