Day by day passed by but I didn´t even noticed it.
All my feelings were shut down for the time.
I just did the routines and tried not to think.
Will dealt a little better with things than I did...
At least he still talked to the other camper but I wasn´t interested in such stupid talks!
Katie never left my side longer than she had to...
Connor and Travis tried so hard to cheer me up but it was wasted.
Annabeth and Percy were around me as well sometimes.
And even Gabriel.
The day after the funeral he came to me and apologized that he wasn´t able to protect my brother and told me everything that happened.
Today Connor was trying to cheer me up alone because Travis was called to Chiron or anything alike.
Katie watched Connor while I was just not paying attention anymore.
"Connor, just stop it. It´s useless, okay? Just let it go." "No, I won´t let it go until you have at least smiled once again. I really hate it to see you this sad, Dria." he told me gentle and I sighed.
"How shouldn´t I? I miss him so much..." I admitted and both nodded.
They understood more than I had thought by time.
"He was a real great guy and a wonderful older brother for you. We all know it. But I don´t think he wanted you to become this emotionless now... I don´t mean run around and smile but show what you feel." "I don´t want to, Connor. Then I will explode and this explosion is for somebody else prepared." I answered with icy eyes.
"This one I never want to be." he agreed and Katie rolled her eyes.
"No, you want to be the one calming her after. Or distract her." she said challenging.
"Katie Gardner!" Connor shouted being outraged and I couldn´t help but chuckling.
Both looked surprised at me when I shook my head about them.
"You would like to distract me, Connor? In what way?" I asked teasing him and he blushed.
He dropped his gaze on the ground and mumbled something I really had no chance to get.
Katie chuckled and I looked at her challenging.
She really shouldn´t laugh about him when I was thinking about her behavior with Travis around.
Suddenly she became pale like a corpse and Connor tried to distract me with making some crazy movements.
What was wrong now?
I probably shouldn´t turn around but with their strange behavior I really became curious.
"What´s wrong?" I asked when Connor held me before I could turn around.
"You really shouldn´t..." he said silently.
His eyes begged me to trust him and I relaxed a little bit before I nodded.
"Who?" "Your Dad..." he whispered quietly and I shook my head.
"Now?! Why now?!" I growled angryly, starting to shake in helpless anger.
"Calm down, Dria... Please... Don´t forget that he is a god!" Connor tried to calm me down but I was so damn angry!
The last days I hadn´t been able to heal even a single cut or to make a little light...
All my abilities were gone!
And I were pretty sure about Dad had taken them from me!
"Can´t. Won´t." I answered and turned around with an angry gaze.
Dad stood there watching me!
"Hello, Adriana." "How dare you?!" I growled really angry.
I really didn´t want to be polite!
"What exactly?" he asked with out showing anything on his face!
"Dria..." Connor tried to hold me back but I wouldn´t.
"You let him die! You could have helped him!" I growled ignoring Connor and Katie around me.
Both of them tried to calm me down but I wouldn´t.
"You know the rules, Adriana. I wasn´t aloud." "You healed Annabeth after the war! Why didn´t you helped your own son?!" I shouted feeling a wave of heat running trough me.
"That was an exception." "Non of the deities ever care about those damn rules! And when one of YOUR CHILDREN NEEDS YOUR HELP THEY ARE IMPORTANT AGAIN?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" "Adriana!" he said with a warning tone in his voice but I ignored it.
"Dria... please, stop!", Connor whispered carefully and looked a little scared at my Dad and back to me.
Katie said the same again and again but I wasn´t backing down this time!
"Why have you left him alone?! He told me over and over that I should trust you! A damn I will ever do again! I HATE YOU! You took the most precious from me!" "Wasn´t me taking him. Adriana. I am not the God of Death!" he said with neutral voice and I really wished to hit him with something heavy but Connor and Katie held my arms so I wasn´t moving a step forward.
"You aren´t? Well then you probably should care about your children! You took everything from me!" "You´re egoistic, Adriana." he seriously damn told me!
