Chapter 8

The flying horse ride was brutal and I am not talking about weather. Jess wouldn't shut up about Nico. I mean honestly how can someone talk about a person for four hours straight? And another thing Jess wouldn't stop thanking me for bringing Lord of the Dead along since she is pretty sure that the guy creeps me out. Anyway we get to New Jersey and land in a parking lot where The Lord of the Dead says,

" What took you guys so long?"

I say,

" There was a lack of oxygen."

" Really."

I guess the guy didn't understand that his girlfriend wouldn't shut up. When Jess lands she jumps off her horse thing and guns it for Nico. He opens his arms wide catches her at full speed and says,

"I missed you."

" I missed you too."

And then they kiss and keep going back and forth.

" Jess, the world so dark that I was blind until you returned to my arms."

"I could stand leaving them Nico."

" Never leave me again."

" Never."

" If I…"

I yell to them,

" Alright the world understands your interesting attraction to each other. Now can we please get going?"

They look at me as if I just randomly appeared out of thin air. They drop out of their embrace and go to just holding hands. I move to one of the cars in the parking lot when Jess says,

" What are you doing?"

" Hi-jacking a car."

" Why we have plenty of money?"

She starts to pull out the bag of money when I say,

" Trust me we'll need that later."

" But someone will realize that their car was stolen and will be looking for it."

" Not if you just follow my plan."

I neil down next to the front of the car and start to unscrew the front license plates I say,

" Jess you help me with this car and Lord of the Dead go find another set of license plates."

" Any kind Ren?"

" Out of State would be best."

He disappears in the parking lot and Jess stays quite for six minutes straight, thank the gods, and then says,

" Nico is the best isn't he?"

Shit, why can't she stop talking about him? I say,

" Jess can we please not talk about Nico?"

" Why?"

" Because I don't want to focus on your relationship right now."

" Why?"

" I miss Luke and seeing you two being all lovey dovey doesn't help."

" I'm sorry Ren I forgot that you and Luke are a thing now."

" It's okay."

We get the plates off and Nico comes running up with the plates and yells,

" Why do we need these?"

" We're going to switch them."

" That's a really good idea."

" Well this isn't the first time that I've done it."

Jess says,

" Should I be surprised?"

" Not at all."

We switch the plates and I wire the car and we are on the road with me behind the wheel. Nico and Jess are sitting in the back seat cozying up to each other. God if I wasn't in a relationship I would start vomiting. And in the next three seconds they start making out I swear this is going to be a long drive. I get my water bottle and throw it at them and yell,

" You guys keep it G back their. No one needs to get pregnant!"

Jess started screaming,

" OH MY ZEUS! REN THAT WAS TERRIBLE! I AM REALLY GOING TO KILL YOU!"

" It got you to stop didn't it."

Nico bursts out laughing clearly he found my joke funny or Jess's top blowing off. He says,

" Jess calm down it was a joke."

She was about to start yelling when Nico took her by the hand and kissed it. And all of a sudden she forgot about the whole thing and just stared into his eyes. It's seriously weird how he calms her down in less than a second. I say,

" You guys got the message? Only holding hands, pecks on the cheek, and cuddling got it?"

Jess said with an edge in her voice,

" Fine."

" Nico?"

He pulls his hands in the air and says,

" As long as your behind the wheel. May I ask why these conditions are in place?"

" My boyfriend isn't here so then you can't show off your romance without pissing me off."

" Two questions. One, when did you get a boyfriend?"

" Two days ago and think carefully on your next question walking dead dude."

" So clearly you miss him, so who is him?"

" Are you really that stupid?"

" Maybe."

" Luke Castellan."

" Interesting you aren't…"

He didn't finish his sentence because Jess clapped her hand around his mouth, smart move on her part. She says,

" Where are we going?"

" Harvard College."

" Why?"

" We're going to get some answers from Coeus the titan of intelligence."

" Why are we messing with titans?"

" Because a lot of them owe me favors."

" And Harvard College?"

" He is the lead history professor and he specializes in greek mythology."

" How long will it take to get there?"

" Eight hours minimum you guys should get some rest."