"Brake!" Apollo screamed. "You're going to bake Alaska if you keep this up! Just slow down and keep the speed steady, the faster you go, the hotter it is." I eased up on the gas.

"Is that better?"

"Speed up, or else you'll start the next ice age," he tightened his grip on the seat. I speed up slightly and Apollo let out a sigh of relief.

"Thank gods, stay at this speed for a bit, I beg of you." Next to me Apollo loosened his death grip on the seat, only slightly though.

"You weren't kidding when you said you don't know how to drive," he said in a strained voice. I shot him a glare in the mirror. He held up his hands in mock surrender.

"Alright, now, you're going to need to go a little lower, sine it's the Caribbean. " I nodded and carefully maneuvered down. I smiled as I reached the right altitude.

"I did it!" I cheered. Next to me Apollo laughed.

"I knew you would, now just keep her like this for the next hour, then it's just a matter of reaching Australia, after that we'll land in the forest and I'll drop you there." I smiled at him.

"Thanks for teaching me how to drive."

"No problem," Apollo ran a hand through his hair. We sat in silence for a few minutes before he decided to break it yet again.

"Why didn't you learn to drive when you were sixteen? You should have your license by now."

"I don't leave camp, there never was a reason to learn how, it's not like there's anywhere to go anyway." I shrugged.

"So you've never wanted to see what's out there?"

"I never said that," I snapped. "It's just that I have never found a good reason to leave."

"You've never been on a quest?" I shook my head.

"The wars were enough adventure for me," Apollo laughed.

"Fair enough. Sometimes I wish I had a little less adventure in my life." I raised my eyebrow at him.

"You're a god! I think adventure comes with the title," Apollo laughed.

"True, so, tell me, why do you stay all year at camp?" I took a deep breath. It is still a hard topic to discuss.

"Well, my cabin is my family." I tried to keep it short but he pried more.

"Don't you have a mom?" Tears stung is my eyes and I blinked hard.

"She dies, on my way to camp, she saved me," I managed to say quickly before the tears started. A warm arm wrapped around my shoulders while another carefully righted the steering wheel.

"Hey, it's alright, you don't have to tell me." Apollo comforted. "I know it's hard." I nodded.

"Sorry, I just don't like to talk about it," I said quietly. "It brings back bad memories."

"Let's talk about something else." he suggested.

"Fine, now you get to tell me something."

"That depends on the question," Apollo said.

"Do you actually understand mortals, or are you like Zeus and clueless?" Apollo barked a laugh.

"I'm better than him when it comes to mortals, but I'm not that great, I honestly don't understand half the things you people do." I laughed.

"Like what?"

"It's hard to explain," he shrugged, "but enough about that. After all, you are my mortal buddy. You have to answer some questions for me." I frowned at the nickname.

"Alright," I grumbled.

"What type of music do you like?" I laughed.

"You would go right for that question," I thought for a minute. I do not listen to music often, since I am always so busy. "I guess, if I had to chose, I would probably say young punk, like Paramore and Green Day."

"Funny that you pick those two bands," Apollo laughed.

"Why?"

"Those are my kids."

Suddenly, Apollo pulled his arm from around me and sat up straiter. He cursed under his breath.

"Wha-" I started to ask but he threw his hand over my mouth with a finger pressed to his lips. Through the radio came a burst of static.

"Apollo," came a cracky voice.

"Yes, Herms?" He answered keeping is hand over my mouth, I continued in route back to Mew York.

"Don't call me that! We have a missing demigod," My father said. "She has been reported missing from camp earlier and they need your help looking, since you see everything under the sun." I. Ould practically hear the eye roll.

"Alright, who is it?" Apollo asked.

"Laura Collins, my daughter." Hermes answered after a minute, his voice was so quiet that I had to strain to hear. "You know the one you tried to hit on at the camp fire."

"You mean the blonde haired one?"

"She has black hair, 'pollo. Black hair, blue eyes, and she's short." I glared at Apollo who snickered slightly.

"Oh, I remember her, she was the one you told me never to speak to again," Apollo let out a little laugh.

"That's the one, I'll let you speak to her, only speak, if you find her," dad let out a heavy sigh. "I need you to find her, she holds the cabin together, without her my kids... oh gods, my kids, I can't even think about what would happen."

'Does dad know we're interfering with the demigods."

"No, and I won't tell him if you don't."

"Deal. I'll be at camp in a little bit, I need to set the sun, first."

"Fine, but please hurry!" The speaker clicked off and Apollo moved his hand from my mouth.

"Sorry about that," he said. "You should hurry up. They know you're gone."

"I wonder how they found out so quickly."

"Did anyone know where you were going?" Suddenly, realization hit me like a ton of bricks.

"Kyle," I gasped. Apollo raised his eyebrow at me."My brother, he was on a crazed sugar high, so I took him for a run in the forest, I left him hiding in a bush when I went to go see what the engine noise was. We thought it was the bronze dragon or something like it." Apollo laughed.

"So let me get this straight, you left your little brother in the forest, alone, just because I asked you for a drive." I felt my cheeks grow warm.

"No, I left him because I wanted to learn how to drive," I snapped. "Oh gods, my brothers are gonna kill me!" I finished in a moan. Travis and Conner were going to be angry when they found out that I had not been in a monster attack, like I was sure everyone assumed, but that I had chosen to leave my baby brother out alone in the woods while I went for a joy ride.

"Hey, hey," Apollo put his arm around my shoulders again. "I have an idea..." I groaned.

"Every single time I hear a sentence starting with that something goes wrong, and we all almost die." I groaned, banging my head into the steering wheel.

"No this is a good one," Apollo promised. "When we land, you'll run into the woods and roll around in some mud-"

"No!"

"Stop interrupting and listen!" He snapped, losing his patience. "You'll roll in the mud, maybe tangle some leaves and stuff in your hair and then I'll come around and 'find' you. That way they'll all think you got lost or something."

"That's a great idea in theory, but I think they'll realize that I am in no way hurt. Besides after the near drowning incident and this, I've caused them so much stress, they'll probably be mad at me for taking on the nonexistent monster."

"I can make it look like I healed you up before anyone got there. After all it is my specialty," Apollo winked, "and getting told off about fighting a monster that doesn't exist is better than telling your father that you disobeyed him, or rather completely ignored his warning." I sighed in defeat.

"Fine, but if they figure it out, I am so blaming you."

"Noted," Apollo smirked as we began our descent.

A/N sorry for the late chapter I've been sick and I also joined the track team, so I have been too tired to write after practice. Hopefully, I'll start updating more often soon but for now I'm going to be off schedule. Please, don't hate me for it.

Also, if you are interested, I am going to be staring a companion to this story in Apollo's POV. It'll be shorter than this story but I have some interesting ideas I want to incorporate. If you want a say in the title please go to my page and vote in the poll.

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