(Nothing really important to say... last chapter wasn't as long as I wanted it to be... But it was longer! Look at the bright side :D This chapters gonna be pretty short but very mushy. Nuff said.)

Disclaimer: I have no legal right to any character that Rick Riordan created first. Now.. On with the fanfiction!

Kat's POV

I hated lying to my friends like that... I didn't want to betray them, but I had no choice. I can tell they're not at ease around me now, especially Matt. I was going to have to break his heart in the end, and lose everybody who called me their friend. But that's some information to discuss later. We jacked a soccer mom van and headed to Ohio. Nico drove, obviously. Meghan called shotgun, again, obvious. I sat in the back, with the middle seat separating me from Matt, who kept glancing over at me nervously. Percy and Annabeth sat beside each other in the middle area of the van, holding hands and talking and laughing and such other things. This may sound totally Aphrodite-ish, but they made a cute couple, as did Nico and Meghan. But not Matt and I. I thought at first, but I forgot about Bryce. I work for him. And not mention, I'm his girlfriend. (A/N: SHOCKER! XD) Matt probably knows by now that I'm not on their side, but he didn't say a word. I decided to be social. I scooted into the middle seat. "Um, you okay Matt?" I put a hand on his shoulder. He shrugged my hand off "Yeah, I'm fine." He managed a quick smile. I frowned "Don't lie. There's something wrong and you're gonna tell me." He sighed "How did you know those people, and what were you talking about?" "I knew Xavier from a time when I was staying with my grandmother in Canada, and Courtney, she's lived in the same orphanage all her life. I used to live there for awhile, because I wouldn't tell anybody my real name, or where my parents were, because one of them, I honestly didn't know. And what we were talking about, I told them that there's another sign for that in another hall and to go look at the one there instead of creeping my friends out." Matt's expression changed and he looked somewhat happy. I hated lying to him. It actually broke my heart. Bryce would probably kill them off in the end, so I guess we could have our little summer-fall romance... Bryce won't know. He wouldn't even care. He'll think I was torturing Matt, luring him into the trap. For what it was worth, I kissed his cheek. He just stared at me with those big brown eyes. I was cursing at myself in my head. How could I possibly destroy a guy as nice and dreamy as him? I couldn't. But I had to. I have no choice. A female voice in the back of my mind kept saying "Yes you do, Katerina!" I wanted to have a choice, but I ignored the voice. Matt looked worried and hugged me "Are you okay? I'm sure everything is gonna be fine." I sighed as I lied to him "Mhm..."

Meghan's POV

I was looking out the window of the commercial vehicle that we stole, and saw a sign saying "Welcome to Ohio, the Buckeye state!" Joy, only seven states until we get destroyed by chaos! How lovely. Nico glanced over at me "About the thing in the food court-" I interrupted "No need to explain. It may have been embarrassing, but who cares?" He smiled, and you could totally tell he was blushing. I bet I was too, probably more than him. "Another thing... The kiss..." He said. "Oh..." I suddenly didn't know what to say. "Um, yeah, about that... It was nothing... Unless- Unless you want it to mean something" That sounded so... Ugh. He smiled a bit, so I guess it wasn't so bad "I wouldn't mind it meaning something, but, only if-" I interrupted yet again "Sure" I smiled and laid my hand over his hand in the middle seat of the van. He kept his eyes on the road as he drove, but he looked like he was focusing on something else.