Friend of Apollo
Thanks for the last reviews and everything. I know you guys were like 'ah, short' but hey, I'm making up for it on this one! .... I think? Is it long? I don't know. Anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter! Your reviews are greatly appreciated.
Chapter 8: What The?
"Ariel! Wake up!" I could feel someone patting my back. My eyes were stinging from the profuse amount of crying and well, the sun didn't help either. I turned around from the rock? I must have dozed off on another rock.
"Hector? What are you doing?" I asked him, dumbly.
"Waking you up. We are leaving today or have you forgotten? What were you doing here?" Obviously Paris didn't tell him about our little talk. Correction: crucial, important, significant, central talk.
"Don't worry. Are we leaving right this minute?" I asked as he helped me off the rock.
"No. They invited us for breakfast..... unfortunately." Hector joked and I actually laughed.
"Don't worry. I'll be getting ready. I'll meet you at the hall. Be sure to tell them Paris and I were fighting last night. You know, so we can call the wedding off." I felt emotionless when I said that. I never knew you could be all cried out. I thought it was just an expression or something, but it seemed that not one tear was left in me.
"No need to. You guys put on a lot of screaming last night. It was good acting." He smiled as he led us back. None of that was acting... it was real, I wanted to scream. I wanted to tell Paris that I did love him and that he should stop his foolishness. I wanted him to really understand. He thought that I didn't love him and that I was trying to leave him. How could he think that? I sighed. I couldn't do any of those things. I need to face my responsibilities and consequences of the choice I had made..... that meant forgetting about Paris...... and everything else.....
I looked at Hector. I could tell he knew something was bothering me, but I knew he wouldn't touch the subject. He knew I would tell him when I was ready.
We reached mine and Paris' room and that's when Hector had something urgent to say.
"Have you seen my brother? I haven't heard from him since last afternoon."
"You mean, he's not in there." I pointed to our room.
Hector shook his head. "Don't worry. I'm sure he's downstairs right now." With a reassuring smile he left, saying he'd meet for breakfast.
I stepped into the room and those memories flood back.
'If that's your decision. Then so be it.' Paris stormed out
'Paris, wait!' I tried to grab him, but he shrugged my arm off.
I shook the shivering feelings out of my spine. I changed into my now clean khaki Capris and fitting t-shirt that seemed loose. I took the ring off my finger and set it on the table. I combed my hair and after that, I grabbed my beach bag.
I went to the balcony for just a breath of fresh air. I saw the scenery, which looked particularly beautiful today. The sun kissed the palace and city of Sparta and gave the water a sparkling and glistening look. I looked down to see a couple. They looked somewhat in love. Somehow, both looked so familiar.
The man had yielding brown curls, tanned skin, and a toned body. He looked very familiar.... Very. Then she looked over to the girl, who was hard to see because of the dark cloak she was wearing. She had soft, glowing skin and well, that's all she could see. Then, the woman turned around quickly for a second. She looked a lot like.... Helen? What the fuck? I shook my gaze and rubbed my eyes. I focused again on the same part and it to be just a hallucination because the couple was gone
"Holy shit. I think I'm going crazy........ Do they have coffee here?" I said under my breath while making my way out to the hall with my beach bag.
A million feelings were crossing over my mind and they weren't even related to Paris. It was about Helen. Was she awake already? I can feel an anxiety attack coming. I just know it. I can't wait to get away from this freak show.... 'Paris isn't part of the freak show.' My mind spoke. 'Shut up.' Right now, I was just going to have to forget about every living feeling about Paris. Everything. There were some doubts, but I believed that in time I would find a sleek man with brown curls and soft tanned- there I go again: describing Paris. This is going to be really hard.
I grabbed a hair tie from the beach bag and tied my hair into a pony tail. As I entered deeper into the hall, it became more and more silent. Yeah, they all heard. Gee, can you make it any more obvious? Stupid Bitches........ actually, I'm being the bitch right now. What's wrong with me?
"Hello Menelaus." I bowed my head. At least there was something I could be happy about. Menelaus and thankfully, Agamemnon, agreed to Apollo's proposal.
"How are you, my dear? We all heard about what happened....... Are you okay?" Menelaus asked with concern.
"Honestly, not really, but I think once I head back home I'll be much better...... Paris and I weren't meant for each other." As soon as I heard what I was saying, I mentally smacked myself. How cliché could I sound? I sounded like an actress from a movie.
