Title: Surprise!
Chapter 1: Helping Out
A light redhead was jogging when she tripped in a pothole and fell. She was running with her friends when she fell behind to stop for a drink from the fountain. One of her friends noticed and went back to find her without telling them.
" Theresa! Theresa! Where are you?"
"Over here Jay!"
A dark brunet emerged from where the path turned. Once he found her he saw that she was rubbing the ankle that she twisted when she fell. Jay offered to carry her back, which she declined. That disappointed him somewhat. They walked for a bit when Theresa stopped to look at her ankle. It was all red and swollen. She bit her lip in pain, when suddenly Jay picked her up and carried her on his back. A couple moments later it started to rain. He swerved to the trees so that he may walk under them without getting wet. Theresa pulled up the hood of her jumpsuit on her head. Soon enough she fell asleep on his back. Jay gave a small smile as he began to walk. A couple of hours later he saw the dorm where the seven of them lived. When he walked through the door he was met with the other five with worried expressions on their faces.
"Where have you been?" they all chanted simultaneously.
"Theresa tripped and twisted her ankle so I carried her back," Jay explained to the others.
"Is she okay?" a fiery redhead asked.
"Yeah she's okay Atlanta. Except for the swollen ankle she's just fine. I'll take her to see Chiron tomorrow so he can examine it," Jay calmly told her.
"Well you certainly took awhile to get back," a dark brunet smirked.
Jay slightly blushed under his comment.
"When I was carrying her back it started to rain so I had to walk under the trees as not to get wet which took longer".
"Well it didn't help much because you're hair is a mess dude," a good-looking blond said from the bathroom.
"You just shut up Neil." A purple haired lad snapped.
"Nice comeback Archie," the brunet sneered.
"Hey you watch it Herry," Archie yelled.
"You watch your mouth Archie or you're not going to have any teeth left!" Herry barked.
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah!"
That's when the argument started and words and insults just bounced back and forth. Jay sighed and just shook his head smiling. He brought Theresa into her bedroom and laid her down softly on the bed. He then went to get some bandages to wrap around her heel as to stop the swelling. A small black haired dude with an afro noticed him leave and followed.
"Here Jay. I'll wrap it up for you so you can take a warm shower," he offered.
"Thanks but no thanks Odie. I can handle this myself," Jay said. "Anyway is Neil even out of the bathroom yet?"
"Umm, good point. I'll tell him to hurry up so you and Theresa can take one," Odie answered as he hurried of.
Jay smiled. He woke Theresa up and put on the bandages, but god was she ever beautiful when she was asleep even if she was wet.
"Go and take warm shower Theresa. I can wait till I dry off somewhat," Jay told her.
"Thanks Jay," she said smiling.
She walked away, limping, down the hall when she met Atlanta.
"So…what happened?" Atlanta questioned.
"What?" Theresa answered with a quizzical expression on her face.
"What happened between you and Jay?" she pestered.
"Nothing. He just carried me to my room and told me to take a shower after he finished," Theresa said blushing slightly.
"Finished what?"
"Finished wrapping my ankle of course," she told her friend.
The tone of her voice told Atlanta that conversation was over so she walked off, still wondering what actually happened between Theresa and Jay.
So what did you think? This is my first story so it will be fairly crappy. It will take me awhile to get chapter 2 up and the others because I'm such a slooow typer. Please review. I will try to get the next chapter up in a couple of days.
Chapter 2: First ClassOnce everyone woke up they went downstairs for breakfast. Since today was Friday, Athena was making waffles. Herry just loved it when Friday came; waffles, last day ofnormal (I repeat normal) school for the week, waffles, and watching movies, more waffles, being just plain lazy, and of course more waffles. Jay and Theresa were up a bit later than everyone because of what happened yesterday so they ate alone. A conversation soon started on how Theresa should get to school.
"I think you should drive to school today," Jay said simply.
"I guess but why can't you carry me to school," Theresa said grinning.
Jay blushed and quietly said, "If you want me to I will. We better hurry up or we'll be late for school."
