Dream Date part 3

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In the Underworld, Hades stood there in shock while I was hugging him. I cried out, "THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!"

"Uh," Hades stood there with confusion, "No problem?"

I leaped off of him and smiled; but I noticed his confused, goofy look, "What?"

"Babe, why aren't you complaining? I just punished you! Why are so happy?! You're not supposed to be happy, that's what a punishment is!"

"Yeah! Why is that?!" Pain asked while scrubbing.

Hades glared at the imps, "Shut up and keep scrubbing!" The imps didn't want to hear it twice, so they kept on scrubbing. Hades turned his attention back to me, "Well?!"

"Because," I began, "I don't want to go to the Aphrodisia dance. I've been asked out by hundreds of guys today, and I've had it. I told them the reason why I didn't want to go is because I got held back from work. Lying is tiresome, but because of you assigning me to do more chores, I won't have to lie and go to the stupid dance!"

"Okay, I guess that makes sense. So were you late on purpose?"

"No, I really did lost track of time."

"Okay, whatever, now I gotta do my job in the Underworld. While you, my little raven, be like Cinderella and scrub the floors." He snapped his fingers, then a rag and bucket appeared, "Bada-bing, bada-boom, hop to it, babe!"

I rolled my eyes, and began working.

(Regular POV)

At the Agora Mall, all the students were hanging out. Cassandra and Icarus were sitting down; Icarus had a surprise for his sweet.

Cassandra didn't look interested, "So, what is it you dragged me here to see?"

Icarus smiled, "Close your eyes."

Cassandra was mocking his tone of voice, and said, "Nooo."

"Okay, enough suspense!" Icarus grabbed his bag, and dumped the vases on the table. All the vases were hopping up and down. "Look! I made them in art class! Aren't they precious?"

"More weirdness... What are they?" Cassandra asked Icarus.

"Cassandra, they're our babies!"

Cassandra's eyes grew wide with disgust, she immediately hopped off her seat and cried out, "NEVER mention you, me, and offspring in the same sentence!" She was about to leave, but Icarus stepped in front of her.

"No, no, no, no, wait! There's more, and you don't want to miss it!"

Cassandra groaned and muttered, "Curse my morbid sense of curiosity." She sat back down, and she's not looking forward to more surprises.

Meanwhile, Adonis was sitting next to Helen. He took Natalie's advice, and picked his girlfriend to be his queen. Helen still didn't know about his unfaithfulness.

He was talking to everyone about him being king of the Aphrodisia dance, "Naturally, Helen and I will be elected to be king and queen of the Aphrodisia dance. Who else even stands the slightest chance. I mean-" He stopped speaking when no one was paying attention to him. "I'm speaking here! Why isn't anyone listening?! Hello!" He looked over, and saw that everyone was staring at Hercules with his new date, Galatea.

Hercules was smiling and feeling proud. He was glad that he's getting attention, but it was because of Galatea. He's looking forward to one thing, introducing his date to Nattie.

"Hey, how's it going?" He said with confidence, "How are you doing, ladies?"

When Galatea saw Hercules winking at the girls, she frowned. She didn't appreciate Hercules looking at them like that. They walked over to Cassandra and Icarus's table.

"Hey guys!" Hercules said as he sat down next to them.

Cassandra was looking at Galatea, then at Hercules, and asked, "You did the Pygmalion thing, didn't you?"

Hercules whispered, "Not everybody needs to know it!" He cleared his throat, "Cassandra, I'd like you to meet my date for the dance, Galatea."

Galatea smiled at her and said, "Cassandra, Icarus's girlfriend?"

"That's a geek myth!" Cassandra said.

Galatea raised a brow, "Then whose girlfriend are you?"

"Nobody's."

Galatea then narrowed her eyes at Cassandra, "Are you looking?"

Cassandra sighed, "No!"

"Good!" Galatea then started clinging on Hercules, "Oh, Hercules, I don't know where I'd be without you."

Cassandra rolled her eyes and said sarcastically, "Maybe, a bucket in the art class."

Hercules was now looking around, "Um, Cassandra, is Nattie here? I want to introduce her to Galatea."

"She's not, she left the club early."

"What?!" He looked at his friends and Galatea, who were staring at him with disbelief. He cleared his throat, "Uh, I mean... t-that's too bad. She's working?"

"Yeah."

"Who's Nattie?" Galatea asked.

"Oh, Nattie is a really good friend of mine! I really like you to meet her! She's the BEST!"