"Are there any treasures you wish to take with you?"
"There is no possible treasure I could take with me, but the memory of beauty in your home." I smiled. How cheesy could I get? If I spoke another line like that again, I would have to kill myself.
He chuckled, "I'm glad you think this to be a beautiful land. Oh, did you hear that my wife has awoken. I'd ask you to meet her, but she needs her rest." I froze. 'We're leaving! Chill! She's out of the ball park already!' I then relaxed.
"Aw, that's a shame. I wanted to meet her."
"Well, you may visit anytime you wish." He smiled and led me to the dock. Apparently I took a long time getting ready and breakfast was already over. Paris and Hector were already at the ship, waiting for me.
I actually and surprisingly felt happy. I was going to be back home. Carolyn and Dave. My two best friends. I did a lot of firsts with them: getting drunk, getting a hangover, smoking, but immediately stopped after our first one, clubbing, sneaking out, cheating, conning (we did a whole lots of those-cons), and with Dave, sex.
"It was nice meeting you Ariel." I exchanged farewells with both Agamemnon and Menelaus and stepped on the boat.
It seemed so fast and so weird.... I don't know, but something didn't feel right..... the feeling was eerie and well, weird. I brushed it out. I was probably just getting seasick or something. A couple hours past and I saw Paris approaching Hector and they started talking. I diverted my eyes to a couple of workers on the ship. They were relaxing a bit now. They had a drink in one hand and free will with the other. If this were the future, they could be stewardess' on an airplane or the people on a cruise-line.
Suddenly, that feeling came back and I thought I better sleep it off. I walked to the ladder and made my way down. I turned around to see Paris, Hector and no- it could not be...... it was not humanly possible. It was Helen. After that, every possible creepy feeling was gone because I found its origin. It was really under my nose.
I turned around, when Hector stood up to leave. He looked as equally pissed as I was.
"Ariel?" He asked.
I didn't say anything, I just climbed back up the ladder. I speed walked, with stomping, when I felt someone grab my arm. I turned around and saw Hector.
"What is happening?" I asked him.
"My brother has brought Helen with us.... He claims he loves her." He said with disgust.
"I love her." Paris said as he climbed up the ladder and walked to us.
I rolled my eyes. "Like that's something new."
"Do you know what you have done? Do you know how many years our father has worked for peace?" Hector asked. Woah, I was surprised.
"Like I said, I love her."
"Ugh." Hector and I did the same thing in unison. "You lust her." I corrected him.
"It's all a game to you isn't it? You roam from town to town, bedding merchants' wives and temple maids and you think you know something about love? What about your father's love? You spat on him when you brought her onto this ship! What about the love for your country? You'd let Troy burn for this woman? I won't let you start a war for her."
"May I speak?"
"You've done enough." I glared at him.
Paris glared back at me and began to speak, knowing he'd deal with me later. "If what you say is true. I've wronged you. I've wronged our father. If you want to take Helen back to Sparta, so be it! But I go with her."
"To Sparta, they'll kill you."
"Then I'll die fighting." Paris tried to counter.
"Oh, and that's sounds heroic to you doesn't it? To die fighting. Tell me little brother, have you ever killed a man?" Hector asked, knowing the answer already.
"No."
"Ever seen a man die in combat?" Hector questioned once again.
"No."
"I've killed men and I've heard them dying and I've watched them dying and there's nothing glorious about it, nothing poetic. You say you're willing to die for love but you know nothing about dying and you know nothing about love!" How come this all seemed like déjà vu? It was so familiar. It was like the movie. If everything went out the same, Troy would fall. Hector would die. Achilles would die. Patroclus would die. Menelaus would die. Agamemnon would die. Okay, so that would be a good thing..., but the rest wouldn't.
"All the same, I go with her. I won't ask you to fight my war."
"You already have." I said with Hector. He looked at me, then sighed.
"We're all going to die." I looked down. They adverted their attention to me.
"Don't say that." Paris said.
