I wake up to the sun shining through the window. I sit up to see a beautiful sunrise through the large windows and I watch till the sun starts to burn my eyes. Guess I'm up early. I get out of bed and head to the bathroom. After brushing my teeth I fix my hair into a bun and head downstairs. I reach the living room and go towards the kitchen. Since neither Ares nor Noah are up I decide to make breakfast for all of us knowing that they will wake up soon enough. I decide to make ham and cheese omelette. I take out ask the necessary ingredients and put the skillet pan to heat. After whisking eggs and milk I add ham, onions and pepper. I put a little of the mixture in the skillet pan and cover it before starting the coffee. After that I make two more omelettes and add grated cheese on half of it before folding them and pouring coffee. As if on cue both Ares and Noah walk into the kitchen. "Good morning. Have a seat I made breakfast." I greet them. "Smells amazing. What kind is it?" Noah asks. "Shouldn't you be able to tell?" I say a bit mockingly. "I happen to be a chef not a dog. Now will you tell me?" Noah answers sarcastically. "It's ham and cheese omelette. I tried to make us lattes but I don't think that's what I ended up with." I tell them. "It's fine Elle. Why are you up so early anyways?" Ares asks. "I don't know I just woke up and saw this beautiful sunrise and decided to go with it." I tell him. He nods and we start to eat.
After eating we all clean up and Ares orders me to take a long nice bath and that he'll set out a dress for me. I do as told since the bath tub is huge and I plan to make the most of it. I start hot water tap before setting all the things I wanted by the edge. I put on some music and get in the tub. After a nice bath I get out putting on a robe before entering the bedroom seeing all the curtains pulled. I feel a bit better even though no one lives nearby. I see a dress on the bed and put it on before looking closely at the dress on the mirror. It was white and reached above my knees and had black embroidery on it. I go towards Noah and Ares's room and knock. "Hey you look amazing Elle." Noah compliments as he opens the door. "Why don't I believe you?" I ask him teasingly. "He isn't wrong you know. You look amazing." Ares tells me while giving me hug and a kiss on my forehead. "Thanks. Both of you. You guys don't look bad either. Is white the theme or?" I ask seeing as both of the were wearing white suits. "Yes it is, white and black." Ares answers. "Okay then." I say as I sit down and Ares starts my makeup. After all of us are ready we get in the car and leave for the 'meet' as Ares had called it.
I check my phone to see yet another message from Elena. Should I block her? She sends another message and I block her. Freedom. I look up to see Ares starting at me. "What?" I ask him. "You seem happier ever since your friends and brother started talking to you again." Ares states. "Well they mean a lot to me. What's the 'meet' for anyways?" I ask him. "It's sort of a get together." Ares answers and Noah laughs. "Please Ares it's not a get together. It's more like a kitty party for fashion designers where they gloat about their designs, success, better halves, etc. You're not going to enjoy this." Noah explains and I laugh a little at Ares's betrayed look. "It can't be worse than any founder's party I have attended before. I'm used to things like this." I tell Noah. "Founder's Party?" Ares asks. "Yeah. Every year in our town there is a founder's week which includes a party, a pageant, a parade and fireworks. I hate it. Every year me, Tyler and Matt would greet people stay half an hour and then we would head to his room since he's the Mayor's son and the party would be at his house. Once in his room we would play video games and eat snacks that we stored in his room the week before. Then half an hour before the party would end we would go back downstairs. Our parents knew but never said anything about it." I explain. "Well if you were upstairs half the time how would you know anything about the party?" Noah asks. "Trust me even an hour was hell. The meet sounds very similar to what happened at the parties. Parents would gloat about their children, all the ladies would show off their expensive jewelry, new dresses, etc. Ty has it worse, being the Mayor's son isn't easy." I tell Noah. "Well then you're ready for this party." Noah says as though it's the greatest thing. "Good to know." I reply to him.
