Thanks to all my reviewers! I know Achilles is way Out of Character but he won't become cocky and all that until Briseis visits him in Troy. I like him like this but I do also like him as overconfident as he is. This is where the A/B takes a real turn. It's their first kiss. I know the last chapter was extremely dramatic but it had to be done. I think I might keep him like this for their early courting but as they get farther in their relationship, his true, arrogant self starts to show through. I do wish I had gotten more reviews for chapter three but it's better than nothing. I estimate this story will probably be more than 15 chapters long. Okay, here's chapter four…
Chapter Four
That night was awkward to sleep through. Both Achilles and Briseis were awake, thinking about each other. Her tears had long since dried and his arm would heal. But both their hearts would not mend. His heart was broken from rejection and anger from being rejected while hers was broken from the fear she had of a man loving her or wanting to love her. Cautiously, Briseis left her hand out to the middle of the bed and left it there, praying Achilles would take it. She felt a rough, callus hand brush hers but didn't take it. She felt tears graze her eyes and some slipped down her cheeks. She put a hand over her mouth to asphyxiate the sound her cries made. Achilles heard it and made no move to even try to comfort her. He would be right now if she had given in.
He felt her weight lift off the bed and over to the chair by the window. Achilles turned over and watched her wipe her eyes. "Why are you crying?" Achilles asked in a cruel tone as he took the rest of the sheet for himself. He turned again to face the ceiling as he listened to Briseis' stifled cries again. "I hate you." Briseis whispered quietly and felt two, painfully strong hands grab her shoulders. He forced her to look at him. He grabbed her face and made her look at him with defiant eyes. "What did you say?" Achilles said angrily as his icy eye stared into her defiant ones. "I said, I hate you." That was when he slapped her. For the first time, he had slapped her with the hand that had gripped hers only two nights ago. She tasted blood on her bottom lip and looked back at him. He seemed stunned at his acts. His eyes were wide and his arms hung loosely at his sides. Briseis stood and walked past him angrily to the small washroom that connected off the room.
She wet her hands with the fresh water on the counter and dabbed it gently on her lip and winced. Briseis felt a hand on her shoulder again and shrugged it off violently. She turned to see Achilles again and screamed, "Don't Touch Me!" she heard him grinding his teeth when he grabbed her again. He took her shoulders and shoved his hands under her arm and brought her up to his face level while holding the bottom of her thighs. She had no choice but to hold his shoulders to help keep her up. He let her down and sat her down on the counter when he took her face in his hands. "I'm sorry okay? I've hit women before but none like I did you. Let me see your lip." Achilles said as he took the slightly swollen lip slightly in his finger. Her eyes met his again and his nose brushed hers. "No, no." Briseis said as she tried to move but he didn't let her.
"Just let me kiss you." Achilles said as he brushed his lips against hers. He took her bottom lip with his teeth and sucked slightly. A small kiss turned into a passionate one when Achilles slipped his tongue inside her mouth and had a war with hers. Her robe that was hanging loosely on her was shrugged off with his help. Her nightgown was thin and silky and Achilles felt her breasts brushing his chest. He gripped Briseis' brown locks and combed them with his fingers. Briseis pulled away with the need of air. Achilles nuzzled her nose and her face. "I like you Briseis. A lot." Achilles said as his hand brushed around her small waist. "I like you too." Briseis said as she let her hand brush his tan face. She wrapped her legs around his waist as Achilles lifted her up and carried her back to their bed. He laid her down and rolled to the other side. His hand was still resting comfortably on her stomach which was starting to firm up from their large meal that night.
Briseis felt herself smile as she turned to face Achilles who was smiling himself. She had never seen him smile truly. She saw a smirk but that was it. She crawled over and laid her head on his broad chest and kissed it slightly. He rubbed her hair again and covered them up with the sheet and he held her to him. "Only two more days on the dreadful ship than we will be in Greece." Achilles muttered to Briseis who was still awake. "What's Greece like?" Briseis asked as she twiddled with his blonde strands. "My home is large with bedrooms and other rooms like you would never believe. Most hold weapons but I do have other rooms different from that. In the back are the bathes in a waterfall and the gardens are held. I really did care for it but I like the area so I can practice with the weapons. I practice every morning at dawn, rain or sun." Achilles said as he rubbed Briseis' arm. He was going to continue but he felt her breaths become slower. She was fast asleep..
"They look so sweet." Thetis muttered to Aphrodite and the other gods watching. It had become some sort of a pastime of watching her son's romance bloom. Poseidon spoke, "I'll make your son and his new lover's journey safe on sea." Thetis smiled to him and nodded. "Why did you choose Briseis of Troy for my son Aphrodite?" Thetis asked as she watched the couple sleep through the well. "She's sweet, smart and unprotected while your son is cold, war smarts and overconfident. They equal each other out. It is said that she is one of the most pretty also. Helen of Sparta is the most beautiful of them all but a wench she is. She isn't faithful to her man but he is to her."
Thetis nodded and watched in happiness as her son smiled in his sleep…
The Next Morning
Briseis woke up alone and nervous. Achilles had left her and she didn't know where he was. Her brown eyes searched the note or something that told where he had gone. And she had found it, next to her pillow laid a note. She picked it up attentively and read it;
Dear Briseis,
I have some other business to attend to but I will be back later. We need to talk about last night. Don't worry, it's nothing bad. I'll be back a little after noon, when the sun is directly over you. We are at a port right now, stay on the ship until I get back.
