Ya'all know what time it is! BIRTHDAY ALERT! Manny (that's Marina to you!) on the 17th (least I think it's the 17th!) and Stefanie on the 23rd! WHOOOOOOO! Stefanie is now 17 (there will be NO rubbing that in missy or so help me I will not make you any cookies!) everyone clap and laugh because she doesn't get to drive till she's 18. HA! TAKE THAT! AMERICA POINT VENEZUELA ZIP! Although…you do have tasty treats we don't have here…..but you indulge in to much coffee…..we'll call it a tie kay Sis? Manny is now….15? I think so yep, yep. I is so happy for Ya'all! Another year in another life and every second of it makes you smile and cry and with a promise from me that I'll be there to annoy the hell out of you when your down so low and make you smile when your not. I know its backwards but any of you that know me, KNOW I'm backwards. And one more note on the matter, JASMIN LOVES YOU!
Btw my song of the month is Changed by You by Between the Trees. For a very special reason but Ya'all don't need to know the reason. "I am blessed, by you. Cause you are the one you are the one that I've been waiting for. I've been waiting for. And I am changed by you the more I get to know the more I want you close to me. And I'll take care of you, please just say you let me forever what ever you need." Makes me happy inside. :D OH NO! My lip is bleeding! That deserves a sad face! L Stupid computer! I wanted it SIDEWAYS!
Disclaimer-Turns out I DO own PJO! All I had to do was take a sharpie, cross Ricks name out, and replace it with mine! Aren't I a genius?
Kiley felt an immediate heat commandeer the smooth yet paling cheeks of her face which she pressed the palms of her hands too to hide the redness pooling there. Had Airabella really just…..gods. Please no. Please, please-how did she even know! They hadn't told anyone. Erin and Nate sorrta found out, literally on the found part. So how in heavens name had Airabella found out! Kiley chocked down all her questions and let the fear become the supreme being inside herself for the time being. What would her parents say? Do? Would they hate her? Call her names and kick her on her head in the street? Clap her on the back and say "Finally!" The last one seemed highly unlikely but still. What was going to happen? Her life was going to end that's what was going to happen! She fumbled blindly for Brennion's hand. He found her blind klutz before she could his. Heat settled over her frazzled nerves and began to loosen the knots that had begun to form in her muscles. She squeezed his hand tightly, trying to press all her fear in his palm and suppress it into nothingness. He felt her fear, tasted it even on his tongue (or was that him about to throw up because of how scared he was?) it frightened him how scared she was. She was only ever scared when there was something to be scared of.
"Whoa wait hang on Airabella that's going WAY past the rules there!" Erin yelled seconds after Airabella had spoken the dare of doom however it hadn't reached Kiley's ears until minutes later. She had slowed down completely, nearly shutting down all together. Though, as in all trances or painful knock outs, she was starting to wake up. Slowly, oh so slowly, but indeed she was awakening. Airabella scowled, folding her arms like a pouting 3 year old.
"There are no rules as far as dares go. I'm pretty sure we've established that. Besides, they don't HAVE to go through with the dare."
"And there won't even be a punishment if you don't, I promise," Melina swore wringing her wrist like she was nervous, "I totally understand, I got ya." There was a pause in which all eyes were on Brennion. A sudden jolt up and down his spine brought him to the realization that they were staring at him because they were waiting for him to decide if he was going to give up on the dare or not. He buried his free hand in his hair, letting his eye lids fall shut over his strained eyes. This was to much. To much to take in. even more to decide. He was being offered, in the most inconvenient way, to tell their parents, rather, her parents that they were together. The down side being that he tell them about….sex. That would have a significant down side. He may lose Kiley completely! Panic grew so thick inside him he choked on it. He let himself look at his girlfriend for but a second to see her. She was tugging on a strand of her jet black hair nervously and was staring at their entwined hands as if it were the last time she would ever see the sight. Could he lose this? Lose her? Lose those beautiful eyes? Her touch? Her caring smile? No. He most certainly, absolutely can not, could not, nor would not. And yet a nipping, whining, heeding part of him was begging that he tell them.