We reach in an hour and I get out to see we're in front of a hotel. A very big and expensive looking hotel obviously. "Let's go Elle." Ares says and holds out his hand I take it and he leads us to the door. After Ares gives his name and security check is done which includes wallets too. I thankfully didn't bring one filled with stakes. We go towards the banquet hall and I'm surprised to see many people already there. I thought people come late to parties for melodramatic effect or something. Maybe we came late, before I can question Ares a woman comes and stands in front of us. "Oh Ares it's wonderful seeing you again. I'm glad you could make it." The unknown lady greets Ares and they both do the weird hug and kiss the air thing where they don't even touch each other. I don't get the point of it. "I wouldn't miss it for the world Natasha. Everything looks fabulous." Ares replies and I can tell he wants out already and so does Noah who seems to hate the lady. Wouldn't blame him she's staring at Ares like he's a piece of meat. "Oh forgive me Noah I didn't see you there. I'm glad you could make it as well. How are you? How's your little cafe, is it?" Natasha asks. I can feel annoyance come off in waves from Noah. I should not find this funny but I really am. "It's quite alright Natasha. I wouldn't blame you, it's bound to happen when you have such a handsome man always by your side." Noah replies while wrapping an arm around Ares's waist and kissing the side of his head. I bite my lip trying not to laugh. "As for the cafe, I would say it's doing quite well since it's a well known Restaurant now with several branches all around the world. Thank you for asking." Noah tells her smugly and I end up laughing a bit. "Right that's nice. Excuse me." Natasha says and leaves. I burst out laughing and Noah and Ares both smile at me. "What? That was awesome." I tell them. "Why thank you. Come on let's go get drinks. We are going to need those to survive this party." Noah says.
After getting drinks, a non-alcholic one for me, we stand near the bar since Ares keeps downing his drinks in one go. "Is he okay?" I ask Noah. "Yeah don't worry. You should get some too, alcohol I mean you're going need it trust me." Noah tells me. "I'm underage and no thanks. So now what?" I ask. "Now we wait for Ares then we walk around and socialize before having lunch; after which the host, Natasha will give a speech then we can leave." Noah informs me. "How long till lunch? How long will the speech be?" I ask him. "An hour till lunch and probably half an hour for the speech. It's her record. We should leave by 3 I think." Noah tells me. "Okay then sounds fun." I tell him.
After a while of socializing I lost Noah and Ares after I went to the restroom. I see Noah and go towards him. "I think we should leave." I tell him. "What? Why? I thought you had practice with this kind of stuff." Noah teases. "I do but I think I seriously pissed off a very famous fashion designer." I tell him. "Who and how?" Noah asks. "Oh see that woman talking to Natasha. I pissed her off. She said something along the lines that my dress could do better. I don't talk fashion designer but I know it was an insult so I said that her husband could do better. I don't even know if the guy was her husband. But she looked pissed." I rush out all the sentences. "She does have a husband and don't worry she's Ares's rival I'm sure he'll be more than pleased. And she's not that famous. Cone on it's time for lunch." Noah assures me. "Okay, if you say so." I reply and we head towards where the lunch is going to be. The lunch is buffet style and filled with all kinds of cuisines. We sit to eat after getting a plate and Ares soon joins while looking oddly happy. I just focus on eating since I'm really hungry and it also means that I'm closer to leaving. After lunch Natasha starts her speech like Noah had said. It can't be called a speech since all she's doing is bragging about everything. She finally ends her speech by thanking everyone for coming and I sigh in relief. I clap along with everyone I think most of them are as glad as I am about the speech ending. Everyone goes back to chatting amongst themself. Seriously what a waste of time. And money. "Can we leave now?" I ask Ares as I turn to face him. "Yes I'm just going to bid farewell to the hostess. It'll just take a few minutes." Ares assures. "We'll wait for you in the car. Okay?" Noah asks. "Sure." Ares agrees. "Finally." I say under my breathe and Noah chuckles. We leave and go towards the car.
After 10 minutes Ares comes and we leave. "Alright. After we reach home we'll rest for an hour before going scuba diving." Ares announces. "Doesn't it take a little training before hand to scuba dive? You also need to know how to swim. Right?" I ask them. "Well yes. Huh. I did not think about that." Ares mutters. "So... now what?" I ask. "Well we could go on a private cruise." Noah suggests. "What exactly does that include?" I ask Noah. "We rent a boat or a yacht and just go around to the places we want to see. They have many options like Sunset Beach, Shelter Island, etc. We can choose what all we want to see and what food we want. We get a Captain and crew along with the yacht so all we have to do is sit back and enjoy. What do you think?" Noah explains and asks. "Sure, sounds fun. Let's do it." I tell him and he smiles at me. "Alright then, new plan we go back home, get a few hours of rest maybe 3 hours, pack our bags, change and leave for the cruise. Enjoy a few locations and a dinner under the star lit sky before getting the car and driving back home, since you have to go to the academy tomorrow. Okay?" Ares asks. "Okay." I agree and Noah nods too.
