Chapter 49- Zehra

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ATHENA POV

I stand up shakly, my whole body is numb, and I feel dizzy.

Louie glances back at me when I suddenly yelp at the pain, the lost, and the fear of the future.

But Louie catches me in his arms.

"Louie! Lad, be careful! She isn't herself!" Scrooge shouted out in panic.

I looked back at them as Louie held me tightly to his chest.

All of them.

Frightened and scared, all because of me...

I swallowed hard.

"Louie." I whisper.

Louie quickly stopped glaring over at the group and down at me a mixture of worry and concern showed on his face.

Not one ounce of fear.

Not like everyone else, not like Zerha.

She looked like she was ready to kill.

"You're are back, aren't you." Louie whispered.

It wasn't a question, more like a statement.

"Y,Yeah. I'm - I'm back. Oh, Louie I am so, so sorry." I choked out.

Tears started to fall from my face.

Louie rubbed his hand across my back to try and sooth me.

"It's okay. It's okay. I don't care. Athena." Louie said.

I started to hiccup uncontrollably.

"Y,You don't?" I hiccuped.

Louie shook his head.

"All I care about is you, and making you happy." Louie told me.  "I know this probably isn't the right time to admit but -." He stopped and took a deep breath before he said loudly for everyone to hear...

"I love you. Athena, with all your faults attached. I love you."

I stare up at him, dumbfounded at first.

We were only thirteen and here Louie was saying he loved me.

I wanted to say it back.

Wanted so badly to kiss him and let him know...

But what I had just found out about myself, and the future.

I hesitated.

Louie, seeming to read my thoughts said,

"It's okay. You don't have to say it back, Athena. I just wanted the world to know how I felt about you. No matter who or what you are." He told me, and I saw him blush slightly at his own words.

My heart sank.

How was it that Louie already knew me better then I knew myself in just a week since we've known each other?

When I was gone for most of that time?

I sniffled and flung my arms around Louie's neck.

"I love you too. Louie." I whisper in his ears.

Louie picked me uo and whirled me around in the air, all while laughing.

I giggled, then glanced over at the crowd. They seemed to have eased up a bit, now, seeing I wasn't going to murder them.

But I still felt uneasy.

I still felt the urge to kill.

I had thought that when my succubus had let me take over I would feel more like myself again.

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