Chapter 2

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I own nothing but my laptop and my imagination! Characters belong to Rick Riordan. Other bands, singers, serials and food belong to who owns them. I'm pretty sure that the humans are not owned by someone.

Rachel's POV

After I finished ate my dinner I searched for Octavian. Not that I care about him, It's just that I don't want Chiron to blame me that I killed him or something like that. He was nowhere to be found. I headed to my cave, praying to the gods that he is there.

On the way there I heard footsteps. I reached for my hairbrush and I started to walk very slowly. Suddenly I bumped into something. Actually someone. I got my "weapon" and I hit the person in the head.

'Ow! What was that! I knew Greeks can't be trusted!'

Yep. Definitely Octavian.

'Oh you big Roman chicken, It's me. Rachel!' I said trying hard not to laugh.

'Rachel?! Why did you hit me? And is that a hairbrush? '

'Well it's dark outside and the woods are not really the safest place in the camp. Besides, I would hit you even if I already knew it was you. And yes it is a hairbrush. Now it's my turn to ask you: Why are you wandering alone here? I searched for you for almost 20 minutes!'

I know I sound like a freaked-out mom but this guy is going to get me into trouble. Not that I didn't had enough of it.

'Err… Well… You see… Umm… I…' He sounded a bit embarrassed.

'Just say it already.'

'I kinda tried to find the cave by myself…'

' Tried to. So why didn't you wait for me? I could show you the way.'

'I don't need help from a greek!' he snapped.

I know I could be angry at him for what he said but I understood how he was feeling. Maybe he was too selfish to ask for help. But he lost his home. I heard that the Romans usually built a camp in two or three days but there were seriously damages. They needed at least six months to rebuild all the camp. Plus they didn't have something like a strawberry farm to assure their money so it may take longer. I may act the same like him if I was in his shoes.

'Still not over that, huh?' I asked in a calm tone. He looked really surprised to see me acting casual after what he said. 'Listen Octavian, you may not like that you are staying here but stop acting like it's our fault. You should be happy that we won the war against Gaea. The things could have been worse. Just try to be a little optimistic, ok? Now come on. You should see my place.'

Octavian's POV:

We headed to a something that looked like a cave. Apparently this was her place. It was covered with ivy and it had a wooden door. She told me that first it was a shower curtain but she replaced it with a normal door because she wouldn't risk an attack while she is sleeping. She got a key from her pocket and unlocked the door. The interior was something that looked like an artist's lab. The walls were all painted with some random scenes; there was a messy Queen-size bed with a laptop on it and some painting stuff, a mini fridge and a bookshelf. There was also a door that may have been the bathroom. One of the walls was full of "Imagine Dragons", "Ke$ha", "Doctor Who" and many other posters and plenty of photos with she and her friends. As if you have friends I thought. Great. Another reason to be depressed. I don't need friends.

'Yeah, I should have cleaned up a bit more here. I don't usually have visitors since the Giant war but I guess I can find you some space for your stuff. Would you mind helping me move the bed to the right?'

'Umm… sure.' I said. She smiled. We both pulled the bed in a corner. Suddenly I heard a knock at the door. Rachel opened it and I saw a green-eyed girl with wavy brown hair.

'Hey Katie! What brings you here?' Rachel said.

'I … umm… Chiron gave me these bags and this guitar and he told me to bring them here. He said you know what to do with them. Uhm… who is this?'

'Oh sorry. This is Octavian, the …August…'

'Augur' I said.

' Whatever. He is staying here until New Rome is rebuilt.'

'Umm… okay. Nice to meet you Octavian! I'm Katie Gardner, daughter of Demeter.' She smiled and waved.

'You mean Ceres?'

'Yeah. But she prefers "Cereals". Actually she is obsessed with them.'

'Okaaaay…. No offence but your gods are a bit weird.'

'Octavian is trying not to offend someone!' Rachel put her hand on my forehead. 'You feeling okay? Let's hope that Demeter will not invade my cave with a huge pile of Cheerios.'

' Ha ha ha very funny. Umm… Thanks for bringing my stuff…'

'Octavian said "Thanks"? He must be really feeling bad!'

'Oh just shut up…' I said.

'Aaand old Octavian is back!' she said. Katie waved goodbye and leaved. Rachel closed the door behind her.

'Okay, okay I get it. Do you have some food in that fridge?' I asked.

'But you just ate dinner!'

'Don't judge me. I'm always eating.'

'Than how are you so skinny?'

'I honestly don't know.' I said. I couldn't help but smile. It was just so weird… Rachel noticed and smiled back.

'Fine, go and eat.' She had a mischievous grin on her face. I headed to the fridge but it just didn't open. I pulled harder and I rolled on the floor. Rachel burst into laughter.

'Oh come on! What's wrong with your fridge?'

'You silly! It's not a normal fridge. You just have to say what you want and then you can open the door. It can give you any food you want. It's a Hephaestus invention.'

'Ooh, okay. I want cheese snacks and milk chocolate.' I said, not sure if it was one of her tricks or the truth. I opened the door and surprisingly there were two bags of Snacks and a pack of milk chocolate. I think I made a weird face because Rachel laughed again.

'You believe me now?'

'Yeah. Want some snacks?'I said.

Here you are! Second chappie! The next one is on the way. Don't forget to review, it means a lot!

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