Friend of Apollo

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Chapter 6: You Choose

I awoke from a peaceful slumber that thankfully did not include an obscure nightmare or a painful stretch in my back. I stood up and walked into the bathroom where a bath was already set for me.

The bath was flourished with sweet smelling roses and the water had a scent of berries. I stripped off my clothes and relaxed in the bath, letting the aroma glaze over my body. After a nice hour in the tub, I got myself dressed in a white fabric and I unfortunately had to wear that glossy ring on my finger. I looked inside my beach bag and found some lip gloss. I applied a little on my lips and trotted out the door.

"Hello, my wife." Paris kissed me on my forehead. I smiled, but it immediately turned into a frown. I had to make this clear.

"Um, so you know, this kissing..... it's all an act right?" I asked... Okay, I might have sounded dumb, but you never know.

".... Of course." He told me, "Shall we?" He brought his arm out for me hold on our way to breakfast.

OKAY- I've decided to do a little Paris POV

".... Of course." I told her. 'You may not know it now, but it won't be acting for long. In good time, Ariel. In good time.' I thought to myself.

"Shall we?" She took my arm and we went off to breakfast.

I resist the urge to kiss Ariel during our alone moments, but now it was getting to be really difficult. Days were passing and I was sure that the kiss she gave me yesterday was the one, the one kiss that would make her see that she loved me, just as I have 'loved' her. I have loved her for quite some time now. It was since our first talk in the ship that I knew I loved her. I was comfortable around her and I felt like I could tell her my whole life.

"Are you going to just stand there and look at me, or are you going to sit down and eat breakfast?" I smiled as I asked her and she gave a blush and smile that gave a shiver on my spine.

"Well, you just seemed so deep in thought. I was just wandering what you were thinking about." She took a seat.

I smiled at her one last time before everybody unfortunately came in. I saw Menelaus come in with a cheerful smile and Agamemnon had a smile on his face too. His smile wasn't like Menelaus' though. It seemed more..... greedy.

"Hello everybody. I trust you all had a pleasant sleep." Menelaus winked at Ariel and I. I could tell that she stiffened, but I just acted along.

"Oh, Ariel, my maidens moved your necessities into Paris' room."

"What? I mean, thank-you." Ariel looked down to the floor. I put my hand on top of hers reassuringly and she gave a small smile.

Breakfast was soon over and much to my disliking Agamemnon had a private talk with Ariel. As soon as she was finished, she came up to me.

Ariel's POV (-Now you know how he feels!)

'Secret peace talk? At dinner time? Well, Agamemnon did say Hector and Menelaus were coming, but he told me I couldn't speak of it, but also, Hector wasn't talking about it either and Menelaus too. Oh, there's Paris.' Ariel rambled through her head.

"Hey partner. What are you going to do today?"

"Don't we have our political discussion today?" Paris asked me.

"It's already settled. We're just waiting for a response." I lied and apparently it worked because he just smiled and we went on with our day.

As the day passed I was surprisingly confident that I could make alliances with Menelaus and Agamemnon. I walked down the hall and proceeded to the garden. There I found a table with two chairs. It was a full moon out tonight, so it lit the table. Food was already present on the plates and everything was done neatly. At first I thought Paris did this, but then I saw the towering figure of Agamemnon and at that moment, vomiting sounded much better than this.

"It seems that you have arrived. Hector and Menelaus said they'd deal with Sparta and Troy themselves. We shall be dealing with my land and Troy and since I know you haven't eaten, I thought we could talk over dinner." He smiled and I could vividly see an image of me dying. Okay, not vividly because I saw ex's in my eyes, but that's not the point.

"Okay...." I said in my weird-you're-crazy tone, but I immediately stopped it when I realized who I was talking to.

"So, what's this important discussion we are to have?" He asked me as we both took our seats.

"Well, this plan that I have conceived will have benefits for both Troy and Mycenae."

"And this plan?"

"To form alliances." I took a sip from my wine, "So, when you are in danger and seek for help, we will come with our armies to aid you. Apollo has told me this and I shall tell you, we both think that we all can gain more power this way." I decided to make something up.... "Also, it is known that if time stays..... like this....history will say that these will be the three ruling and greatest kings and civilizations ever."

