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Question of the chapter: What should the color scheme for her be?

Day 3
Hermes POV

I woke up a bit earlier than I would normally so I could have plenty of time to make breakfast. I was going to see what AnaMaria wanted as well- possibly even see if she wanted to make breakfast with me. I knew that she loved cooking from how Poseidon talked about her looking through cookbooks last night. He had mainly said she wants to bake so I figured we'd do that today.

I quickly got dressed into a long sleeved V-neck shirt and some dark jeans. I stayed barefoot as I knew we wouldn't leave to go anywhere today. I headed down the hall to her room and knocked softly before opening the door to see her still asleep. ' Gods she is so beautiful.' Her hair was ruffled from sleep and her full heart shaped lips were slightly parted. Her dark lashes fanning her cheeks and she was curled up like a little kitten. ' She's our little kitten now. Hopefully the others will agree to us telling her the real reason we're searching for a girl is. After all he already spoke with the Fates.'

I stepped over, placing a knee onto her bed as I shook her a bit and watched with a smile as she woke up. Her hazel eyes hazy with sleep as she blinked at me. " Hermes?" Her voice was slightly husky from her rest and I resisted the urge to kiss her then and there. I chuckled, " I heard from a blue bird that you like to cook so I wanted to see if you'd like to join me in making breakfast." She rubbed her eyes sleepily and nodded, " Sure. Let me change first though. I'll meet ya there." I nodded with another grin before heading down to the kitchen. A few minutes later she came down wearing a pair of Harry Potter sweatpants and a deep green short sleeve shirt with the Slytherin crest on it. I smirked at that." ready to cook?" She nodded, looking more awake as she went to look in the fridge. I was gonna let her pick what we make today.

She grabbed things to make homemade Belgian Waffles and hash brown casserole. I grinned and pulled out our waffle maker to see her smile at that. " What shall we start with Chef ?" She giggled and it sounded like wind chimes, beautiful and soft." The casserole. That way while it's baking we can work on the waffles." I nodded and grabbed the dishes we'd need. She grabbed the frozen hash browns and the cheeses she planned on adding. As she got to mixing them in a bowl and started to mix it all together I sprayed the casserole dishes we were gonna use. We filled up 3 dishes and put them into the oven to bake.

While the casseroles were baking I started to mix the ingredients for the waffles as she cleaned up from the casseroles. I started to make them in the waffle maker as she grabbed plates and started to set the table. I watched as she looked very serious as she was focused on what she was doing. It was quite cute seeing her so focused. I finished up with the waffles as she went back to the fridge to pull out the strawberries and whipped cream. She washed then cut the strawberries, putting them in a bowl. She grabbed some oven mitts and pulled out the dishes of hash brown casserole. She set them onto the counter to cool down as she placed the can of whip cream by the strawberries. I piled up the waffles onto two platters and placed them with the fruit.

As she came out with one of the three casseroles, the others were starting to come down from their bedrooms. She went back in to start the coffee maker and grab a pitcher to fill it with orange juice. I remembered that she said that she is allergic to oranges and made sure she saw the milk and apple juice. She smiled in thanks before grabbing two other pitchers to fill them up with the other drinks, placing them onto the dining table as well. As Ares and Thanatos came down, we had finished setting the table. We all sat and dug in. I moaned at the taste of the casserole and looked at our cute little kitten who was dancing around in her seat while munching on some waffles. I chuckled at that. " The casserole is good Ana. Where'd ya get the recipe?" She swallowed her waffles and looked at me, " My mom and grandma. It's a family recipe." Everyone else was shocked, " You made these? They are the best I've ever had!" Dionysus looked absolutely amazed.

She nodded shyly looking down at her plate with a beautiful little blush dusting her cheeks. Dionysus grinned, " You definitely gotta make more of these family recipes! They are stunning!" She flushed a brighter crimson as she nodded, feeling embarrassed from the compliments. It's obvious she hasn't gotten many in her life. We will have to change that of course. Breakfast went by smoothly and we cleaned up. She blinked up at me as I walked over to her sitting frame, " ready to bake your socks off?" She giggled, " I'm not wearing socks!" I chuckled and held out a hand for her to take. " What do you wanna make first?" She sat on a stool in the kitchen and hummed in thought, biting her bottom lip and I had to fight the urge to pull her lip away from her teeth and tell her it was my job to bite her lip.

