I DO NOT OWN PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS NOR IT'S CHARACTERS

Chapter 7: Lucifer

This was awkward. First thing I know I'm walking home alone and Ember is like RIGHT beside me. I mean like she's like dangerously close. If I took a step early or a step too late I probably would fall with her. She seemed pretty cute as her red hair bounced behind her, the ends coloured like flames. That's why Aleks suggested she change her name from Elizabeth to Ember if she wanted to. After all he was her guardian and she had a chance to leave her old life. Of course she changed it and the thing is the hair isn't dyed, it was natural. Anyways we were walking and sure enough I blew it and took a step too early.

"WhoaaAAAA" she yelled as we face-planted directly into the pavement.

"Oh I'm sorry Ember, I kind of took a step earlier." I said with my face bright red.

"No problem…just my face hurts a little." she said as she got up smiling, but also seemed a little disappointed like she wanted me to say something else to her.

"Well you better clean that dirt and rocks off your face" as I said brushing them off.

"I'll do it at home myself" she said still smiling to me as I put arm around her shoulders helping her walk slowly the last few meters to the apartment.

She got into the elevator left me. and I unfortunately got the stairs, I hated stairs. If I had to pick between kissing Medusa or walking up stairs forever, I would pick Medusa. Only Ember knows my pure hated for stairs and understood. Well that was because she also hates stairs and would pick Medusa over stairs. I got up stairs before Ember which was strange because she took an elevator, we would wait for the other person to praise them for 'pushing through the underworld and a half'. One time Aleks was outside and winced as I said to Ember ' How did underworld treat you?' as if he knew what the underworld really was like.

I got into my apartment complex and noticed my guardian staring me down, I knew this was serious and said to ember.

"You might want to head home" I gestured to Aleks's deadly stare.

"Oh okay…see you later I guess…"She turned away and unlocked her door walked in and closed it loudly.

"Man, what's she so mad about?" I said turning to Aleks who now put down his coffee and said to me

"I need to tell you the basis of dating."

"Uhhh….what?"

Then we engaged in a long discussion about Ember, his wife, his job (I couldn't help but laugh at what he saying about the girls there) and also he said that I needed to ask Ember out.

I grabbed a cup and poured some water into it.

"So you are saying that I should ask her out for a date?"

"No, I'm saying that you should grab a knife and brutally murder her," Aleks said sarcastically

"what else could I be saying? Never mind Ember is too smart for you."He continued

"Hey, I was only clearing things up." I shot back.

"Now, Now, I meant no harm, sometimes the sarcasm gets the better than me, oh crap it did again." He said again smirking this time.

"You know when I walked in here, and when you mentioned Ember, I thought you were about to tell me to leave her."I said looking down at my water.

He laughed.

"Why would I say that? Oh that brings me to another point. Are you friends with Percy Jackson?"

"Yes, why?"I said

"Don't be." he replied

"Any reason?"

"Just don't."

"if you don't give me any reason, I'm still going to be friends with him. You taught me never to take 'no reason' as an answer."

He glared at me and suddenly his eyes seemed to turn from black to a sad grey.

"If you are still going to be friends with him, don't bring him here. Let's just say I didn't have a nice exchange last time I saw him."And with that last remark he left the room to talk to Ember.

I had a feeling that he was going to ask the same things he asked me to Ember and see her opinion, so when he left walked out locking the door behind me and went to hang around the school area.

At school I saw Percy Jackson with a pretty girl standing next to him. They were walking, talking and laughing. I guess they were a couple. They seemed happy together, A Percy completely different form school. I saw another man just 10 metres away from them. I got a really bad feeling in my chest and I instantly recognized this man.

He was the guy who stalked me and Ember, and he had a tail that seemed shimmer in and out of existence.