"Against one kingdom, I know you can guarantee safety for Troy....... But, both of you, get real! There is no way Troy can defend all of Greece! So, thank you Paris, thank-you for killing Troy just so you can satisfy your sex drive. Troy should be so lucky to have a prince like you. This is really so fucking unbelievable! All the work I've done is gone! I had to flirt with Agamemnon and have freaky nightmares about him, just to give peace to your fucking land and you just had to be a bitch and ruin that, didn't you?! Well guess what, you may have ruined my plan, but I can still have a chance to ruin something of yours." I never thought I would do it, but I punched Paris in the face. All the stress and anxiety was released into that punch.
Hector looked very surprised and had to hold my arms before I would probably scratch Paris' eyes out.
"Calm down, Ariel." Hector eased me and I stopped.
Well, at least I could forget about my feelings because right now the feeling of being, pissed, depressed, angry, and other negative emotions replaced my love for Paris.
"Okay, I'm good. You can let go." I told him as I whipped my arms out of his grasp.
Paris stood up and looked completely surprised at my sudden attack. He grabbed my arm and dragged me over to the other side of the ship. Hector didn't stop us, knowing that Paris just wanted to talk to me.
"What's wrong with you?" He asked, massaging his jaw, where I had punched him.
"What's wrong with me?! What's wrong with you?! You're the one who is putting all our lives on the line....... Oh and please humor me on how you fell 'in' love with Helen in less than a day." I rolled my eyes.
"I don't know...." He looked at me honestly, "When I looked at her, something jumped out of me. I cannot explain it. It was strange. It was like all my love for you ha gone into her." He looked down and then at me, "But also, unlike you, she left what she had at Sparta for me, even though she knew the consequences. She loves me. I love her, in some mystical way, but I love her. It's hard to say, but you must believe me."
"It matters not if we all believe. We're going into war, that's what matters." I walked away, my thoughts racing everywhere.
'Aphrodite..... it's so obvious that she did this..... but wouldn't Apollo stop her?...something is going on and I don't like it.' I sat on the edge of the boat looking at the horizon. 'So much for home....'
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Holy crap! I'm sorry Paris is such an ass! He just has to be! (Stupid ass) Even though I made him into the stupid ass, but hey, he was a stupid ass in the movie.... Wow I said ass four times, nope counting that one that's five............Anyway, hoped you liked the chappie! Thanks for the reviews! You guys really rock!
SoHaPPy
Thanks for the last reviews and everything. I know you guys were like 'ah, short' but hey, I'm making up for it on this one! .... I think? Is it long? I don't know. Anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter! Your reviews are greatly appreciated.
Chapter 8: What The?
"Ariel! Wake up!" I could feel someone patting my back. My eyes were stinging from the profuse amount of crying and well, the sun didn't help either. I turned around from the rock? I must have dozed off on another rock.
"Hector? What are you doing?" I asked him, dumbly.
"Waking you up. We are leaving today or have you forgotten? What were you doing here?" Obviously Paris didn't tell him about our little talk. Correction: crucial, important, significant, central talk.
"Don't worry. Are we leaving right this minute?" I asked as he helped me off the rock.
"No. They invited us for breakfast..... unfortunately." Hector joked and I actually laughed.
"Don't worry. I'll be getting ready. I'll meet you at the hall. Be sure to tell them Paris and I were fighting last night. You know, so we can call the wedding off." I felt emotionless when I said that. I never knew you could be all cried out. I thought it was just an expression or something, but it seemed that not one tear was left in me.
"No need to. You guys put on a lot of screaming last night. It was good acting." He smiled as he led us back. None of that was acting... it was real, I wanted to scream. I wanted to tell Paris that I did love him and that he should stop his foolishness. I wanted him to really understand. He thought that I didn't love him and that I was trying to leave him. How could he think that? I sighed. I couldn't do any of those things. I need to face my responsibilities and consequences of the choice I had made..... that meant forgetting about Paris...... and everything else.....
I looked at Hector. I could tell he knew something was bothering me, but I knew he wouldn't touch the subject. He knew I would tell him when I was ready.
We reached mine and Paris' room and that's when Hector had something urgent to say.
"Have you seen my brother? I haven't heard from him since last afternoon."
"You mean, he's not in there." I pointed to our room.
Hector shook his head. "Don't worry. I'm sure he's downstairs right now." With a reassuring smile he left, saying he'd meet for breakfast.
I stepped into the room and those memories flood back.
'If that's your decision. Then so be it.' Paris stormed out
'Paris, wait!' I tried to grab him, but he shrugged my arm off.