Galatea raised a brow, "Huh. I will like to meet her too." She noticed the way Hercules was talking about Natalie, and she didn't like it one bit.

~000~000~000~

Meanwhile, Adonis and Helen were staring at Hercules's table. Adonis was looking at Galatea, and he was amazed. Helen asked, "Adonis, who's that new girl with Hercules?"

"Uh-zu-za-blue-" Adonis was so speechless, he couldn't talk.

Helen didn't care though, "They make such a cute couple." She got off from her seat, "I'm going to introduce myself." She then started walking away from her table.

Adonis wasn't paying attention, "Okay, get me one too."

"Um, Hercules!" She called out to Hercules and his friends. They turned and looked at her. She began, "I just had to come over and meet your friend. I'm Helen!" She started shaking Galatea's hand.

Galatea gave Helen a serious look, "Galatea."

"SUPER! Galatea, let me tell you Hercules is so kind and cute. He's a total doll!"

Galatea gave out a sneer, but the gang didn't notice, "So you like Hercules?"

"OH, I adore the beans out of him!"

Galatea chuckled and grabbed Helen's arm, "Helen, can you show me where the bathroom is?"

"Abso-tivly!" Helen said as she and Galatea walked away from the gang.

Cassandra looked at Hercules, "Hm... let me ask you. Which one best describes your whole create-a-date scheme? Stupid or dementive?"

Hercules shrugged, "So I wished for a beautiful girl, who's crazy about me!" And get Nattie jealous, he added to himself.

"Crazy about you?!" Cassandra cried, "Excuse me? Have you met Icarus?" She glared at him as he was naming his babies.

All the vases hopped up and down happily, while Icarus name them, "I'll call you Cassandra Jr. And you Cassie! And you Cassandie! And you Cassandria!"

Hercules had a weird expression, but he shrugged it off, "Nah! Galatea's perfect. She's already making friends with Helen."

~000~000~000~

In the bathroom, Helen was shaking with fear. Galatea was holding on to Helen against the wall, but her face wasn't normal. She looked like a real clay monster with tentacle hair, "Look at Hercules like that again, and I will-" She started talking so deep and scary, "Rip. Out. Your vocal cords!"

Helen gave out a nervous smile, "Okie-dokkie."

Galatea released Helen, and her face turned back to normal. Helen ran out of the bathroom, "It was really nice to meet you! BYE-BYE!"

Galatea returned to her table, "I'm back! Miss me?" She started clinging to Hercules again.

"You bet," Hercules answered. "Hey, where's Helen?"

"Bathroom. Fixing her face. But I'm here! And when we're together, it's like Mt. Olympus on Earth!" She laid her head on Hercules's chest.

Hercules chuckled, "It is, isn't it?" He looked at Cassandra, and she was giving them a dark glare. She had a feeling that Galatea was bad news; there was something about her that's not perfect.

(Natalie's POV)

Back in the Underworld, I began cleaning Hades's figurines.

"That's right, Cinderella, make them spotless!" Hades said as he was signing scrolls without reading them. I sighed and rolled my eyes; I may hate cleaning, but I didn't have to go to that dance. What can possibly go wrong with my plan?

Then suddenly, a bright light appeared in the Underworld. It was so bright I couldn't see, and neither did Hades and the imps. Flowers and hearts appeared, then music began playing, Aphrodite, Aphrodite, Aphrodite... The Goddess of Love!

Aphrodite appeared, and Hades was pleased his flames came to life, "Ah-shi-BUBA! Aphrodite, you can't stay away from my charm, can you, babe?"

Aphrodite looked over and saw Hades standing there. She gasped and her eyes grew wide, "HADES?! Why in the name of Zeus am I doing here?!"

"Well, you obviously came here for a reason," Hades smirked, "You came to see me?"

She scoffed, "Not in your life. I was trying find a girl name Natalie."

Hades's smile fell, and my eyes grew wide in shock. Aphrodite came here to see me? WHY?

"Aphrodite?" I asked.

Aphrodite looked over, and her eyes grew wider, "Natalie?! Why are you here in the Underworld?!"

"Um... What am I here? That's a very good question. What am I doing here? Um... Tell her, Hades!"

"Okay, what do you want me to tell her, babe?" Hades asked.

"Anything," I hissed, "Tell her anything."

Hades smirked at that statement that made Aphrodite suspicious.