Achilles
Briseis sighed at the letter. The sun was barely over the horizon yet and she had the day to spend to herself. She didn't like it, not one bit.
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Chapter Four
That night was awkward to sleep through. Both Achilles and Briseis were awake, thinking about each other. Her tears had long since dried and his arm would heal. But both their hearts would not mend. His heart was broken from rejection and anger from being rejected while hers was broken from the fear she had of a man loving her or wanting to love her. Cautiously, Briseis left her hand out to the middle of the bed and left it there, praying Achilles would take it. She felt a rough, callus hand brush hers but didn't take it. She felt tears graze her eyes and some slipped down her cheeks. She put a hand over her mouth to asphyxiate the sound her cries made. Achilles heard it and made no move to even try to comfort her. He would be right now if she had given in.
He felt her weight lift off the bed and over to the chair by the window. Achilles turned over and watched her wipe her eyes. "Why are you crying?" Achilles asked in a cruel tone as he took the rest of the sheet for himself. He turned again to face the ceiling as he listened to Briseis' stifled cries again. "I hate you." Briseis whispered quietly and felt two, painfully strong hands grab her shoulders. He forced her to look at him. He grabbed her face and made her look at him with defiant eyes. "What did you say?" Achilles said angrily as his icy eye stared into her defiant ones. "I said, I hate you." That was when he slapped her. For the first time, he had slapped her with the hand that had gripped hers only two nights ago. She tasted blood on her bottom lip and looked back at him. He seemed stunned at his acts. His eyes were wide and his arms hung loosely at his sides. Briseis stood and walked past him angrily to the small washroom that connected off the room.
She wet her hands with the fresh water on the counter and dabbed it gently on her lip and winced. Briseis felt a hand on her shoulder again and shrugged it off violently. She turned to see Achilles again and screamed, "Don't Touch Me!" she heard him grinding his teeth when he grabbed her again. He took her shoulders and shoved his hands under her arm and brought her up to his face level while holding the bottom of her thighs. She had no choice but to hold his shoulders to help keep her up. He let her down and sat her down on the counter when he took her face in his hands. "I'm sorry okay? I've hit women before but none like I did you. Let me see your lip." Achilles said as he took the slightly swollen lip slightly in his finger. Her eyes met his again and his nose brushed hers. "No, no." Briseis said as she tried to move but he didn't let her.
"Just let me kiss you." Achilles said as he brushed his lips against hers. He took her bottom lip with his teeth and sucked slightly. A small kiss turned into a passionate one when Achilles slipped his tongue inside her mouth and had a war with hers. Her robe that was hanging loosely on her was shrugged off with his help. Her nightgown was thin and silky and Achilles felt her breasts brushing his chest. He gripped Briseis' brown locks and combed them with his fingers. Briseis pulled away with the need of air. Achilles nuzzled her nose and her face. "I like you Briseis. A lot." Achilles said as his hand brushed around her small waist. "I like you too." Briseis said as she let her hand brush his tan face. She wrapped her legs around his waist as Achilles lifted her up and carried her back to their bed. He laid her down and rolled to the other side. His hand was still resting comfortably on her stomach which was starting to firm up from their large meal that night.
Briseis felt herself smile as she turned to face Achilles who was smiling himself. She had never seen him smile truly. She saw a smirk but that was it. She crawled over and laid her head on his broad chest and kissed it slightly. He rubbed her hair again and covered them up with the sheet and he held her to him. "Only two more days on the dreadful ship than we will be in Greece." Achilles muttered to Briseis who was still awake. "What's Greece like?" Briseis asked as she twiddled with his blonde strands. "My home is large with bedrooms and other rooms like you would never believe. Most hold weapons but I do have other rooms different from that. In the back are the bathes in a waterfall and the gardens are held. I really did care for it but I like the area so I can practice with the weapons. I practice every morning at dawn, rain or sun." Achilles said as he rubbed Briseis' arm. He was going to continue but he felt her breaths become slower. She was fast asleep..
"They look so sweet." Thetis muttered to Aphrodite and the other gods watching. It had become some sort of a pastime of watching her son's romance bloom. Poseidon spoke, "I'll make your son and his new lover's journey safe on sea." Thetis smiled to him and nodded. "Why did you choose Briseis of Troy for my son Aphrodite?" Thetis asked as she watched the couple sleep through the well. "She's sweet, smart and unprotected while your son is cold, war smarts and overconfident. They equal each other out. It is said that she is one of the most pretty also. Helen of Sparta is the most beautiful of them all but a wench she is. She isn't faithful to her man but he is to her."
Thetis nodded and watched in happiness as her son smiled in his sleep…
The Next Morning
Briseis woke up alone and nervous. Achilles had left her and she didn't know where he was. Her brown eyes searched the note or something that told where he had gone. And she had found it, next to her pillow laid a note. She picked it up attentively and read it;
Dear Briseis,
I have some other business to attend to but I will be back later. We need to talk about last night. Don't worry, it's nothing bad. I'll be back a little after noon, when the sun is directly over you. We are at a port right now, stay on the ship until I get back.
Achilles
Briseis sighed at the letter. The sun was barely over the horizon yet and she had the day to spend to herself. She didn't like it, not one bit.
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