Previously:
And then he started talking about a girl, at first Rachel thought he
was talking about Reyna, then he started saying things about the
girl's green eyes, and bravery, and long red hair, and the way she
looks pretty when she sleeps. Then he turned his head to look at
Rachel.
"And she was my special princess" he finished, before leaning down to
seal her lips with his.
"What was that for!?" Octavian held his hand to his cheek where the
skin was beginning to turn red.
Rachel had limped her way over to the door by now "don't you dare kiss
me, Octavian, you don't even know me!"
She tried to open it but ended up leaning against the locked door to
glare at the clueless boy.
"I...I'm... I apologize" he whispered
"You what?"
"Look, I'm sorry I kissed you, I didn't mean to hurt you"
"Why!?" She demanded, testing her ankle's strength then wincing when
she put too much pressure on it.
"I... Don't know...I just wanted to kiss you... So I did"
"But I'm the oracle" he wasn't sure, but Octavian could swear he
could see a blush spread across Rachel's cheeks "I have sworn off
boys, I'm an eternal virgin, I can never... I'd have to ask Apollo,
but nobody has herd from the gods in 9 months"
"Have you ever met Apollo, I'm pretty sure he would sympathize,
considering the amount of children he has"
"Am I allowed to leave?" She asked, tugging at her shirt.
"Sure, but you might want to freshen up first, my princess, you have
been out for 2 days, there are spare clothes in there" Octavian
pointed to the bathroom, he had spent the last two days sleeping,
eating merger rations and getting things ready for Rachel when she
woke.
He walked over to help her walk, she latched onto his arm and they
walked across the room and into the large bathroom.
"There's a clean towel, clothes and soap and things over there"
Octavian pointed to a pile of clothes topped with soaps.
"Thanks, um, I'll see you when I'm done"
Octavian left the room, locking the door behind him.
He walked over to his closet and pulled on a clean camp shirt and worn
jeans. He would normally have hung stuffed toys from his belt and made
a few sacrifices to the gods, but leaving the girl now didn't seem
right.
Octavian fell back onto his bed, cursing himself over and over, both
in English and Latin. He was he dumbest person ever, he shouldn't have
kissed her, but he really wanted to do it again, he had never, ever,
done something like that before, but he had never felt this way
before, either.
She was truly special, but Octavian had absolutely experience with
this kind of stuff. Girls, kissing, other things. Love. There, that
was the word, the one Octavian dreaded, only, she really made it all
better.
He lay there, in self pity, until he heard Rachel call for him to let her out.
He walked over to open the door and she looked truly beautiful.
"Is there any other shirt, perhaps long sleeved?" She asked "I'm cold
and I don't like purple"
"First of all, it's the middle of summer, second, you look really,
really pretty"
Rachel blushed and her eyes glowed.
"Now come on, my princess, you must want some food"
This time Rachel didn't even protest to the nickname, she took the
outstretched hand and they linked their fingers.
"Your hair's pretty when it's wet" Octavian commented as they left the
room, taking a strand of it between two fingers on his other hand and
twirling it.
Breakfast was truly like a movie. When they walked into the hall, half
of the people in the room turned to stare at them. Rachel shred away
from the attention, but Octavian lead her over to a table in the
centre of the room, with Reyna, an, already drunk, Dakota and other
members of the senate.
"Today we must decide a plan of action for dealing with the Greeks and
the girl" one of the senators said.
"I propose we keep her prisoner" said another
"No, she is not a prisoner, but she will help Octavian in his duties
as argur" Reyna looked directly at Octavian, probably expecting him to
object. But spending more time with the girl seemed rather nice.
"But, am I still your captive?" Asked Rachel from the seat next to
Octavian. Her grip on his hand tightened and he squeezed hers trying
to reassure her.
"No" Reyna replied "you are as free as any new augur would be. You
will work for Rome, and help Octavian decipher the ancient prophecies.
"Okay" Rachel sounded timid and unsure.
"Octavian, why don't you take her and show her around camp, we a going
to begin using the Greek's cabins, they have been cleared, I believe
you can stay in the former cabin of Apollo"
Then Rachel stood beside him and Octavian was pulled along by the
pretty girl out of the hall back in the direction they had come.
"You don't even know where your going" Octavian laughed
"But the oracle does" the girl replied
"Is it... Talking to... You?"
"Sometimes it guides me, yes, it saved my life in the arena, I am it's
first living host in a long time, and I've only delivered one prophecy
so far" Rachel turned to face him and took his other hand in hers.
"Did Reyna mean both of us? In the same cabin?" She blushed
"I believe so" Octavian smiled back and began to walk toward the cabin
but Rachel pulled at his hands. He turned again to look at her.
"Race ya" she said before she ran off.
They arrived at the same time, hot and out of breath.
"Tie" Rachel panted before opening the door to the cabin.
She took a few steps inside and turned wide-eyed to Octavian
"Oh gods" she said "your gonna love this my prince"
A/N: okay, the next chapters gonna be a good one! Some Greeks come
back into the story and the whole problem with the eternal-Virgin, no
boys thing is going to be addressed. And to say goodbye here is a
haiku for Apollo.
"Tavy likes Rachel
Plane flights are very boring
I love Octachel"
-Athena Ari Hawthorne
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