"Hades?" Aphrodite gave him a dangerous look, "Why is Nattie here? Did you kidnap her or something?! If Zeus finds out-"

"Babe, it's not at all like that! Okay. I'll tell you, why Nattie is here."

"Then spill it!" Aphrodite cried with impatience.

Hades threw his hands up, "All right, all right. Geez Louise! Calm down, I'll tell you. The reason Nattie is here is because... Because..."

Aphrodite, the imps, and I were looking at him coming up with an answer. "Because what, Hades?" Aphrodite was about to lose it.

"I don't know how else to tell you this, but," Hades grabbed me, put his arms around my shoulders, and said, "We're in love, Aphrodite!"

"WHAT?!" Aphrodite cried in shock.

"WHAT?!" I cried in shock.

"WHAT?!" The imps cried as they transformed back to their impish-selves.

"That's right," Hades was holding me tighter, "Nattie and I are soul mates! Jealous, babe?"

"WH-HOW-UH-WH-" Aphrodite looked at me and cried out, "HUH?! Please tell me he's lying through his fangs! Please tell me!"

I didn't say a word, because I was so shocked. I stared at Aphrodite, who also had a confused look on her face.

"Boss! I can't believe you and Nattie!" Pain cried.

"Yeah, and after one date?!" Panic couldn't believe it. He and Pain's fear came true; but it didn't technically.

"Oh MY GODS! So it is true!" Aphrodite was breathing in and out, "Okay, I should be happy for you, Hades, because you finally found someone. But you fell for a MORTAL?! A REAL MORTAL?! Hades, this is wrong, and you know that?! You can't date a mortal?! What will the gods say?! What will Zeus say?! I gotta to know, how in Tartarus did this happen?!"

I glared at Hades, "Yeah, Hades, why don't you tell her about how we began this relationship?" I didn't know how Aphrodite will react, but I'm afraid that she's going to tell the world and Hercules. I think Hades was saying this to make Aphrodite jealous; but she's engaged, he should get over her.

"Love to. You see, Aphrodite, three weeks ago at the Pyanepsia festival, we all saw the two mortals sucking faces."

"They have a name," I added, "Cassandra and Icarus."

"Whatever! Anyway, before all that happened, and before you appeared with your flowers and rainbows, I was holding on to Nat. One look at her, and I said to myself that she is ONE beauty queen!"

"WAIT! Beauty queen?! So wait, you weren't talking about me at the Pyanepsia?"

"Nope, I was talking about my sweet, little raven right here," He patted my shoulders, "After that night, it was love at first sight, isn't that right my sweet?" He asked me as he was rubbing my arms up and down.

"Uh..."

"Play along, babe, and I'll cut off your chore time," Hades whispered as he continued to rub my shoulders.

"Uh, sure," I nodded.

"You see?"

"You won't tell anyone about this right?" I asked.

Aphrodite was more flabbergasted than ever, but she needed to know it's real love, "Okay, I don't want to ruin forbidden love. Your secret is safe with me."

"Really?" Hades and I asked with confusion.

"But how do I know that you're really in love?"

Hades and I looked at each other, asking each other the same question. So much for Hades's plan working.

"Oh, I know! I know exactly how you can prove it!"

"How?" I asked nervously.

"You two, kiss now."

When Aphrodite said that, Hades, Pain, Panic, and my eyes grew wide in shock. There was no way in hell that I'm going to kiss him. I thought to myself, He kissed me once, but technically it wasn't a real kiss.

"NO! DON'T DO IT, BOSS!" The imps cried in their minds.

"Fine! We will!" Hades dipped me, and smirked down at me, "You ready, babe?"

He lowered his head, and I just wanted to get it over it. As he was coming closer, I began to have cold feet. I was so grossed out.

I closed my eyes, mentally preparing for the worst, until my back landed roughly on the floor.

"OKAY! I can't do this!"

I opened my eyes, and Hades was hovering over me, wiping his mouth as if we did kiss.

"What?!" I asked.

"Babe, we can do many things, but this isn't it."

"What do you mean? We did it before."

"That wasn't a real kiss! That was getting caught up in the moment! I don't even remember it!"

"But you kissed me!"

"I would rather kiss a harpy."

I scoffed, "Oh please! I would rather kiss a frog!"

"The lochness monster."

"The imps!"

Panic and Pain looked each other, gagging in disgust.

"Oh yeah?" Hades paused, until an idea lit in his brain, "then... I would rather kiss a FATE!"