"I AM WHAT?! You are kidding me! I am egoistic?! And what´s about you, your highness?! Maybe you just should go and lay next to the next bitch you find! But NEVER try to talk to me again! I NEVER want to see you again! I HATE YOU! You already took my abilities so just don´t give them back!" I shouted really, really, really cold and loud.
Connor and Katie had problems with holding me back because I really fought against them to beat my father.
"I haven´t taken your abilities, Adriana. They are connected with your feelings and because those are nearly overloaded your abilities are as well. And because you overused them." he told me easily and I felt the shaking starting becoming even heavier.
"I tried to safe my brother! I tried what had been your duty!"
The first tears fell on the grass.
He had no idea what I felt!
He had no idea what I lost!
"My duties are none of your business. I am not able to turn back the time or to take him away from the death! Time to let go, Adriana! You won´t get him back!" he told me icy and before he could really do anything I freed myself and slapped him into the face.
"You have no idea what my brothers and I lost!" I whispered angry and he looked at me surprised.
Yeah, I hit a god...
Damn!
"Damn..." came an echo from my thoughts from Katie and Connor...
They pulled me away from my father before he could react.
Maybe better for me...
"No, you are right. I have no idea what you all lost because my sister still is by my side. But if I were able to help I would have helped." "I am not interested, Father! I really don´t want to know." I told him and left him rubbing away the tears from my face.
Connor and Katie stayed by my side when I went to the beach.
I really wanted my father to stay away from me...
Connor lay his arms around me when we all sat in the sand.
"Sometime you really are more brave than you should, little sun princess." he told me silently and I chuckled leaning against him.
"You mean, more brave than smart, don´t you?" I asked amused and he nodded sighing.
Katie patted my arm comforting and I really felt good...
Not good by thinking about what happened but good in the way of comfortable.
"Do you think..." "Don´t ask. We will think about this later. Now you need some rest for sure. Hey, you just had a fight with your father and you won it." Connor said proudly and I laughed amused.
"Thanks for being there for me..." I mumbled and both of them chuckled.
"We are friends, you know. That´s what friends are for." Katie told me smiling and I really was happy about having them.
"Will Travis find us after the talk with Chiron?" "For sure. He is my brother." Connor chuckled and I felt a little sleepy leaning this comfortable on somebody...
"I think she will fall asleep in about a minute." Katie chuckled and Connor vibrated a little from laughing.
Was a crazy feeling but I liked it...
He was warm and I lay really soft.
I nuzzled against him a little and he laughed gentle.
"You´re a little lap cat, mh?" he asked softly and I mumbled something even I didn´t understood.
He softly caressed my hair and I really fell asleep.
I woke up when he moved a little and then I heard the loud voices as well...
Oh damn I really had a deep sleep...
"The whole Camp is in chaos because of Apollo! What by Hades underwear has happened?!" Travis shouted nervously and I grumbled a little.
Could he please stay quiet!
"Thanks, you woke her!" Connor said annoyed.
"Look, Travis, she had a fight with Apollo and... uhm... she slapped him." Katie told the other twin brother but I for sure prefer the one I had been sleeping on.
"Shut up, Stoll. I had a really wonderful dream!" I told Travis and Connor laughed.
"Which one of us is meant by this, Dria?" "Travis. I like your voice." I said sleepy and he laughed even more.
Okay, I wasn´t ready to talk. My brain still was asleep!
Damn!
"What did you dreamed about, Dria?" he asked me gentle and I sighed.
It really was a wonderful dream...
But telling?
I would never be able to look in his eyes again...
"Uhm... Something." I answered chuckling and blushing.
I opened finally my eyes and looked in his sweet face.
"Don´t want to tell me?" he asked amused and caressed my face with his soft fingers.
"why do you want to know?" "Because maybe we dreamed the same." he told me smiling.
"What did you dream?" "I asked first, Dria." he laughed and I really blushed.
Why was I affected like this?
Shouldn´t be.
Katie chuckled and talked with Travis.