Everyone packed their bags and then left. They all saw Jay carrying Theresa on his back and started to tease him about it. Jay was about to make a remark when the bell rang.
"We'd better run!"
First class was gym, which Theresa was excused from because of her ankle. Jay was also excused so he could take her to see the nurse. After going through the janitors closet they met Hera. Hera glared at them at them as she asked what they thought they were doing to miss first class.
"Theresa has a twisted ankle and we were excused from gym so I could take her to see Chiron," Jay and Theresa explained (And if some of you didn't figure out, Chiron was the nurse they were sent to see).
"Well, carry on then," Hera told them as she brushed them aside to go and do whatever it is that she wanted.
They saw Chiron in his study and told him what happened. He took a good look at the ankle and looked at them.
"Well its noting more than a small sprain and the swellings gone down quite a bit from the bandage. Theresa you should stay off it for a couple days. Do you want me to lend you a pair of crutches to walk on for a bit?" he stated.
"Yes please. I'll use them during school so that way I won't break Jay's back," she replied as she smiled at Jay.
"Okay. Just a second,"
A few minutes later he called jay in to help him look for them. Inside he whispered,
"Jay I want you to stay close to Theresa. Because of her ankle she's a vulnerable target for Cronus. She'd be able to hold him off for a bit but I'd still feel better if you kept close to her. Just one thing, don't tell what I said okay,"
"Okay," Jay promised.
This was perfect. He'd be with her alone and they'd spend a lot of time together. Chiron handed him the crutches and told him to be careful. Jay just nodded and left.
He walked with Theresa for a bit until the bell rang. Then he left her to go to his class. They promised to meet up at lunch just before they left. Theresa smiled to herself. She heard what Chiron said about her. She wasn't too happy about being vulnerable but she was pleased when he heard him tell Jay to stay close to her side. She knew one thing. This ankle was most certainly a mixed blessing.
Sweet! I got this chappie up sooner than I expected. If you think this and the other chapter were short I'm sorry to say but so will be the next two. The ones after that will be a lot longer. Once again please review, my life depends on it and so do my chapters!
Chapter 3: Theresa's Nightmare
After Jay and Theresa left for Chiron's study the others were having gym. Today they were having an obstacle course. It was a one-on-one race so only two raced at a time. The first up were Archie and Atlanta. Everyone knew this would be interesting because they were extremely competitive. It was easy because everything in it was easy. They had to race through tires, swing on ropes over a mat, and race to the finish. Like this was going to be hard. Try doing this with running over crocodile backs in a swamp, swinging over a pool of hot lava, and racing away from a gigantic robot that was chasing you. Their coach blew the whistle and they were off. They ran through the tires and swung on the ropes over the mat with the greatest of ease. They were running to the finish when Atlanta yelled over her shoulder,
"You're gonna to eat my dust Archie!"
"Wanna bet," Archie panted.
He was catching up to Atlanta when a basketball came rolling out across the room. Archie tripped and fell on his face! Atlanta heard a thump and turned her head over her shoulder while she was still running. She saw Archie on the ground groaning. Atlanta turned around and ran back to help him.
"Get back and finish the race!" the coach yelled.
Atlanta just glared at him thus causing him to shrink back and shut up. She picked Archie up and helped him to the stands.
"All right! Who left that ball out?" the coach barked.
"S-sorry coach," someone stammered from the stands.
The bell rang for next class so everyone left to go and get changed.
"You all right Archie," Herry asked.
"Yeah. I just got the wind knocked out of me,"
"It's cool that you're okay but dude you seriously need a shower," Neil retorted plugging his nose.
They all laughed at his comment and then Archie went to go and take a shower. Everyone split up and went to their different classes. At lunch they all met up at their usual table by the west window on the balcony. They were eating when Jay and Theresa came along. Theresa sat down in the chair across from Odie and beside Atlanta. Jay left and came right back with some food for him and Theresa.
"Thanks," Theresa said smiling.
Jay took a chair next to her and they both began to eat. When they were done Jay took the trays and then helped Theresa up.