She looked at me, " Can we make tiramisu?" I nodded with an impish grin and she broke out into a wide grin, a cute dimple appearing on her right cheek and I gasped. She stopped smiling, " What?"

" You never told us you had a dimple!" She blinked at me with those doe eyes of hers, " I have a dimple?" I nodded my head and chuckled, " Yup. How have you not noticed?" She shrugged not having and answer. She hopped off the stool and we got to work baking. By the end of it, we had two done in time for lunch. She smiled and rubbed a bit of flour that was still on her hand onto her cheek and her little button nose. I chuckled and leaned over to wipe it off.

She looked up at me through her lashes with a shy smile. " thanks." I nodded, " Now we got lunch. Anything in particular you want?" She again bit that lip of hers, ' Fuck, she's gonna be the death of me doing that.' " Chicken salad?" I nodded with a grin and we got to work. We had chips, fruit salad, and bread if anyone wanted to make it a chicken salad sandwich. She then got out things for tea. I chuckled, " What are you doing?" She looked at me from over her shoulder, " Have you not had fruit tea?" I nodded, " Of course. Is that what you're making?" She nodded and smiled.

Definitely glad I did this. Everyone enjoyed the lunch and when Ana brought out the tiramisu they all dropped their jaws. The dessert looked absolutely amazing and I couldn't wait to eat some. She placed the desserts onto the table, " Wow, this looks delicious!" We all ate happily. " You're definitely our dessert guru! We're gonna leave desserts to you from now on." She was scarlet red when Ares finished. We went through dinner much the same and by the end, we had plenty of dessert leftover as well for tomorrow. Definitely gonna try and see if she will open her own bakery.

Day 4

Hades POV

It was my day to be with our sweet AnaMaria. She was the shy beauty who never saw how perfect she truly is. I hope that we can change that and give her the confidence I know she has hidden within her. I went up to her room to wake her as I had a plan to see that twinkle in her eyes I saw yesterday as she cooked.

I figured the best way is to take her to a few art galleries before seeing how she feels about trying some paint balling. I told her to dress warmly as it's pretty chilly out today before heading out; keeping myself from letting my gaze linger on her short pajamas.

When she headed downstairs I couldn't help but smile at her outfit. She was wearing dark blue jeans, a light blue green tank top and a brown leather jacket. She was also wearing mid calf length brown boots. The clothes molded against her frame beautifully but she still had an air of classiness to her.

We went out to my car and I chuckled at her as her jaw dropped. " You're car looks really fancy, Hades." I chuckled at that, " Nonsense. If you think mine is fancy you should see Zeus' car." She blinked at me shocked as I smirked. " Come on, we don't want to miss out on the fun."

As we rode she nestled into the warm leather seats and watched as the building passed by. I parked in the lot by a popular art gallery. " an art gallery? Is it a good one?" She looked at me with a glimmer of excitement so I knew I made a good choice. " Oh yes. They get all local artists. Apollo won't tell you, but he almost always has some art in here. He uses a pen name. I'll point it out to you when we come across one."

We looked through and she smiled when she saw all the photography, digital artwork, sculpture work, and traditional work. She giggled when I showed her Apollo's pen name, 'Leo Pendragon'. She then looked at me with that sweet smile on her face. " Thank you, this was very sweet." I smiled and put my arm around her shoulder tucking her into my side as we walked to a nearby café. She smiled at the homey charm of the shop.

We got a table and she got a hot chocolate whilst I got a coffee. She then got a small chicken salad sandwich and I got the same. We ate in a comfortable silence and when we finished I turned to her. " How do you feel about trying some paintball? There is a place nearby that does it." She blinked and tilted her head cutely, her brows furrowed in thought as she bit her plump bottom lip. 'Fuck she really shouldn't do that around me.'

" Sure! I've never done it before." I smiled at her and we headed to my car to head over there. We got there within 15 minutes. I paid for us both and helped her get her harness on. We both slipped on our goggles and gloves as well before heading to the field. " I'll go easy on you dear Ana." I grinned cheekily as she playfully glared. " don't you dare! I'll never learn how to do it if you do that, Hades." I chuckled and nodded at her. " Alright, dear. Let's start." It went by quickly, her clothing being splattered with green paint and she got me quite a few times as I had deep blue paint on me. We got back to the house in time for dinner and she was laughing as she told me a story about a kid at the orphanage who found out how quickly karma can strike back. I'm glad she enjoyed today.