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"Mommy, I don't want to." Her green eyes stared frightened at her mother.
"I'm sorry sweetie, but mommy doesn't have time to pick you up from school." The older lady finished packing the girl's lunch kit.
"Normal seven year olds don't ride the bus alone." The girl said reproachfully.
"I'm sorry Mayrse, but unless you want to stay at school for another four hours, I can't pick you up." Her mom handed her her Princess lunch kit. "Here, your favourite; chocolate chip cookies."
All previous frustration left the Mayrse's face as she smiled and let her mom lead her to the car.
After School
Left. Right. Left. Right. Her head swivelled back and forth, looking like a demented owl. Where was the bus?
"Hi. I'm Robert."
Mayrse's head whipped to the left. A boy about three years older smiled at her.
Stranger. Stranger. Mayrse inside voice shrieked. Expect, alarm bells were not ringing.
"Mayrse." She spoke slowly.
"You don't have to be scared." Of the bus or him she didn't know. His next words cleared it up. "The bus isn't a scary thing. I've been on it a lot." He sounded proud.
"Oh. Do you think," Mayrse fiddled with the bus ticket. "Could you sit by me?"
The boy's smile widened, showing a few missing teeth. "Sure."
"You have got to be kidding me." Athena stormed into Aphrodite's chamber. "Even in another life, you have the two of them meet."
"I had nothing to do with this!" Aphrodite threw her hands up. "I swear on the River Styx!"
"Come on, lighten up. I thought you got over your hatred towards him." Poseidon patted Athena on the back, an action she shied away from.
"Seriously though. They has another two lives." Aphrodite grinned maniacally. "This would truly be the best love story if they managed to meet again."
Mayrse's legs swung back and forth as she peeked around her curtain of brown hair to look at Robert. He had blond hair and a face that looked very trustworthy to her and she was what her mom said, a great judge of character.
"Sometimes I see so much wisdom in your eyes. But you're only seven. You didn't get the from me." She would laugh and then offer Mayrse cookies and milk.
"So, where's your stop?" Robert asked. "I just noticed I missed mine."
"Um. I think it's- uh oh." Mayrse felt her heart stop for a microsecond. "I missed it too."
In between talking to Robert, watching the cars zoom past and just not at all paying attention, she had passed by her house.
"That's okay. The bus has to turn around sooner or later. Come with me." He held out a hand and after a second, Mayrse took it.
"Sir?" Robert tugged Mayrse up to the bus driver, who looked up from the road.
"Mmhmm?"
"We missed our stops. When's the turn around?"
"Another half hour. I'd turn around but..." He gestured behind him to the full bus.
"We understand. Thanks." Robert tugged her back to her seat, her stomach feeling hollow. Mommy would be mad.
"Wanna play a game?" Robert asked.
"What kind of game?" Mayrse dug around in her back pack for the emergency phone her mommy have her. It wasn't anything special, she was only seven. It had two buttons. One to call the number programmed in it, and another to hang up.
"We can play, this!" Robert triumphantly pulled out a very old pack of very old looking cards. "Mythomagic!"
"Okay. Wait." Mayrse pressed the button and held the phone tightly to her ear.
"Baby? Where are you?" Her mom's panicked voice filled the space around her.
"I'm sorry, I missed my stop." Mayrse whispered.
"Oh dear. Do you know when you'll be back."
"He said half an hour."
"You're a smart girl, you'll figure out when to stop?"
"Mmhmm."
"I'll see you at home. Chocolate chip cookies just came out of the oven!"
Mayrse said goodbye and pressed the hang up button.
"What's that?" She returned to the previous topic.
"It's a card game. You..." He rambled on and explained the rules. Seeming to forget he was talking to a seven year old. She was so mature though.
"Okay Poseidon deals this much damage. Take that, Athena is a weakling!" He cackled and the few people remaining on the bus pretended not to hear.
"She is not! She has brains and strength. He doesn't have any brains!" Where had that come from?
"Ha! You wish Wise Girl!"
The words floated in the air. Mayrse's eyes flickered grey. Then green again. Robert eyes changed as well, so fast no one else would notice.
"Well, Seaweed Brain, you better back up those words." Her voice changed, sounding years older.
"You're on!"
"Hades? What the hell is going on? They shouldn't be remembering this stuff!" Athena's eyes flashed dangerously.
"They're in some kind of limbo. They don't remember major things." Hades calmly replied. Wasn't his fault they had defied all odds. He did enjoy a good love story.
"Here's my stop." Mayrse pressed the button and stood, her bag around her shoulders.
"Mine too!" Robert packed up the cards and they both got off.
"I'll see you again right? I need to beat your ass at that game." Her entire appearance had changed. No way little Mayrse would have known the word ass.
"You're on, Annabeth."
"Percy?" The two stood, unsure what was happening.
"Oh gods, Annabeth." Percy crushed her into a hug, burying his face in her blond hair. "We did it. We met again."
"This isn't normal." Her eyes looked frightened, but amazement overshadowed it. "I don't care though. Oh gods I-"
"Mayrse?" Her mother stuck her head out the door. "There you are! You made a friend I see!"
Mayrse was now Mayrse, Robert was Robert.
"Yes, he's really nice and he has this cool game!" Percy and Annabeth's story was finished. Mayrse and Robert's was just beginning.
*cackles* then they have three kids named Isabelle, Alec and Max. And they adopt a hot blond.
Jk.
Omigod you would not believe how many times I wrote Annabeth instead of Mayrse and Percy instead of Robert.
See you in the next chapter!