She seemed to be happy like I never saw her before but okay, she talked to her dream boy so...
And Travis had a grin from the one ear to the other on his face.
Really sweet those two.
"Come on. Those two are to distracted to hear what you´ll tell." Connor whispered in my ear and I gasped for air.
"Don´t!" I said a little frightened.
Why by the lipstick of Aphrodite was I reacting this way?
"Why?" he said with a real sweet smile on his face and I turned red like a tomato...
Damn!
He knew exactly what he did with me and he kind of enjoyed it really!
But why?
He looked at me with a strange shimmer inside his eyes...
"Please, Dria, tell me what you dreamed about." he softly said and I dropped my gaze to the ground.
"I dreamed about something weird." I answered and he laughed.
"First it was wonderful now it is weird? Damn. Did you kissed my brother in your dream?" he laughed and I looked up in surprise.
Before I could stop myself, I corrected him.
"Not your brother... I kissed you." I told him and his smile was frozen.
"What?" he asked like not being sure his mind was still alright...
"You wanted to know... Well, in my dream I kissed you..." I told him again and came on my feet.
I should go...
I so should...
But I wasn´t able when he looked up at me this way.
"So it was a nightmare, mh?" he asked shocked and came on his feet as well.
I shook my head and dropped my gaze on the ground.
Gentle he moved my face up again and smiled at me.
"Don´t ever drop your beautiful eyes, Dria." he told me with soft voice and I smiled shyly.
I watched his lips when he spoke and Connor chuckled about me.
Yeah, thanks...
"You know, we both dreamed the same thing." he told me joyful and I looked surprised in his eyes again.
Did he just said...?
"Connor..." "I know. Don´t worry, beauty. I won´t." he promised and smiled in a teasing way.
I shook my head and looked to Katie who was more then red in her face...
"What have I missed?" I asked amused and she blushed even more...
"Don´t ask..." she mumbled and I looked at Travis who was at least as red as Katie.
"Do you think...?" I asked Connor who just started laughing.
"Would be an explanation." he laughed and both of the subjects dropped their eyes.
"They are to shy... how sweet." I squeaked and got devil eyes on me.
"Katie, come on. You are the bravest daughter Demeter ever had. You can do it!" I said chuckling and hid behind Connor who was still laughing.
Katie looked at me and I was very sure she wanted to kill me...
"Damn, take the girl and kiss her!" Connor laughed and Travis looked not even a little more friendly at his brother then Katie did at me.
"Stupid..." Travis mumbled and I chuckled silently.
They were so sweet together didn´t they get this?
"By the deities, you two love each other. All of us know it except of yourself. Now damn it do something with it. I am annoyed." I told them and pulled Connor after me.
Katie laughed but Travis kept quiet.
"Why did you do this?" "Because now they know their feelings for each other aren´t alone and maybe without us around they are able to do as they want." I answered honestly and blushed a little bit because I still held his hand.
He smiled at me and shook his head.
"You re manipulative, my dear." he told me amused and I smirked.
But my smile froze when he suddenly had pushed me against a tree.
"I really like this part of you." he chuckled and I really turned red.
"What...?" I asked surprised but he smiled at me in this amazing way taking away my breath.
Suddenly his soft lips touched mine...
I looked at him surprised when he chuckled silently.
"Don´t look this surprised, my little sun princess." he said with gentle voice and kissed me tenderly.
I huddled against him and he smiled a little into the kiss...
"See what I found in the forest." a sleazy voice said and Connor tensed a little.
"Go away. You aren´t wanted here." he told the person I couldn´t see because he blocked my view fully.
"Oh, really, Stoll? I really thought I were." the voice said again and suddenly Connor was pulled away from me and I stumbled a little bit.
"What do you want?" Connor growled at the strange person.
Who was this?
I tried to remind him and somewhere I knew who this was...
"Damn..." I mumbled when I recognized him...
One of the sons of Ares I had flirted with...
"Don´t!" I screamed shocked when he punched Connor in his face.
I ran to Connor who fell on the ground and glared at the guy.