After school they all sat down to watch a comedy. Soon afterwards they had supper and then went to bed. Jay rebandaged her ankle and then helped her to bed. They both said good night and then left to their bedroom. They all fell asleep instantly but while everyone else's was peaceful Theresa was more fitful. She tossed and turned in her bed while she was dreaming that someone was walking down a dark corridor. Bones littered the floor while the walls were caked with mud and blood. The person didn't have a flashlight so you couldn't see their face. The person kept walking with their hand against the wall so that they could feel the way out when someone hit them on the head. The person was then dragged away deeper into the darkness. She was about to see the assaulters face when her alarm went off. She quickly sat up in bed scared. She felt very hot and there was sweat pouring down her face. She was gasping very fast and loudly. She just sat there in bed thinking about what happened.
"It was a nightmare nothing more," she told herself. "It couldn't have been a vision, it just couldn't of, could it…"
OMG! I can't believe I made it this far in two days. In case some of you want to know I have the first seven chapters in my notebook (soon to be eight) and I plan to have at least 10 or 11 plus an epilogue. Please review.
Chapter 4: Home Alone
When Theresa came down to the kitchen she found out that everyone left for school so that they can train with their mentors, the gods. Only Jay was left.
"We're excused from classes because of your ankle, but it's only you and I," Jay told her after chewing a piece of toast.
He looked up from his toast and said, "What's wrong Theresa? You're as white as paper. Are you okay?"
Jay was obviously worried and his face showed it. His eyes were wide open and he was frowning.
"I-I'm okay Jay. I just had a nightmare that's all," Theresa stammered.
Jay raised his eyebrows and said suspiciously, "Well if you think you're okay then I won't bother you anymore about it. Anyway, what do you want to do? We've got the whole place to ourselves."
"Hmm. How about we rent a movie," Theresa answered after thinking for a while.
"Sure! Which one?"
"A horror/comedy," she answered.
They walked (or in Theresa's case, limped) to a video store nearby and rented Scary Movie 4. They paid and then left. Once they got back, they set up the movie and then sat down to watch it. Jay sat down on the loveseat and Theresa sat down next to him. She moved closer and closer until they were almost touching. Jay gave a small blush as he put his arm around her. They watched the movie until a little over half way through when Theresa fell asleep in Jay's lap. Jay's face was deep red by then and he was giving a small smile. She woke up half-an-hour later and found out how she fell asleep. Now it was Theresa's to go red in the face. They had lunch of some grilled cheese sandwiches and then sat down in the living room to talk for a bit. Theresa said that she felt like some fresh air and asked Jay if he wouldn't mind walking with her. Jay agreed happily and they both went to take a quick shower before going out.
An hour later they left with Jay helping her walk down the front steps. After walking for a bit they sat down on a bench and just listened to the birds singing, the bees buzzing, and the children laughing. An elderly couple walked by and they heard the woman say to her husband, "Don't those two make such a cute couple dear?"
"Yes they do," her husband answered nodding.
Jay and Theresa could feel their face redden at what the couple said. They talked for a bit more and then they left for home. They entered the familiar and comfy dorm as Jay hung up Theresa's coat. She gave Jay a mysterious smile as she asked him to help her to her room. He helped her there and opened the door for her as she quietly said, "thanks for a great time today Jay."
She gave him a quick peck on his cheek before disappearing into her room. Jay just stood there speechless. There was no face as red as his within the history of the Greek gods.
Lol! This has got to be my fluffiest chapter yet. I'm becoming a faster writer! I finished this chapter in only half-an-hour. starts doing victory dance around basement and clapping her hands together while trying not to wake anyone up Once again please review because I have no life and I like the ones that I am previously getting.
Chapter 5: Planning in Secret
A week later Theresa's ankle was better and she was able to walk on it without feeling any pain. Since her ankle was fine she didn't have to use the crutches or be carried by Jay anymore. Everyone was watching TV except Theresa because she was in the shower. They were watching The Simpsons when Jay snapped his fingers and exclaimed, "Hey you know what?"
"What?" everyone shouted curiously.
