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Chapter 9: Hades Being Apologetic Is...Weird...
Rose sat at the edge of Olympus, ran her fingers through her hair and sighed. I shouldn't have slapped him. She thought. He had no idea about how I felt. She sighed again. Crap.
"Oh, my little Sweet pea, what happened!" Cried Demeter, sitting down next to the shifter a quickly as she could (which wasn't quite as quick as the Earth Mother would've liked.)
"I'm fine now Demeter, really. But I'm regretting what I did to Hades." Sighed the teen. "He really didn't know what he was saying."
"Now Chickpea, we've had this conversation. Call me Mom. And I'm sure that that atrocious weed deserved the smack." Stated Demeter sternly.
"But he didn't know that it would set me off Dem-!" Demeter gave Rose a look. "-Mother. He was just blowing off steam."
"Well that's no reason to make a delicate flower like you upset, dear. Now come get a hug." Crooned The Earth Mother, wrapping her arms around the young woman.
I'm a 'Delicate Flower' now? Sheesh. Rose thought. What she wouldn't do to have this Goddess stop trying to be her mother. She wasn't an abandoned child! She had a mother who loved her. She's just not around to do it any more...
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Hera and Aphrodite stood some feet away watching the scene.
"The poor dear," Whispered Hera, "She is such a sweet girl and so much tragedy has been sent her way. To loose all of your friends and family..."
"Yeah and I'm sure having to deal with being the only Shapeshifter left is pretty hard too." Aphrodite agreed. "And then put on top of it that she has to deal with Hades on a daily basis." She shuddered. "I don't think I could even work with him for 5 minutes!"
"Well she seems a bit cheerier than she has been in the past. When she came in I almost mistook her for a demi-goddess!" Mused the queen of the gods. "Hades almost looked like he was having a good time too, now that I think of it."
"Hades? We're still talking about the guy who lives in the "Basement" right? He hates any of these big galas! Why on Earth would he..." Unless. Aphrodite thought, trailing off. No...i couldn't be. It's to crazy! But the quiet nagging in the back of her mind never quite left.
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"So... What'chu gonna do Hades?" Called Poseidon from his seat next to Zeus. No one had told him that he was "part of the problem" Soooooo yeah, he just though Rose had over reacted about something.
"Uh yeah, if I said I had no idea..." Hades bit back.
"Well you're gonna have to do somethin." Mumbled the god of the sea.
"A-duhh." Quipped Hades childishly. "But what?! She almost never talks about herself. Tartarus, that's what got me into this mess in the first place!"
"Well there must be something Hades, I mean really." Said Zeus.
"If I knew, do you think I would still be standing here?!" Hades growled. Then he had a epiphany. " Heeeey, Zeus, Big Bro, you've known Rose for-like-ever, mind giving me a hint?"
"Oooooh no Hades, you're getting out of this on your own." Zeus commanded regally.
"Awe common! Just a hint!"
"No."
"A word!"
"No!"
"Common already! You wanna play charades, lets play charades!"
"HADES,"
"Common, I don't even care if you draw a freakin' picture, just tell me something I can use!"
By this point Hades was gripping onto the front of (a slightly scared) Zeus's chiton looking for all the underworld like he was going to have a nervous breakdown.
"Calm down Hades! I'm sure you'll think of something." Zeus tried to console, as he tugged his distraught brother off his chiton. He looked down at the now singed and wrinkled fabric and sighed. Hera is not going to be happy about this.
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I'll just apologize, ask if we can for get it ever happened and offer to make dessert tonight. Thought Rose as she walked back towards the party.
"Give 'im Tartarus Hun!" Shouted Aphrodite from behind her. Rose half turned and waved with a sheepish smile. As she turned back around she sighed. How many times do I have to tell them it's not his fault?
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I'll just apologize, ask if she wants to head back and Try and figure out what she likes within the next few weeks. Darn Zeus. "I'm gonna make you figure it out yerself." *pfft
"Don't worry Hades, I know from experience that women aren't good at staying mad forever!" Said Poseidon, slapping Hades on the back.
"Yeah, their just great at holding grudges." Grumbled the Lord of the Dead.
"That, my friend, is a whole other problem!" Poseidon chuckled.
Lets get this thing over with.
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Deep in thought, neither The God or the Shapeshifter realized that they were on a collision path with each other...until it happened.
"Omf!" Gasped out Rose as she tumbles back onto her bum. Did I just walk into a wall? Cause that would really just make this day a lot worse.
