Why hello everyone. I like this chapter a lot, it brings out the friendship of Nate and Leila :). I hope you guys like it :P. So I took an AP Human Geography test today, I think I failed .
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Leila woke up with a sheen of sweat coating her body. She was alone in the room, Nate was nowhere in sight. It was quiet in the hotel and she didn't like it. With her clammy hand, she tried to wipe away the sweat, no luck. Her heart hasn't slowed down since her waking.
The dream was one she never experienced before. Not this intense, nor vivid. It felt as if she was there, holding Percy's body while the little girl blamed her for his death. They were called lucid dreams, that much she knew. Leila couldn't rid the little girl in her mind, she called her 'mommy', while she called him 'daddy'. She now understood why she looked familiar, she was her daughter. The girl was so beautiful, and looked so much like Percy. If only she was real.
Leila smiled to herself. If they did have a daughter, that meant marriage. Leila Jackson, it had a nice ring to it.
"What are you smiling at?" Nate entered the room with bags of unopened food in his arms.
"Oh nothing," She eyed the food. "what's with all that?"
"I thought you would be hungry when you woke up, so I got some food."
"You stole it from a store, didn't you."
He smiled. "Everyone was asleep, what was I going to do? Besides, I have to live up to my title."
Leila's eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "Title?"
"I'm a Musketeer of Mischief."
"Oh right, yes. What do you have to eat?"
Nate threw all the food on her lap, as on cue, her stomach growled. Leila grabbed the nearest bag of chips and began munching on them to satisfy her hunger.
"Hungry?"
Leila nodded eagerly as she tore into the next bag. She swallowed the chip. "Aren't you hungry?"
"No, I'm fine."
"Are you sure?" He nodded. She began waving the chip in front of his face. "Come on, you know you want it.:
"If I eat, will it make you happy?" Leila nodded with a grin on her face. He took the chip from her fingers and shoved it in his mouth. "Satisfied?"
"Indeed."
Nate sat next to her on the bed sitting in silence as they dined on stolen chips.
"You know, Nate, I had this dream."
With a mouthful of chips he managed to say, "About?"
"Percy died. There was a sword sticking out of the small of his back. I felt like somehow it was my fault." She wasn't going to mention the girl.
"How did you know?" His eyes were wide.
"Know what?"
"Nothing, eat your chips." He put a handful in her mouth. Leila hastily swallowed them.
"Tell me," Nate looked unsure. "now."
He sighed. "Percy dipped himself in the River Styx to make him invulnerable. To keep him grounded, he chose one place on him that would make him vulnerable," He swallowed. "the small of his back."
Leila closed her eyes. "I'm going to kill him. He could have gotten himself killed."
"But he's alive."
"That still doesn't change the fact that he did this."
"Calm down, Leila." He held out another unopened bag. "Eat your chips."
So I hoped you like this chapter, I have the next one written so it should be up soon :). I can't wait for you guys to read the next one, I believe it's my favorite :D Review!