"It's Theresa's birthday on Saturday!"
"That's right! We better do something for her but what?" Atlanta pondered.
"How about a surprise party?" Herry said.
"That's perfect! Now we have to decide on what to get her," Atlanta yelled excited.
"Hmm. What about us all chipping in for a present," Archie asked.
"No that's a bad idea. We'll never agree on what we should get her. Can we just tell what we plan on getting so that the others won't by the same thing that we did," Jay offered.
Yeah that sounds like a good idea Jay," Odie said. "Since you thought of it you can go first."
Jay shook his head. "I'm still thinking about it. How about you Atlanta,"
"I think I'm probably going to get her a book of spells. What about you Herry?"
"A small punching bag so that she could work out in her room," Herry remarked shrugging. "What are you gonna get her Arch?"
"I have no clue whatsoever! Do you mind if I chip in with you Atlanta?"
"Not at all. Spell books are really expensive and now I, I mean we, can afford a better one. So Neil, do you know what you are going to get her?"
"A set of vanilla bath scents," Neil answered proudly.
Everyone looked at him incredulously.
"What? After all this fighting you can really stink from all of the sweat!"
"Okay then," Herry said staring uncertainly at Neil. "Anyways, what about you Odie?"
"An MP3 player,"
"How can you afford those things dude? They're, like, really expensive!" Neil shouted while gaping at Odie.
"I can make one. I have done before," Odie said shrugging.
"Why didn't you tell me this before? I could of gotten one cheap!" Archie yelled laughing.
"So have you finally decided Jay?" Odie asked.
"What? Oh yeah I have but I'm gonna keep it a secret until the party if you don't mind,"
"No not at all," everyone said.
"Thanks guys," Jay said relieved.
"Now we need someone to keep Theresa busy while the rest of us get everything set up. Any volunteers?" Atlanta remarked.
No one volunteered. Jay looked down at the floor. Herry shifted in his seat. Neil stared at himself in his gold three-sided mirror. Archie looked up at the ceiling while Odie shuffled his feet around.
"Okay so no one does, but everyone is just to shy to do it so I'll decide. Everyone think of a number from one to ten. I got the number so everyone guess,"
Numbers went out from across the room.
"One," Jay called out hopefully.
"Ten," Herry guessed shrugging.
"Five," Odie exclaimed.
"Two," Neil said nonchalantly.
"Six," Archie said finally.
"And the winner is… Neil! No surprise there. He always was the lucky one," Atlanta remarked rolling her eyes.
She saw that Jay looked downtrodden from the results.
"Jay," Atlanta started. "you should help Neil with it because I don't think that he can do it without Theresa coming back."
"Hey, how about you take the whole job. This will only keep me from looking at my gorgeous self in the mirror." Neil stated.
Jay perked up and said thanks. "You also know what. All seven of us made a team on Theresa's birthday. That means that we've been together for one whole year now," Jay exclaimed.
"That's right! It's our anniversary on January 6th. Why don't we have two parties on Saturday?" Odie asked.
"No because Theresa will be around all the time then and we won't have anytime to get ready for hers," Archie answered.
"Okay well now that we've got everything figured out lets get started!" Atlanta said happily.
"Get what started?" a voice asked from across the room.
Everyone turned around and saw Theresa standing in the doorway with a puzzled expression on her face. She had a towel on her head and some silk pajamas with clouds on them. She even had the baby blue fuzzy slippers on that Jay gave her for Christmas. She took the towel of her head and let her damp hair hang down her shoulders making her look even more gorgeous. Jay stared at her in wonder with his eyes glued to her beautiful figure. Atlanta smirked and started to snap her fingers in front of his face to bring him back to reality. Jay jumped and started to shake his head while a faint flush showed on his cheeks.
"Get what started?" Theresa asked again although this time more firmly.
"Nothing," Odie said quickly.
"Okay then," Theresa said shrugging. If no one told her she'd ask either Jay or Atlanta later.
"I'm going to bed now. Good night all," Jay yawned.
"Good night," everyone said without looking up.