I shook the shivering feelings out of my spine. I changed into my now clean khaki Capris and fitting t-shirt that seemed loose. I took the ring off my finger and set it on the table. I combed my hair and after that, I grabbed my beach bag.
I went to the balcony for just a breath of fresh air. I saw the scenery, which looked particularly beautiful today. The sun kissed the palace and city of Sparta and gave the water a sparkling and glistening look. I looked down to see a couple. They looked somewhat in love. Somehow, both looked so familiar.
The man had yielding brown curls, tanned skin, and a toned body. He looked very familiar.... Very. Then she looked over to the girl, who was hard to see because of the dark cloak she was wearing. She had soft, glowing skin and well, that's all she could see. Then, the woman turned around quickly for a second. She looked a lot like.... Helen? What the fuck? I shook my gaze and rubbed my eyes. I focused again on the same part and it to be just a hallucination because the couple was gone
"Holy shit. I think I'm going crazy........ Do they have coffee here?" I said under my breath while making my way out to the hall with my beach bag.
A million feelings were crossing over my mind and they weren't even related to Paris. It was about Helen. Was she awake already? I can feel an anxiety attack coming. I just know it. I can't wait to get away from this freak show.... 'Paris isn't part of the freak show.' My mind spoke. 'Shut up.' Right now, I was just going to have to forget about every living feeling about Paris. Everything. There were some doubts, but I believed that in time I would find a sleek man with brown curls and soft tanned- there I go again: describing Paris. This is going to be really hard.
I grabbed a hair tie from the beach bag and tied my hair into a pony tail. As I entered deeper into the hall, it became more and more silent. Yeah, they all heard. Gee, can you make it any more obvious? Stupid Bitches........ actually, I'm being the bitch right now. What's wrong with me?
"Hello Menelaus." I bowed my head. At least there was something I could be happy about. Menelaus and thankfully, Agamemnon, agreed to Apollo's proposal.
"How are you, my dear? We all heard about what happened....... Are you okay?" Menelaus asked with concern.
"Honestly, not really, but I think once I head back home I'll be much better...... Paris and I weren't meant for each other." As soon as I heard what I was saying, I mentally smacked myself. How cliché could I sound? I sounded like an actress from a movie.
"Are there any treasures you wish to take with you?"
"There is no possible treasure I could take with me, but the memory of beauty in your home." I smiled. How cheesy could I get? If I spoke another line like that again, I would have to kill myself.
He chuckled, "I'm glad you think this to be a beautiful land. Oh, did you hear that my wife has awoken. I'd ask you to meet her, but she needs her rest." I froze. 'We're leaving! Chill! She's out of the ball park already!' I then relaxed.
"Aw, that's a shame. I wanted to meet her."
"Well, you may visit anytime you wish." He smiled and led me to the dock. Apparently I took a long time getting ready and breakfast was already over. Paris and Hector were already at the ship, waiting for me.
I actually and surprisingly felt happy. I was going to be back home. Carolyn and Dave. My two best friends. I did a lot of firsts with them: getting drunk, getting a hangover, smoking, but immediately stopped after our first one, clubbing, sneaking out, cheating, conning (we did a whole lots of those-cons), and with Dave, sex.
"It was nice meeting you Ariel." I exchanged farewells with both Agamemnon and Menelaus and stepped on the boat.
It seemed so fast and so weird.... I don't know, but something didn't feel right..... the feeling was eerie and well, weird. I brushed it out. I was probably just getting seasick or something. A couple hours past and I saw Paris approaching Hector and they started talking. I diverted my eyes to a couple of workers on the ship. They were relaxing a bit now. They had a drink in one hand and free will with the other. If this were the future, they could be stewardess' on an airplane or the people on a cruise-line.
Suddenly, that feeling came back and I thought I better sleep it off. I walked to the ladder and made my way down. I turned around to see Paris, Hector and no- it could not be...... it was not humanly possible. It was Helen. After that, every possible creepy feeling was gone because I found its origin. It was really under my nose.
I turned around, when Hector stood up to leave. He looked as equally pissed as I was.
"Ariel?" He asked.
I didn't say anything, I just climbed back up the ladder. I speed walked, with stomping, when I felt someone grab my arm. I turned around and saw Hector.
"What is happening?" I asked him.
