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It was a week and a half when Mark and Clarisse finally came back. They both look like they walked a good few miles to get here when they arrive. They look behind them as if something is going to pop out behind them at any moment. Could this be a side effect of being alive in the underworld?

Anyways when they got here I was alerted right away. So I caught them right as they passed the cabins. I ran up to them. Mark's face relaxes before he says sort of angrily. "Forgot to do something?"

I frown trying to think of the thing I was supposed to do. "You know contact us when you got here?" He says raising an eyebrow.

"Right…" I say putting a finger to my cheek. "Whoops?"

He pulls me into a hug and I hug him back. "Dude, people don't know yet." Clarisse says laughing. "Besides I get a hug too, right?

I laugh and give her a quick hug. "So what did your father say?" I ask. "Did he even answer?"

"Yes we were able to talk to him. Apparently every God knows. That and only the underworld knew you were a child of Thanatos. When they saw you they assumed you were Phobos's daughter." He smirks at me

"Hey if I was his daughter I wouldn't be dating you." Raising my eyebrows playfully at him.

Now Clarisse was smirking also, "So you made it official? I call telling Lacey." She says laughing at my face when she says the last part.

"First we have to talk to Chiron." Mark says grabbing my arm.

I continue with them to the big house. Chiron was outside playing that one weird game with a satyr. "Chiron." Mark calls out.

"Well good to see you two again." He says smiling. "Tell me what your father said."

"First off, you remember Clark, William, and Philip right." Chiron nods. "Well we went to visit. They said I wasn't allowed to leave again. I want to stay here so… If they come is it possible for you not to let them take me?"

"I'll try but three son of Ares, well that's practically arguing with your father himself." Chiron says "Now tell me what your father said.

He repeats the same thing he told me. Chiron laughs when he gets to the part about not knowing I was a living thing.

"Well. I've already talked to Claire about this. Would you mind also staying in her cabin Clarisse?" Chiron says then ask Clarisse.

She smiles and says, "why not."

Then Mark puts a hand to his heart and with mock hurt says, "And you're not inviting me?"

"Nope." I say popping it. He grabs me and pulls me into a large hug. Well because I am smaller than him, the hug was large.

"Take care. Go tell Sherman your back." Chiron says. We thank him as we exit the door. Then continue back to the cabins. Mark has let go of me by now.

We walk up to the Ares cabin well I wait on the porch. "Sherman. We're back!" Clarisse yells at the locked door. It almost instantly swings open. I laugh as Sherman grins at them.

"Your back! Great now you get to tell us all about the fun you had!" The happiness combined with the sarcasm is almost too much to handle and even worse coming from the son of the war god. "You to sweetie." he says before grabbing me and pulling me inside along with his two siblings.

Clarisse sits down on her bed and I sit down next to her. She raises an eyebrow at me. In return I do the same thing. I look around the room. Its a dark blackish red. Swords, spears, and knives are everywhere. Then there's a few dressers presses between the bunk beds.

"So…" Sherman says gaining his other siblings attention. "Tell us what happened."

"Yeah"

"Tell us!"

"Be quiet!"

"let them speak.

"Well we got on a plane." Clarisse starts.

"This is going to be a very boring story isn't it." Someone complains from the back of the room.

"Well we'll get to the part where Mark will start blushing. Anyways we got there and we had nowhere to stay so Mark took us to stay with his mom." She says.

"Aww, why didn't you stay somewhere cool? You know like on the streets or something?" One of the younger siblings asks in a whiny voice.

"Because getting Clair there alive was important. First meetings are important. Don't want to introduce her to her father looking like her life as camp is horrible." Clarisse says.

Mark puts his head into his hands and looks up slightly. I smirk at him; He mouths something along the lines of "You'll be doing it too soon."

"So we learned that his three older brothers are demigods. Then they kind of refused to let us leave. So they were give us three good reasons why you should go back. And…"

"What were these reasons?" Sherman asks watching Mark's face with a mischievous smirk as it pales.

Clarisse smirks and looks at me, "First Chiron would practically panic." Lots of nods happen after this one. "Second he has a girlfriend. And the third reason was never said."

"Wait did I miss something? When did you get a girlfriend?" Sherman says sliding up against Mark and wrapping an arm around his shoulders.

"Three weeks ago, they've been dating in secret." Clarisse says smirking at us.

"Who?" Sherman says attempting to wiggle his eyebrows. Which he epically failed at.

"You can guess." Clarisse says and Mark groans.

"Someone from the Aphrodite cabin?" A sibling says. Clarisse raises an eyebrow at them and they lean back.

"Oh! Wow! That explains a lot!" Sherman says launching up. Mark's face pales and his eyes fill with dread.

"What! Tell us!" A few of the other kids say leaning forwards.

"She's been visiting us when we're in training. He left with her on a trip!" Sherman says before wildly pointing at me. A few mouths drop open. They're a chorus of "Oohs" and "Ahhs" and a few "congratulations" then I could a sworn I hear a "Aww, darn it".

Mark obviously hear it too. He looks around before grabbing me and pulling me onto the opposite side of where Sherman was sitting. He then wraps his arm around my waist and I let him pull me closer.

"Going on… We tried to drop her off. Hades told her the news. We sent her back. I returned to my family. They refused to let me so we snuck out. If anyone tries to take me back to Hollywood I'm putting you guys in charge of keeping me here."

"Well now that we're done I'm staying in Clair's cabin for a while Mark and Sherman are in charge. Don't burn the cabin down!" She says sternly. Then she grabs a bag and starts grabbing clothes and stuffing into it.

She quickly finishes," Well we're off to tell Lacey." She gives a quick salute the grabs my arm and drags me out. I dig my heels into the ground. This doesn't do much.

"You know I can walk too." I say pulling hard away from her. I'm able to pull myself free but I end up falling onto the ground.

" I know." She says smugly and continues walking towards my cabin. When she reaches the porch I stand up and follow her. I start running when she get inside.

When I get inside I see Lacey hugging her. "Guess what Claire hasn't told you for three weeks?"

"What! Tell me!" She says looking at Clarisse then at me and back again a few times.

"She and Mark are official." She says waving her eyebrows. Lacey's jaw drops. Her eyes glow with a strange mixture of happiness and hurt.

"I was going to tell you, I was just waiting for him to get back." I say shyly.

"I'll forgive you, if I get to choose your clothes. Completely for the next month and a half." She says putting her hands on her hips.

"Fine." I say after a moment's hesitation. She grins and laughs. I just smiled at her. Well Clarisse shook her head at us and smiled.

In the weeks to come I would find myself looking back on this moment wishing I could go back and live it over and over again.

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