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"Good morning, Clarisse" I felt Chris's warm lips on my forehead, i opened my eyes a bit and searched around. All of my siblings were still sound asleep, Chris was sitting on the edge of my bed, his hand resting on my belly, where the baby was. "Good morning, child" He whispered to my belly.
"Hey Chris." I sat up slowly, trying to wake up for real.
"If we want to have a moment alone with Chiron, we better go now." Chris said, still playing my my stomach and smiling.
"What time is it?"
"Its six in the morning, come on, lets get you dressed." He hugged me sideways, and planted a kiss on my cheek.
"Get off." I broke free of his hug.
"So the pregnancy hormones already acting up?" He joked, i murdered him with my eyes.
I stood up, and changed into a camp shirt, jeans and black boots, i combed my hair quickly and brushed my teeth. I felt nervous.
Chris took me by the hand and we left my cabin, without waking any of my siblings.
"You know Claire" He started as we walked down to the arena, where Chiron was, "I am actually excited." I looked at him puzzled, "Look at this Clarisse, its part of you, its part of me. I am going to be a father. He's a miracle." He said. Thats cause you aren't the one carrying it inside your body. You aren't the one who will have to stop fighting. The one who will get fat.
"He?" I asked.
"Or she."
"So, you are happy with this situation?" I asked amused, brushing a streak of hair off my face.
"You will too." He said, i doubted it. How could he be happy? "Ah, did you know that it is permitted to have sex during a women's pregnancy?" He joked.
"Hey, sex is what caused this." I said.
We spotted Chiron in the arena and took a deep breath and walked towards him.
"Chris" Chiron exclaimed as he saw us, "Clarisse".
"Chiron, we have a matter to discuss with you." I demanded.
He lifted one eyebrow, waiting for a progression in the conversation.
"So Chiron, the deal is" Chris started, i squished his hand strongly, "Clarisse is pregnant". I waited for a reaction, i even doubted Chiron understood what Chris had said, he said it so quickly.
Although he tried to hide it, i could see Chiron's desperation behind the comforting, relaxed attitude. "Clarisse, oh… But you love fighting, what are you going to do now?" He touched his hair with his hand.
I looked at Chris and then down at my feet, i didn't know what to say.
"But, to have a baby, you guys had to…" Chiron started and took a pause, wondering if he should continue his sentence.
"I know Chiron." Chris admitted.
"You broke the rules." He said, he didn't seem mad.
"Who doesn't break that rule?" I said with a sneer.
"Well, this hasn't happened before. The other campers took their precautions at least." Chiron snapped.
"We did too!" I said, patting my stomach.
"We think the birth control failed. Clarisse has been late for the past two months." Chris tried making up for my comment.
"That would explain your constant vomiting, wouldn't it, Clarisse?" Chiron asked, i nodded. "What is done is done, now we have to focus on the future. There are various things we have to decide about what will be done to this infant." Chris held my stomach protectively.
"Chiron, my father. What will he do?"
Chiron came closer and whispered, "I fear, Clarisse, i fear. Four your best interest, i would keep this a secret."
"We can't hide this forever." I ran my hand over my stomach.
"But we can figure out something to calm your father down… We can try at least." Chiron paused, "But Clarisse, you do know that until this infant is born, your training has to be suspended." I hated those words.
"All of it?" I asked.
"We'll do what is best for the baby." Chris put his hand over mine, stroking my uterus.
I rolled my eyes, "I suppose you can jog and practice on the dummy for the first few months, and archery is acceptable." Chiron suggested.
"The baby will be half human, half god, like us?" I asked.
"Well, it will be two fourths human, one fourth Ares and one fourth Hermes. I am not sure where it will stay" Chiron was interrupted by Chris, "With Clarisse, of course" Chris said. what? Chiron continued, "And i don't know what its abilities will be. This" he touched my belly, "is phenomenal".
"It will grow up as a warrior, like me." I said, there was no way a child of mine would be a puss.
"Are you ready?" Chiron asked.
"No." We both said.
"Are you excited?"
"No." I said, "Yes" Chris said.
Chiron gave us a warm smile.
After lunch, i decided to take a walk around the camp, I felt relieved for telling Chris and Chiron, now the main goal was to keep it a secret from the camp and from my father. I felt depressed that i couldn't fight the way i did before our little "phenomenon", i felt a few tears coming. Whoa, maybe the pregnancy hormones are already acting up…I thought to myself. I tried focusing on the good aspects of being pregnant, i bit my nails trying to find any. "Ah, did you know that it is permitted to have sex during a women's pregnancy?" Chris's voice rang in my mind, he was right. Its proven that sex during a pregnancy does not harm the baby and we didn't need to take any precautions this time, the damage was already done. I sat on a bench and stared at the view, "This is your home" I whispered. I found it weird, but couldn't help but talk to the baby. I pulled out my knife, looked at its sharp edge, i stroked it gently with the tip of my fingers. "I miss you" I whispered to it, and put it back. Maybe this baby thing, wasn't so bad.
Later that night, before going to bed, i turned on the shower and as i waited for the water to warm, i looked at my naked body on the mirror. I squeezed my breasts, they seemed heavier than usual. I looked at my stomach, trying to see if you could tell. I turned sideways, my once defined abdomen, now was starting to form a round little pregnancy belly. I pictured the fetus inside of my body, small and cozy. Then, i thought of something, what if the birth control pills were out of the validation date? I opened the closet, inside my suitcase, was the birth control box, i read the validation date, no that wasn't it, it was valid all right.
"Why did you fail me?" I asked the birth control, i took a few pills on my hand and stared at them for a while, wondering why they had not worked.
I looked at those white round pills, wait. My birth control pills seemed different, in fact, my pills were smaller than these, way smaller. I read the small printed letters on the pink pills, Donormyl. Donormyl? Are you kidding me? I felt a fire take over my body, it wasn't possible. Someone replaced my birth control pills for Donormyl, a strong medicine for insomnia, that is why i slept so well. Whoever did this, is paying for it. Because of some mother fucker that decided to play a joke on me, i got pregnant. I will find you, and i will hit you so much, your organs will come out through your mouth. I mentally sent that message to the people in the Hermes cabin, no one would pull a prank like this except for them. And i had a slight idea of who exactly was.
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