"My brother has brought Helen with us.... He claims he loves her." He said with disgust.
"I love her." Paris said as he climbed up the ladder and walked to us.
I rolled my eyes. "Like that's something new."
"Do you know what you have done? Do you know how many years our father has worked for peace?" Hector asked. Woah, I was surprised.
"Like I said, I love her."
"Ugh." Hector and I did the same thing in unison. "You lust her." I corrected him.
"It's all a game to you isn't it? You roam from town to town, bedding merchants' wives and temple maids and you think you know something about love? What about your father's love? You spat on him when you brought her onto this ship! What about the love for your country? You'd let Troy burn for this woman? I won't let you start a war for her."
"May I speak?"
"You've done enough." I glared at him.
Paris glared back at me and began to speak, knowing he'd deal with me later. "If what you say is true. I've wronged you. I've wronged our father. If you want to take Helen back to Sparta, so be it! But I go with her."
"To Sparta, they'll kill you."
"Then I'll die fighting." Paris tried to counter.
"Oh, and that's sounds heroic to you doesn't it? To die fighting. Tell me little brother, have you ever killed a man?" Hector asked, knowing the answer already.
"No."
"Ever seen a man die in combat?" Hector questioned once again.
"No."
"I've killed men and I've heard them dying and I've watched them dying and there's nothing glorious about it, nothing poetic. You say you're willing to die for love but you know nothing about dying and you know nothing about love!" How come this all seemed like déjà vu? It was so familiar. It was like the movie. If everything went out the same, Troy would fall. Hector would die. Achilles would die. Patroclus would die. Menelaus would die. Agamemnon would die. Okay, so that would be a good thing..., but the rest wouldn't.
"All the same, I go with her. I won't ask you to fight my war."
"You already have." I said with Hector. He looked at me, then sighed.
"We're all going to die." I looked down. They adverted their attention to me.
"Don't say that." Paris said.
"Against one kingdom, I know you can guarantee safety for Troy....... But, both of you, get real! There is no way Troy can defend all of Greece! So, thank you Paris, thank-you for killing Troy just so you can satisfy your sex drive. Troy should be so lucky to have a prince like you. This is really so fucking unbelievable! All the work I've done is gone! I had to flirt with Agamemnon and have freaky nightmares about him, just to give peace to your fucking land and you just had to be a bitch and ruin that, didn't you?! Well guess what, you may have ruined my plan, but I can still have a chance to ruin something of yours." I never thought I would do it, but I punched Paris in the face. All the stress and anxiety was released into that punch.
Hector looked very surprised and had to hold my arms before I would probably scratch Paris' eyes out.
"Calm down, Ariel." Hector eased me and I stopped.
Well, at least I could forget about my feelings because right now the feeling of being, pissed, depressed, angry, and other negative emotions replaced my love for Paris.
"Okay, I'm good. You can let go." I told him as I whipped my arms out of his grasp.
Paris stood up and looked completely surprised at my sudden attack. He grabbed my arm and dragged me over to the other side of the ship. Hector didn't stop us, knowing that Paris just wanted to talk to me.
"What's wrong with you?" He asked, massaging his jaw, where I had punched him.
"What's wrong with me?! What's wrong with you?! You're the one who is putting all our lives on the line....... Oh and please humor me on how you fell 'in' love with Helen in less than a day." I rolled my eyes.
"I don't know...." He looked at me honestly, "When I looked at her, something jumped out of me. I cannot explain it. It was strange. It was like all my love for you ha gone into her." He looked down and then at me, "But also, unlike you, she left what she had at Sparta for me, even though she knew the consequences. She loves me. I love her, in some mystical way, but I love her. It's hard to say, but you must believe me."
"It matters not if we all believe. We're going into war, that's what matters." I walked away, my thoughts racing everywhere.
'Aphrodite..... it's so obvious that she did this..... but wouldn't Apollo stop her?...something is going on and I don't like it.' I sat on the edge of the boat looking at the horizon. 'So much for home....'
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Holy crap! I'm sorry Paris is such an ass! He just has to be! (Stupid ass) Even though I made him into the stupid ass, but hey, he was a stupid ass in the movie.... Wow I said ass four times, nope counting that one that's five............Anyway, hoped you liked the chappie! Thanks for the reviews! You guys really rock!
SoHaPPy