"Alright. I'll do it." He felt Kiley sink her nails into the back of his hand she gripped him so tightly. On the other side of the blanket; the candle light flickering across her features making her very self look like a shadowed painting, Airabella smiled.
"Way to be a man Brennion. But you have to do it right now. Right now, right now. This second. So get up and walk your happy self to the Big House where they all are and tell them. And we are all going to watch." Brennion felt his spirits go so low now that they were probably sitting with his grandfather drinking wine in mirth. That thought both amused him and angered him, though he wasn't sure why. Perhaps it was because his spirits were suppose to be his happiness not having a good ol' time without him. Though, for sure, he knew he was taking it to far as his ADHD brain did quite often.
He pulled himself up and brushed what sand had found its way onto his jeans back into the mounds it called home. This was going to have to go smoothly. Incredibly smooth. He was going to be cool about it, playing it off like a everyday thing. "Oh and we had sex in my room too, no big deal, just something to pass the time." It was going to work! It was. Perfectly. Of this he had no doubt. Or at least that's what he was telling himself. If he gave himself false truths then when things didn't work out he can blame Fabio, his inner therapist, that told him it would be alright. That thought in mind he began his slow trudge of a completely defeated man to the Big house.
Walking towards the large red building with a brilliant wrap around porch, Brennion snatched Kiley's hand up and began swinging it like a couple of dating 10 year olds. He was going to miss this. Miss the tingle of pleasure he got from the brush of her skin. The title wave of dumbfounded joy he got when she smiled at him. And her kisses! God he was going to miss those kisses. He would kill a thousand men for just one of those kisses. And, secretly, he would miss the press of her exposed skin against his own. He wouldn't be allowed to drink in the sight of her without her clothes in the way. How infuriating. Maybe it wasn't to late to turn back?
But it was. They were standing before the steps that lead up the porch and right through the door that their parents were sitting in. Waiting as it seemed for Brennion to come in there and ruin two lives. Kiley began to tug on his hand to make him go up the steps, encouraging him in her eyes but he didn't want to go. Not just yet he had one last thing to do. Just in case.
He gently placed his hand on the back of her neck, lacing his fingers through her hair which felt like having silk kiss his skin. She acted a bit shocked, like it was the unexpected, which it was. But she wanted it. He saw that in her eyes. And he wanted it. Just in case. He touched his lips to hers gently; softly, careful not to push and make it a rough kiss. He just wanted to taste her lips one more time. Just in case. Sweet. Sweetness was what he tasted. Sweet like honey but honey of her flavor. No sugar, no sweets, no smile, and no happy moment could taste as good as this. But as he held his lips against hers a burning fire caught inside Kiley's belly and she wanted more. She pushed hard against his lips, grabbing a handful of his hair and pulling on it hard enough to tilt his head back a ways. He made a deep throaty noise while she kissed him which made her smile into their kiss. Ruining its perfectness.
"What was that about?" She whispered, her lips still so close to his she could taste his salty flavor. He smiled while pulling on the hair he had a tight hold on.
"It was just in case I don't get to do that again after this," Just as she was about to say something to that he kissed again, roughly, "And that was because I love you." She couldn't help but smile, her heart caught in his palm by the sweetness he showed her. He was the one that held her close in every way and she couldn't and even more, can't help but smile when he spoke.
"I love you too. Now come on, we have to break it to the parental unit hard core." To that he sighed and cast a dreadful glance at the building which held their doom. They walked up the steps, mindless of the talking going on behind them.
"My gods! Did you see them kiss! That. Was. So. Effing. Adorable!" Melina squealed happily as the couple walked up the steps hand in hand in front of her. There was a chattering of Melina going on about how cute their babies would be and how hilarious this was going to be to watch Percy's face. But their talking died down as soon as they found themselves standing in the Big house in a room full of adults. The Truth or Dare Crew made themselves comfortable by sitting on the floor close to where Brennion and Kiley were standing hand in hand. Yes hand in hand.
Percy had been sitting next to his wife telling the story of potty training the girls when a group kids walked into the room. He watched them all sit on the floor, which he found odd, until his eyes caught something unexpected. Kiley. Holding hands. With Brennion! He wondered if he was the only one seeing this when he heard his wife suck in a sharp breath.
