Chapter 13: What Are You Doing Here?

Cecilia's POV

I woke up with my head on Emmett's hard chest. His arm was around me and he was watching me. As I looked up I saw he was smiling.

"Mornin' babe," he smirked.

"Mornin'"

"How'd you sleep?"

"Great." I laid my head back on his chest. Then the doorbell rang. "That can't be Aunt Karen." Emmett and I made our way down stairs. I looked out the window on the way down the stairs and saw Aunt Karen's car wasn't there. We made our way to the door and stopped in front of the door. I opened the door to reveal a tall, tan teenager with sandy hair and blue eyes.

"Will!" I yelled as I wrapped my arms around his neck. He returned the hug generously. I pulled away because I knew it was awkward for Emmett. "Emmett, this Will, he's my best friend from Camp Half-Blood. Will this is my boyfriend Emmett." Will held out his hand and Emmett, reluctantly, took it. "What are you doing here?" I asked.

"I have a…um…proposition for you." He said, following me in.

"Alright, name it." He looked from me to Emmett and back to me. "He already knows so start talking."

"I got a quest."

"Really?"

"Yeah and I do need a child of Ares so I tracked you down."

"Well what did the oracle say? And give me the edited version"

"In a nutshell, 5 demigods. Ares, Athena, Hades, Zeus, Poseidon. They go to the forbidden place and defeat the harpies and the one in power."

"So I take you don't know where the forbidden place is or who the one in power is." He nodded, 'And the five demigods are you, me, Nico, Percy and Thalia"

"Yeah so are you in?"

"Yep, you had me 5 demigods." He laughed and pulled out a piece of paper and said, "Meet us here tomorrow at noon." I nodded and he walked out of the house. I opened up the paper and it read;

Grizzly Inn

Third Floor

Room 321

"Cecilia, you're really going on the quest?" Emmett asked, making me lose my train of thought.

"Yes, why?"

"I don't trust him."

"Why don't you trust him?"

"Why were you so excited when you saw him?"

"I was excited because he's my best friend, we've known each other since we were six, he's always been there for me and he was there for me when I found out…" I trailed off, just thinking about her made me sad. Emmett sat down next to me and pulled me towards him. I close my eyes as a single tear escaped. He quickly wiped the turn and cupped my face.

"I'm sorry," he said, "I just got jealous because I've never seen you so excited to see anybody."

"It's alright." He gave me gentle kiss and said, "I told you so."

"Told me what?" I asked.

"That you'd get a quest?" We laughed and watched TV for the rest of the day until I fell asleep in his arms.