Chapter 15:
Saying Goodbye
Today was the day that we were going to try to get back to the moon. I woke up just a few minutes earlier to the sounds of Mitena snoring and Hermes and Mrs. Brooks talking. I tried to fall back asleep so that I wouldn't have to think about leaving Mitena and Mikasi, but I couldn't. So I just laid on the air-up mattress that Mitena had in her room and stared at the glow-in-the-dark plastic stars and moon Mitena had on her ceiling. Finally, after what seemed like hours I heard rustling and Mitena turned to look at me and said, "You up?"
I answered her right away with a nod and we both got out of bed. I then asked her if she was going to ask her mom if she could come with us. Mitena said she was going to try, but she doubted it could happen. Another thing I wondered about was if Mitena could even come with. After all, she isn't a Greek demigod, she might not be able to survive in the atmosphere of space like Connor, Hermes, and I could. We talked about that as well, but we decided that maybe we could talk to someone to help us with that.
Mitena and I decided after a long time of pushing it off to go into the kitchen and sit down. Mikasi, Connor and Hermes were at the table as well, and Mrs. Brooks was in the kitchen. Their kitchen was beautiful with large patio doors that lead out to a porch overlooking a small pond and vast acres of land with many horses in it. I could stare at that for hours.
Everyone seemed to be quiet at the table because we knew today was the day we were leaving. Mitena then turned to her mom and said, "Mom, can I go with Arrow on her quest. They know about our secret now, and I think I could be helpful to them, because obviously without me Arrow crashed and burned, literally."
I gave her a stink-face look and rolled my eyes at that, but then laughed a little.
Mrs. Brooks, however, looked more serious and turned to Mitena and said, "No, honey. I know you want to but we have stuff to do here and I don't want you to get hurt."
Mitena looked disappointed and tried to say something back to her mom, but her mom silenced her with just one look. You know that look parents give when they're done talking? Yeah, that look.
We all ate in somber silence and left the table. Hermes, Connor, and I grabbed all of the things we had from our respective rooms and came back into the family room. Mikasi, Mrs. Brooks, and Mitena were all standing there with sad looks in their eyes. I quickly hugged Mrs. Brooks and then hugged Mitena and said, "I'll miss you; I wish you could come with."
Mitena said, "I know, me too."
Connor and Hermes quickly shook hands with everyone, but Hermes hugged Mrs. Brooks for a longer time, and Connor whispered something into Mitena's ear. I finally hugged Mikasi for what seemed like forever and he wouldn't let me go for some reason. Then he let go of me and rubbed my head, which was weird.
I said, "I love you, too." In a joking way, but Mikasi blushed after I said that and just looked down at the ground. We then said goodbye as we walked out the door towards the chariot with the horses already attached to it. Ted was standing next to it, and I gave him a hug as well, and thanked him for helping us with everything. Connor and Hermes shook his hand and exchanged a few words before we all got into the Chariot. We waved goodbye before Hermes told the horses to go.
By now it was the afternoon and the sun was shining brightly on us. Connor and I made sure this time that everything was okay with the chariot and made sure that we couldn't be knocked out of it this time. I know you might be wondering how long it will take us to get to the moon, and to that I say, a few days. Luckily the chariot can stop in midair so we can rest and take breaks. We flew all the way into the night and the moon seemed to be getting closer and closer. Hermes said he doesn't really need to sleep, but he knew that Connor and I were worried about us falling out of the chariot if we were moving so he decided to stop the chariot so we could rest that night.
All I could think of as I started to drift off was Mitena, Mikasi, and my dad and how much I missed them and wished that they could be here with us. Don't get me wrong, I like Connor, but I haven't known him very long, and it's kind of awkward being the outsider of father and son. The last thing I saw as I fell asleep was the North Star lighting up the sky.