"I'm going to bed too," Theresa said.
"Mind if I walk you there?" Jay asked hopefully.
"Not at all,"
They walked and talked until they got to Theresa's room.
"So what were you talking about in there?" Theresa asked out of the blue.
"We were talking about how… wait a second, are you trying to trick me into telling you?" Jay asked grinning.
"Telling me what?" Theresa answered innocently.
"Well it's not gonna work and anyway you'll find out soon enough," Jay said.
He winked mischievously before walking down the hall to his room. Theresa just stood there trying to figure out what just happened when she smiled.
"Don't worry Jay I will find out soon enough. Sooner than you think."
Yay! I'm getting these chappies up a lot sooner than I expected! Also if you think this was a long chapter for me just wait till chapter eight. It has seven full pages so far (no double spacing) and I'm not even done it writing it. It would be done by now but my pencil ran out of lead and I can't write with it till it's been sharpened. starts throwing pencil around room and stomping on it while wondering why I didn't buy a sharpener Please rate and review.
Chapter 6: Surprises and More Surprises
Theresa sat in bed thinking of what the others may be talking about. She still hadn't found out and today was the best day of the year for her, it was her birthday and the team's anniversary. She was seventeen today and she hoped that everyone remembered. The past to days were fun but today was special. She had had lots of fun with Jay, after all, who wouldn't enjoy them with your secret crush. They had gone for jogs in the park, had gone shopping together, they had even went to the fair. Best of all, it was just them, doing these thing together, ALONE! Today Jay was taking her to see a movie, her choice. She still hadn't decided but she thought she knows which one. Theresa fell backwards into her well-made bed. She sighed happily to herself, "I hope today will never end."
Someone suddenly knocked on her door and a muffled voice said, "Theresa I love you."
Her heart was pounding against her chest as she asked, "What?"
"I said, Theresa are you ready yet?"
"Just a second Jay!" she yelled through the door.
She shook her head and muttered to herself about going crazy enough to start hearing things but, then again, she was in love. She quickly brushed her hair and opened the door to let Jay in. He was just as handsome as ever with the sunlight from her window streaming down on his face. The faint scent of Axe drifted around her room. She never did like the smell of it but it smelt just divine on him.
"So have you decided on which movie you want to see?"
"Yeah. How about we go and see the new Simpsons Movie. It's supposed to be really good."
"Okay then let's go then. After you," he responded gently.
"Thanks," she said while giving off a faint smile.
"Do you want to drive or walk? It's a really nice day out."
"Let's drive. We'll take my car "
"Can I drive or will you."
"Hmm, let's see. No, yeah why not. You can drive it as a special privilege because I'm in a really good mood today," she answered cheerfully.
"Yes. Just let me go and get my wallet," Jay said as he ran to his room.
"That was a funny movie!" Theresa giggled as they left the theater.
"That it was, that it was. So… do you want to go home now or do you want to wait a bit?"
"Let's go home now. I want to take a shower."
Theresa was getting disappointed. Jay hadn't even remembered her birthday yet and the day was almost over.
"I just remembered that…"
"That what?" Theresa asked getting hopeful.
"That today is the day that the Edmonton Oliers play against the Calgary Flames for the Stanley Cup," Jay finished.
"N-no-o thanks. I-I'll just go to my room," Theresa cried on the verge of tears.
She ran almost crying into the living room. Jay was running after her calling out her to wait. She turned around sharply as her tears were just about to burst free. She was just about to yell at him when the next thing she knew she was in Jay's arms. He was stroking her back and telling her that he was sorry. He finally got her to look up at him and he was smiling at her.
"Just come into the living room with me and you'll feel happier than you've felt this week," Jay told her warmly.
"I don't know, the past few days were a blast but then again you forgot something really important," she said teasingly.
"Oh did I? I don't think so,"
They walked into the living room when a shout went across the room.
"Surprise! Happy Birthday Theresa!" everyone yelled.
Theresa's emerald green eyes widened in shock at everything that just happened.
"Is all of this for me?" she asked incredulously.
