Chapter 8

We hiked for a little more and I was wearing thing. What had he meant? What happened between him and Cassandra? I wanted to know so badly and at the same time I knew that it wasn't pretty. Kyra snapped me out my daydream.

"How was it?" She asked. I turned around. "How was kissing him?" She asked. I blushed then looked down at my feet then laughed.

"We didn't kiss, Kyra." I said. She patted my shoulder.

"Riiiiight."

"Really."

"We didn't." I said and Aaron fell into line with me. Kyra didn't budge. Aaron glared at her asking her to lave with his eyes. She didn't budge.

"I wont leave Cassandra. Say whatever you want but I wont leave." Kyra said and it shocked me. I never thought that my beautiful and spiteful half sister would be defending me. Aaron glared at her but as I knew Kyra had much experience with shooting death glairs and she was good at it. Kasey went to join them.

"I'm guessing you dot want me to comment on your little encounter." She said and I groaned.

"Don't even think about it." I said and after hiking for a few more miles we saw a road.

"What do we do?" Kyra asked.

"Let's hitchhike." Andrew said and for a demigod that was a crappy idea but we were all so tired that no one argued. I stuck out my thumb and we all walked along the side of the highway. I had no idea what state we were in. I stuck out my thumb farther. We needed to be picked up by someone.

"Maybe we could call?" Zakk suggested.

"Oh, ok, I'll take out my phone and call my dad and mom to come pick us up because that's totally going t happen." Kate said. I figured Kate didn't know whom I'd seen that day and then my face lit up.

"That's a great idea, Kate!" I said and I dropped my thumb. Everyone looked shocked and I put my bag down.

"What's the idea?" Andrew asked.

"We can do just that. Call Kate's dad."

"Again?" Kasey asked. I nodded.

"I don't know, Cassandra. Not all of us put as much trust into the gods as you do." Aaron said, showing the first sign of sincerity I'd seen since Texas died.

"You got a better idea?" I asked.

"We try to get a bus and keep walking."

"How long's that going to take?" Nico asked.

"A long time. We need to call camp and see what to do." Kasey said. I shook my head.

"My quest and I agree with Kate." I said.

"Won't he be angry?" Andrew asked.

"Not if I don't look like crap." I said and smiled a million dollar smile that I'd been working on since I was ten. Kyra grinned to.

"That. I can help you with." Kyra said and she turned me around and together as a group we walked back into the woods. Kyra sat me down and started to smooth my hair out. After she was done with that she went onto taking out the makeup kit she packed. Don't ask me why because I have no idea. As she was pinching my face and doing who knows what I said something.

"I'm sorry, Kyra." She looked up. "I should never have judged you. You didn't mean for the whole camp to find out." I said. She smiled a sad smile at me to.

"I guess I'm sorry to, Cassandra. I should never have told anyone." Kyra said and I nodded.

"We're both sorry." I said and she slapped her hand son her skinny thighs.

"Done! I don't know if I have a mirror but your going to have to trust me. You look amazing, Cassandra!" She said and I rolled my eyes. "Really! You do!" She exclaimed and I did trust her. Soon after we were all reconvened. Zakk's mouth dropped open.

"Cassandra Anderson, you look great." He said. I didn't see why the whole makeup thing was necessary but I understood soon after.

"Doesn't she?" Apollo's voice asked from behind me. I smiled at Kyra and Kyra winked. "You look great Cassandra." He said and I didn't know how different I looked.

"What do you need or are you here to make sure that I didn't kiss anyone else?" I teased and he smiled.

"Making sure you don't kiss anyone else." He muttered and looked at the ground. He smiled and walked over to him.

"We need a ride."

"Where?"

"Cliff Island in Maine."

"Cassandra's cave?"

"Are we wrong?"

"No."

"Great. We want a ride."

"Hop in!" He said and we all looked. The little Ferrari was now a bus. Everyone got in and he took off. Five minutes in Kasey looked over at me.

"Cassandra. Can we talk?" She said. I nodded. She and Andrew were sitting next to each other. "I don't know how I feel about this."

"About what?" I asked.

"Apollo. I'm not sure that I want you doing this." Kasey said. I must have looked surprised because she went on. "Your going to get emotional again and how do you know he won't leave you? How do you-"

"I'm going to stop you there and say that you need to let me do my thing and you do yours. Have I ever once said anything to you when you have a boyfriend that I didn't approve of?" I said, sadness in my voice. She looked at me sympathetically.

"I'm sorry, Cassandra. I was just worried." She said. I nodded and before I could tell her that it's ok Apollo called to me from the front.

"Umm, Cassandra, baby, you might want to come look at this." He called and I went up to the front of the bus. We were there but the entire perimeter of the island was covered with monsters. Waiting for us and ready to kill.

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