"Are you alright?" "Yeah, nothing what cant be fixed soon." he told me and had his eyes on the other guy.
I touched his lower lip carefully and he hissed.
"Hey, be careful with me." he told me amused and I chuckled.
"You!" I glared at the son of Ares and stepped in front of him.
I surprised at the moment everybody I think...
"Never touch him again or I will blind you!" I growled angry and he nodded before escaping as fast as possible.
Didn´t want to be blinded though.
"Your abilities are gone, my sweet avenging angel." Connor told me when he pulled me on his lap and kissed my neck tenderly.
I sighed quietly and chuckled then.
"He doesn´t know this, right?" I asked breathless and he laughed.
"I am not so sure about your abilities were gone. You shine like the sun itself for me." he whispered in my ear and I shuddered lightly.
"Then you will be blinded soon..." "Won´t. I use sunglasses." he promised and went on kissing my neck.
Damn, what was he doing with me...?
I turned around and we kissed impulsively.
"uhm... Sorry for interrupting something interesting." Katie chuckled embarrassed and I really blushed.
Connor just grinned and kissed me gentle before helping me standing up.
"Never mind." he told her and looked amused at his brother.
Travis grinned back at him and I looked them over.
Katie´s cheeks were a little reddened and they were holding hands.
"See, that´s how it works." I chuckled and hugged Katie laughing.
She laughed as well and we bounced together through the forest.
"Maybe we should be worried about our girls being like this." Connor chuckled and pulled me away from Katie and in his arms.
I looked at him with an innocent smile.
"Your girl? Have I accepted this really?" I asked teasing him and his grip tightened around me.
"You never had a choice." he told me and kissed me lightly.
I chuckled and shook my head.
"I always have a choice but I would be stupid for refusing." I told him and Katie rolled her eyes.
"Could you now please stop it?"
I turned around and looked at her challenging.
"Jealous?" I asked and hid behind Connor.
"No, I am not." she said pouty and Travis chuckled.
"Don´t you think you are mean, my sun princess?" Connor asked softly and we went back to the camp.
Dad was still there and seemed to be arguing with Will.
"Maybe we should...?" I asked carefully and Connor nodded directly.
"Your brother needs a little help I think." he said with a grim shimmer in his normally warm eyes.
Katie and Travis exchanged a worried look but followed us silently.
"Will? Everything alright?" I asked friendly and he looked at me with worried eyes.
"Sure, baby sis." he only answered and I became skeptical.
"You should probably stay a little out of trouble the next time, Will. Don´t want you to collapse." I told him seriously, ignoring my father behind me.
"Maybe I should but it´s not possible when you are the house eldest." "Don´t think that this is a reason for destroying yourself, brother!" "It isn´t but caring about my siblings is." he answered gentle and patted my head before he saw Connor next to me holding my hand.
"Better choice than I thought you would make, baby sis. But be careful with your heart." he told me softly and looked back at Dad.
"My heart is safe where it is. But I am worried about yours, Will. You are hurt like everyone of our siblings." "Maybe even more. Micha was one of your best friends and not only your brother." Connor said carefully and Will became pale.
"Connor, please..." I said silently and became even more worried about my brother.
"Yeah, he was but I can´t be unfocused forever... I need to be focused on the important things here and now. On the living... On my promises." Will told us with thin voice and I glared at Connor.
"Was this necessary?!" I asked as quiet as possible.
"Yes, it was." Connor answered quietly.
"One of your promises was to be healthy wasn´t it? But like this you aren´t... Soon you just will collapse..." I told Will worried and he dropped his gaze on the ground.
"Won´t, baby sis. Just go and let me talk to Dad, mh?" "You shouldn´t. He isn´t worth a word you say." I answered icy and Will sighed silently.
"Connor, please." Will asked my boyfriend to take me away.
When he nodded I went silently with him.
I really didn´t want a fight with him, when I was so happy around him.
Maybe the day wasn´t only bad...
What will come next?
What do you think about all this?
:)
Fiera