"Of course it is silly. Who else could this all be for?" Atlanta teased her best friend.
"Now open up the presents!" Herry yelled.
"Yeah open them up!"
"Presents, presents, presents!" everyone shouted as the cheer went across the room.Jay was wandering around the top floor calling out Theresa's name in a hoarse voice. Sadly, no matter how many times he called her name, the only thing that answered was his echo. He was going to check the PMR to see if he missed any rooms. He looked, but it showed that he checked all the rooms in the building. He turned around about to check all of the spaces when he noticed something on the floor. He looked closer and saw that it was a deep, jagged crack in the floorboards. Every two steps he saw the exact same crack. He followed them to the end of the hallway when he came to a dead end. He checked the PMR again but he didn't see any marked rooms. He felt the wall for any hidden doors but he couldn't find anything. He was about to cry out in frustration when he thought of the idea to look up. Looking up, he saw a stream of light coming from the roof. The light came down in a perfect square so that meant that there was a trap door up there. He tried to pull it down but it wouldn't budge. Thinking quickly, he pulled out his xiophus and stabbed the door to pieces. It took quite awhile, but soon enough, he was on top of the roof. Straining his ears so he could he something, anything, over the high wind. Listening as best he could he heard soft, quiet whimpers.
"Theresa, Theresa! Are you up here!" he called cupping his hands to his mouth. He heard very muffled shouts coming from the right of him. To his shock, he found that it was moving further and further away. He ran toward the sound hoping with all his heart that it was Theresa.
He got there seconds later but saw no one. He turned around disappointed when he heard the sound again but this time loader. He tried to place where he heard the sound before and then it hit him. The sound was coming from beneath him! He dropped to his knees and looked over the edge. He saw her and felt immediate relief. But he tensed up again at once, once he saw how she was hanging. Her hands were tied up and caught on a long rusty nail. To his horror he became aware of the fact that the threads of the rope were breaking one-by-one. Theresa looked up at Jay with tears streaming down her face and a pleading look in her eyes. Jay felt ashamed that he had let this happen to her and was going to do anything possible to save her, even if it meant dieing in the process.
Quickly deciding between calling Odie on the PMR or getting Theresa up to safety he closed his eyes in thought. Not even after half a second he opened his eyes and reached down to try and grab Theresa's hands. His hand fell short of it by about a foot and he silently muttered to himself.
"Don't worry Theresa! I will do whatever it takes to bring you up here. Just hold on a bit longer and then everything will be okay, I promise," he shouted down to her. She gave a small nod before another thread broke. If she could of screamed she would of. Jay went even further to the edge this time as terror flooded over him. What if he couldn't save Theresa? What if because of his blunder in the corridors everyone died at the hands of Cronus? He knew one thing for certain. He was not going to let this happen if he had any say in it. His tanned hand came closer this time, but he was still a few inches away. Theresa closed her eyes and tried to remember her happiest moments and surprising, they all had Jay. A couple of fat tears rolled down her face as the last thread broke. As she felt the forces of gravity against her she thought of only how she'd be leaving Jay behind without him knowing how she felt about him. At the same time of this thought a warm and fairly sweaty hand came out and grabbed her left wrist. She could feel herself being pulled up and she felt relieved that she still had a chance to tell Jay. She collapsed in his arms and started to cry tears of joy.
"Oh thank you Zeus, thank you," she cried silently on Jay's shoulder. He took Theresa's gag and the rest of the ropes off her wrists. His eyes widened in shock as he saw the major rope burns on her hands. He grimaced in utter hate as he Theresa fell back into his arms. He was going to kill Cronus if it was the last thing he'd do. He was going to pay after what he did to Theresa. He let her sob for a bit more on his already wet shoulder as he quietly and calmly, "Everything's going to be okay, you're safe now."
Theresa nodded slowly as she got up to try and stop the slow trickle of blood that was flowing down her wrists. Jay picked up his PMR and called Odie.
"What's up?" Odie asked.
"Odie, I need you to call Herry and tell him to meet me at the south side of the building. I don't have time to explain but just get him over here as soon as possible okay?"
