When I woke up the next morning I was very surprised about anybody laying in my bed with me.
I looked up in his face and smiled a little bit.
Connor still was asleep and looked innocent like a little child.
Just cute!
But I felt like somebody was staring at me so I sat on my bed and looked around.
My father leaned in the door and watched Connor and me.
"Had a good night?", Dad asked politely and I sighed.
"Dad... Nothing happened. I swear. I just was so damn afraid and begged him to stay over night. Don´t be mad with him...", I whispered guiltily and he seemed to search something on my face.
"You know, I never was intended in being mad with your boyfriend. He is a good boy and even my sister likes this relationship. But be careful with your heart, little sun. I don´t want you to become a brokenhearted girl.", he said gently and I nodded smiling.
"Connor never would." "Just be careful, my dear."
Connor moved a little bit and I chuckled when he put his arms around me and pulled me closer towards him.
"Sleep.", he mumbled and I couldn´t help but laugh.
"Open your eyes, late riser. My father is watching you.", I told him amused and he was on his feet in just one second.
He really had been worried about what Dad could think.
"Oh... ähm..."
Connor was obviously not able to speak when he looked in the amused face of my Dad.
"Had a good night?", he asked jokingly and Connor blushed.
"Dad!" "I just wanted to be polite, baby girl.", he laughed and grinned at me.
"Sure and making him blush is just a welcome extra, mh?" I asked head shaking and my father chuckled.
"Back to business please. You won´t walk alone across this camp any more! You need somebody having your back, Adriana!"
Oh, oh, full name. Bad thing.
"You didn´t catch Nyx..." I said and felt this pressure inside me from my little devil inside.
I wanted this goddess gone!
"I don´t like this look on your face, Adriana. You won´t hunt her! Artemis and I will take care of it!", Dad said with serious voice and I had my most innocent look on my face.
"Of course, Daddy. Won´t ever betray you.", I said understanding and Connor looked at me skeptically.
He really knew me well.
"I won´t let her walk anywhere without me. Only the shower, I promise, there will Katie stay by her side." Connor said and added this one part with the shower after a bad look of my Dad.
"Dad!" I grumbled and he just rolled his eyes.
"I will take you at your word, Connor! Don´t disappoint me!" Dad said with this crazy father voice telling me he was over protective again.
"Won´t." my boyfriend promised and Dad vanished.
"I really dislike it when he does this...", I told Connor who just pulled me in his arms and kissed me gentle.
"I wanted to do this since I woke up but with your father around I was a little scared." Connor chuckled and I laughed.
"I love you." I told him smiling and he kissed me tenderly.
Enough answer for me.
I huddled against him and sighed relaxed when we just stood in my room and enjoyed being together.
"Feeling better than yesterday, mh?" he asked and I shivered feeling his breath on my neck.
"With you around me? Of course." I chuckled and he looked up in my eyes.
"You really should listen to your fathers words. It´s dangerous out there for you." "I am a demigoddess, Connor. Of course it is dangerous out there. But I won´t hide forever! This goddess hurt my family! She took my brother from me and I will take her life!" I growled and he laughed about me.
"You are even more dangerous than your father and your aunt, aren´t you?" he said teasing me and I smiled a little bit.
"Shut up and kiss me." I laughed and he did.
Somebody knocked the door but both of us ignored it.
"Dria? Still asleep?" Will asked from outside and I chuckled.
"Never leave me alone, Connor.", I whispered and he smiled gentle.
"Never will." he promised and we both started laughing when Will came in.
He looked like being hit by Chirons hooves.
"Everything fine, brother?" I asked innocent and walked past him, Connor right behind me.
"Sorry for not telling but she forced me to stay." Connor told Will and I rolled my eyes.
"Go and change! Will is here so you can leave me under his protection, right? So I will have time to change as well.", I told Connor and he laughed.
"Only because you said "please". " he told me grinning and I added this "Please" after.
He kissed me kind of to short and I watched him leaving.
"Dad knew?" Will asked and I laughed again.
"Yes, he did and if you want to know I still could become a Huntress." I told him and he blushed.
"ADRIANA!" he shouted embarrassed and I chuckled.
"What? You wanted to know, didn´t you?" "Dria, please! You are my baby sister." he sighed and I kissed his cheek.
"I know. I will now go change my clothes. Stay out." I laughed and he smiled head shaking.
A few minutes and a lot laughing later I waited with Will for my boyfriend to appear again.
I was kind of nervous when he wasn´t around me...
"Nyx won´t dare to take him, baby sis. Relax." Will tried to calm me but he hit the point exactly.
Normally she shouldn´t dare to take me but she did...
"I hate this, Will... I want to be safe here. I want you and everybody I love to be safe here. Why isn´t this possible? That´s not fair!", I told my brother sadly and he hugged me comforting.
"Don´t worry. We all can fight for our life." he said with soft voice but it didn´t work for me.
I was scared because I really didn´t want to loose any of them...
"Ho would you act? Nyx can´t take me directly. I will have to go to her by myself so she could force Dad to come for my rescue... But I won´t. She has to force me to come as well... How would you force me?" "With Connor, Travis, Katie or even one of our siblings. You are kind of to protective for your loved so she could make it work for her and against you." Will answered honestly and I tensed.
"Why Travis?" "He is the twin brother of your boyfriend. If he dies Connor wouldn´t ever be the same."
Why did I ask again? That was not what I wanted to hear...
When I saw Connor coming towards us I relaxed again.
Travis and Katie were right beside him.
"See, nothing happened. Chiron would become crazy by a second accident like this." Will calmed me down and I laughed a little bit.
"Dad would kill him if this would happen again." I told him firmly and he chuckled.
"Something to laugh about and I am not around?" Connor greeted us and I fling my arms around his neck.
"Just out of desperation because you wasn´t around me." I told him with a teasing shine in my eyes.
"Mh, then I have to distract you from your sad thoughts." he told me with flirty voice and I chuckled silently.
This kiss wasn´t for anybody watching...
I felt breathless when we parted again and he smiled this smile a boy gets when he exactly knew how you felt.
"Seriously, get a room, you guys!" Travis laughed and I looked at him in a challenging way.
"Jealous?" I asked with my most innocent voice I am using to much today.
Katie chuckled and shook her head while Connor pulled me in his arms and hold me tight.
"We need to go to training, don´t we?" I asked sighing because I really could remain like this.
"Yeah, Chiron would pull us to the Arena if we don´t go ourselves." Katie told me serious and both of us started chuckling.
Being pulled by Chiron wouldn´t be really comfortable at all but it would be a funny picture for everybody watching.
Hopefully it wasn´t me being pulled.
After practice we were walking through the strawberry fields.
Connor and I have been escaping from Clarisse when she wanted to kill my boyfriend.
Travis ran in the one direction while we ran in the other.
Now we enjoyed the sweet scent and the light wind.
"I love you, my princess.", Connor said with a really gentle voice.
I smiled at him and looked in the sun.
"You are the only one who would be really able to hurt me. You own my heart and I really don´t want it back from you ever." I answered and he kissed me shortly.
Just to short for my terms but it wasn´t all about me, right?
I enjoyed this peaceful day with Connor but when it became dark I started to become nervous again...
Darkness was her power and every shadow could be her.
Connor stayed by my side although I told him not to.
But I loved him for being there for me... For staying by my side.
And sleeping while he lay next to me and had his arms around me was the best thing ever...