Kiley knew there were other people in the room but she was only intent on her parents faces. She saw her fathers left eye twitch like it did when he was thinking real hard on something that confused him. Her mothers brows were furrowed so deeply they might have fallen off. That image made Kiley want to laugh but she remembered this was a serious moment and had better not. Kiley also noticed Thalia and Nico suddenly become very interested on their intertwined hands.
"At least one of them didn't come in stark naked this time!" Clarisse said with amusement hanging on her breath. She got a four manned glare from the parents of the couple. Wisely she sunk into the couch she sat in and shut her mouth as she did. Annabeth's grey search lights scanned Kiley, inspecting for anything misplaces or misshapen. Kiley wasn't sure what exactly it was her mother was looking for and quite frankly Kiley didn't want to know.
Finally Annabeth spoke, "Are you feeling well honey?" Then Kiley understood. Her mother thought there was something wrong with her mental status because of her current appearance. Kiley gripped Brennion's hand for reassurance before answering her mothers rather cruel question.
"Yes I'm fine Mom. Rather pleasant in my current state thank you." It was probably dumb but she couldn't help it. Her mother nodding slowly, keeping her eyes fixed on their intertwined hands.
"Then," Thalia gestured by pointing from Brennion to Kiley then to their hands, "Whats with this?" Brennion had to catch the words before they fell out of his mouth, sort them out, and lay them out before himself inside his head. They still didn't sound right. They were….bound to get them in more trouble than needed. What the hell! He was supposed to be playing it cool! He looked down at his girlfriends hand in his own. That kinnda blew the cool idea though. Brilliant. Nice one Brennion.
"Um….." Yeah that's nice and cool Brennion way to not sound guilty at all! He mentally slapped himself for that one. Behind him he heard Airabella laugh at how uncomfortable he felt. Suddenly, out of no where, Nico went ridged and start shaking his head over and over with wide eyes.
"Dad? Whats wrong?" Brennion was to scared to ask if that was because of what appeared to be here. Nico looked at Percy and Annabeth then to his wife and continued to shake his head.
"Babe, what is wrong with you!" Thalia asked giving him a weird look. He leaned in and whispered in his wife's ear. Whatever he said made her eyes go wide and her cheeks turn a bright red color.
"Gods no!" She said, "No! No Nico! Don't even say that! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, Hades no!" They were beginning to get the interest of the people that didn't really care what was going on in the room.
"What!" Amber finally screamed, her impatience getting the better of her. The two flinched like they had been slapped.
"This whole scene here," Nico pointed to Brennion and Kiley, "It reminds me of when Percy and Annabeth told Athena and Poseidon that Annabeth was pregnant." To that Percy made the sound of someone being punched in the stomach and Annabeth clapped her hands over her mouth. Kiley began choking on the air she was breathing and Brennion just stayed ridged with his eyes wide. Everyone else was either dead silent or laughing. It was one of the strangest contrast to be found in miles.
"I'm not pregnant!" Kiley screamed, extremely offended. Her hands went to her stomach and, looking at it, she frowned, "Why would you think that? Do I look pregnant? Oh god I'm fat aren't I! That's what your saying! Awww man and I've been working out too! Now I have to work harder! I th-"
"Your not fat babe, your beautiful." Brennion said without thinking. He didn't realize he had said it in front of his parents and hers until after he had said it. This time he did slap himself, hard, on the forehead. Kiley grabbed his wrist and shook her head with a pouty face.
"Don't hit yourself. Don't hurt yourself." He smiled but stopped when their parents said "BABE!" in unison. They both flinched. The tension that held the room captive was so strong it felt like it could snap them at any second.
"You know this is quite amusing! Thanks Bella!" Bowden said with a laugh. Blaze hit him in the chest and told it wasn't funny and that he was being cruel and he had better stop.
"Babe!" Percy repeated, "You just called my daughter babe. Why did you call MY daughter babe. MY daughter!" Annabeth, though alarmed herself, set a hand on his arm.