"You got it Jay,"
Jay hung up his PMR and was about to put it back in his pocket when it rang. He answered and saw the terrified faces of Archie and Atlanta looking at him.
"Jay, get out of here now!" they shouted simultaneously.
"Why? What's wrong?" Jay asked worriedly. Jay glanced at Theresa and saw her looking at him scared. "I can't go now. I just found Theresa and I'm waiting for Herry to come here so we can get down."
"You found Theresa! Oh thank the gods! Is she okay? Is she hurt? I swear if she has even on scratch on her I am going to kick the…" Atlanta started. Archie elbowed her hard. Atlanta glared at him and then remembered what she was supposed to be doing. "Oh yeah, right. Anyways, Jay, you and Theresa have to get out of there now! Cronus is planning to blow up the school with an over heating boiler,"
"What! Why does this always happen to us?" Jay muttered angrily.
"It doesn't matter! Just get out of there now!" Archie yelled just before the line died.
"Archie! Atlanta! Crap! The line died,"
Theresa sat down beside him trying to smile reassuringly, but it wasn't working. Jay moved closer to her and put his arm around her and held her close. They sat there for what seemed like hours but was only a couple of minutes. Theresa closed her eyes in happiness wanting this moment to never end. Sadly, it was interrupted by Herry calling out their names.
"Over here Herry!"
Herry walked over with a confused look on his face.
"Where are you?" Herry asked puzzled.
"We're on top of the roof!"
Herry walked over to them and stood looking up dumbfounded. Jay explained the plan of what they were going to do. Theresa was going to jump off the edge with Herry catching her and the same with Jay.
"Ready?" Herry called out from below them.
"Yeah! Just a second!" they yelled back. A couple of seconds later Theresa jumped off the roof and landed safety with Harry catching her. He put her down on the brown grass and was ready to catch Jay. To his surprise he saw that he had already jumped and was on the ground beside Theresa. As they walked off the heard a deep rumble and looked at each other fearfully. They hurried up but Theresa and Jay were going at a slow pace beside him because her legs were stiff and sore from not using them for three straight hours. They were only a couple of feet away from the other side of the street when the building exploded. The boom was deafening and there was dirt and rubble flying everywhere. They were quite a ways away but still close enough to do some damage to them. Thinking quickly, Jay picked up Theresa and ran to the other side of the street where the others were waiting safely. Bits of rocks and rubble bounced off of him but it was nothing really major. Theresa on the other hand, was in pain when the tiniest pebble hit her because her skin had been scraped raw from the abuse from Cronus and his giants.
They made it back to the others in minutes. Jay lay Theresa down on the dry grass so she could rest. Jay was relieved that they got her back and was going to tell her that everything was over when his words got caught in his throat. In the now bright moonlight he could finally see what she looked like. Theresa was bleeding from wounds all over he body and was pale from all the blood she lost. Her normally reddish orange hair was as red as Atlanta's and her clothes were tattered and shredded from the ordeal she had been through. But the one thing that turned Jay's heart to ice were her eyes. Her normal clear, green eyes that were always shining with life were now clouded and lifeless. She was having trouble breathing and if Jay had the choice, he would have told Zeus to strike him down dead that very instant.
Hee hee. I'm so evil. I am basically killing off Theresa and there is nothing you can do about it! Muhahaha. Lol. Okay, I'm better. The next chapter is going to be kind of short so it won't take me long to update hopefully. Also, I can't put chapter eleven up until Road To Hades shows because I need a piece of info from there. I just remembered that I have good news for all my fans. If I get fifty reviews or more I will write the sequel to my story. This one's going to be called Three's A Crowd. I'm not going to say what's going to happen because I want it to be a surprise! So don't ask! Lol. And I better have it because I already know what going to happen and I want to write it. I also have bad news, because it is now summer I will be going to camp and I won't be able to update for a week. That is also good news to I guess. Because of the week with no typing and CotT (TT) I will be able to have like three or more chapters done and possibly a new story in my head. I better end this. Lol. Please r&r or no sequal.