Chapter Two

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Theresa threw the pencil in frustration. She couldn't design a dress if her life depended at the moment.

For some reason she was distracted. She stood up and began to pace. Her cat, Persephone, watched her with her blue eyes.

"Oh, Persephone, I am so distracted. But why?" She asked the cat. Persephone replied with a meow.

"Gee thanks," she said and stopped at the picture on the wall. She stared at a picture with seven teenagers in it.

They seemed to be frozen in time.

"Gods, I wished I had kept contact with them," she muttered. She was brought out of her trance when she her phone ringing. She walked over and picked it up. She looked at the screen and frowned. It was ex-boyfriend. Nate. She thought and declined it. He cheated on her! Jay, she knew, would have never cheated her.

She went back to the picture to see his smiling face. His brown eyes and hair with the little blonde streaks. Maybe she should go to New Olympia to see Hermes. Maybe he could find him, or them. Perfect. Nate would probably fire her, but still. She had to find him again. She raced to pack when she heard her computer make a noise. She went to it and saw what it was. It was a facechat with Nate. Theresa sighed and hit accept. She knew he would keep trying. Nate's blonde head appeared.

"Theresa. We need to talk. What you saw, it—" He started.

"It was you. Cheating. On. Me." She said stopping him, her eyes slid to the picture on her desk. It was the one with her on his back. Not Nate's. No, Jay's. The only guy she ever really loved, besides Adonis.

But every girl was in love with Adonis. Theresa thought Adonis was great, but who could compare to Jay? She thought about his smooth brown eyes, like milk chocolate. Nate's were green. Jay's hair was brown and soft.

She used to love to run fingers through it. Especially, that night in her bedroom at the Brownstone. She missed him terribly. She missed all of them, even Neil. Soon Nate's voice her back away from her wonderful thoughts.

"Theresa? Forgive me?" He pleaded. Theresa considered. Then she realized one thing. She didn't have a single picture of Nate anywhere, not even in her phone.

"I don't have any pictures of you," she mumbled.

"We can get some. Come on Theresa. Cathy means nothing to me!" Theresa looked at the pictures of her family. Her friends. The man she loved. The man she still loves. Once more she looked at Jay's eyes; she looked at Nate and said.

"You aren't Jay. I need Jay." Then she turned him off. She got up to make her some tea. She was lost again. Did he have a family now? A wife? A child or two? A nice house? A big backyard? Did he forget about her? Did they forget each other?

She didn't forget about them. Not at all. She made her tea. What was she thinking? That she could just pack up and leave? She had a career now. It might be on the line since she dated her boss, and then broke up with him.

She sighed and went back to her desk. She looked at her design. It looked ok, but it wasn't what she wanted. She picked up her pencil, but then dropped it at the sound of her phone ringing. She picked it up.

"Hello?" she said.

"You are fired!" said Nate.

"Of course, Mr. Johnson. I understand. Goodbye."

"I will make sure you don't ever get a job in-!" Theresa hung upon him

"Bastard!" she muttered and went to get her tea. She poured her tea and added some sugar and cream. Then she sat down and began to sip her drink. Soon she was floating to in outer space. She found herself in New Olympia, on the top of the Brownstone. There he stood, staring at the sky. He looked different, maybe older.

He had on a purple polo and a brown leather jacket. Same shoes, same jeans. His hair hadn't change. He turned and locked eyes with her. He smiled and winked. Theresa woke up gasping. It was a dream. A dream. She really didn't see him. Just a dream. She sat up. She realized there was knocking on her door. She straightens her shirt. Then smoothed her hair and open the door. She was looking at a man in a blue business suit, brown hair, and I know something you don't know smile, and mischievous eyes.

"Look sir. I don't want to buy anything." She said

"Buy? Why Theresa, did you forget us already?" asked the man.

She looked at the man and gasped. She had never seen the messenger god in his suit.

"Sorry, Hermes. I've never seen you in your suit. Come in?" she said and moved out of the way.

"Why sure, but I can't stay long." Theresa nodded and led the god into the living room area after shutting the door.

"Tea?" she asked.

"Uh, no thank you." Hermes said and sat down. He smoothed his suit and smiled and looked around.

"So New York?" he asked. Theresa looked down and said.

"It is a good place. Anyways, what are you doing here?" she asked taking a sip.

"Hera asked me to find you. Persephone-" Hermes was interrupted by Theresa's cat.

"Sorry. Named her after Persephone. Continue." Theresa picked up her cat up and laid her down on the couch next to her.

"Anyways, Hera sent me to find you. Persephone wants to chat. Catch up." Theresa looked around her spacious apartment.

"Sure tell Hera. I will drive there soon. I can't a griffin. Not with all my baggage." Hermes smiled.

"Great. Well I must be going now. See you soon?" Hermes asked. Theresa nodded.

"Good." Hermes left out the door. Theresa shut the door and smiled. Her phone rang. She had a pretty good idea who it was.

"Hello?"

"You heard me right? You are fired!" She heard Nate's loud voice in the phone.

"That's ok. Well I have to pack. I am going to visit some old friends, almost like family." Theresa hung and went to her room. This time she really had a reason to pack.

"Now what to do with Persephone? Ah I will let Ms. Campbell take care of her," said Theresa to herself.

Ms. Campbell was the elderly lady who has ten cats, she had watch Persephone before. Theresa went into the living room and left her door and went next door. She knocked. The lady who opened the door was in her late seventies with white hair and a flower printed dress.

"Theresa! It is so good to see you. How may I help you?" she asked.

"Hello, Ms. Campbell. I've been called away and I need someone to watch Persephone," she said.

"Oh, I would love to watch Miss Persephone for you. Bring her on over," said the elderly lady.

"Thank you," Theresa said and Ms. Campbell shut the door. Theresa went back to her place.

"Come on Persephone. Momma has to go away." Persephone jumped right into Theresa's arms.

"Good girl." Theresa's powers of talking to animals had grown. Instead of just talking to dumb animals. She now can talk to all animals. She loved this part of her power. She sat her cat down and grabbed Persephone's things and took them all over to Ms. Campbell's door. Persephone followed behind. Theresa knocked on Ms. Campbell's door and looked down at her cat. Persephone looked back at her owner with her blue eyes.

"Be a good girl," Theresa said and the door opened.

"Oh good. Have a good time dear," said the lady.

"I will." Theresa replied and Persephone ran in.

"Thank you Ms. Campbell," Theresa said again.

"Yes dear. Now go on." Theresa nodded and left to go back to her apartment. She was going see the gods again. Better than finding a new job. Maybe I can find one out there, she thought as she packed.

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