"Hun, I think they got that she is your daughter. No one is arguing that point." He had no response but a growl. Kiley ran her thumb across the plastic cover of her ipod in her pocket. She didn't know what to say. Her head was reeling. Her world was changing. And she wasn't sure if it was for good yet. The only way to find out was to keep going but she was to scared to lose what she had now. She was stuck in the middle and she didn't like it. God, or she should say gods, if only she could live in the memory of when she and Brennion thrived together. Were together. Pushed against one another under soft sheets. Together. That's all she wanted now. Was together. Where she was safe and loved.
"Um well," She tried but the words became faulty, dying out on her before she could finish whatever the hell she was trying to say.
"She's my girlfriend. And I'm her boyfriend. We're together." Kiley stared in awe at her boyfriend. Shocked by his sudden bravery. If only she had his courage. Just another thing she loved about him. If they weren't in the hot seat right now, she'd kiss him. She wanted to so badly, staring at nothing but his lips and drowning out everything else. She felt herself lean towards him but when she remembered where she was and what was going on she caught her bottom lip in her teeth and bit down hard. Later she told herself, later. Hopefully.
"B-B-B-B-"Nico stuttered but Thalia finished for him by saying "Boyfriend. Yes." Percy excused himself and walked outside randomly then came back in and said "The worlds not ending, Kronos isn't outside with Ashton Kutcher saying "You got punked' and I don't see any sign of that happening soon so how is that true?"
"Wow. Thanks for the support Dad. Your blessing, really. Awesome. Just awesome." She realized she shouldn't be as sarcastic as she was being right now but she couldn't help it. Her Dad wasn't being very nice about this.
"Your asking for my blessing? Are you two getting married!"
"No. But you could still show a little support. I love him Dad." Out of the corner of her eye she saw her mother tense. Her eyes drifted to the ground and she began wringing her wrist.
"Percy," She whispered, "Stop. Let them talk. I don't…this is reminding me to much of me and my Dad when I told him about us. I promised I'd do this different if my children ever came to me and said the same thing as me. How ironic that I have to keep that promise. Sit down. We are going to do this rationally." Percy growled, giving Brennion his best "Dad" glare, and sat beside his wife. Nico kicked his feet up on the coffee table in front of him and leaned forward, looking at the couple presenting themselves so shakily.
"I think they are telling the truth." He said finally after minutes of looking them up and down.
"Well duh they are! What did you think this was, a prank!" Thalia was in a grumpy mood. That much was obvious. She didn't like the thought of her son having a girlfriend. Mostly because it meant her son was growing up but there was a small fear inside her that her son wouldn't need her anymore now that he had a girl that he loved to do it for him.
"What I want to know is," Percy said scratching at his beard, "how they came about this. What on Earth brought this on? You two are like brother and sister!" The couple gagged visibly, choking a little even because of the facts they knew. They had done things no brother and sister should. Kiley tasted bile on her tongue at the thought. Had her parents really thought that? How interesting.
"We have never considered each other as such." She spoke what she was saying in her mind, in the shortened version anyway. Annabeth frowned, tugging on a blond ringlet that had been hugging her shoulder happily.
"Then what have you considered each other?" Her mother looked entirely perplexed. Not an emotion Kiley often saw on her mothers face, if ever.
"I've always loved Brennion mom. I'm sorry but its true. Okay well not always, I hated him when we were little but the older I got, I did. Around….12 I think. I've always had a crush on him but it sorrta became more than a crush since last year. I'm sorry if that….troubles you I guess is the word I'm looking for here but it can't be helped. I love him. Plain and simple." As if to emphasize her point she turned and kissed him on the cheek, even though her entire self was craving his lips. She settled with just that for now, though as long as this whole thing panned out, she was definitely sneaking off with him later. Percy's eye twitched a bit and he acted as though he wanted to speak but no words were coming out of his mouth. Annabeth, though obviously perturbed, folded her hands neatly in her lap and breathed more slowly than normal. Pacing herself almost.
"So you two are in a relationship then?" Kiley's mother asked gently. The two nodded. Another silence ruled.