We get back to the house and go to our rooms. I change before lying in bed. I set an alarm for 2 hours and close my eyes in hopes of getting some sleep. I wake up to the ringing of my alarm and sit up before rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. I get out of bed and go into the bathroom. I wash my face and dry it with a towel before going back into my room. I change into a black skirt, black leggings and a red wool shirt. After changing I start packing my bag. Once I'm done with packing and checking everything I head downstairs to eat something and get a coffee. I walk into the living room to see Ares and Noah already there. "Hey guys." I greet them as I move towards the kitchen. "Hey Elle. All packed?" Ares asks. "Yeah. Coffee? And toast?" I ask. "Sure. We are leaving as soon as we are done eating. We will go to Long Island Aquarium then North Fork Wineries and end at Greenport Harbor where we will shop for someone before having a late dinner in the yacht." Noah declares. "Okay. Here." I say while handing him a coffee and toast. We all eat and then get our bags and put them in the car. Noah drives us towards the port from where we are going to leave for the cruise or tour.
After we reach Ares goes to arrange something while Noah and I get into the yacht which is very spacious and very luxurious. There's a white couch, a TV, a dining table, a small kitchen with two refrigerators and a lounge on deck to see the view. Ares joins us as Noah is pouring drinks for them. I swear they're both alcoholic. I sit on the lounge as the yacht starts and enjoy the view since my seat is far enough from the water for my comfort. "Enjoying?" Noah asks as he sits down next to me. "Yes. This was great idea, better than scuba diving. Where's Ares?" I ask him. "Ares is taking to the chef about dinner." Noah answers. "I didn't know yacht rentals had chefs." I tell him confused. "They don't, we had it arranged. Compulsion, remember? You're leaving in two weeks." Noah says with sadness. "Yeah I am. And you sound upset." I say teasingly. "I am. We already told you, you are our family now. Everything will be odd without you. I suppose I can't make you stay?" Noah says more like a question. "Unfortunately no. Trust me I would gladly live in New York, but my family needs me. I don't know what I'll do without you two. I'll miss you too Noah, I guess we did end up as friends in the end, barely took half a month." I tell Noah teasing a bit. "I told you we would be friends." Noah says back teasingly while wrapping an arm around my shoulder. I laugh along with him just as Ares comes and sits with us.
We reach the Aquarium within half an hour. Noah gets our tickets and we go in. We first see the Amazon Rainforest Exhibit which is fascinating but at the same time creepy. It is filled with trees obviously but also a few animals and insects. It's also dark in there which gives it an eerie feeling. We then go towards the Birds Exhibit which has many different parrot species, it was a bit odd since the only birds there were parrots. Noah and I feed the birds but Ares refuses to. Some parrots even came on their own, all in all it was fun. We then go to the Bugs and Butterfly Exhibit and there are more than 50 species of butterflies there at least according to the sign board. I see a few amazing butterflies and regret not getting my camera. We even see a transparent one, it was so beautiful. After that we go to the Sea Lion Show and a show with penguin where you take a picture with them which was fun.
We then head back to the yacht, leaving for the winery. Ares sits beside me as we both just look at the vast Atlantic Ocean. At least I think it's the Atlantic Ocean, it should be. "I'll miss you once you're gone." Ares says suddenly and sadly. "I'll miss you too Ares. It'll be fine we can talk and you can come meet me sometimes at least until I finish high school." I assure him, well try to. I wrap my arms around him in a hug as he does the same. "I know. You'll be fine there won't you? With all the supernatural mess there is?" Ares asks. "I will. After all I took training from the best, no one will be able to touch me." I say a bit less confident than I meant to sound. "I hope so. Just promise you'll call if you ever need help." Ares demands. "I promise." I say in a whisper. We don't talk the rest of the way but stay together. Once we reach North Fork Winery which takes half an hour we go on a tour with the owner of the vineyard. He tells us about the history of the place, the process for growing grapes and making of wine half of which I don't understand. We then go to the place where the wine is made and he shows us around before leading us to taste wine. He hands us all a glass and I take a sip after Ares gives me a look. It actually tastes a bit sweet but then the owner hands a different wine which is extremely bitter and to stop myself from throwing up I gulp down all the sweet wine. I hope I don't get drunk. Can people get drunk on wine? Before I can ask Ares and Noah move ahead with the owner and I follow.
