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Ch. 10

Just before dinner, Sophia tells Tulio about the prophecy and his eyes widen at the fact that he's going on a quest.

"So who's the third person?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well in every quest there are always three people that goes. It's like a golden rule in Greek mythology, everything comes in three."

"Oh. So how would we know who the third person is?"

"Most likely someone would volunteer to accompany us."

"Ah" Sophia said soon she starts to get worried and Tulio notices so he hugs her protectively trying to comfort her. She doesn't say a word and hugs him back tightly. They stayed like this until the conch ran announcing that it was time for dinner. Sophia groans while Tulio laughs at her response and they head to the pavilion hand-in-hand. Dinner was going great until her brothers confronted her.

"We know that you're going on a quest with Tulio" Adam said.

"And we want you to be careful around him" Justin said.

"If he does anything and we mean anything to you, we'll beat him to a pulp" Alex said cracking his knuckles.

"I will personally make sure that he won't walk straight for a month" Will said sternly.

All Sophia could do was laugh nervously at her brothers' attitude towards Tulio. "Dear gods if they're like this now, I don't want to see how they react if we get married. It is a possibility but it has to be after I get my degree" she thought looking at them nervously.

Susan comes to her rescue saying "Oh lighten up guys, stop making her nervous. Now Soph, please use protection if you two ever do it during the quest."

The boys look away flushed with embarrassment while Sophia stares at her sister with her mouth gapping like a fish. Sophia turns beet red yelling "Susan!"

"What? You're both legal adults, I just want you guys to be safe is all" she said innocently but her eyes say another story.

Sophia hits her head on the table repeatedly muttering "Why me? Why can't I ever meet normal people? Why do I always get stuck with the crazy ones?"

After having 'the talk' with her siblings, it was time for the sing-a-long and afterwards the announcement about the quest. As usual the Apollo cabin leads the sing-a-long but Sophia doesn't sing the first song and was happy to not have the spot light on her at the moment. So for tonight it was the usual songs they normally sang. Sophia didn't know the words to them but she did harmonize every now and then to help with the songs. When the sing-a-long was over, Chiron stood in front of everyone and used his hoof to silence everyone.

Once everyone was silent Chiron said "Campers there is a new prophecy therefore a new quest. Two campers have already been selected to do this quest. Sophia, Tulio will you please come here?" looking at the couple and they got up then stood by Chiron who continued "They are going to need a third person to accompany them on this quest. Who shall go with them?"

Everyone was silent until someone yelled "I will." Chiron turned to see a male satyr with his hand up and he nods at the young satyr.

"It has been decided. The members going on this quest shall be Sophia Ribeiro, Tulio De Luca and Same Lake. Now go to bed everyone" Chiron said then everyone head to their cabins. Before Sophia and Tulio went to the Apollo cabin, Tulio walks to Sam completely ignoring Sophia.

"Dude what do you think you're doing?"

"I've decided to help my best bud and his girl on a dangerous quest. Got a problem with that?"

"Of course I do! I'm not going to watch another person I love get killed right in front of me!"

"That's not going to happen man. All of us are going to make it through, don't worry."

Tulio stays silent then slightly jumps when he feels Sophia's small hand holding his. He looks at her and all he sees is determination in her eyes so he lets out a reluctant sigh.

"Alright Sam. Now before I forget, Sophia this is Sam Lake my best bud and Sam this is Sophia my girlfriend."

Sophia shakes Sam's hand saying "Nice to meet you Sam. You look really familiar, have I seen you somewhere?"

Sam chuckles "Yeah you have. I think that it was your second semester at that college in Florida when we had Classical Mythology together. I was the kid in crutches that sat in the back of the class."

Sophia was silent for a bit trying to remember then realization hit her in the face "Oh that's right! You always got into arguments with some of the students and sometimes the professor."

"Yeah that class was fun and it was funnier to mess with a child of Athena" Sam laughed.

"The professor was a child of Athena?"

"She sure was and when you walked in on the first day, both us instantly knew you were a demigod based on your interest in class."

"Why didn't you guys say anything? That was three years ago when I was 18."

"That's what shocked us. We haven't seen an unclaimed demigod beyond the age of 13 since Percy made the gods swear to claim their children by the age of 13 a few years ago. We theorized that you didn't know you were a demigod, so it was easier to not say anything to you because once you knew you were one, every monster would come after you."

Sophia just stands there shocked and didn't notice Tulio hugging her whispering "It's ok. You're safe now."

But a single question ran through her head and couldn't stop from saying "So if I didn't know that I was a demigod then how did that Hellhound find me and attacked me just last month?"

All Sam said was "It might have been after another demigod and when it lost that demigod's scent, it must have picked up on your faint scent."

Sophia only nods and becomes quiet but her mind was loud with millions of questions running "How long did Mom know that I was a demigod? Why now? I have a year left before I graduate so why did Dad claim me now?" Soon all three of them were in an awkward silence but thankfully Tulio breaks the silence.

"We should get some sleep. We're leaving the day after tomorrow so we need to make use of tomorrow in order to get everything we need ready for the quest."

Both Sophia and Sam nod and everyone left to sleep. Once they reached the Apollo cabin, Tulio went to the bathroom to change but not before he decides to sneak a peek at Sophia changing. "I know I'll probably be murdered by her brothers but it's worth it" Tulio thought while lowkey watching her change. Sophia takes off her shorts revealing a green Victoria Secret hipster underwear showing her butt cheeks then takes off her shirt showing her gray bra and well toned stomach.

"Gods she's perfect" he thought while taking in every bump and curve on Sophia's body then a small blush tinted his cheeks as he saw her taking her bra off but he quickly looks away before seeing her breasts. He unconsciously rubs his crotch praying that he wouldn't get a boner right now.

"For the love of Aphrodite please not right now" he mutters then a knock was made making him slightly jump.

Behind the door Sophia said "I'm done changing Tulio. You can come out now."

"O-ok just give me a minute" he stutters.

"Is everything alright Tulio?" she asked in concern.

"Oh don't worry, everything's ok. Just give me a second" he said more confidently.

"Ok. I'll just be in bed" she said before laying in bed.

Tulio sighs in relief and quickly changes into his pajamas then exited the bathroom and laid in bed with Sophia. When he got under the covers, he got himself comfortable before spooning Sophia, who snuggles deeper into the embrace and sighs in content. Tulio breathes in Sophia's cherry blossom scent and just before he drifts to sleep he whispers "I love you Sakura."

"I love you too Stitch."

Tulio's last thought before sleeping was "I'm not losing you too, Sophia. I swear."