Chapter 9: The Bedroom

Cecilia POV

I woke up late the next morning and saw Emmett sitting on my footlocker. "Mornin' beautiful" he said. I smiled, and walked over to him. "You know all night I've been thinking about how you are a demigod and stuff like that. Can you explain it to me?"

"Of course, like I told you last night I'm the daughter of Ares, the god of war. He's also the god of manly courage, civil order, and get this, bloodlust" he laughed a booming laugh.

"Ironic right" he said.

I nodded. "All demigods have ADHD and dyslexia. Monsters, like hydras and shit like that, can be killed by celestial bronze. Because I'm a demigod, I can be killed by both celestial bronze and things humans can be killed by. Some demigods get certain powers like if you're a child of Poseidon you can breathe underwater, if you're a child of Demeter you can control plants and so on. Because I'm a child of Ares I could get Ares blessing during battle. Ares blessing is pretty much when Ares making you invincible."

"Wow so have you ever gotten Ares blessing?"

"No, but my friend Clarisse has. So I already know about vampires but how did you become a vampire?"

"Well," he sighed, I almost immediately regretted asking the question, I could tell it was a hard subject for him, "I was born in 1915. In 1935, I went out hunting. I saw a huge bear and my thoughts were 'if I can kill this bear I'll be able to feed my family.' The bear then attacked me and mauled me. I had lost a lot of blood and I was dying. My…uh...ex-girlfriend, who was already a vampire, found me and turned me." I put a reassuring hand on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry" I whispered. He looked at me and said, "What do you have to be sorry about."

"I can tell it's a hard subject for you and I'm sorry for asking."

"Don't worry about it babe." He smiled and pulled me on to his lap. "I' m glad you asked. It's better to talk about it anyway." I smiled as he brushed a strand of hair behind my ear. "So what do you think your aunt will say to you being with an older man?"

"Older is an understatement. You're like…" I quickly did the math in my head and said, "90 some odd years old and I'm 17. But I'm sure she'll love you." He laughed and then stared down. He picked up a quarter that was on the foot locker. He turned it over in his hand and I barely noticed the x. Only when he flipped it up in the air did I realize what he did. I jumped off his lap and grabbed the sword.

"Do I even want to know how many weapons you have?" he asked. I laughed.

"Do you want to see?" I said. He nodded. "Get up." I opened the footlocker and took out my knife/pencil, a pen, a paper airplane and a backpack. I tapped the pencil, turning it into a knife. "You've seen this." I clicked the pen turning it into a spear. I threw the paper airplane, turning it into another knife and then I pulled one of the strings on the backpack, turning it into a quiver of arrows with a bow.

"Remind me never to piss you off." He picked up my second sword, "So this celestial bronze." I nodded. "So you have two swords, a spear, a bow and a knife."

"But I can fight with a lot more weapons." I turn my weapons back and put them back in the foot locker.

"Of course you can."

"What's that supposed to mean?" I ask, putting my hands on my hips.

"It means," he put his arms around my waist, "That if we're ever in a fight, I want you on my side." I smile and his does the unexpected. He slowly leans down and presses his lips to mine. A fire instantly spreads through me. At first I'm as rigid as a board but then I wrap my arms around his neck. He pulls me closer and keeps kissing me. The kiss was sweet yet passionate. After a few minutes, he pulled away. We both stare at each other for a few minutes, neither one of us speaks for fear we might ruin the moment. "I've been waiting to do that."

"I guess this means we're together." He smiles then pulls out his phone.

"I've gotta go. My family's wondering where I am." He kissed the top of my head. "I'll see you later." He jumped out the window swiftly and ran back to the woods. I plopped down on my bed, thinking about what just happened. Then it hit me. I'm in love with a monster. The exact thing I was supposed to be killing, I had fallen in love with.

"Chiron is not going to like this."

**Stay tuned ya'll, some intense shit is coming in a few chapters**