This is another shorted chapter, but it's necessary because it leads up to the Big Party that makes everything go haywire! Again-I need you're reviews to make it better and know how to update XD Thanks to annabethlover175 and alexandrirulzforeva for being so supportive and for reviewing! :D
Disclaimer- I don't own the Percy Jackson franchise or Rick Riordan.
Apollo's POV
I needed to go see her. I know that might sound weird stalker-y, but I definitely knew her from someplace, and I needed to know where I knew her from. Zeus told me that I couldn't go see her until she sacrificed something to me when they ate at that camp, and I thought I was going to have to wait forever. Yeah, I was hot, and awesome, but I thought she was just going to sacrifice to the major gods, like Zeus and Poseidon and Hades.
So when she finally sacrificed to me the Thursday after she got there, I was psyched. Maybe she remembered me? I hope, cuz I didn't really remember her. Whatever.
That night, after she finally sent me some food, I decided to visit (Now that I think of it, what took her so long? She got there Monday, so I should've been the first person she sacrificed food to.). They were in the middle of dinner, and the sun was just about to go down, so I could drop by for a visit without going off my course.
I heard a yell of "Don't watch!" when I parked. Man, I loved this car. No one could look at it unless it wasn't moving, which means no one could ever steal it!
I saw the murmurs pass from mouth to mouth as I got out of the car and walked through the tables. It was great, hearing the affect I had on the females of the camp.
"Chiron!" I gave him a slap on the back when I got up to him, and he grimaced a little at me. So he didn't like me all that much. That's cool. His loss. "I'm here to see her."
"Rachel's right there, as always."
"Not her. The new girl. The daughter of The Fates."
Chiron's face darkened, almost as if he could tell what I was thinking. "She's in the bathroom right now." He lowered his voice to a whisper. "And if this has anything to do with the Prophecy she was given, you know that you can't-"
"Aiden?"
Aiden. I had probably gone by that name once.
I turned around and saw her standing there with her jaw dropped, and my daughter Eliza next to her. Where did I know her from? Where did I know her from?
Then it hit me.
"Brielle?"
Then, all Hades broke loose. Brielle and I, we weren't paying any attention. We walked towards each other, silent, and when we finally met up, she poked me. Then she poked me again. She narrowed her eyes at me, and we started to listen to the voices around us.
"Who's Aiden?"
"Who's Brielle?"
"How does she know Apollo?"
"I am loving this taco…"
"Enough!" Chiron raised his voice and everyone, thankfully, shut up. "Apollo…how do you know Mira?"
"Mira? This is Brielle."
"Wait." She looked at me. "Apollo as in, the god Apollo?"
"That's right, sweetheart."
"So you lied to me." Normally I would have smote someone who accused me like that, but she looked adorable when she was angry.
"If I had told you who I was, you would have thought I was crazy. Plus, I'm not the only one who's been lying." Now she was ashamed, glancing at her feet every now and then.
"You told me your name was Brielle Agapi." I took a step closer to her and took her chin in my hand. "You also said you were eighteen. Why'd you do that?"
"Because it was an over-eighteen club and I didn't want to get kicked out."
"And you couldn't resist making yourself legal age for the awesome, gorgeous man who sat next to you?"
"No, I couldn't."
She ripped her face out of my hand, looking very angry, but I could tell she still thought of me as the man at the club.
"Apollo." Chiron had walked over to us, intent on protecting his innocent camper. (Innocent. Right…) "Care to explain what this is all about?"
I gave him a blinding smile. "Hold on…I feel a haiku coming up." Everyone groaned from some reason as I cleared my thought.
"We met at a club
She was attracted to me
We hooked up last month"
I gave everyone a huge smile in the second on silence.
Then everything really went to Hades.
Chiron was flabbergasted, my children-who she had been staying with-got completely grossed out, the rest of the camp was practically rioting in their gossip, Mr. D was, well, doing nothing, Brielle, who was actually Mira, kept looking at the only child of Hades there, and I stood in my spot, looking around at the turmoil.
It was a pretty awesome haiku, wasn't it?
When Chiron finally got his breath back, he spoke. "The two of you-in the Big House, please."
I followed him joyfully, Brielle not so much. When we got there, I plopped down on a fluffy chair, and waited for whatever he was going to say.
"Now, we can't change what's happened in the past, no matter how wrong it may be, and both of you are at fault here. Just promise me that it will never happen again, yes?"
We both promised-but not on the River Styx. I liked that. It gave us more opportunities.
"I'm going to go settle down the campers. In five minutes I want the two of you to have talked over everything, and be back outside."
"Of course, Chiron." He left, and I turned to Brielle. "I was just lectured by a pony. That's a new one."
She put her head in her hands. "I can't believe I hooked up with a god."
"It's alright, it's alright. It was good though, wasn't it?" She glared at me through her laced fingers. "Okay, I'm sorry. Let me make it up to you."
I put my hand on her shoulder and she stood, shaking me off. She was a lot shorter than me, but she glared with a fire that almost rivaled the one of my car. "This better be good, because you so owe me."
"You're adorable. You're completely adorable when you're angry." She punched me in the shoulder. It was amazing how she didn't even act like I was a god. She acted like I was just another boy to her. Interesting. I liked that. Normally women cower when they find out I'm a god. "I'm throwing a party tomorrow night. You can come. Bring some friends."
She crossed her arms and a thoughtful look crossed her face. It was devious, plotting-it almost reminded me of Hermes in a way I didn't want to think about. "On one condition."
"Anything, sweetheart."
"All the campers over the age of fourteen come to. Let them meet their parents and have some fun for once. All we do here is train." Her gaze was ice now, daring me to defy her and making me want to her in to her. Also interesting. I've never wanted so badly to do something for a woman. I normally only want to do something to a woman.
"Ha, that's a pretty big request. But, as you said, I owe you. So invite who you want." I leaned in and pecked her on the cheek. "We can co-host." She pushed me away with a half-smirk half-grimace and walked out the door.
Oh, I love women.
She went and sat back with my kids, and I went to my car. Three boys around the age of ten were admiring it.
"Away from the car, kids."
They ran, frightened.
"Wait-you, scrawny, blonde hair, son of Hermes, right? Come here."
The boy I'd picked on walked hesitantly to me.
"What's her name?"
"Who?"
"The daughter of the Fates."
"Mira Peristeri, sir."
"Good. Now go."
I looked over my shoulder as I took off, and saw her singing an old song with my children. I guess I hadn't soiled her reputation too much.
Doesn't matter. I've got a party to plan, and an impossible half-blood woman to please.
Remember to Review ! XD