My face fell, holding my stomach that was doing somersaults, "Okay. You got me right there."

"Whoa! Whoa! Wait a second," Aphrodite began, "You guys aren't dating?"

"NO!" Hades and I cried, "No! No!"

Pain and Panic exhaled with relief.

"So," Aphrodite turned to me, "You're friends with the creep?!"

"Aphrodite, babe," Hades began, "Friend is a strong word, don't you think? I prefer to call it... a dysfunctional master/minion relationship."

"Master/minion?! What is he talking about, and why are you here?!"

I sighed, The truth has to come out sooner or later. "Okay, Hades and I aren't a couple. I work for him. I'm his henchwoman not a minion, Hades." I glared at Hades.

He rolled his eyes, "Whatever. Anyway, we told you why she's here, now tell us why you're here." He said to Aphrodite.

"I've come to find Natalie, but I didn't expect her to be here with you!" She turned to me, "Now why are you working for him?"

"Easy, babe-" Hades was about to do the talking, but Aphrodite cut him off.

"Hey, did I ask you? I don't think so!"

"Does it matter?" I asked, "The bottom line is that I work for him, and I don't want anyone else to know about it."

"Nattie, whatever deal he gave you, step out now it's not worth it!"

"Actually it is. Look, it doesn't matter why I am working for him! Okay?"

"Yes, it is! Now how did he get you to work for him?"

"It's an easy trade really, I scratch his back and he scratches mine."

"That's right!" Hades said, "I help her, she helps me, and everybody wins! Okay, babe? Now why don't you do us a favor, and answer our question: Why are you here?"

"I told you to find Nattie!" Aphrodite said.

"Well, congrats, babe, here she is. Bada-bing, You found her! Now is that all or you're looking for a certain someone?" He wriggled his brows at her.

She rolled her eyes, "Hades, I'm engaged! Remember? Don't make me get Hephaestus!"

"All right, all right! Geez!" Hades sat back down on his throne, "But seriously, what do you want?!"

"To give Nattie a piece of my mind!"

I glared at Aphrodite, "Really?"

"Yeah, really!" Aphrodite gave out an angry glare, "I heard you're not going to my dance!"

"You heard correct."

"WHY?!"

"Because, babe," Hades stood up and face Aphrodite, "Alpha: she's being punished. Beta: Aphrodisia Dance is nothing but love-dovey; and I despise love even Nattie thinks so!"

"Yeah, right!"

"It's true," I said.

"WHAT?!" Aphrodite cried in rage.

"And gamma:" I finished for Hades, "Even if I wasn't punished, I wouldn't want to go anyway."

"Why?!"

"I don't like dancing, and I don't feel like dating right now."

"You don't?"

"I don't!"

"Look," Hades began as he was facing Aphrodite, "I know what you're trying to do here, okay babe? You think you can waltz right in here, be Nattie's fairy godmother, and convince her to go to your little dance. Well, news flash, babe, not going to happen."

"He's right," I said, "I'm not going, but if you don't tell anyone that I work for and I live here; I'll appreciate it."

Aphrodite just gave me a glare, I couldn't tell what she was thinking. I didn't know if she's telling or not. She made me nervous now.

"I'll think about it," the goddess finally said, and for that she waved her hand and disappeared with flowers spinning around her and music playing.

"I think that went well," Pain said, "Don't you think, Panic?"

"Yeah," Panic agreed, "the good news is that the boss and Nattie aren't dating."

Hades zapped them the second time for tonight. He groaned, "For a good-looking goddess, she does get under my skin!"

"You don't think she's going to tell everyone that I work for you, right?" I asked.

"I doubt it."

"But what if she does?"

"She's not."

"What if she does?!"

"SHE'S NOT!" Hades burst into flames for a moment, "She's not. Trust me, she's not. I mean if she did spill the beans to Zeus, we'll laugh it off and say that Hephaestus is after Athena."

I scoffed, "You are so bad!" Hades smirked at me, and I smirked back. "In a good way, I mean."

Hades shrugged, "I know. we'll just simply deny it. After all, it is our word against hers, right?"

I thought about that logic, and he did have a point, "Huh, you're right! It's two against one, and our word against hers. She doesn't have proof that I work for you."

"Exactly! Nattie, babe, do me a favor - re-lax. Now, you have floors to scrub, and I have scrolls to sign."

I shrugged and continued cleaning the figurines on the chessboard, "Okay."