"Really?" He seemed amazed.

"Yes, really. If it stays like this, your armies and people will live longer, rise and there will be no decrease in the population. King Priam has greatly agreed with the treaty, but even agreed more so with the alliances."

"And you are sure that my armies will live longer?" He asked me with his hand to his chin. 'So typical. Only cares for himself and only his armies...... What about your people? Not just your armies'

"I am most certainly sure." I smiled. Oh yeah! C'mon! Just say yes already! You know you wanna!

"I see..... you will have my answer tomorrow on your departure. I need some time to think about this. I will tell my brother of Apollo's wishes. I can tell you already that his answer will be yes." He smiled.

"Thank-you for your time. I think I'll be leaving right now." I turned around, but I felt a force on my hand.

"Why the rush? Aren't you hungry?" He asked me.

"Actually, Paris told me he would like to see me at our room for some strange reason. Looks like I'll have to find out. Thank-you for the wine though, Agamemnon. It was really nice of you."

"Your welcome, milady." He bowed down and I made a small bow of my head.

I hurriedly scrambled to my room to tell Paris what Agamemnon tried to do. I was trying so hard not to laugh, but it was priceless. I knocked on our door and Paris opened it a while later.

"I have to talk to you." We both said at the same time. His sounded more urgent and serious.

"You first," he said.

"No, that's okay. Mines not even important. You can go." I smiled.

"Okay, oh, come in." I walked into our room. 'Our' room. Strange enough, I liked the sound of it. Our room. We were both face to face and he seemed out of words for the moment.

"I don't know how to say this..........." He looked down, he looked everywhere, but at me.

I cupped his face with my hand, "Look at me, Paris. Look at me. You can tell me anything. Heck, you tell me everything ever night." I smiled and he gave a small grin. I dropped my hand.

"I- I- I forgot what I had to say." He lied. "No, you know what, actually I didn't." He dropped his hand from scratching his head and kissed me. It was so fast to me that the only thing I knew what to do was continue with it.

'What are you doing? Stop it! This is never going to work Aries! You live in the future and he's in the past, literally. You can't do this. What about everything you have in Cali?!' I immediately broke the kiss and stepped back.

"I can't do this......." I took another stepped forward and attempted to walk pass him, but he grabbed my hand and this time, the words seemed so easy now.

"Ariel, please don't walk away. Don't walk away from me. I love you...... I have for quite sometime now. You can't just tell me you don't feel anything. Yesterday you kiss me-"

"It meant nothing. It was complete and utter lust."

"You can't say that. I felt it, Aphrodite felt it, and I know you felt it."

"I didn't feel anything..... and furthermore, what do you know about love?" I asked him and something was telling me tha I didn't even know the answer to that question.

"Love is waiting for someone, just like I waited for you, love is the nervous feeling you get every time you're with that someone, just like I have when I'm with you, love is something I've been waiting for and now that I know what it is and have grasped it, I can't have it." Paris became silent at his last comparison and I was breaking with each and every word.

"Paris, I love you-"

"Then I don't see the complication in this." He held both my hands, but I unwillingly grabbed them back.

"But, it would never work out. When I sail back to Troy, I'm not going to stay their forever. In fact, I'm going to leave their..... forever." I could see the hurt in his eyes.

"Then I will come with you." He said foolishly.

"But you cannot. You belong to Troy just as I belong to my land. I can tell you that my land is farther than any time or sea."

"You are right..... it was lust because you don't love me." He turned his back. "If you loved me, than you would fight for me just as much as I have fought for you. Instead, you make petty excuses just so you can't stay with me."

"That's not true and you know it." Tears fell from my eyes and I could see a small puddle of Paris' tears.

"Can't you just accept the fact that this is not going to work out? When I leave, I don't want us to fight, Paris. I want us to be the same friends who talk every night." I turned him around.

"Ariel, I'm afraid I cannot do that. It's either you stay with me or you leave me behind. You choose, Ariel." In all my life, that had to be one of the most foolish things said to me coming from someone I cared about.

More tears poured down from my eyes, but his were already dried. Everything was becoming so difficult. This wasn't the adventure I wanted. 'Curse you Apollo,' I cursed one last time before I made my decision.

"I..........................."

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