Chapter 2: Where The Hell Is Nome?
The next few weeks went by as slow as ever. Chiron told me take some alone time so I stayed at fireworks beach. Will was the only person who ever saw me cry. The Ares cabin burnt a shroud for my mother at the amphitheater. After that I made my way back to the beach and cried again. Will came over and sat down next to me.
"You probably think I'm a weakling now that you've seen me cry so many times," I said after I finished wiping my tears.
"No. I think you're even stronger." He said
"Yeah right," I scoffed
"No really. Now I know you have emotions. It's a great relief to me." I chuckled.
The funeral came a few weeks later. All the Olympians came as well as the Ares cabin, Chiron in his wheelchair and Will.
"Ms. Brown," Chiron called after the funeral.
"Yes Chi-Mr. Bruner," I quickly caught myself.
"You do know that you can't live with your father on Olympus, right."
"Yes, I know."
"So you are moving in with your Aunt Karen in Alaska."
"Alaska?"
"Nome to be exact"
"Umm, okay," I walked back over to Will and said "I'm going to Nome."
"Where the hell is Nome?" he asked.
"Alaska." We slowly made our way towards the cars.
"Wanna go get some food," Will asked
"Yes," we started walking till we got to the bus stop. We eventually got to IHOP.
"I haven't been to IHOP in forever." I said after we sat down.
"Neither have I. You're gonna write to me while you're in Nome, right?" he asked as I put syrup on my pancakes.
"Of course I am." We came up with random small talk throughout our meal. After we paid, we decided to send Chiron an Iris message. I quickly pulled out a spray bottle and handed it to him.
"What else you got in there Mary Poppins." He said
"Oh you know drachmas, a knife, a spoonful of sugar to make the medicine go down." He started cracking up. "Start spraying." I threw the drachma in and said Chiron's name.
"Cecilia I was beginning to worry where you and Will went," Chiron said
"Don't worry, we just needed to get out of the sadness," Will said
"Yes Cecilia I'm taking you to the airport next week and Will you're going back to Camp Half-Blood on Saturday."
"Okay," we said at the same time, "We'll meet you at the hotel,"
"Alright see you there," and Chiron's apparition faded.