"Need a hand?" Called out a very familiar voice.
"AH! I'm so sorry Hades! I wasn't watching where I was going ah-!" Rose was suddenly jerked to her feet and into Hades' arms.
"It's fine. You OK? You look like a mortal visiting my town." Hades asked nonchalantly. Inside he started to panic. Is she that uncomfortable being around me now?
Rose's eyes started to tear up, "I'm so sorry!" She started sniffling, "I shouldn't have hit you. You didn't know what happened."
"Look Rosie, babe, I'm sorry. I didn't mean anything by it, you know me, always trying to nix Zeus." Hades apologized awkwardly.
"It's fine! It's like I said, you didn't know." She said with a sniffle.
"Ah, um, gah, lets just go! Enough of this pity party!" Hades bit out quickly turning towards the exit.
Rose watched Hades as his back retreated into the distance. She giggled. Thanks Hades. I don't know for what yet; But thanks.
"Hey Hades, you realize you're cooking right?"
"WHAT?!"
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After dinner had been cooked and dessert eaten everyone went to bed and settled in for the evening. Now many of you readers may not be aware, but the Underworld does have so weather patterns and when they show up, they bring the hurt! This evening it just happened to be something akin to a tropical storm with a dash of thunder and lightning (it's not always Zeus.) So anyways everyone was tucked in and cozy, until, well...
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!"
A blood curdling scream combined with a tremendous crash of thunder shook the subterranean palace. Hades sat bolt upright in his bed. Wha? Huh? What schmuck started the torture in Tartarus at this hour. When I get my hands on-
"AAAAhhhhhhh!" The scream sounded again and this time Hades figured it out. He whipped back the blankets and pulled on a chiton as quick as he could before gliding down the hallway. He slamed through the door to Rose's room.
"Rose! Hey!" He asked worriedly. Rose was flopping around on her bed like a fish out of water with a look of absolute terror on her face.
"NO! NOOOOO! LEAVE THEM ALONE!" She screamed. She started to claw at her face in terror leaving bloody steaks where the nails bit into her flesh.
"Rose! Calm down! No one's there!" Hades yelled shaking her by her shoulders.
"GET AWAY! GET AWAY! AAAAAHHHHHHHH!" She screamed.
"WAKE UP!" Roared Hades, flaring. Anything to get her awake. She stopped screaming and whipped her head back and forth looking for some unknown evil.
"Hades?" She whimpered. She was pale and sweating under her sheets.
"You were having a night terror, at least that's what it was lookin like. You're fine, there's nothing here." Hades tried to console as best he could.
"Hades...-" All of a sudden Rose's face crumpled. "Waaaahhh!" She cried collapsing into Hades' arms. A look of shock and discomfort passed over Hades' face before he wrapped his arms around Rose's small, shaking frame. As Rose sobbed all Hades could do was hold her to him.
"Uh...You should, go back to sleep." Hades mumbled into her ear. He felt her nod against his chest. He moved to get up but as he turned Rose grabbed his sleeve.
"Please don't leave!" She said panic stricken.
"..." Hades paused thinking about what options he had. Well he needed to sleep but he couldn't just leave her there. "Wanna camp out in my room?" He said half joking.
"May I?! Please?!" Asked the scared teen.
*sigh. "Follow me." I was the one that offered. Not that I'm entirely opposed to the idea of sharing a room...I did not just think that. Nope, nope, definitely not.
The pair retreated back to Hades' room in silence. Once the got into the room Hades slipped into bed and looked back towards the door. There stood Rose, with her arms wrapped around a stuffed tiger toy.
"Where should I go?" She mumbled.
Hades sighed, frustrated, "Come on." He said patting the spot on the bed next to him. Rose looked at him questioningly. "I don't have all night!" Hades growled tiredly.
Rose quickly padded over to the side of the bed that Hades had motioned to. He pulled back the top two covers and left the third between them.
"Well?" He grumbled.
Hesitantly, Rose crawled into bed beside The Lord of the Dead and settled in, letting the god put the covers back over her.
"Finally. Now get some sleep." Said Hades flipping over.
For a short time the couple didn't say anything.
"Hades?" Questioned Rose.
"Ugh." Grumbled the sleepy god.
"Thank you." She mumbled sleepily.
There were a couple moments of complete silence.
"You're welcome, kid." Hades whispered.
But by then the little woman was already fast asleep.