Chapter 18

Recap: "Wow. This is a lot better than the swords at camp."

A little while after I got my new stuff, I went out to eat, and ended up finding a food court, one with an Anthony's Pizza, Burger King, Taco Bell (a.k.a. toxic hell) and other places.

I found Rob and Julie in a booth along the farthest wall from the entrance. The two were arguing over something.

"Hey, something wrong?" I asked the two, placing myself next to Julie.

Julie stabbed her thumb in Rob's direction and said, "Yeah, block head over here says that your mom wasn't there, though I know he saw her."

Why do they fight over such petty stuff? I said inwardly, placing my head in my palm and I sighed out loud.

"Well she wasn't!" Rob defended.

"Are you senseless Rob? Because she was there, and I got these."

I showed them the two rings that my mom had given me.

"All right… you got a new ring, a watch, and a loop for the watch… fun," Rob said in a sarcastic tone.

I mumbled my little magic words and a bronze sword erupted from the ring into my hand.

Rob jumped back and nearly toppled over into the booth behind him trying to avoid the sharp tip of the blade.

"Whoa! Watch where you point that thing Derek!" he exclaimed.

After Rob's (hilarious) outburst, Julie started cracking up.

I put on a quick, evil smirk (which rob caught a glance of) and pressed the second button on the watch, allowing the shield to expand, and ended up scaring (insert random word here) out of Julie.

Julie jumped back and slammed into the wall behind her, staring incredulously (AN: That's my big word for the day!!) at the shield.

Keeping the smirk on my face, I taunted Julie by saying, "Ha ha, got you both."

That ended up giving me a bruise on my shin from Julie kicking my shin.

"There. Now I got you," Julie replied in a just-as-taunting- tone.

I glared at her quickly and slipped out of the booth.

"Whatever, I'm gonna go get some food. You guys hungry?" I asked.

Rob immediately answered, "Yes!"

Julie nodded and said, "Derek, you're paying for me. Rob, go get your own food."

I sighed heavily and rolled my head back, and said, "All right… but you owe me."

"The ever-so-demanding queen.." I muttered under my breath as I walked away.

"I heard that!" Julie called over.

I rolled my eyes again, and smiled. I thought about being a umm… yeah I'm gonna leave that out, but I was ready to flip her off.

I went up and waited in line behind a couple of retarded satyrs, who were, interestingly, talking about us.

"Dude, did you see those new guys. They just walked in, and went straight up to the Olympians. That is seriously stupid, and I'm surprised that Zeus didn't vaporize them," said Retard number 1, who I from here on out call Bob.

"Yeah, I know man," said the other dude, who is now deemed Joe.

"And did you see that kid? The younger one with the black hair. He gave me the creeps," said Bob.

"Yeah, but the older boy with black hair and the blond looked like they were going out or something," replied Joe.

"But then that brown haired dude looked kind of left out of the love triangle, cause the young black-haired guy obviously likes the girl, the brown haired one," Bob said.

My shoulders kind of slumped out of realization. I really did like… or maybe even love… Julie. I slapped myself internally, my conscience saying, Let's give Captain Obvious his cape now, and a round applause to go with it!


I'm in a total writers block. I haven't even touched my other story in I don't know how long. Any ideas, PLEASE review!! I'm going to try to get this whole "Derek & Julie" thing started. But like Bob said, Rob is sorta left out. Any ideas on this will also be accepted.