Finally after Noah and Ares have tasted all the different wines which are a lot more than I expected. Well I only thought there were two types of wines red and white but apparently not, there are about 10,000 according to the owner and Ares. Thank god he didn't make all the 10,000 types because that would have been painful and suspicious if you can get drunk on wine. As we sit down I ask Ares, "Can people get drunk on wine?" Ares gives me a look but answers. "Yes unless you're drinking non alcoholic wine or eating something that will absorb it." Great. "Okay. How much longer? I'm hungry." I ask them. "It'll only take a few minutes to get to Greenport and then we can shop for some time before dinner." Ares says and I know his some time of shopping isn't actually some time at all. I turn my attention back to the sky where the sun has almost set. It looks amazing the whole sky is orange and purple. We reach Greenport in a few minutes and get off the yacht, reluctantly. We head towards the market and Noah and Ares start looking at the different shops occasionally stopping in front of a shop looking at it before moving forward. This goes on for some time before they finally enter a shop. I just walk around the shop not really paying much attention to things. Noah and and Ares are already buying things, I don't know where they plan on putting those.
To keep busy I start looking at the different brooches in the display. None of them seem nice enough but one just steaks my attention and no matter what I look at my attention is drawn towards it. It's a red poppy flower with the middle of it made of diamonds. "Excuse me, how much for the poopy flower one?" I ask the worker. "That would be $8 ma'am." The worker says. Well that's great. "I'll take it." I say. What? I don't know why I want it, I just do. "Of course. I'll pack it for you." The worker says. I smile in response. He comes back with the packed brooch. "Thank you." I say while taking the brooch and handing him the money. He smiles before saying, "Thank you for shopping with us." I smile back and head towards Ares and Noah. "Please tell me you're almost done, I'm very hungry." I say as soon as I reach them. "Yes we are done and I am also very hungry, let's go." Ares agrees. We leave the shop and make our way back towards the yacht. Once we reach we sit down on the dining table whet food is already laid out.
We start to eat everything the chef made which is mostly seafood. After eating we go back to the deck, I watch the star lit sky on the open ocean. We sit in silence all of us enjoying the view. We reach the port in an hour and get out before I remember that I left the brooch on the dining table. I go in and get it before joining Noah and Ares in the car. "Everything okay?" Noah asks as I sit in the car. "Yeah. I just forgot something." I assure him. "Well, what did you buy?" Ares asks. "Oh, I bought a brooch." I tell him while handing him the brooch. "It's beautiful. But why a poppy?" Ares asks. "I don't know actually. It just sort of called to me? Does that make any sense?" I ask. "It does oddly enough. Do you know what poppies symbolize?" Noah asks. "Uh yeah. Peace, sleep and death." I say a little unsure. "Right. Before wars poppies were used by humans to symbolize your kind. They kept peace in the world and bought death onto the monsters. That's why it draws you in, not only that poppies were used by your kind as an offering to the dead in their eternal sleep." Noah explains. "Wow. Good to know." I say before resting back in the seat.
After a while I can't keep my eyes open. "Thanks, I had fun at this weekend." I tell Noah and Ares. "You have nothing to thank us for. We had fun too. Get some sleep Elle, you look tired. We'll wake you up when we reach home." Ares says. "I do have a lot to thank you both for but I'm too tired to argue. So I'm just going to sleep and we can argue tomorrow." I say before getting comfortable and closing my eyes. I wake up to someone shaking my shoulder. I open my eyes to see Ares. "Come on Elle we're home." Ares says before getting out of the car. I get out too and see that we're parked in front of the penthouse. We all drag ourselves up to our rooms before saying goodnight. I change into something more comfortable and tie my hair into a loose braid. I get into my bed and set an alarm for 6:30 before lying in bed and turning off the lights. As soon as I lie down I can feel sleep take over.