"Brennion," Thalia said with a sharp tone like ice weaved into her words, each icy sharp word wanting to impale itself in Brennion's throat, "I'm calling your Uncle Jason. You are so having a talk with him!" Brennion rolled his eyes. He knew what that meant. Another talk in Latin (his Uncle preferred speaking Latin and had taught all the kids when they were younger) for about an hour. Not that he didn't love his Uncle, he just didn't like talking in Latin. It weighed on his tongue heavily, almost painfully. It was entirely to hard for him to speak. Oh well, it was unavoidable. Moving on.
"Mom, Dad, please just say you approve so we can all move on with our life?" Thalia narrowed her eyes and flooded her eyes, obviously not wanting to say any such thing but Nico, strange enough, had to be the voice of reason. Gently he placed a hand on Thalia's arm and touched his forehead to her cheek as his way of getting through to her.
"Hun, they are big kids now, we have to let them live their life the way they want. Once they reach this age, they are on their own decision wise. Our job, as parents, is to always back them up. Regardless. And to smack them on the back of the head saying I told you when it doesn't pan out. You listening Bolt Brain?" Thalia shoved him away but playfully and smiling.
"Don't call me that. And," She turned to her son and Kiley, taking in a deep breath, "I approve-" The couple both immediately smiled and burst out in a volley of thank you's however Thalia wasn't finished. Which she made clear by growling under her breath.
"However, if Kiley comes up to either Annabeth or myself crying and saying she's pregnant? There will be a large price to pay. Understand?"
"I second this notion." Annabeth said from her side of the couch, a deep set glare on her face. Kiley sighed, rolling her eyes.
"Again with the pregnant thing-you people are giving me a complex on my self image!"
"Which is why," Percy added after his daughter tried to lighten the mood with a joke, "you just shouldn't be doing that sort of thing. Right?" The couple suddenly lost all interest in the conversation, focusing on other things in the room instead like how there was a green stain on the ceiling and how everyone else seemed to find their discomfort amusing.
"Right!" Percy repeated.
"Well Dad," Kiley rubbed the back of her neck nervously, looking for the words she wanted in her brain, "here's the thing…."
"We sorrta been there, done that, bought the t-shirt." Brennion finished for Kiley. To this the four parents all had the same reaction. Simultaneously they began screaming at each other for some odd reason. About not giving the proper sex talk. "Percy! Nico! You were suppose to give the boys a proper sex talk, not take them to the zoo and say 'Don't act like animals'!" "Yeah, well, your one to talk Annabeth! You and Thalia were suppose to give the girls a sex talk but all you two did was say 'Girls some day boys are going to want something from you because you're a girl, but you tell them no alright?' How is that a sex talk!" Annabeth retorted something brilliantly dull and Thalia saved her with something sharp. With a sudden jolt Kiley realized they were fighting with each either, blaming one another, for the fact that they had indeed had sex.
"Excuse me," Kiley couldn't help but put in, "but I made choice myself thank you very much." From behind her Kiley heard Melina say,
"And can you blame her! He is fine! Num I'd do him in a heart beat." Kiley turned around and faced the beautiful daughter of Aphrodite.
"Thanks for the backup but, bitch, he's MINE!" Melina laughed sweetly as if this pleased her greatly.
"Oh don't I know Jackson." Kiley gave her a small smile.
"That's all fine and well but Kiley, hun, if you use langue like that again your going to be grounded for a month." Annabeth grumped.
"Are we approved!" Brennion finally yelled, his impatience getting the better of him. There was a low grumble amongst the parents before they all nodded slowly. Kiley could have swore her heart jumped out of her chest she was so happy.
"For reals!"
"Hold on!" Percy yelled before Kiley could drag Brennion off and, erm, celebrate, "No more sex until your married, not in the house, not on a plane, not on a train, and not in car says Sam I Am. Not anywhere understand?"
"Not anymore." Kiley said aloud but silently she added "that you know of anyway"
Can anyone tell I hurried to finish this chapter? IM SORRY IT SUCKS! SCHOOL IS KILLING ME! These stupid proficiencies are KILLING me. IM FAILING 3 CLASSES CUZ OF THEM! GRRRRRRRRRRR….